Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-06-25
geligiols department.
The DeIuge of Gods Abundance.

Once in the history of our globe
He opened the windows of heaven
and poured out such deluge that
the waters arose above the loftiest
mountains then He takes that great
fact as a figure and says, ssLet that
infinite deluge, that vast abundance
of water portray to you the spiritual
blessings that l desire to give"
So He takes that same figure and
puts it INTO promise that | desire
to leave with you this holy Sabbath
morning until the greatness of that
thought shall enlarge your concep-
ton and enable you to take in the
thoughts of God: s'Bring all the
tithes into the storehouse, practice
the principles of exchange. Bring
a part of the little gain of daily life
that is dear to you, bring all the
tithes into the storehouse and prove
me now herewith and see. if | will
not open the windows of heaven and
pour you out a blessing that there
shall not be room enough to receive
it, The figure of that deluge of
abundance is used to express Gods
thought. A mountain could not ex-
press stability and strength as the
deluge expresses abundance. And
God speaks to every heart here this
morning, and says: s'Let me open
the windows of heaven and pour you
out such blessing that there shall
not be room enough to receive it,
Is your physical life low and weak
are you weary? They that wait upon
the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount on wings as eagles
they shall run and not be weary
shall walk and not faint. Is your
intellectual life lower than you de-
sire? Gods thoughts are the most
expensive thoughts in the universe
Gods plans for mans development
and charging and uplifting utterly
surpass the imagination of men. Is
your emotional life feeble, and does
there come to you but seldom great
ecstatic joy? God waits to pour
upon you such wealth of joy and ecs-
tacy that your heart cannot contain
it. 1t shall overflow in the family
or in the prayer-meeting in the great
outbreaks of spiritual joy. Is your
spiritual power deficient, scarcely
recognized in the family, hardly felt
by your children, utterly unknown
by the servants-God's great spirit
ual power waits to make you another
Peter after the denial, who was able
to face all jerusalem and turn the
world upside down. God waits to
change all the low to the high, to
make you strong in body, quick in
mind, tender in heart full of great
love. Above us are the heavens
they are full of the rivers of life, of
the blooming trees of life, and their
very leaves are enough for the heal
ing of the nation. What must the
healing power of the fruit itself be?
There is life, fullness of life, album
dance of joy forevermore, and God
waits on condition that we shall
bring in and surrender our brass for
silver, our silver for gold, ourselves
to Him. Then He opens the windows
of heaven Down rush the mighty
streams from the river of life. Down
comes the vast abundance, enough
ferevermore. And every life is en-
larged and every foot is more swift
and every hand more deft, every
mind more keen, every heart more
tender for the child who comes into
the bosom and love and helpfulness
of the Infinite Father and God.