Connecticut western news., 1896-06-25
No Accidents.

mat seem tO D6 put dcClueutS HI our llI6 are under the divine supervision. We sometimes seem to be going helmless and anchorless. You say, "If I had some other trade; if I had not gone there this summer; if I had lived in some other house. You have no right to say that Every tear you wept, every step you have taken, every burden you have carried is under divine inspira- tion, and that event which startled your whole household with horror God met with perfect placidity. because he knew it was for your good. It was part of 8 great plan projected long ago. In eter- nifty, when you come to reckon up your mercies, you will point to that affiiction as one of your greatest blessings.
 God has a strange way with us. Jo- seph found his way to the prime minis ter's chair by being pushed into pit; and to many Christian down is up. The wheat must be failed; the quarry must be blasted; the diamond must be ground; the Christian must be afflicted i; and that single event, which you sup posed stood entirely alone, was a con- meeting link between two great chains, one chain reaching through all eternity past and the other chain reaching through all eternity future-so small an event fastening two eternities to- gether.
 A missionary coming from India to the United States stopped at St. Helena while the vessel was taking water. He had his little child with him. They walked along by an embankment, and a rock at that moment became loosened and, falling instantly, killed the child.
 Was it an accident? Was it surprise to God? Had he allowed his servant, after life of conservation, to come to such trial? Not such is my God. There are no accidents in the divine mind, though they may seem so to us. God is good, and by every single incl dent of our life, whether it be adverse or otherwise, before earth and heaven, God will demonstrate his mercy.
 I hear man say :tThat idea belittles God. You bring him down to such lit tie things" Oh, have a more thorough appreciation of God in little things than have in great thingsl The mother does not wait until the child has crushed it's foot or broken its arm before she admin isters sympathy. The child comes in with the least bruise, and the mother kisses it. God does not wait for some tremendous crisis in our life, but comes down to us in our most insignificant trials and throws over us the arms of his mercy.
 Going up the White mountains some years ago I thought of that passage in the Bible that speaks of God as weigh ing mountains in balance. AsI looked at those great mountains l thought, Can it be possible that God can put these great mountains in scales? It was an idea tco great for me to grasp; but when I saw a bluebell down bJ the mules foot, on my way up Mount Washington, then I understood the kindness and goodness of God. It Is not so much of God in great things I can understand, but of God in little things. Development
 There is a man who says, "That doc trine cannot be true, because things do go so very wrong reply it is no in- consistency on the part of God, but Q lack of understanding on our part l hear that men are making very fine shawls in some factory. I go in on the first floor and see only the raw ma terials, and ask, "Are these the shawls I have heard aboutP" "No," says the manufacturer. "Go up to the next floor," and I go up, and there I begin 10 see the design. But the man says: ''Do not stop here. Go up to the top floor of the factory and you will see the idea fully carried out" I do so, and having come to the top. see the com plete pattern of an exquisite shawl. So in our life, standing down on a low level of Christian experience we do not understand Gods dealings. He tells us | 10 go up higher and higher until we be- | gin to understand the divine meaning with respect to us, and we advance un- til we stand at the very gate of heaven, and there see Gods idea all wrought out-a perfect idea of mercy, of love, of kindness. And we say, Just and true | are all my ways. " It is Y l right at the top. Remember there isAno inconsist- ency on the part of God, but it is only our mental and spiritual incapacity.
 Some of you may be disappointed this summer-vacations are apt to be disap- pointments-but whatever your per plexities and worriments, know that Mans heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps" Ask these ! aged men in this church if it is not so.
 It has been so i'll my own life. One | summer I started for the Adirondacks, but my plans were so changed that landed in Liverpool. studied law and got into the ministry. resolved to go as a missionary to China, and staid in the United States. I thought I would like to be in the east, and went to the west. All the circumstances of life, all my work, different from that which I expected. "A mans heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps. !" So, my dear friends, this day take home this subject Be content with such things as you have. From every grass blade under your feet learn the
 lesson of divine care, and never let the smallest bird fit across your path with
 out thinking of the truth that two spar
 rows are sold for farthing, and one of
 them shall not fall on the ground with
 out your Father. Blessed be his glorious
 name forever. Amen.
 How Hindoos Hoard Jewelry.
 Never during its existence has India
 been so rich in jewelry as now. The | DeODle are always adding to their stock