The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-24
Mrr1Iso OF THE SOCIETY or rRlrsDs.

METIISG OF THE SOCIETY OF rRiESps.
There was very good attendance at
the Westinghouse OF the Society OF
Friends on Clay street above First last
night.
Rev Alexander VI Purdie, one Of tho
ministers of the society, offered up an
eloquent and fervent prayer, after which
he took his text from the seventh and
eighth verses OF the eleventh chapter OF
Job. Canst thou by searching find out
Gcdf Cansi thou tind out the Almighty
unto perfection II is rs high a. heaven
what canst thou do: Deeper than bell
what csnst thou know
Paul hes told MS, he said, thar the eye
had nol seen nor the ear heard, nor had
il entered into the heart OF man TO con-
ceiye the glory that will be revealed in
US hereafter. What Paul meant was we
had not seen OF heard or conceived Of
all this glory, but God had in spirit told
rs Of al these good things. ! have been
on a mountain top 10 see that
erandest OF natural sights g .unrise
from the summit Il was sub
lime, but l cannot describe Il. have
tasted luscious fruit, but ! would fail OF
the task Il attempted 10 convey by E
description the taste. You have 70
taste this fruit yourself That wonder
full s.xht OF the sunrise from the noun.
tain-top; I saw when all was dark below
Clouds hid the earth i thunderstorm
was in progress below me Suddenly
the glorious orb Of day broke above the
horizon, and his ray: struck the noun
tsin-top; they dissipated the mist,
stopped the atorm, and revealed the
beautiful green earth below cannot
understand or explain how the sun did
il. Il is impossible 10 understand the
spirit Of God unless tbs spirit OF God is
IN Us. Canst thou by searching ind
out Godf"
Suppose your child should ask you
who was God. Could mother snswerf
Il is her duty 10 be able 10 answer that
question. She should be nlled with the
spirit Of God, and would then be able %
tell the child the sweet old story in
way that the child would understand
and appreciate
lie referred to a meeting Of smart peo-
pie held not long ago IN New York,
when they tried 10 formulate q creed
against the orthodox churches. A big
committee was appointed. Each member
wrote out q creed, and in reporting them
each was found 10 be contradictory OF
the other on vital points. Creeds have
been formulated for centuries, doctrines
promulgated for centuries by the ortho-
dox classes. but all were vain, for moth
ing can take the place OF the simple re.
ligion OF Jesus Christ. "Canst thou find
out the Almighty unto perfection.
You Judge the world in childhood By
the little hills and streams near your
homes. When as man you see the
mighty mountains, the immense plains,
the vast oceans, you then discover how
little YOU know what is the distance OF
one city to another compared with the
circumference OF the earth. Yet the
earth could nestle IN the middle OF the
sun and the moon revolve around Il IN
an orbit as big az now, and Craze the
suns surface all the time. Yet what !,
this 10 the immensity Of space II we
cannot measure distance how cap we by
searching ind out God
God reveals Himself In His hsndiwork
and through His Word, through His
spirit. His love, and In His Son, anC
only as He has revealed Himself can w
know Him. We are ignorant OF God
We must accept His revelation and wor
ship Him in spirit and in truth. He ha
revealed Himself to Us in His only be
gotten Son, Jesus Christ For God 81
loved the world that He gave His onl,
begotten Son, that whosoeyer believed
In Him should not perlah but have ever
lasting life"
YET to-day lnfdels and sceptics ar
standing up and questioning the exi'
tence of a God, when they cannot Civ
you a reason for the existence of the life
blood that comes through their veins. I
child once asked the question OF
mother, Why don't God save all th
heathen?p The sainted mother replies
u cannot answer you, but l know the To-