The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-06-14
REV. WHITES SERMON.

lfy feSt tdr tn u mnrning ~ from the4th
ihapter nj Esther, 18th Verse. Who Know
Nh whether thou art come to the Kingdom
nrsuch time asthis'"
II Arhimeles had been student of
history instead of mathematics, and had
Iuiied III history instead of in physics
bra fulcrum with which to lift and
hose tie world, lie might more easily
haye fouul it Yet the fulcrum often
hsel by tue lever of Divine Providence
Iofthe triumph and defeat of armies,
Ne tlronius and dethroning of kings,
be rise md fall OF nations, is so seem
fngIy small, and tritling from human
ftlldpoiut and seems to he used in
flch causal. unscientiic way, that
4mmm reason and human Judgment
teunahIe 10 classify it in their cate
Eery Of cause and effect, and, therefore,
I'm Il chance" or accident. But
Slat men may look upon and regard us
significant, or accidental, is ever full
/ purpose and meaning to the Divine
Flmd with God nothing is insigniti-
4at He never despises the day of
aa!l things. The dust atom Of the
atmosphere the mote in the sunbeam,
f'ailng aimesSly hither and thither.
'ialy stem Indifferent to and independ-
|eat d fail law order, yet they have there
|ete'nalpacc and order. and their special
lart N maintaining the equilibrium of
w. universe. Utterly destroy but a
! HsIe bladr Of grass, says philoso-
Pler and Won disturb thereby the
world balance. Turn to history ; see
w. atoms in the atmosphere of the
|hs y past and mark the NOTES in the
Plant lights Of the long ago; an atom of
circumstance, a mere mote of certain
CONDITION, = small speck of environment,
W a particle of some special or pecu
PiaF occasion. floating aimlessly about,
posliri aud inmhled together, with no
ap@rent order Of arrangement, yet it
yum, cut 10 he the fulcrum which fur.
hisNr' Tie Leverage power and proves
w. turning point in the tide OF great
FORTUNES aud events. or in the issue Of
f.ier momcntOuS question, or the crisis
4 nation history. A frost, or a
,u9G-lti, becomes the turning of the
Ky" ~ many II man S fortune out at sea,
.e'N'hS their lives bound in shadows
aN9 M mlSeries - fancieG slight, or
~ imagined injury, ora bit of false
I.llt turns continents into bat tie fields.
!. W. shakes the earth with the tramp Of
Ivy Lettering armies; the dream of wo.
@''' '"fins u crisis in nation = history;
7, = wv, n'lmr III royal life leads to the
az, AZ. 'hrow Of Kingdoms. and causes Il
o on'hsr N the dynasty of kings SO.
s ~, chance" word spoken by pas.
.'i Y proves the turning point in many
Il " hht the fulcrumfor its uplift from
a ll' q corruption: Joshua wars
:, t-''iiSi the enemies Of God, and for him
Il ~ s'h stands still upon Gideon and
W. moon rests iii the vale OF Ajaloh !;
~ NJ applng Of hammer on the walls
=. " tienburg shakes the foundations
!" w. Eternal City, and rings in glori-
~, 'eiofmatioM; the twittering of a
l'''i'" startsan avalanche on its down
~ ~ = curse OF destruction; and the im-
w, 'Ati impotence OF u jew results in
-, ~ 'Niet Tor the entire races extermina-
NJ i Aud this brings to our view one
~ ~ !iernines of history. If we seek
I'M, MI these crucial questions and
w. ,I"t " their proper places and assign to
~; lrrlnl work and function all these
r .,,,, affairs of human history. its
P''" occurrences and critical juno.