Arizona republican., 1892-11-20
,ur FINGER OF GOD.
,ourNT SERMON FROM THE N -,eFRNAcLE PULPIT.

,'a ''.,,,tiou of Wonderful Force and
 ,r of EHPression'
 vx Oct. 23.-The capacity of
 BEo,N- , .n,cle was tested this morning
 b' .is ,y' yast crowd that filled it in every
 l NS w. s,on as the doors were opened.
 Ya'i Ss ,s..ng and commenting on sev-
 i'i'r ''aa ,,.rs, of Scripture illustrative of tSi ',royidential dealings, Dr. Tal-
 5'dS lave out the hymn beginning
 De' ,,oyes in a mysterious way
 gJs gj, wonders to perform.
 .,,on was on the text Exodus viii,
 ' sTSe Finger of God"
 ,,l..ob i~ was sulking in his marble
 In', noroom at Memphis. Plague after
 a'0p, % had come, and sometimes the son gs monarch was disposed to do
 bnt at the lifting of each plague F''., -,s os bad as before, The necro- 'rs "~ of the palace, however, were p1u.,I s.IIsd to recognize the divine move "u! and after one of the most exas- p,.% .;r, plagues of all the series they
 5 ort in the words of my text, CSi j-Si, is the finger of God"-not the first
 lI. %s last time when bad people said a
 s thing. An old Philadelphia friend
 ssng me the other day asked me if l < ,'J a over noticed this passage of Scrip '.. z. from which l today speak. 1 told s;r % no. and said right away, That is good text tfor sermon"
 Ts all recognize the hand of God and ,,rit is a mighty hand. You have
 .,s man keep two or three rubber sr, flying in the air, catching and '..bi,y them so that none of them fell %s floor. and do this for several min ..s and you have admired his dexter .v But have you thought how the s,,5 of God keeps millions and millions < ,o1pd worlds, vastly larger than our vrld flying for centuries without let s,, one fall? Wondrous power and ,Tl of Gods hand! But about that l m not to discourse. My text leads me p rsak of less than a fifth of the divine brl This is the finger of God. |" ply in two other places does the Bible ,isr to this division of the omnipotent nu The rocks on Mount Sinai are aalt and very hard stone. Do you nagne it was chisel that cut the ten ynmandments in that basalt? No; in g,Odus we read that the tables of stone vsre written with the finger of God. |" irsi says that he cast out devils with -bs finger of God" The only instance aU Christ wrote word he wrote not T.h pen on parchment, but with his hgsr on the ground. Yet, though so x!iom reference is made in the Bible |psDart of Gods hand, if you and I tep our eyes open and our heart right rwill be compelled often to cry out, This is the finger of God" It is my mention before long to begin series of g!mJns on "The Astronomy of the Bi- ss. or God Among the Stars" "The yrli,hology of the Bible, or God Among as Birds" The Pomology of the Bible, ' God Among the Orchards" "The ai,lyology of the Bible, or God Among as Eshes;' "Fhe Geology of the Bible, rGod Among the Rocks" "The Wa zn of tha Bible, or God Among the Sa5' The Zoology of the Bible, or Gl Among the Bcasts;" "The Precious SIe of the Bible, or God Among the lne.hy,t,;' "The Couchology of the &5.s or GoI Among the Shells;" "The Bauy of the Bible, or God Among the f0Tsr;' "Ihe Chronology of the Bi- De- or God Among the Centuries" and IvMt this coming winter to get you El get myself into the habit of seeing .ls finger Of God everywhere and in UsT,dlay; but this morning l want 9 induce you to look for the finger of JAm your personal affairs.
 lHNN lllNllAL hES lO kIS.
 omJ,t Of us gesticulation is natural. aaarauser acCOst you on the street hl ask you the way to some place, it is REtural as to breathe for you to level NlT ioTetnger this way or that. Not a' out of a thousand of you would aald with your hands by your side and '2Es no motion with your finger. What ger you may say with your lips is em- aaNzed and re-enforced and translated qyouT finger. Now God in the dear "a Book says to us innumerable things ' tae way of direction. He plainly tells E 'le way to go. But in every exigency SolF Lie, if we will only look, we will --l Foyidential gesture and a provi- %-la! pointing, so that we may cOnf- SSl"y say, This is the finger of God" '" ''o or three times in my life, when Npe1ed on questions of duty after 'tilel prayer, have cast lots as to 'lal ] should do. In olden times the S'lS people cast lots. The land of .'aaan Was divided by lot. The cities ,as divided among the priests and s''''es by lot Matthias was chosen to " " aPostleship by lot. Now casting " about the most solemn thing you tI 0o 1t should never be done, except ..a asoIemnity like that of the last i4snent, It is a direct appeal to the G'I'SAiy' If after earnest prayer you .,. 1o' seem to get the divine direction, 'l''k you might without sin write ,., ,Soa one slip of paper 'Yes," and upon I''aer "No," or some other decisive s,. .T4 appropriate to the case, and then, I" I.,1"'''atns from your mind the identity ,,S T' slps of paper, draw the decision
 D aet upon it. In that case I think