The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-02-06
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The tiles OF God /, all The way through
the Bible, are among the most memora-
BILE elements in it.. But Paul's is pccul-
lar among them all. 1To. him that is
able 10 do exceeding abundantlv more
than we can ask or .thfnkv-tbat is
PauPs title of God. Contrast that with
God the Omnipetenf, the Omniscient
and the .Omnipresent how broad the
difference is. Shake those phrases and
not drop of dew falls from them, but
him that is able to- do exceeding
abundantly more than we can ask or
think"-what character that Isl To
set that up in the center OF thought. as
our thought of the One TO whom we arc
to 20, the One on Whom we lean. tbe
One who has right to control MS. the
One who is our Redeemer-what oII
opening into the divine natu and nm
opening of which We can avail our
selves, it affords. '-.,
Some aspects. of the divine naiurc
tend to repel.- we arc afraid of in,
sight-the searching Jof the liobtnine,
eyes set our fear on fire; absolute iuse
Ilce makes men tremblc-euilt in The
presence of all desert is repellcd. Rnt
here is thought ofthe divine character
which opens everything to us. and in
spires us with hope and confidence
Think what field Tor. asking there Is
for ourselves, for our children. for orr
acquaintance, for those we love, for our
growth i'll grace, for our whole estate
in life. What do we ask in the realm
OF lear, in remorse, in penitcnce. in
hope, in the glowing emotions of love
when all the soul is kindled? How
wonderful is the power of asking. Of
soliciting. And lie is able to do a6ove
all we ask.
"Or think" How many thinos thcre
are that lie in thought beyond astin~
what range has human thought: how
vast; how comprehensive; and how,
any man could, ii he set about If. omen
up province after province to his mon
tai vision, and IA separate province fo
each one VI his faculties. There is not
DAY goes over our heads in which we
are not Wishing something, i'm which
we are not i'll uucxpressed thon0hf
longing for something for ourselycs
and for others. And over this broed
realm OF yearnings and of lonpinUs. Of
pleadlngs and of thinkings and of the
very reverles OF thought-oyer all this
province looks cur God, who. MS il
were,- smiles and says, 'srhat is moth.
ing; L am the one iiIaL can do exceed.
ing abundantly above all that Won ask
or think" 90"
Li:tle children are p!a, ing with their
dolls, and come to mother TO know If
they may have little piece of tinsel TO
put around the doll queens head. and
some little ribbons and cards where
with to build her a palace: and She
smiles and says, "Certainlv. certainlv.;,
and they think GLOW good She IL >,
and they whisper to each other and saw
'She gives us just what we ask for
Because they are little children the
mother becomes "a little child in her
thought, in her sympathy and feelino.
we are as children playing with dolis
and when we go before God he smiles
at our requests that we fear will tax his
ability, or his generosity, or his M
thence, and he grants them when thev
VIII contribute to our happiness, and
denies them when to grant them wonld
do us injury. But he is never taxed.
never surprised; we can never ask him
too much; to every trembling reouesf
he replies, 'I would do exceedino
more aburdantly for you than YOU can
ask or think"
Time is not long enough and the
world is not large enough for God TO
furnish us with all the things for which
we long and which we need; not tiH
we go home shall we see what our in
heritance is. 1t was this that led John
to cry out, "Now are we the sons Of
God, but it doth not yet appear what
we shall be-" We know that is the re-
lation, but what its full significance is
1t doth not appear" ga mother NAV
forget her sucking child"--how rarely
i'll all the course of human, .life-ssvct
Will | not forget YOU" God remem-
bers us every day. We are not TO trust
God as far as we can see him, but we
are to trust him absolutely. We are
not to guage our faith and hope in him
by what we can reason, but, going with
reason as far as we can, we are then TO
make bold leap beyond; for we have
God that doeth exceeding abundant
ly beyond all we can ask or think"