Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-13

We notice nr>i OF all that Gods thoughts antici-
pate ami originate all the thoughts Of The universe
Mems thoughts are deep. The Psamist can not
world uf thought. one OF Goi's unmstakable dec
/ larstinns Of Himself IL manifested through the
! prophets. For "A thousand wears the people on M.
banks of the Nile wUrshpped ITS waters and aior-d
| lis hidden fountain. 80 men watched the foun-
tains OF human thought and waited for the discuy-
/ ery OF their unknown source. Gods thoughts
moving down gave testimony al The great source
/ The hopes and aspirations OF The great figures OF
the old Testament show divine inspiration. some
| men IN our time do not reason in ihis way They
believe not IN God hut IN forces and inspirations
| Is TINS greai advance on the wisdom of the
ahrlrhts! DO We not, looking over the world, md
| Indications OF great original thinker: And IN
/ the phenomena Of life and death do We not LOOK
| for great original, and place our hope in Him.
While ] am poor and needy He thinks
| OF me and commands me To think Of Him. His
| plans are the mai decision OF mind too deep
| Tor our thoughts. Notice the Held HIS
plans small planet for God aud His angels l.,
work On. There the and limitless other
planets OF UNNECESSARILY greater dimensions any
one oil which We should SAY. was nj theatre for
the incarnation Of the son oil tod. This only We
can say, that II Is inhabited God had already made
me Angels and each angel was an Independent be-
ing. They hal no human hopes fears or feelings
Gods movements are from simple complex
From the angel. what la the Hpur. OF Man
moulded oi earth-,iusI and bearing the essentials
OF every man who should follow lie created hlI-
manly tnrescting The cSil 10 come God might
have cut on mankind hut Ills thoughts are very
deep. The generations Of crime and pduprrsuI
SHOW the Practical wOrking OF OF Gods de
one OF Gods decisous il thai The
earth should be the theatre of pain 1t pcrvadcs
the whole structure of earth HE. II falls on nn-
SHINING families, aud often III way fearful To CON
template. The whole earth groans and trayails in
labor. came to meet Mother Nature As u proIl-
gal and she sent me back sick soul THINK OF
the Tears. The hcart-breaks. the ayOnies But
our thoughts are not deep enough 10 touch bottom
on such things. 60 down ~ deep rs we Will and
t.ods thoughts are always below us. Charles
Kingsley, dying said, cit IS right, Know because
Il Is 50 strange and painful The love OF God Is
broader than mans mind and His thoughts are lar
deeper.
The depth OF Gods thoughts is shown in The
gradual process OF their execution. lie brings me
butterfly To hfe and as quickly snuns II out lie
brings humanity from childhood 10 manhood from
manhood 10 the full development of human powers
then He OPENS the gates of eternity In making The
world. who knows how many millrnum, were
necessary Ia prepare II for man: The Aionrmcnt
was worked out IA forty centuries Who can -lty
no" many years the earth Will exist for mankind
glorious, Vi't"ri"us years: How slowly God reveals
To men the Interpretation OF His Thoughts even
after the, al" carried ou lie moves His planets IN
an riIsr tut Flat" Apollnnius, krper Newton
haidh solved The problem, and even nov the tull
Huth Is mo- nhi"lied. Ihtr" Is always some init
lAiion of HIS purposes In the AZoIc age there aI-
peared the Primeyal form Of hsh-thrn a rrIllit
then the suggestion OF bir-then form WIN fnur
legs, and hnAlly an animal with two legs God WIS
projecting His thoughts before he executed them
he was SLOWLY getting ready Ia say, LET make
man IN our own image" by evolution II we choose
To call II so, man WAS finally created These are
secrets which were only yesterday revealed To Us
Ia tls
aud are craven Ia the rocks forever.
80 Through the ages one Increasing PURPOSE
runs,
And the thoughts Of men ar. wi,lrn.L WIN In, /
process Of the suns
Thus commences the drama of human M. ~,
ward Has expected end Ills thoughts are slDwI, |
proceeding. Through the ages are only hint. here
and there. The streams Of migration The trunr, l
silly Of humanity To bite and i,-your nkind n, a 4
whole here Is where the old thinkers were brought
To = stand We wonder why God held hack ST. long /
al CHINA.
Out one oi Them. Loroastrr caught u glimpse Of II |
and called It Purity. ounfucius caught a glimpse
and called It fial PIery. Socrates caught
n gllhpse and called sacrifice for others /
good. They were thinking coils thoughts. hut His
Thoughts are very deep We rnd them In The Scrip
lures. III David lie prchgncd the greater Man vet
In come. In Joseph He f0rcshplnwe,I by hvr hun
dred years the coming prophet. lie carries our
thoughts To one central point.
Il II enough To look God as the Great Thinker
Ought We not TO have some manifestation OF IIty
wlly To what do all the signs point hui To n ,'ru,l
ned Redccmer-the mrarnated Son of Gnlg Him
he sets forth In position unique amt solitary lie
puts the person ~ the Son In the foregruun ne
tually hiding Himself. lie sets Him for the worship
and loyalty Of all His creatures. This stretches
beyond all time and below all humanity. The angels
greet HIM rs connecting earth and heaven and pay
HIM homage. lie WAS IN the foreground ancienty |
and Gods thoughts were moving down Ia us
Shaping the VISIONS OF the one ideal man was the
\ IsiOn of Ezekel SIX hundred wears before our
Lords Ascension and the prennnition OF the angels
There Ia "A religion Of humanity, uf culture Of
utility, OF righteousness, of divinity but true reli
IN the foreground Tins religion are sci To i've
and Ia preach. lie sent the RedeemrT lii4 son
lpok al the snrf0ws at humanity The oppressed.
The pnur, the outraged, The bitterly wrungri the
saints whose bones ,
Lie scattered gu the Alpine mountains cold"
the Being ordained all these things and ilI-
pointed the awful rod Di suffering. Under this liz
sent the lie,irrmrT amt the AtpnrI, His only -hcgut
en- son. Shall We suppose His heart unmoved?
Dur kedeenci was "A IMAM ~ sorrOHs and HCqIlint-
II with gri"f. 1hDrn- composed his regal insignia.
n
'irtims Of pain His own Son. TN Calvary His
deepest thought was not punishment nor disci-
ine, hut To place the HccurseI tree between a
arth and heaven and the body of His dear Son. n
his was the embodiment OF His deepest thought. I
his IL Ills love This was the suhlimrst appeal Ia
len and angels II
In setting forth His son, lie has not set Him a
Dfth alone, Tut His children, the church. The II
hurch magnncs s head and II magnincs ts office "A
IL insisting that the Name 81 Jesus shall he above -
very name, and the world ~ acknowledging that II II
right The multiplying lives Ot Christ. reyisions G