Connecticut western news., 1896-06-25
GOD IN EVERYTHING.
BUT REV. DR. TALMAGE EMPHASIZES HIS EXISTENCE IN MINOR AFFAIRS.

Get Beyond the Limit God Has Laid
 Down For Our Prosperity-so We Must
 Be Content.
 WASHINGTON, June 21.-A most up lifting truth is presented in Dr. Tal- mage's discourse of today. His text was Matthew x, 29: "Are not two spar rows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground with out your Father. ;"
 You see the Bible will not be limited in the choice of symbols There ishardly a beast or bird or insect which has not been called to illustrate some divine truth-the ox's patience, the ants in- dustry, the spiders skill, the hind's surefootedness, the eagle's speed, the doves gentleness, and even the spar rows meanness and insignifcance. In oriental countries none but the poorest people buy the sparrow and eat it-so very little meat is there on the bones, and so very poor is it, what there is of it The comfortable population would not think of touching it any more than you would think of eating bat or 8 lamprey. Now, says Jesus. if God takes such good care of poor bird that is not worth a cent, will he not care for you, an immortal?
 We associate God with revolutions. We can see a divine purpose in the dis covery of America, in the invention of the art of printing, in the exposure of the gunpowder plot, in the contrivance of the needle gun, in the ruin of an hv1f how hard it is to see God in the minute personal affairs of our lives! We think of God as making record of the starry host, but cannot realize the Bible truth that he knows how many hairs are on our head. It seems a grand thing that God provided food for hundreds of thousands of Israelites in the desert; but we cannot appreciate the truth that, when sparrow is hungry, God stoops down and opens it's mouth and puts the seed in. We are struck with the idea that God fills the universe with his presence. but cannot understand how he encamps in the crystal palace of dew drop. or finds room to stand between the alabaster pillars of the pond lily. We can sec God in the clouds Gan we see God in these flowers at our feet?
 God In All.
 We are apt to place God on some great stage-or to try to do oit-expecting him there to act out his stupendous projects. but we forget that the life of Crom- well. m Alexander or a Washington or an archangel is not more under di- vine inspection than your life or mine. c< 1a suk over the eyes of God because he so much favored Cesar. But there is no such mist. He sees everything. We say Gods path is in the great waters True enough; but no more certainly than he is in tho water in the glass on the table. We say God guides the stars in their courses Magnificent truthl But no more certain truth than that he decides which road or street you shall take in coming to church. Understand that God does not sit upon an indifferent or unsympa- thetic throne, but that he sits down be- side you today, and stands beside me today. ard no affair of our lives is so insignificant but that it is of importance to God
 In the first place, God chooses our oc- cupation for us. I am amazed to see how many people there are dissatisfied with the work they have to do. I think three-fourthsswish they were in some other occupation, and they spend great deal of time in regretting that they got in the wrong trade or profession. I want to tell you that God put into oper- ation all the influences which led you to that particular choice. Many of you are not in the business that you expected to be in. You started for the ministry and learned merchandise; you started for the law and you are physician; you pre- ferred agriculture and you became . mechanic You thought one way; God thought another. But you ought not to sit down and mourn over the past. You are to remember that God arranged all these circumstances by which you were made what you are.
 Hugh Miller says "I will be stone mason;' God says, "You will be 8 gcologist !" David goes out to attend his fafher's shsfp; God calls him to govern a natioL. Saul goes out to hunt his fa ther's asses. and before he gets back finds the crown of regal dominion. How much happier would we be if we were content with the places God gave usl God saw your temperament and all the circumstances by which you were sur rounded, and I believe nine-tenths of you are in the work you are best fitted for hear 8 great racket in my watch, and I find that the hands, and the wheels, and ehe springs are getting out of their places send it down to the jeweler's and say, Overhaul that watch and teach the wheels, and the spring, and the hands to mind their own busi- ness" You know man having large estate. He gathers his working hands in the morning, and says to one, You go and trim that vipe;" to another, "You go and weed those Howers;" to another, You blow that tough glebe;" and each one goes to his particular work The owners of the estate points the man to what he knows he can do best, and so it is with the Lord
 He Arranges All.
 remark further that God has ar ranged the place of our dw yelling. What particular city or town, street or house you shall live in seems to be a mere matter of accident. You go out to hunt for 8 house, and you happen to pass up certain street, and happen to see a sign, and you select that house. Was 1t all happening so? Oh, mol God guided you in every step. He foresaw the fu- ture. He knew all your circumstances. and he selected just that ono house as better for you than any of the 10, 900 habitations in the city. Our house, however humble the roof and however lowly the portals, is as near Gods heart as an Alhambra or Kremlin. Prove it, you say. Proverbs iii, 33, "He blesseth the habitation of the just. '"
 remark further that God arranges all our friendships. You were driven to the wall. You found man just at that