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What We Must Believe or Else
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er, and occupies leading position
among the Methodist Episcopal minis
tiers of Georgia. There was large con-
gregation at the Peoples church yes
terday morning and again in the even
ing. Considerable satisfaction was ex-
pressed that, in the absence of DR..
Smith, so able substitute had been Sc
cured for the ensuing five weeks. A
synopsis of DR.. Lees sermon yesterday
morning is here given:
1.-THE eyes of the Lord run to and fro
throughout the whole earth to show
Himself strong in behalf of them whose
hearts are perfect toward Him." ChrOn.
H., 1863. A liberal. but not improper,
translation of this text would read thus:
The mind of the Lord, the will of the
Lord, the thought of the Lord, run to
and fro throughout the whole earth for
the purpose OF showing Himself strong
in behalf of them whose hearts are per-
fectly turned toward Him.
All things then. from an atom to the
great globe itself, are contained within
the grasp of Gods thought, and are
under the direction and control of His
mind and will. The declaration of the
text does not make any extra draft
upon our credulity. but simply eX
presses necessity of thought. By the
structure of our minds we are driven to
the necessity of posting mind back of
the material earth on which we stand.
This is necessary that we may under
stand how the quantity of it was de-
termined. There is just so much of it.
So many pounds of it. The quantity is
definite. How happens it that there is
just SO much and no more? This was
either determined by the matter itself,
which
Would Make Matter
self-determining, or by mind, which is
by its very nature SeIf-determining.
Now, if the matter of the earth is self
determining, then it is intelligent. But
no sane man claims so much, hence the
amount of matter entering into the COM
position of the earth was determined
by other than itself, or by mind. ~
1t is necessary that we regard mind
as being fundamental and prior to mat
ter, that we may understand the sixty
forms it has assumed. There is carbon.
and just so much of it; gold, and just so
much of it.; iron, and just so much of it;
oxygen, and just so much of it. Why
sixty-four elements? Why more of some
than of others? Why. does oxygen 'oe-
cupy a place OF such control and
Importance among the elements? How
cific GRANTEES OF these original ele-
ments? Was there convention held
by them before they began to be to de-
termine whether they would come into
existence or not? Now the quantity of
each. the affinity OF each, the specific
gravity of each, was determined by a.
convention of the whole, OF was de-
termined by mind.
But we must post mind back of and
causing the material world in order that
we may understand the collocatiOnS Of
these elements. How they
Have Come Together
in accordance with definite rule to form
compound vegetables, mineral, animal
and the body of man himself. In Mil
toms mind the alphabet takes the form
of Paradise Lost" 1t Is as difficult to
bet assumed the form of paradise
LOST without Millions mind as to un-
derstand how the alphabet of creation
took the form of rock, mountain, sea
and grove and sky and globe, round,
artieulate and law-abiding, without
mind. That the mind of the Lord thus
runs to and tro throughout the whole
earth, containing it within itself. and
directing and controlling it, is neceS-
sity of thought. We must either be-
lieve this OF fall into confusion and
chaos of thought.
The text not only declares. however,
that the mind of the Lord runs to and
fro throughout the whole earth, but that
it runs to and fro throughout the whole
earth for the purpose of showing Him
self strong in behalf OF them whose
hearts are perfectly turned towards
Him. To be
Turned Toward Him
at all is to be turned toward the revela-
lation which He has made of Himself in
His world, in His Son, in His written
word and in the structure of man.
When we turn toward Him. or the ex-
preston He has made of Himself in
these higher and lower forms, the
promise is that He will show Himself
strong toward us.
Test the truth of the text Oh the low
est plane, that of the primitive ele-
ments. The elements are so many eX
pressions OIL His thought. Iron is a
thought of God. Turn toward this
thought of His with intelligence and an
earnest desire to get out OF it what is in
it for use and for civilization. What will
be the result? God will show Himself
mits Him. He will show Himself as
strong there as the car wheel, as strong
as reaper, the cotton gin, caligraph,
QTest Him Oh the vegetable plane.
There is thought in the seed, its rela-
tons to the soil, the sunshine and the
wants of man. Turn toward Gods
thought here with the desire to develop
it and to a
Get Out of 1t
what there is in it. What will be the
result9 God will show Himself just as
strong as the objects on that plane per
nit Him. His strength will appear in
the harvests of wheat and corn, in the.
products of vineyards and the orchard.
Test Him in he-social realm. What
is Gods ultimate thought with refer
ence to man as social being? lis
this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself. The person whosturns toward
Gods thought here and loves his
neighbor as himself will find that God
will show Himself just as strong as the
love and good will of his neighbor per
mits Him. All men love john How
ard.
Test Him in the spiritual realm. Gods
thought here is expressed in Jesus
Christ. The word was made flesh and
dwelt among us. Turning to Gods
thought in Jesus Christ we find that
God shows Himself as strong as the in
finite resources of His heart permit
Him.
A NOBLE WORK.
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