Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-07-29
CARING FOR ALL.
DR.. TALMAGE ON THE LORDS
I. MERCIES.
Every Single Act Of Mans Life
Directed from Above.
Great and Small Events Equally Under
Gods Control.
Special TO the Kansas Cay Times.

The Rev. Dewitt Talmadc, ID. d., in contIn
uing his series Of sermons on "VoIces OF Gar
dcns and Fields,' chose as his subject for to
day: ''Tbc Cheap Sparrow" and the text, LUX,
xii, SO: "Are not five sparrows sold for two
farthings, aud not one OF them is forgotten
before Godf Following Is The discourse Ii
full:
You see the Bible will rot be limited In til,
choice of symbols There is hardly beast
or Bird or insect, which has not been called
to illustrate some divine truth-the ox's pa
thence, the ants industry the SPIDERS skill
the kinds sure-footedncss, the eagles speed
the doves gentlcness, and even the sparrow.
meanness and insignIfcance. In Oriental
countries none but the poorest people buy the
sparrow and eat it-so very little meat is there
ON the bones, and SO very poor is 1t, what
there is Of 1t. The comfortable population
would not think of touching it any more than
you would think OF eating bat or lamprel.
Now, says Jesus, If God takes such good care
OF poor bird that is not worth cent, won't
he care for you, an immortal.
GOD CARES FOR ALL THINGS.
We associate God with revolutions. We
can see divine purpose in the discovery OF
| America, in the Invention OF the art of print
| ing, in the exposure Of the gunpowder plot,
in the contriyancc of the needle gun, in the
ruin Of an Austrian or Napoleonic despotism
but how hard 1t Is to see God In the minute
| personal affairs Of our lves We think Of God
as making record of the starry host, but can
not realize the Bible truth that he knows how
many hairs are on our head 1t seems grand
| thing that God provided food for hundreds of
thousands of Israelites in the DESERT but we
can not appreciate the truth that when a spar
| row Is hungry God stoops down and opens its
mouth and puts the seed in. We are struck
| with the idea that God fills the universe with
his presence; but can not understand how lie
| encamps in the crystal palace of q dewdrop,
| or finds room to stand, without being crowded
| between the alabaster pillars of pond lily
| we can see God In the clouds. Can we see
| God in these flowers at our
leet! We are apt to place God
| on some great stage-or to try to do tex
pecting Him there to act out His stupendous
| projects; but we forget that the life of Crom-
| well, an Alexander or a Washington, or an
archangel, Is not more under divine inspection
| than your life or mine. Poiupcy thought there
must be mist over the ewes of God because
| lie so much favored Cesar. But there Is no
such mist lie sees everything. We say Gods
path is In the great waters. True enough !
but no more certainly than he is in the water
| In the glass on the table. We say God guides
| the stars in their courses Magnificent truth
| but no more certain truth than that He de-
| cides which road or street NOu shall take in
| coming to church Understand that God does
| not sit upon an indiiicrs mt or uusympathetic
throne, but that He sits down beside YOU to-
day and stands tesidI me to-da,, and no
affair of our lives is So insignificant but that il
| Is Of Importance to God.
| OCCUPATIONS FIXED BY HEAVEN.
In the frst place God che Oses for us our oc-
| cupatlon. am amazed 10 see how many PEG
| pie there are dissatisfied with the work they
have to do. l think three-fourths wish they
| were In some other occupation, and they spend
a great deal OF time IL regretting that they
| got III the wrong trade or rOiessiOn. | want
| 10 tell you that God put into operation all the
influences viii h led you 70 that particular
| choice. Many ut you are not in the business
that you eXprl I'd to be in. You started for
the ministry and learned merchandise; you
| started for the law and you are a physician;
| YOU preferred agr. culture and YOU became a
mechanic. You thought one way; God
thought another. But you ought not to sit
down and mourn over the past. You are to
| remember that Coda beneilccnt God, kind
God, loving God-arrangrd all these circum.
| stances by Wnlcn you were made what YOU are
| Hugh Miller SAYS: Il will be stone
mason" God says: "You will be a geolo.
glSt," David goes out to tend his fathers
sheep. God calls him to govern a nation.
Saul goes out to hunt his fathers asses, and
before he gets back finds the crown of mighty
| dominion. How much happier would we be II
we were content with the places God gave us !!
| God saw your temperament and all the cir
| cumstanceS by which you were surrounded
and L believe nine tenths of you are in the
| work you are best fitted for
ARRANGING THE MINUTEsT DETAILS.
| near great racket in my watch and | find
| that hands and wheels and springs are getting
out OF their places. l send it down to the
| jewelers. and say: "Overhaul that watch, and
| Teach the wheels, the spring, and the hands to
mind their own business" You know man
having large estate, He gathers his working
hands in the morning ana says to one: You
| go and trim that viue;" to another. 'You 90
| and weed those nowers:n to another: you
plough that tough glebe;" and each one goes
| to his particular work. The owner of the es-
tate points the man to what he knows he can
do best, and so 1t is with the Lord He calls
sls up and points US to that field for which we
are best fitted. So that the lesson for to day,
coming from this subject is: stay cherfullly
where God puts you"
remark further: That God has arranged
the pace of our dwelling What particular
city or town, street or house You shall live in,
seems to be mere matter Of accident You
| go out to hunt Tor house, and You happen to
pass up certain street. and happen to see a
| sign, and you select that house. Was it all
| happening sOt o, no! God guided you in
| every step. He foresaw the future. He knew
| all your circumstances, and He selected just
l
OF the 10000 habitatiOns in the city. Our
house, however humble the roof and however
| lowly the portals, is rs near Gods heart as an
Alhambra or Kremlin. Prove 1t, YOU say:
| Proverbs ILL.,, 80: He blesseth the habitation
| Of the just"
remark further: That God arranges all
our friendships. You were driven to the wall.
You found man just at that crisis who
jsympathzed with you and helped you You
say: How lucky wasp There was no luck
about it. God sent that friend just as certain
| as lie sent that angel to strengthen Christ.
Your domestic friends, your business friends,
your Christian friends, God sent them to bless
you, and If any of them have proved trait
orous, 1t Is only to bring out the value Of those
who remain. III some die, it is only that they
may stand at the outpost Of heaven to greet
you at your coming.
THREE CIRCLES OF FRIENDS.
You always will have Observation-Disclosures
friends, magnanimous friends; and when sick
ness comes to your dwelling there will be
watchers; when trouble comes to YOUR heart
there will he sympathizers; when death comes
there will be gentle fingers to- close the eyes
and fold the hands, and gentle lips to tell of a
resurrection. 0, we are compassed by a
bodyguard OF friends! Every man, if he has
behaved himself well is surrounded by three
circles Of frends-tbose of the outer circle
wishing him well, those in the next circle
willing to help him, while close up to his hear,
are few who would die for him. God pity
the wretch who has not any friends! He has
not behaved well.
/ remark again. That God puts down the
limit to our temporal prosperity. The world
Of finances seems to have no God In it. You
can not tell where u man will land The afllu
ent fall the poor rise. heterogeneous fall; the
ignorant succeed. An entcrprising opening
grandly shuts in bankruptcy, while out of the
peat dug up from some New England marsl
the millionaire builds his fortune. The poo
man thinks 1t is chance that keeps him down
the rich man thinks IL is chance which hoist
him; anu they are both wrong. 1t is SO hare
to realize that God ruies the money market
and has hook IN the nose of the stock gam
bier, and that all the commercial revolutions
OF the world shall result in the very best fo
Gods dear children. My brethren, do no
kick against the divine aotments. Gol
knows just how much money 1t is best for yol
to lose. You never gain unless It is best TO
you TO gain. You 20 up when II is best for yot
to 90 up aud go down when IL is best for yol
TO go down. Prove it, you say. / will: Ro
mans, will, %: "All things work together fo
good to them that love God.r
MANY PARTS TO THE MACHINE.
You go into factory and you see twenty o
thirty wheels, and they are going in differen
directions. THIS hand is rolling off this wa
and another hand another way-one dowi
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