Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-11-06

above medium, with slight stoop, yet it'll,
for bic age. lie quite reminds me Of my
dear old father in the faith, John y. Oar.
by-head Of the Exclusive Plymouth
Brethren--now with his loved LORD Dr.
Bonar's voice is very peculiar, or rather his
use Of II. ! don't think / ever heard a
man in public speaking who plays up and
and down the gamut 30 startlinglv and
with such rapid transitions a. he.
got accustomed to IL in fifteen minutes
indeed quite foreo, II in the interest Of HE
exposition Of scripture. but At fret il was
slmos, ludicrous the way he dropped from
treble to bses at bound, alternating be-
tween a,queak and rumble, apparently
not knowing the transitional tones Of the
human voice divine" His manter Is the
easy, conversational style, putting his hear
ers in comfort at once. No notes apparent,
though iuriive glance q HE expressive
eyes AZ the open bible now and then led me
TO suspect skeleton" at least. HE EXPO.
stion Of scripture is charming in lie clesr,
pithy. exhaustive method. should ssy
expo.ilional teaching was HE forte. No
special pulpit power as an orator. lie
just talks, leaning on an elbow on the pull
pit cushion, putting his nose.glss-es on snd
Of a. he refers 10 scripture, giving three or
four hard blinks Of the eye every time he
does the latter, IS sort Of preisce to the
weighty remarks sure 10 follow each refer
ence. When tired leaning on his elbow, he
grasps the cushion with both hands, work
ing his white, shspely fingers little ner-
vously in the top fringe a. II sofily feeling
there for fresh form Of expression Of HE
was all and more than ! expected, batting
the little irregularities, 30 soon forgotten. /
was 70, either disappointed or surprised a,
the sermon am about to report in brief,
for well knew the school oftheology in
which he had been trained. Bv n singular
coincidence, that can only believe an or
d. red one, the two sermons | have heard
in Scotland - Edinburgh and Glssgow-
were, the former on God il Love" and the
latter Job xu:6 Q, 10. The one have al
ready made mention Of The other is ir
substance as follows, though ! may not put
down on parer the intensely interesting
charm Of DIR. Bonsr's easy and impressive
utterance Of all:
TExT-Job xiI.6 9, 10, G; "rhe ,aberns-
cles Of robbers prosper, and they that pro-
woke God are secure, into whose hands God
bringeth sbundanily. Q. Who knoweih
not, in all these, thstihe hand Of the LORD !
hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand il
the soul Of every living thing. and the
breath Of all msnkind?"
Dr. Bonar said; "Here we have the old |
question Of the ages again propounded; the !
difficulties that puzzled Solomon in Eccle- |
siasies, David in the Psalms, Habakkuk
and Malachi in the prophets. again stated.
Why does God rule in the midst OF his en-
emies, instead OF sweeping them away
Why is the Church "a lily among thorn.Y
Why did not Jesus, who had the undoubtsd
power to still the storms OF Galilee, speak
the calming word before it tossed biz fright
ened disciples. instead ofafIer? The gener-
Al answer to this is that we can not see far
enough yet to understand il, or answer it.
Lazarus in Abraham's bosom explains
much il not all OF the mystery. To wait
he time Of revelation is our wisdom. Yet
he question will press us, whether We will
Dr. not.
o, what world this IL Rebellion eve
rywbere; oppression everywhere; suffering
'verywhere. Right goes down before
srong everywhere. Governments 20 false
hat Satan could say they all we're his, even
the glory" OF them. And even among
iod's people this startling fact that not one
ighteous king was found among the whole
inc Of rulers Of the ten revolted tribes from ,
irst to last Look at Popery with itsabom
nations Of 1000 yesrs almost unchecked
consider Mohammedanism with i'soppress
ons, in the name Of God, for 90 long. Think
4 the slave trade with It's horrors Of cen
uries And indeed nearly the whole Ct
reat Africa left in almost total darknes. to
his day. Il IL aa wonder that good David
aid (Ps. 49, after going over this very
round, when thought 10 know this, !,
Iss too painful for me?' As for the wick
d, because judgment sgainst an evil work
not executed speedily-the hearts Of the
ons Of men are fully set in them to do
viii This at least is clear from scriptures :
God permits all this to go on. He could
revent it il he wished. He aiio,rs Satan to j
o up and down the earth lie oLO,cs the I
mystery Of iniquity' still to work He l
ermits all evil to deluge the earth as II
oes. And ID. 1t it also clear from scrip
IRE that lie not only permits, He dTranges
!. This is expressly taught in Isai. 1916,
nd 1926, and Rev. 1871 and 1917.
Again Special judgments do not always l
ONE for special sins The tower in Sloan
Luke xnu4 is proof Of this; and Jesus {
ord about the blessed man, John ks al
,. The remedy Of all perplexitY Is to woit s
Wkile, remembering what Jesus said to :
larths; John xr4O, If thou believest
,o,, ahalt aaa Our aancff6c.tioY, IL stn