The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-23
THE UBIQUITy.
Sermon Preached by Rev. ID. s. Frlersop. ID. ID
G: S.:d.S, Ech-ssTT 10. 1892


Psalms cxxxix: I, Whittier shall go
thy presence? If ascend up into heaven,
thou art there: if / make my bed in hell,
behold thou art there.
There are no subjects, my brethren, so
truly grand and important as the great theo-
logical points Of the Bible. Whether they
relate to the being and attributes of God or
to the conduct and Providence of God in the
visible world, or to the scheme of Redemp-
ton or the past history, present condition
and future prospects of man. How wonder
full is God. Sole Monarch of the Universe!
Uncrea.ed, without beginning of days or
end of years" without limit of power or
knowledge. Conceivable, yet Incompetent
of himself upon every rational being.
Whatever the manifestations of Deity may
be in other places and in other worlds, it is
impossible to bn long in this world without
knowing. that there is God. There is
secret ladder that leads every soul up to God.
1t is not an innate impression, as Calvin
thought; not an original postulatc of tho
mind; but logical deduction, ladder with
its steps 1t is imprinted on the leaf; it is
impressed upon the stone; it is painted in
the flower, and breathed by that flowers
fragrance; il is written on the rainbow. and
repeated by the voice Of thunder. All nature
yields one grand unanimous testimony to
God. Ii l were called upon to give one
great striking argument for God. more IL
minous. more convincing than all the res:
would point to you. my brother as con-
tanning within yourself in your wonderful
constitution tho most powerful of argu-
ments. How fearfully, how wonderfully
made! With such oil exquisite articulation,
and such an investiture of powers; with a
fern so imposing and powers of thought SO
far-reachingi with such an exquisite adjust
ment OF the material and spiritual elements
Of your compound nature that little
thought upon the one thrills through all
the intricate framework of tile other. Mind
ana matter so firmly interlocked that only
the throes of death can tear them asunder,
y so delicately soldere'i together that but q
tap of the thunderbolt breaks them apart
So soft. yet so strong. Fragile as gossamcr.
yet durable rs "three score years and ten"
Trembling upon its delicate balance before
the breeze, yet lasting as eternity I'M
pressed with the being and immediate pres
ence of God, David exclaims in the words
to which / have called your attention
"Whither shall go from thy spirit? or
whittier shall flee from thy presence2 II
ascend up into heaven, thou art there il
make my bed in hell, behold thou art
there"
Let us first endeavor to disabusc our minds
of all misconceptions of the omnipresence
and afterwards let us attend to the immc-
diate and practical interest which VIC have
1 in the subject.
l. The omnipreSence Is not extension.
Matter only is extended. and extended only
| by the greater or smaller distance between
those invisible and unknown elements
which compose its being. Atoms are held
| apart by distances proportiCnately as great
| IS the distances which separate worlds, and
| it might be That all the mater in the uni
| verse might be compressed into n space too
small to rest the footsteps o.. the little fly.
| Matter is so attenualed and the distance
| between its ultimate particles SO great that
| empty space would seem to be but the range
| and matter the form of Gods power. God
Is here, and every jar beneath my feet. every
sound above my head. every breeze that
\ watts by is q movement of God, o sound OF
| God. The learned endeavor to locate phys
/ icai power outside of God, but they cannot
| Wood, fire, water, wheels and machinery
move great trains, but the power isin ncithel
| of these. Thundeibolts rive great oaks and
| split them to shivers in q moment of time
but the power is not In the electricity. That
creeps helplessly through our frames every
moment. 1t speeds to its destination only
rs Jehovah sends it. It rives the oak o.
the forest only as Jehovah commissions it
| Mind only.s power, because mind only ar
ranges the circumstances CT its development
It is in God, not In the world, that I'VE live
move and have our being" My brethren
we are in the immediate presence of tn,
august Jehovah this moment and all mo
ments of our being.
2. Tho omnipreSence is not Pantheisn
for that teaches that every visible thing is
form OF God. ani man the highest form o
God. This destroys the personality an'
unity This is indeed atheism i'll It's mos