Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-06-20
ONLY LITTLE THINGS.
REV. DR.. TALMAGe ENFoRcES A MOST
UPLIFTING TRUTH.
A. Well as In the Clouds oar Mental and
Spiritual Incapacity Divine InspiratIon.

WASHINGTON. June % \ most uplift.
inn truth is presented in Dr. Talmaee's
discourse 81 Tomorrow Ills text will he
Matthew y. 20: Arc not two >partows
,ald for iathiug: And one oil them shall
rot tall on the grnuud without vour Father =
You scc the Bible will not l,c limited M
the choice Of symbols There Is hardly a
beast or bird or insect which has not been
called t. illustrate some divine truth-thc
uN's patience, the ants industry, the
spiders skin. the kinds surrfootcdne>s,
the eagle speed, the doves i.cntlcncSs and
even the sparrows mcanncsS and insig-
niiicancr In oriental countries none hut
the poorest people buy the sparrow and eat
II -s'Vcry little meat i there on the bones
and - very poor is it what there Is Of it,
The comfortable population would not
think 81 touching II any more than you
would think Of eating "a hat or lamprcy
Now, says Jesus. il God takes such good
care Of poor bird that is not worth n cent,
will he not care for You. an immortal.
In Minute AnaIrs.
We associate God with revolutions We
can see divine purpose in the discovery
Of America. in the invention Of the art Of
printing. in the exposure of the gunpow,ler
plot, in the contrivancc Of the needle gun,
in the ruin OF an Austrian or Napoleonic
dcspotiSm. but how hard II Is ~ see God in
the minute personal affairs of our lives i!
We think of God as making Il record of the
starry host, but cannot realize the Bible
truth that he knows how many hairs arc
on our head. Ii seems a grand thing that
God provided food for hundreds Of thou
sands Of Israclitcs in the desert, but we
cannot appreciate the truth that when a
sparrow is hungry God stoops down and
opens its mouth and puts the seed In. We
are struck with the idea that God fills the
universe with his presence, but cannot un-
dcrstand how he cncamps in the crystal pal
ace Of "A dcwdrop or finds room 10 stand
between the alabastcr pillars of the pond
lily. We can see God in the clouds Can
we see God in these flowers at our feet:
We are apt 10 place God on some great
stage, or To try TO do il. expecting him
there % net out his stupcndous projects,
but we forget that the life of a Cromwell,
an Alexander or a Washington or an arch
angel Is not more under divine inspection
than your life or mine pompcy thought
there must he n mist over the eyes Of God
because he 50 much favored Caesar. But
there is no such mist. He secs everything
We say God's path Is in the great waters.
True enough, but no more certainly than
he is in the water in the glass on the table
We say God guides the stars in their
courses. Magnificent truth But no moro
certain truth than that he decides which
road or street you shall take in coming 10
church. Understand that God does not sit
upon an indifferent or unsympathctic
throne, hut that he sits down beside you
today and stands beside me today, and no
affair Of our lives j. 81 insignificant but
that il is of Importance 10 God
In the first place, God chooses our occu-
patton for us / am amazed "a see how
many people there are dissatisfied with
the work they have to do think three
fourths wish they were in some other oc-
cupation, and they spend n great deal Of
time in rcgrctting that they got in the
wrong trade or profession. | want To tell
you that God put into operation all the in
ilucnces which led you 70 that particular
choice Many of You are not in the bust
ness that You expected To bc in. You start
cd for the ministry and learned mcrchan-
disc Yoa started for the law, and you are
n physician. You preferred agriculture,
and you became a mechanic. You thought
one way. God thought another But you
ought not t. sit down and mourn over the
past You ar, To remember that God ar
ranged all thcS,, circumstances by which
you were made what you are.