Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-07-03


~ jeo'ant hands are only different parts OF th'
machinery. 50 I go into your lie ana see
strange things. Here is one providence pun
inc Won one way aud another IN aho'heI
rav Rnt Those are different parts oI OH
machinery by which He will advance your
everlasting and present we'll beng.
Now YOU know that second lnor'5SsS,
and third and fourth mortgage arc t. o's,n
worth nothing. It is the first mortgagy '@Il'. @
is a good investment. have 10 te' 5g'
that every Christian man has hrst nlY.,
gage on every trial, and on every 'I ul7.'I "a
and il must make a payment OF eter'l"' ~
VANTAGE To his soul. How many Worruhenl'
il would take out OF your heart II y31 pe-
lieved that fully. You buy goods ana mop
the prlce will go up. but you are ID Irc'
and n frovn for tear the price Will go oV"p.
Won do not buy the goods using your pef'
discretion in the matter, and then say; w.
Lord. have done the best could cypi, ~,
nit this whole transaction into my hahasi
That is what religion is good Tor OF u u
good for nothing. .o,.orh
vou ought not TO fret ahout-lr5t' unliE'
that YOU can help, and second, things when
YOU cannot help. If yoI can help them'
why do you not apply the remetyI II you
cannot help them. you might as Well slrreh-
der first as last. My dear brethren, DO NOT
sit any longer moping about your len'eI'
DO NOT sit looking SO despOndlnSlv upon
YOUR stock of unsalable goods. Do you
think that God is going to atoW you,
Christian man, 70 do business alone! "a!
is the controlling partner IN every nrin' anu
although your debtors may a0sconp, az,
though your securities may 1a!l, athough
your store may burn, Gol will. out ot an
inhaity OF results, choose for you the very
best results
Do not have any idea that you can over
step the limit that God has laid down lor
YOUR prosperity You will never ger ono
inch beyond it. God has decided how much
prosperity You can stand honora5Iy ana en-.
plOy usefully and control righteouslyi ana
at tho end Of the year you will nave JUST 50
many dollars and cents just 90 much ward
robe just 50 much furniture, Just 50 many
bonds and mortgages, and nothing more.
will give you 800 for every penny you ger
beyond that God has looked over your lie
He knows what is best for you, and he Is 60
ing 10 bless you in time, and bless you Iot
eternity: and He will do it in the best way
Your little child says: "Pap1, wish yon
would let me have that knife. mo,
You say, sit is a sharp knife and you
will cut yourself" H says, ~ must hayo
IT," "But you cannot have it, you reply
He gets angry and red in the face, and says
he will have it; but you say he snail not have
il. Are you not kind in keeping itfrom him!
SO God treats His children, say, 81 wish,
Heavenly Father to get that" God says mo,
nv child" [ say. Il must have it." God says,
''You cannot have it." get angry ana sly.
II will have it," God says. "{Ou shall not
have it," and do not get it. Is He not kind
and loving and the best Of Fathers? Do you
tell NE there is no rule and regulation IN
these things? Tell that 10 the men who be-
lievc in no God and no Bib!e. Tell It not to
me-
A man OF large business concludes to 80
our Of his store. leaving much Of his invest
ments in the business, and he says to his
sons: "Now, am going to leave this busl-
ness in your hands. Perhaps | may cOre
back in little while, and perhaps not.
While am gone you will please to look after
affairs" After awhile the father comes back
and finds everything at loose ends, and the
whole business seems to be going wrong. Ho
says: II am going to take possession Of this
business-you know l never fully surren-
dered it-and henceiOrth consider yourselves
subordinates." Is he not right in doing il?
He saves the business The Lord seems to
let us 80 on in life. guided by our own skill.
and we make miserable work Of it. God
comes down to our shop, or our store, and
says: "phings are going wrong. come TO
take charge. / am Master and | know what
is best, aud proclaim my authority We
are merely subordlaates 1t is like boy at
school with long sum that be cannot do.
He has been working at it for hours, making
figures i,9re and rubbing out figures there,
and il is all mi.,ed up, ana the te1cher look
ing over the boys shoulder, knows t@URl .
cannot get out Of il. and cleaning the slate
says. "Begin again" Just 50 God does 10
us Oar affairs get into an ineXJrcable en-
tanglement, and He rubs everything out and
SAYS. "Begin again" Is He not wise ana
loving in so doing?
l think the trouble is that there is 50 large
n difference between the divine and the hui
man estimate IS to what is enough. have
heard Of people striving for that which Is
enough, but / never heard Of any one who
had enough. What God calls enough for
man man call too little What man calls
enough God says is too much. The differ
encc between poor man and rich man l.
only the difference in banks. The rich man
puts his money in the Washington bank, or
the Central bank or the Metropolitan bank,
or some other bank Of that character, whte
the poor man comes up and makes his in
yestments in the bank Of Him who runs all
the quarres, all the mines, all the gold, all
the earth. all heaven. DO You think Il man
can fail when he is backed up like that?
You may have seen Il map on which is
described, with red ink. the trayc.s OF the
children OF Israel through the desert to tho
promised land. You see how they took this
and that direction, crossed that river and
went through tho sea. Do you know God
has made a map OF your lie Wild paths lea'-
ing up 10 this river and across that sea'
But. blessed be God. the pa'h always comes
out at the promised land. Mark that. Mark
that
There is a man who says That doctrine
cannot be true. because things DO 90 50 very
wrong" reply it is no inconsistency on
the part Of God, but lack OF understanding
on our part. / hear that men are making
very fine shawis in some factory. | 90 in
on the first floor and see only the raw ma
terials. and ask, "Are these the shaYls l
have heard about "No," says the manu-
facturer. $50 up to the next floor" and
90 up, and there | begin TO 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" / do 50,
and having come to the top, see the COM
pete pattern of an exquisite shawl. So IN
our life. standing down Oh a low level OF
Christian experience we do not understand
Gods dealings. He teis US to 20 up higher
and higher until we begin TO understand
/ the divine meaning with respect 10 us ami
! we advance until we stand at the very cato
Of heaven, and there see Gods Tea all
! wrought Out-a perfect idea Of mercy, OF
love, OF kindness. And we saw "Just aad
true are all my ways" 1t is all right al thc
! top. Remember there is no Inconsistency
on the part OF God, but it is only our mental
and spiritual incapacity.
Some Of you may be disappointed this sum-
mer-yacations are apt 10 5e disaWoni.
ments-but whatever your perpleXities and
! WOrriments, know that MANS heart de.