The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-11-03

"Ondels 10 9ertorm."
" BRo0KYN, Oct. 23.-The capacity Of
the Tabernacle was tested thus NOM
ing by tho yasj crowd hat filled ii in
every part as soon as the doors were
opened. After reading and comment.
ing upon several passages of Scripture
tilt ustrative of God's providenLial deal
Ings, DR.. Talmage sgavc out the lynn
beginning.
-. God moves in a mysterious way
Ills wonders to perform.
His sermon WAS on the text Exodus
vii. 10, THE Finger OF Gcd."
Pharaoh Was sulking in his marble
lhroneroom at Memphis. Plague after
plague had come, and sometimes the
Egyptian monarch was disposed to do
better, but at the lifting OF each plague
lie was as bad before. The necroman-
GERS Of the palace, however, were COM
pel,ed TO reco ynize the divine move
ment, and alter oEe OF the most eXas-
pelatirg plaques ofall the series they
crcd cut i'll the words Of my text,
"Thjs is the niger Of God"-not the
fgSI nor the lat time when bad people
sai;i GOOD thing. An old Philadelphia
riend visiting me the other day asked
me if had ever noticed this passage Of
Scripture from which l .Cday speak. l
told him no and l said right away,
THAT is a gccd text for sermon"
We all recuanize the hand of God and
know II is u uighty hand. You have
seen Il mau keep two or three III )ber
balls lying il lie ali. catching and
pitrhip4 them so that none of them fell
20 tie floor, aud do this forlseveral nhn-
utcS, ami YOU hnve admired his dcXterity.
Bu. have YOU though, how the hand Of
GGu keeps n ,liions aud millions of
round wo' Ills vastly larger than our
world fly ug lpr centuries wilht ut let
ting che tall? WOnGrous power and
skill OF Gods IanC! But about that |
am not 10 d seturse. My text leads me
TO speak of les. than liith OF the divine
hauG. This is the finger ot God"
Only III two other places does the Bible
refer 10 Tins division of the omDipotent
hand. Tie rI Cks on Mount Sinai are
basalt ard ve"y hard stone. DO you
IN H. Sine 1t was a chistl that cut >e ten
coumandanls III that basal? No; in
Exodus v G lc;, u that the tables OF stone
wee "writlcn with the lipger Of God"
Ch.ist says th,t lie cast out devils with
"lhe liuger OF GoG."
I'he only ins .anCe that Christ wrote
word hc wrote not with zen or parch.
mont, but with MS iiuSer on the ground.
Yet though so seldom reference is made
in lhe Bible tc part ofGod's hand, is you
and keep cur eyes open and our hearts
riG!,t.w will 10 compelled Ofen to cry
ou., This is &c :inscl Of God!" 1t II
ny intention batore long u begin Sc
,.i.. .,>fC A Of nf
the Bible, o. God Among the Stars"
"lhc Ornitho.2gy OF the Bible, or God
And Among inc Birds" 1.-THE Pomol'
opy OF the B;n:e, or God Among the
O.,hards;" The IchtEyolcgy OF the
Bihlc, or God hmonc tie FiShes;" ''The
Geology OF Tie Bible, or God Among
th9,Rocks;" "rEe " atcrs OF the Bible,
or God Among the %eas;" 'The Zool
ogv Of the Bible, or God Among the
Bcasts;" 1.-THE Precious Stones of The
B!ble, or God Among the Amethysts;"
The COncEology Of The Bible, or God
Amung the Shclls;" 1.-The Botany OF
the Bible, or God Among the Floweia;"
"Tte Chronology OF tre Bible, or God
Among the Ccnturies," and | want this
coming winter 10 get you and get myself
into the habit OF .eeing the finger OF Goo
everywhere and in everything; but this
morning l want TO irdnCe you to look
Tor the iingcr Of God III your personal
ailnirs.
TO most of US gcstil ulatjon is natural.
Ii II Stranger acc0st you on the street
and ask you tho way to some place, it is
as natural as to breathe for you to
level your torefinger THIS way or that.
Not one out Of thousand If YOU would
stand with } Our hands by your side and
make no mo ton with Your finger.
Whatever you may say with your lips
is emphasized and re enforced and tram
slated by your finger. Now God IN the
dear old Brook says TO us innumerable
things by the way OF direction. lie
plainly tells us the way to go. But In
every eXiSenty Of cur life, If we will
only look, we will Gud providental
jeS ture aud n provrdcnlial pointing, so
that we may confidently say, This is
the finger Of God" Two or three times
in my life, when pcrplcxcd on questions
OF duty AFTER earnest prayer, have cast
lots as TO wha. 1 should co. LII Olden
tines the LORDS peo ole cast lots. The
land OF Canaan was divided by lot. The
cities were divided nong the priests
anu LcFiNS 3 W IoL. MaLllllHS was
CHI sen TO the apostle ship by lot.
Nov cas tn% lots is about the most
so,emmu thing You can do. 1t should
never be done except with solemnily
like that OF thn last judgment. 1t IS a
dI ocL appeal o the Almighty. If after
carnlsL pruy'r You do not seem to get
thu dlVine dirr otiOn. think you might
without SIN write upon one slip OF pa
per ~ Yes" ard upon anoll.er NO." or
some other decisive words appropriate
? TO the case, hd the obliteratin4 from
your mind the identity of the slips ol
paper draw the Cecision and act upon it,
In That case l think you have Il right TO
take that indication as the finger Ol
GOD. But do not do that exceptas the
last resort and with dcvoutness that
leaves absolutely all with God.
On, am so glad that there src abt nj
aiiSehundrtd thousand things that we ore
not rCspor sihle ioi! DO not blame ns
. iof be Ing in oar manner cold as an ice.
berg, or nervous as cat amid a pack of
s Fourth Of July lirecrackers. IfyCI are
determined 10 blame somebody, blame