New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-14

o. last rewarded for his suffering making the tragedy
hsmet 70 end with the death Of the King Queen
the happiness OF Ophelia. When we have been through
he bpe ana struck cut the great black record OF human
SIN we shall have banshed the shining story Of redemption
also. Blot the narrative OF Dayi1rs murder and
revenge and blot his forgiveness and
and In place OF tho wild and passionate hero struggling
upward through the moral darkness of years
before Christ you will have o modern carpet. knight
correct but poweress, 'icy regular, splenddly null
Inc imprecstory Psalms truly the expression of
certain stage In Isrsers life so part Of the story Of
redemption as the paintings OF the early Byzantine school
are part OF the history Christian art What II the faces
iiinheo oy those first Christian painters hard and
woodenl They are TO the priceless expression of
great endeavor which has made Raphael and Da vDci
possible 10 lift the Psater OF the Sermon on
the Mount is to spoil them both. The scrupulous
moranst OF to-day may well thank God those early
tumultuous strvings those wild ana wondering cries
which record the progress OF the Divine tuition
toward the true light which shinet little less
zeal in the expugation of the pstarchs prophets
and little more in the cleansing our modern life Is
devouty TO be wished.
But the most practical thing is still unsaid. When
man mas s1ained the historical point Of VIEW when his
Bioie Is no longer nat surface Ike Chinese picture
but long vista Of historical persons events and the
great story Of Gods love seen slowly unfolding
through the milcnniums, when q nan keeps himself
familiar with COILS working before these days" he Will
possess spiritual poise and peace which nothing
can disturb. 1t Is great thing to believe In a God
who watches over my life and cares for me. 1t Is
grander thing TO rest in God purposes are larger
and longer than any OF mine possibly
1t is glad day when first realizes Thou God
seest me-" 1t is better day when realizes ''1he
eyes OF the Lord are in every place beholdng the evil
and the good" To say OF Christ "He loved me" is
indeed the beginning Of ell Christian faith. But God
s lending US we shall soon pass to the grander TRUTH
God loved the wcrd," and grander yet, God is
love"
could not admire the Hudson River IL thought it,
only purpose Ill my drinking cup. 1 could not
wonder greatly at the thought its only purpose
was TO shine in at my window. L need God greater
than my need. want Saviour far beyond my private
personal lack II / do not believe In God who has
some grander work TO do than TO make Inc happy
shall believe at all shall find that
Goi does not always make happy and then shall
lose faith Gods great providing love is more than
microscopic it is telescope Also Not sparrow fseth
your Father" ''The hairs OF your head all
words neApressby precious TO every
Christian. Let choirs chant them congregations
read them let say them and In the hour Il
loneliness grief. stop there, pray you
stop lose ell In the day Of disappointment
Gsd has srSnder designs than feeding even
procuring bread and butter. Through all ages
AIS purpose Fron everlasting to everlasting His
great thoughts realize themselves In the eeaseless
folding ersAsso end highest glory is not to bend
His purpose but bend lives into harmony with It,
Has any come in this morning in q state OF
umult and ALARM perpexed BY the problems OF the time
and confronted by movements he cannot fathoml bid
you think Of God who before these days had guided
His Church will guide. Let the bright thought
OF the unchanging God rise over your problems,
"As from the dim and tumbling
Starts the completed NOON"
Is any here saying "God has forgotten me- my
plan does prosper Is your plan then the first thing
in your desire Gods plant is it the building Of your
nest OF the achievement Of the worlds redemption lie
l. the Alpha and 0mega-we are to ht in somewhere In
His divine alphabet and spsl out His eternal thought