The Progress., 1896-06-27

I'd to this bitterness and that success.
through this river and across that sea?
but blessed be GOD, that path always
comes ont at the Promised LaHC. |
Mark that! Mark that
remark, again, that all those
things that seem to be but accluehls
in our life are under the Divine super
vision. We sometimes seem TO he &C.
inc helrp,~ss and anchOrless. You say.
IF had some other trade; If had not
gone there this summer; # nad IiNeo
in some other house" You have no
right to say that. Every tear you
Wept every step you have taken, ever!
burden you have carried is under bl-
vine inspection, and that even which
startled your whole household Win
horror God met with perfect pl2cioll!'
because he knew it was for your goou.
1t was part of a great plan projected
long ago, in eternity. When you come
TO reckon up your mercles, you VIII
point to that affection as one OF your
greatest blessings
God has a strange way with us
Joseph found his way to the PRIME
minister's chair by being pushed into
a pit; and to many Christian Gown
is up. The wheat must be failed;
the quarry must be blasted; the dla-
mond must be ground; the Christian
must be afflicted; and that single
event which you supposed stood en-
tirely alone, was a connecting INK
between two great chains, one chain
reaching through all eternity past and
the other chain reaching through all
eternity future-so small an event las
tening two eternities together.
There is a man who says, 1la'
doctrine cannot be true, because things
do 90 so very wrong | reply II Is III
inconsistency or the part of God, bu
lack of understanding on our part
| hear that men are making very NM
shawls in some factory. ! 90 IN OF
the first floor, and see only the raV
materials, and | ask, Are these tn
shawls | have heard about?'' NO,
says the manufacturer, go up to tn
next floor and go up, and there
begin to see the design. But the ma
SAYS, do not stop here; 60 up TO tn
ton floor of the factory, and you Wi
-. see the idea fully carried ont" | q
So and. having come to the top, sc
=, the complete pattern OF an eXqulslt
q shawl. SO in our lie, standing dow
on g low level Of Christian eXperlenf
, we do not understand Gods dealing
He tells Us to 60 up higher and hlghe
until we begin to understand the
vine meaning with respect to us, ar
+, we advance until we stand at the vel
:, gate Of heaven, and there see God
idea all wrought oUt-a perfect idea
mercy of love, of kindness. And
say, Just and true are ali Thy ways
g. It is all right at the top. RememD
'e there is no Inconsistency on the part
y God but it is only our mental II
J spiritual incapacity.
'e Some of YOU may be disappolnt
r this summer-v vacations are apt to
d. disappointments-bu whatever yo
:.
III that MANS heart deviseth his Wa
'u but the Lerd directeth his steps A
60 these aged men in this church If 1t
VI not SO. 1t has been SO in my own II
'u One summer | started for the Adirc
st 9acks, but my plans were SO chang
j. that | landed in Liverpool. | stud
a. law and ! got into the ministry.
~ resolved to go as missionary
Is China. and ] stayed in the Uni
States. | thought | would ike to be
the east, and | went to the west;
to the circumstances of life, all my wo
CT different from that which | expect
nd "a mans heart deviseth his way,
ng the LORD directeth his steps
ds. So. my dear friends, this day t;
tie home this subject. Be content W
I'm such things as you have. From CIV
az grass-blade under your feet learn
lcs lesson of Divine care, and never let
Dse smallest bird fit across your p
to without thinkin. of the truth,
90 two sparrows are sold for a farthi
ess and one of them shall not fall on
red ground without your Father. Bles
YES be His glorious name forever. An
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