Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-24
WORD OF THE LORD
An Eloquent Sermon From the
Tabernacle Pulpit
GODS FINGER IN The WORLD
DE. Tslmage Selscts a Text From Exodus
An1 Freaches . Powerful Discourse.
A Pssoratian Of Great force.

BROoKLYs, Oct s3.-Ths capacity Of
tie Tabernacle was tested this morning
by tho vast crowd that hlled IL IN every
part a. soca a. toe doors were opened
After reading and commenting On sey-
eral passages u Scripture illustrative q
Gods providentil dealings, DR. Tai
mage gave out ths hymn beginning
God moves IN = mysterious wsy
Ia sOadsrs ~ gszfosn-
His sermon was on the text Exodus ylil,
10, The Finger Of God"
Pharaoh was suiking IN ais marble
thronsroon at Memphis. Plague after
plague had come, and sometimes the
Egyptian monarch was disposed 70 do
better. but az the lifting OF each plague
no Was as bad az before. The nscro-
mancers OF the palace, however, were
compelled u recognize the divine move
ment. and after one Of the most exas-
peraring plaques of al the series they
cried cut n the words OF my text,
This Is the finger u God'-not the first
nor the last time when BAD people said
good thing An old Philadelphia friend
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had ever noticed this passage Of Scrip
turs from which today speak. told
him uo. an4 / said righ. away. That IS
good text for q sermon"
We all recognize the hand Of God and
know Il Is a mighty hand. You have
seen man keep two or three rubber
balls flying Ia the air. catching and
pitching them 80 thAt none OF them fell
q the floor, and 20 this for several min
ures. and you have admired his dexter
iLy. But have YOU thought how the
hand 0f God keeps millions and millions
Of round worlds, vastly larger than our
world. flying for centuries without let
ting one fal9 Wondrous power and
skin II Gods handl Bat about that |
am not % discourse. Ny text leads mo
g. speak ot less than hfth OF the divine
hand. This Is the finger Of God"
Only ~ two other places does the Bible
refer 10 this division of the omnipotent
hand The rocks on Mount Sinai are
basalt aud very hard stone. Do you
imagine IL was chisel that cut the ten
commandments Ia that basalt2 No: IN
Exodus We read that the tables of stone
were written with the finger of God"
Christ says that he cast out devils with
'sths finger OF God" The only instance
that Christ wrote word ne wrote not
with pen on parchment, but with his
finger on the ground. Yet. though so
seldom reference - made in the Bible
to = part OF Gods hand. If you and
keep our eyes open and our heart right
We Will be compelled often TO cry out.
This Is the finger OF God 1t Is my
intention before long 20 begin series az
sermons on The Astronomy OF the Ri
bic. or God Among the Stars" 1.-The
Ornithology Of the Bible, or God Among
the Birds The Pomology OF the 81 Die.
or God Among the Orchards" "The
Ichthyology OF the Bible. or God Among
the Fishes" THE Geology Of the Bible,
or God Among the Rocks" ''The Wa
ters OF the Bible. or God Among the
Seas" The Zoology Of the Bible, or
God Among the Beasts ''The Precious
Stones Of the Bible, or God Among the
Amethysts;" The Conchology Of the
Bible. or God Among the Shells" the
Botany Of the Bible, or God Among the
Flowers" The Chronology OF the BIZ
bic. or God Among toe Centuries" and
l want this coming winter 10 get you
and get myself into the habit Of seeing
the finger Of God everywhere and IN
everything; bat this morning want
10 induce You TO look for the finger OF
God Ia your personal affairs.
PRovIpENrIsL GESTURES.
To most of as gesticulation is natural.
II a stranger sccost you on the street
and ask you the way 20 some place. 1t is
a. natural as 20 breathe FOR you TO level
your fore6nger this way or that. Not
one out ~ thousand Of you would
stand with your hands ~ your side and
make no motion withy 0urfnger What
ever yen may say Win your lips Is en-
phasized aud REINFORCED and translated
b. yoar finger. Now God IN the dear
oil Book SAYS 20 us inuumerab Die things
b. ths say If direction. BE plainly tells
Us ths way % e. But in every exigency
of our life. II We will only look. we viii
fu5 proviien.ial gesture and a provi-
den tl roinang. SO thst we may cont
dsuu say "Ihis - 1he finger q God"
Two or three times in my life. when
perpIsxed en- questions If duty after
earnest PRAYER. hs~e rsst lots as 20
what 7 should DO ir oifeu times t,e
Lord rsoas cast loss Tie land of
C.maan i.vilrd oy 1T. The cities
wsra sidet among tine priests and
Lev v 'oa Matthias was chosen to
the p ~ lot Now casting
lots IS sbsa- enc most solemn thing yo2
can no. lt should never b. dome. sgcept
WIKI q solemnity ike that II the last
Judgment e. IL a direct appeal to Tire
Almighty II after earnest PRAYER You
do net seem to zst the divine direction.
I think YEN might without sin write
upon enc slip of paper yes. and upon
another NO" or some other decisive
words Appropriate % the ease. and then.
ob6tsraang from your mind the identify
81 tae sias Il paper. draw the decision
ami see urcu it In that case thiHS
zen have a right to take that Indication
A. TIE SINGER - God. But de not do
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