Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-19

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that The spider takerh hold WITH her
eaads 4nd Is Ia Kings palaces"
IL Is net very certain what wss the
pArtlc alaE species Sf insect spoken CT n
tae text, bat / shan proceed 70 learn
fron II tbs exgalsitsness OF inc divine
mechanism The kings chamberlain
CONES into the palace add hooks around
AMI see tie spslar on the wall aid says,
Away with thai intruder and tho
servant Of Soi0m0n's palace comes With
as broom and dasnee down tbs insect,
saytn9. What loethsofne thing u Is
Bas psdsr microscopic inspection nnd
Il more wondroas or construction than
the embroideries on the palace wall and
the upholstery about the windows.
All the machinery Of the earth could
not make anything so delicate and beau
tiful as the prehsnsile with which that
spider clutches Us prey. or As any OF It's
eight eyes. We do not have 70 go so TAR
up 10 see the power OF God in the tapes
try hanging aronnd the windows q
heaven, or in the horses or chariots OF
fire with which the dying day departs,
or 10 look at the mountain swinging out
its sword arm from under the mantle OF
darkness until il can strike with It's
scimeter Of the lightning
GOD II LITTLE THINGS.
love better 10 study God in the shape
of q fy's wing. IA the formation OF "A
fsh's scale, In the snowy whiteness OF a
pond lily. love 10 track his footsteps
Ia the mountain moss, and 10 hear his
voice 10 the hum OF the rye fields, and
discover the rustic OF his robe of light IN
the south wind On, this wonder OF di-
vine power that can build habitation
for God in an apple blossom, and tune
bees voice until il IS fit for the eternal
orchestra. ami can say to a hrefiy. LET
there be light" and from holding an
ocean in the hollow OF his hand, goes
forth % find heights and depths and
length aud breadth of omnipotency in a
dewdrop, and dismounts from the char
lot of midnight hurricane 20 cross over
on the suspension bridge OF a spiders
web.
You may take your telescope and
sweep il across the heavens In order TO
behold the glory OF God, but | shall
take the leaf holding the spider and the
spiders web, and | shall bring the mi
croscope to my eye, and while gaze
and look and study and am COMPOUNDED
/ viii kneel down in the grass and cry,
Great and marvellous are thy works,
/ Lord God Almighty?
Again, my text teaches me that insig
| niicance il no excuse for inaction. This
spider that solomon saw on the wan
/ might have said: Il can't weave q web
worthy of this great palace; what can
/ do amid all this gold embroidery? l am
not able TO make anything Git for so
/ grand place. and so will not work my
spinning jenny" No. so said the spider
The spider taketh hold with her
| hands" Oh, what a lesson that Is for
| you and me! You say if you had some
great sermon TO preach, if you only had
! a grea. audience 10 talk 10, if you had a
! great army TO marshal, if you only had
constitution TO write, if there was
some tremendous thing in the world for
you TO do-then you would show us.
Yes, you would show Us!
WbJt if the Levite in the ancient tenn
pie had declined to snuff the candle be-
cause he could not be high priest?
What if the humming bird should refuse
to sing its song into the ear of tho honey
sucklc because it cannot, like the eagle,
/ dash its wing into the sun? What if the
raindrOp should refuse to descend be-
cause it is not Niagara? What If the
spider Of the text should refuse 70 move
/ its shuttle because it cannot weave a
Solomon's robe? Away with such follyl
IL you are lazy with the one talent. you
would be- lazy with the ten talents. II
Milo cannot lift the calf he never will
have strength 70 lift the OK. In the
Lords army there is order for promo
ton, but you cannot be a general until
you have been captain, a lieutenant
and colonel IL is step by step, it is
inch by inch, il is stroke by stroke that
our Christian character is builded.
Therefore be content to do what God
commands you 10 do.
God is not ashamed 10 do small things.
He is not ashamed 10 be found chiseling
a grain of sand. or helping a honeybee
TO construct its cell with mathematical
accuracy. or tingeing a shell in the surf,
or shaping the bill Of q chafinch. What
God does, be does well. What you do, do
well. be IL n great work or q small work.
IL ten talents. employ all the ten. II
FIVE talents, employ all the FIVE. If one
talent. employ the one. II only the
thousandth part Of a talent. employ that.
DO thou faithful unto death, and | will
give thee the crown Of life" tell you
If you are not faithful 70 God in q small
sphere. you would be indolent and in
significant in a large sphere.
TuR REPUIsIvE ~ HIGH PLACES.
Again. my text teaches me that re-
pulsvencss and loathsomeness viii
sometimes climb up into very elevated
| places You would have tried to have
killed tho spider that solomon saw.
You would have said: This is no place
for t. n that spider Is determined %
weave a web. lot it do SO down in the
cellar Of this palace or in some dark
dungeon All the spider Of the text
could not be discouraged Itelsmbered
on and climbed up. higher end higher
and higher. until after awhilei it resche!
tina kings vision. and be said. The
spider taketh hold with her hands. and
IL ia kings palaces And so Il often Is
now that things that are loathsome and
repnlsive get up into very elevated
places
The church q Christ. for instance, fs
palace The King ~ heaven and earth
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