New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-10

we are discouraged and troubled in the very aepss
of hearts, and wonder whether we VIII ever cepcsm
open before into which 10 plunge We are SHINE ue
created things weight they cannot bear ear od' who
is from eternity can satisfy those whom He has ere,
ated. The great ideal constantly flashes OUT Tnov
Him. new force from His hand pressing you on to "a
ever so rich gift look upon it as symboll. and a
promise of His greatness and as II passes, % ds
still remains The sgnboard may have been blown own
down but the road and the city TO which II leads sun
remain and your feet can follow 1t just WELL al
though that special piece Of information is gone such
is the value OF God as the and source OF all Crea
tion So every thing came from Him, so everyth
leads to Him, when truly feel, as we sing tie
words. 1t is He that hath made U.s. anu ho' VIC o"'
selves"
CHRIST AND THE FATHER
How many men admit and use with certainty
these words of God as a Creator, who fail to take
the next step and praise God as their Father Inc
d hundredtn psalm the translaters gave 1t to us
W. centuries and half ago, in its form OF metre
Is we know 1t in hymn-books, has united the
ry Of the hearts of everywhere. 1t Is the same
~ which Philip uttered Lord, show us the Father
md it sufiiceth u.s. The answer must be the same :
Have been so long time with you, and yet hast
hou not known me, Philip" The ideal of human
shown in Him., because lie Teveaiea I.s
treat Creator In whom those Ideals o. pts st aT pnd
he love of the Father What we want what we
ry out for, Is all there. Character, self Sacrlnce
iarity In its largest and truest sense OF love, are
II perfect in Him. Sucn perfection marks Christ
he revelation of God, our Maker; one now not ONLY
TO be believed In and to be feared but to be loved
I'D followed. The Christian life is but the compile
n Of rational life OF man. it emphasizes ever,
aturs of that life; gives II meaning ana gives u
warmth. II keeps II from falling back TO the posi-
ion Of forgetflness of its Maker by lifting IL up TO
-, q mans hands to fight with the self-asserton OF
things about him it lifts above all secondary eau
Of life that one great uncaused cause, VINO moves Us
lie pleases among for their salvation, as wei
40 for their aSeLon God that made ana dl9 NJ
more would be God of confusion. setting free bov
,.rsrrar- their conflict must dsmay and disturb us
God that made. followed and loved and saved
that is the God Of perfect peace.
Dur text is a very fundamental one. III espresso
a very simple thought. But surely its uterance by
IL is as true I'm the fact that 1t states Of all animate
and inanlmate life of vegetable and animal world as
il is Of man. yet of them utter 1t. only as we
interpret their sounds by deeper knowledge and
Jealin1 is IL svar heard among them. But when once
living force IA able TO look up and understand tho
once IL strikes out path 1t feels Its position
because knows IL It works for the realization OF
that position in every movement OF life. Thought
ripenS into philosophy; action into discovery sub
man. who sees all the world, with himself as Gods
! creation. Never must such vital, aimp0rtant
! step be taken backward 1t Is like all steps. to b.
the beginning Of great forward movement into near
/ ness TO God We men, who alone can take ii, are
not to rest until add to ii in deepest con
DO not fall short your privileges and duties. Live
walk grow, work and worship, labor and love as
| one whom God hath made; made to be His child for
| ever in Christ our Lord