The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-07-08

weather for this world we would not be
40 critical Of the Lord Isaac Watts, at
ten years Of age, complained that he did
not like the hymns that were sung in
the English chapel. well, said his
father, Isaac instead OF your COM
planning about the hymns, go and make
hymns that are better" And he did go
and make hymns that were better.
Now, I say to you, If you do not like
the weather, get up a weather COM
pany, and have, president, and sec
retary, and treasurer, and board OF
directors, and ten million dollars OF
stock, and then provide weather that
will suit all of us. There is man who
has a weak head, and he can not stand
the glare of the sun. You must have
cloud always lowering over him. like
the sunshine; can not live without
plenty of sunlight, SO you must always
have enough light for me. Two ships |
meet in mid-Atlantic. There is one go |
ing to Southampton and the other is |
coming to New York. Provide weather
that, while 1t is abaft for one ship, it is
not head wind for the other. There is
farm that is dried up for the lack OF
rain, and here is pleasure party going
out for field excursion. Provide
weather that will suit the dry farm and
the pleasure excursion. No. sirs, will
not take one dollar Of stock in your
weather company. There is only one
Being in the universe who knows
enough to provide the right kind OF
weather for this world. Hath the rain
q father?"
My text also suggests Gods minute
supervisal You see the Divine Sonship
in every drop Of rain. The jewels OF
the shower are not flung away by
spendthrift who knows not how many
he throws or where they fall. They
are all shining princes Of Heaven. They
all have an eternal lineage. They are
all the children Of King. Hath the
rain fatherP" Well, then, Isay II God
takes notice Of every minute raindrop,
he will take notice Of the most insig-
nificant affair of my life. 1t is the
astronomical view Of things that bothers
me. We look up into the night heavens
and we say: Worlds! worldsF and
how insignificant we feell We stand at
the foot Of Mount Washington or Mount
Blanc, and we feel that we are only
insects, and then we say to ourselves;
"Though the world is so large, the sun
Is one million four hundred thousand
times larger" "ohr' we say, 'it Is no
use, IL God wheels that great machinery
through immensity, He will not take the
trouble to look down at me-" Infdel
conclusion. Saturn, Mercury and Jupi-
ter are no more rounded, and weighed,
and swung by the hand OF God
: than are the globules on a lilac bush
, the morning after q shower. God is
no more in magnitudes than he is in
/ minutie. II He has scales to weigh the
/ mountains, He has balances delicate
enough TO weigh the infinitesimal Yor
! can no more see Him through the tele
5 scope than you can through the micro
5 scope; no more when you look up thar
3 when you look down. Are not the hair
4 of your head all numberedp and !
. Himalaya has God, hath not the rail-
0 father?" / take this doctrine OF
. particular Providence, and trust !
: into the very midst Of your every da.
I life. II God fathers q raindrop is Their
d anything so insignificant In your al
I fairs that God will not father that
: When Druyse, the gunsmith, invente
: the needle-gun, which decided the bal
u tie of Sadowa. was II a mere accident
g When farmers boy showed Blucher
l. short cut by which he could bring hi
n army soon enough TO decide Waterlo
e for England, was II a mere acc
p dent? When Lord Byron took
Il piece Of money and tossed II up to d'
s eide whether or not he should be al
70 anced TO Miss Millbank, was II mer
e accident which side Of the money wa
Is up and which was down? When th
W Christian army were besieged at Bezier
n and drunken drummer came in I
If midnight and rang the alarm bell, NJ
Is knowing what he was doing, but wal
ing up the host in time TO fight the
is enemies that moment arriving, was
s. an accident? When, in one OF the Iris
n wars, starving mother, flying wit
h her starving child, sank down ar
N tainted on the rocks In the night ar
lg her hand fell on warm bottle OF mil
IL did that Just happen so? God Is eth
g In the affairs OF men, or our religion
10 worth nothing at all. and you had be
ID ter take II away from us, and instead
h this Bible which teaches the doctrin
give us a secular book and let us, as u
n famous Mr.. Fox, the member Of Parli
's- ment, In his last hour, cry out: "Rei
b. me the eighth book Of Virgil"
Mt o, my friends, let us rouse up TO {
he appreciation OF the fact that all the q
tb fairs Of our life are under Kings cor
co mand, and under q Fathers watc
II. Alexander's war horse, Bucephalu
would allow anybody to mount hi
ea when he was embarrassed, but as sot
lta as they put on that war horse, Bucep
m. alus, the saddle and the trappings
We the conqueror, he would allow no o.
az but Alexander 10 touch him. And IL
o. soulless horse could have so much pr
Ita In his owner, shall not. we immo RI,
IL exult In the fact that we are ow. ned
nd Kingp Hath the rain fa' .ner9"
ch Again, my subject teach .es mo q
ng Gods dealings with us $40 inexpl,cal
ng That was the original, force Of DIV te
rot The rain was graf mystery TO
m. ancients. They 90. aid not understand 4
ed the wster shordd got into Che cloud,
r. getting there, howit shoold be sus p,