The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-07-01

Prepared by c. !. Hood & Co.. Lowell Mass
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guided by our own skill, and VIC make
miserable work Cf it. God comes down
to our shop, or our store, and says:
"Things are going wrong. l come TO
take charge am master, and know
what is best, and l proclaim my au-
thority." We are merely suhordinates.
II is like boy at school with long
sum that he cannot do. He has been
working at it for hours, making figures
here and rubbing out figures there, and
it is all mixed up, and the teacher,
locking over the bcy's shoulder, knows
that he cannot get out Of it, and clean
ing the slate says, Begin again. Just
so Gcd does to us. Our affairs get into
an incxtricablc ENHANCEMENT, and he
rubs everything out ard says, Begin
againr' Is he not wise and loving III so
doing?
think the trouble is that there is so
large a difference between the divine
ana ll1t tSlililtil' w N'''te A''
enough. l have heard of people striving
fer that which is enough, but l never
heard Of any che who had enough.
What God calls enough for man man
calls too little What man calls enough
Gcd says is too much. The difference
between a poor man ard rich man Is
ONLY the difference in banks. The rich
man puts his money in the Washington
bank, or the Central bank, or the Metro
nolitan bank, or some other bank OF
that character, while the poor man
comes up and makes his investments in
the bank of him who runs all the quar-
RIGS, all the mines, all the gold, all the
earth, all heaven. Do you think a man
can fail when he is backed up like that:
You may have seen a map Oh which
is described, with red ink, the travels
Of the children of Israel through the
desert to the promised land. You see
how they tcck this and that direction,
crossed that river and went through the
sea. Do you know God has made map
cf your life with paths leading up to
this river and across that sea? But, bless
ed be Gcd, the path always comes out at
the promised land. Mark thatl Mark
that
No Accidents.
remark again that all these things
that seem to be but accidents in our life
are under the divine supervision. We
sometimes seem to be going helmless
ard anchorless. You say, "lf | had
some other trade; if I had not gone
there this summer; if I had lived in
some other housa." 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-
ton, and that event which startled your
whole household with horror God met
with perfect placidity, because he knew
it was for your good. 1t was part Of
great plan projected long ago. In eter-
nifty, when you come to reckon up your
mcrcics you will point to that af1ictioD
as one of your greatest blessings.
God has strange way with US. Jo'
seph found his way to the prime minis.
tcr'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;
and that single event, which you sup
posed stood entirely alone, was con-
nccting link between two great chains,
one chain reaching through all eternity
past ard the other chain reaching
through all eternity future-so small
all event fastening two etcrnlties to-
gcther.
A missionary coming from India tc
the United States stopped at st. Helena
while the vessel was taking water. He
had his little child with him. They
walked along by al enbankment, and
rock at that moment became loosencd
and, falling instantly, killed the child.
Was it an accident? Was it surprise
to Gcd? Had lie allowed his servant,
after life of consecration, to come tC
such trial? Not such is my God.
There are 10 accidents III the divine
mind, though they may seem SO to Us.
Gcd is good. and by every single Incl
dcrt Of cur life, whether it be adverse
or otherwise, before earth and heaven,
Gcd will demonstrate his mercy.
hcara man say: THAT idea beli5tlcs
God. You bring him down to such lit
tie things" Oh, l have a more thorough
arrrcciation of God in little things than
Ihave in great things! The mother does
not wait until the child has crushed its
foot CT broken lis arm before she admin
listers sympathy. The child comes III
with the least bruis", and the mother
kisses it. God does not wait for some
tremendous crisis i'll cur 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 CT that passage III
the Bible that speaks of God as we: sh-
ing mountains in & balance. AS i locked
at those great mountains | thought,
Can it Le possible that God can put
these great mountains III scales! 1t was
an idea tco great fer me to grasp; but
whcn I saw bluebell down By the
mules foot, Oh my way up Mount
Washington, then I understood tie
kindness and goodness of God. 1t is not
so much cf GCd in great things l can
understand, but Of Gcd in little things.
Development.
There is man who says, "That doc
trinc cannot be true, because things do
so so very wrong " reply it is 10 III
consistency Oil the part Of God, but a
lack of understanding on our part. l
hear that men arc making very fine
shawls in some factory. 60 in Oh the
first floor and sec only the raw ma
tcrials, and ask, Are these the shawls
] have heard about:' ,"No, says tho
manufacturer go up to the next