Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-22

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Washington. D. c., June 21---A
most uplifting truth is presented in DR..
Talmages discourse to-day. His text
was Matt 1929; Are not two spar
rows sold for a farthing? and one Of
them shan not fan on The ground with
put your Father"
You see the Bible viii not be-limiJed
in the choice of symbols. There Is
hardly a beast. or bird, or insect, which
has not been called TO illustrate some
Divine ,ruyh-the ox's patience The
ants industry. the SPIDERS skill, the
osr[vs suresootedness, the eagle 5
sDeed. the doves gentleness. and even
+5a sDarrow' S meanHess and lnslSnln-
canoe In Oriental countries none DuJ
the poorest people buy ,he sparrow and
sqt it-so very little meat is there on
the bones. and so very poor is IL, what
there is of f.. The comfortable popU-
1ation would not think Of touching 1t
any more than You would think 81 eat
ing bat or lamprey. Now, says
Jesus. if God takes such good care OF a
NOR bird that is not worth cent, viii
he not care Tor YOU. an immortal!
We associate God with revolutions.
We can see
A DIVINE PURPOSE
in the discovery Of America, in the in
ven-ion Of the art of prindng.in the eX-
,,oeure Of the GunpOwder Plot, IN the
contrivgnce of the needlegun, in the
ruin Of an Austrian or NapOleonic dcs-
po.ism. but how hard it is 10 see God
in the minute personal affairs q our
livesl We think Of God as making a
record Of the starry host, but cannot
realize the Bible truth that ne knows
how many hairs are on our head. IL
seems q grand thing that God pro-
vifed food for hundreds OF thOus-
a-ds CO Israeiiecs in the desert;
but we cannot appreciate the
truth that. when a sparrow IS hun
grv. God Stops down and opens its
mouth ard puts the seed in. We are
struck with the idea that God fills Jhe
universe with his presence. but cannot
understand how ne encamps in the cry
stall palace of a dewdrOp. or Ands room
10 stand between the aiabas-er pliers
Of the pond fly. We can see Goa IN
the clouds. We can see God in these
flowers at our fee.
We are apt 10 place God on some
great stage-or 10 try 10 do !t-eXDec1-
ing him there TO act out
HIS STUPENDOUS PROJECTS,
but we forget that the life Of a Crom-
well an Alexander. or Washington.
or an archangel is not more under Dl-
vine inspection than your life OF m,ne.
POmpev thought there must be a mist
over the ewes Of God because he 50
much favored Cesar. But there IS TO
such mist. He sees everything we
saw Gods rath is IN the great waters.
True enough; but no more certainly
than he is i'm the water in the glass On
the table We say God guides the stors
i'm their courses. Magnificent TRUTH
but no more certain truth than that he
decides which road or street you shall
take I'm coming 70 church. Under
stand that God does not sit upon an in
different or unsympa-hetic throne, but
that he sits down beside YOU to-day,
and stands beside me to-day, and no
affair OF our lives is 50 Insignificant
but that it is OF importance TO God.
In the first place. God chooses our
occupation for us. am amazed ID see
how many people there are
DISSATISFIED WITH THE WORK
they have TO do. I think three
Iourths wish they were in some other
occupation, and they spnd a great deal
Of time i'm regretting that they got in
the wrong trade or profession. I want
TO tell YOU that God put into operation
all the influences which led you 10 that
particular choice. Many of you are
not in the business that You expected
10 be in. You started for the ministry
and learned merchandise; you started
for the law and you are a physician;
you preferred agriculture and YOU be-
came a mechanic You thought one
way. God thought another. But You
ought not 10 sit down and mourn over
the past. You are 10 remember that
God arranged all these circumstances
b. which YOU were made what YOU are.
REMARK further that God has arrang-
ed the place Of our dwelling. What
particular city or town, street or house
YOU shall live 10 seems 20 be mere mat
ter Of accident. You go out 20 hunt for
q house, and YOU happen TO pass up
certin street. and happen TO see sign.
and you select that house. Was it all