Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-21

- God: sid IL things are al naked and
- slss.Ils,, add your bfzin = ESt and your
heart sex. ssss sDEne one 10 go cat with ycu
i1to TIE stariighs aad pant cat % yea tks
Pss,2des or, better than thzs get int suns
Ohserv DRY, azd through the telescope sce
fartAer than AHlos with TIE naked eye
eollld-namsiy. two hundred stars Ia the
Pisaades. AMI that Ia sh2E Is called the
sssorsi Of Orion there Is = nebala computed
u &c two tE1llicn two hundred thousand
bsIiisns times larger than tae sun. Ca, he
a. peace with tae God who made At! thss
and controls al tk&s--the wheel Of the coz
stsliaSLcns turning IN the wheel q lssllaxlsss
for thousands " years without the bFeak-
ing Of cog Or the slipping OF b&nd or tAe
snap q an axle For your plzcidlty and
sornfoEt through the Lord Jesus Christ
charge you. Seek hign that maketA the
seven Stars and Orion"
TEE LIGHT CT GOD.
Again, Amos saw, IS We must see, that
the God who made these two groups OF the
text was the God Of light. Amos saw that
God was not satisfied with making one
star, o. two stars or three stars, bat he
makes seven; and having finished that
group OF worlds. makes another group
group after group. To the Ple.sdes lie
adds Orion. IL seems thai God likes light
30 we'll that lie keeps making it. Only one
beng in the universe knows the statistics
Of solar, lunar, stellar, meteor:c creations,
and that is the Creator himself Aud they
have all been lovingly christened. each one
a name as distinct IS the, names OF your
children. He telieth the number of the
stars; be ealisth them all by their names"
The seven Pleiades had names given TO
. A
CelRno. Electra, Sterope, Taygste and
Maia
But think Of the billions and trillions Of
| daughters OF starry light that God calls by
name as they sweep hy him with beaming
brow aud lustrous robei So fond is God of
light-natural light. mcrsl light, spiritual
light. Again and again is light harnessed
for ymbolira.iop-Christ, the bright
morning star; evangelization, the day
break; the redemption of nations, Sun of
Righteousness rising with healing in his
wings o men and women, with so many
sorrows and sins and perplsxities, II you
want light OF comfort, light OF pardon,
light Of goodness, in earnest prayer
through Christ, Seek him that maketh
the Seven Stars and Orion"
| Again, Amos saw, as we must see, that
tLC tOl NJ Ht6kc thc>< wv
Of stars must be an unchanging God
There had been no change in the stellar
appearance in this herdsman's lifetime,
and his father, a shepherd, reported to him
that there had been NO change in his life
time And these tive clusters hang over
the celestial arbor now just as they were
the frst night that they shone On the
Edenic bowers, the same as when the
Egyptians built the pyramids, from the
/ top OF which to watch them; the same rs
Z when the Chaldsans calculated the eclipses;
the same as when Elihu, according to the
book OF job, went out TO study the aurora
borealis; the same under Ptolemaic system
and Copernican system; the same from
Calisthenes TO Pythagoras, and from
Pythagoras 10 Herschel. Surely, a change
less God must have fashioned the Pieiades
and Orionl Oh, what an anodyns amid
the ups and downs of life and the flux and
refux Of the tides Of prosperity, to know
that we have 9 changeless God, the same
yesterday. today and forever!'
FiCKLEEESs OF EARTHLY MoNARCHs
Xerxes garianded and knighted the
steersman OF his boat "A the morning and
hanged him in the evening Of the same
day. The world sits in its chariot and
drives tandem, and the horse ahead is
Huzza and the horse behind is Anathema.
Lord Gotham, in King James time, was
appiauded. and had thirty-tive thousand
dollars a year. but was afterward execrated
and lived on scraps stolen from the royal
kitchen Alexander the Great after death
remained unburied for thirty days, because
no one would Go the honor of shoveling
him under The Duke of Wellington re-
fused to have his iron fence Inended because
1t had been broken by al Infatuated pop
nlace in some hour of political excitement,
and be left it in ruins that men might
learn what fckle thing is human favor.
But the mercy Of the Lord is from ever
lasting TO everlasting to them that fear
him. and his righteousness unto the chill
drcn's children Of such as keep his cows
nant. and to those who remember his com
mandments to do them" This moment
Seek him that maketh the Seven Stars
and Orion"
Again, Amos saw. as we must see, that
the God who made these two beacoas of
the oriental night sky mus. be God Of
love and kindly warning. The Pleiades
rising in nlidsky said to all the herdsmen
and shepherds and hasbandnen, Come
cut and enjoy the mild weather and cult
waite your gardens and fields" Orion, COM
ing in winter, warned them 10 prepare for
tempest. All navigation was regulated by
these two consultations. The one said 10
shipmaster and crew, Hoist sail for the
sea and gather merchandise from other
lands" But Orion was the storm signal,
and said, Reef sail. make things snug
or put into harber, for the hurricanes are
getting their wings out" AS the Pleisdes
were the sweet evangels of the spring
Orion was the warning prophet Of the
winter
LESSONS or TIE 81 AsoSe
Oh, now get the best view OF God ever
ha6s There are two kinds of SERMONS
never want to pvracb-ths one that pre-
sents God so kind, 20 induirsnt, no lezient
so inbecisc that men may do what they
will against aim and fracture his every
law and gut the pry Of their impertinsnos
and robe Hon under hts throne. and while
they are splitting In his face and stabsina
at his heart, be takes them gp In his Arms
and kisses their infuriased brow ani check
saying. ~0fsash is the kingdom Of heaven. y
The ether kind of sermon Devs want "a
preach n she ons THAI represents God ~ ali
fire and torture and tnunderciood, and
with red hot pitcSfurk tossing the human
race into paroxysrns Of infinite agony. The
sermon that | am now preaching believes
in a God Of loving k.ndlv WARNING. the God
of spring snd wiater, the God Of the Piei
afes sar Orion