Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-01

i think the trouble is that there 10 -
large a difference between the Divine
and the human estimate as 10 what Is
enough. have heard of people striv-
ing for that which is enough, but
never heard of any one who had
enough. What God calls enough for
man, man calls too little What man
calls enough God says is too much The
difference between a poor man and .
rich man is 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, while the
poor man comes up and makes invest
ments in the bank of him who runs oil
the quarries, all the mines, all the
gold. all the earth, all Heaven. Do You
think a man can tx-il when he is backed
up like that?
You may have seen a map on which
is described in red ink, the travels Of
the children of Israel through the des
ert TO the Promised Land. You see
how they took this and that direction,
crossed the river and went through tho
sea. Do you know God has made a map
of your life. with paths leading up to
this bitterness and that success,
through this river and across that sea?
But blessed be God, the path always
comes out at the Promised Land.
Mark that. Mark that!
Iremark, again. that all those things
that seem to be but accidents in our
life are under the Divine supervision.
We sometimes seem to be going helm.
lac ..,.I
had some other trade; if had not gone
there this summer; if L had lived in
some other house" You have no right
to say that. Every tear you wept, ev-
cry step you have taken, every burden
you have carried, is under Divine
inspection, and that event which start.
: led your whole household with horror
God met with perfect placidity, be-
cause He knew it was for YONG good. It
was part of great plan projected long
ago. In eternity when You come to reck-
on up your mercies, you will point to
that aflliction as one OF your greatest
blessings.
God has strange way with us.
Joseph found his way to the Prime
Minister'S chair by being pushed into a
| 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 supposed stood entirely alone, was
| connecting link between two great
chains, one chain reaching through all
eternity past and the other chain
reaching through all eternity future
so small an event fastening two eterni.
| ties together.
missionary, coming from India to
the United States, stopped at st. Helena
while the vessel was taking water. He
| had his little child with him. They
walked along by an embankment, and
rock at that moment became loos-
ened, and falling instantly killed the
child. Was it an accident? Was il a
surprise to God? Had he allowed his
| servant, after life of conservation, to
come to such a trial? Not such is nv
God There are no accidents in tho
Divine mind, though they may seem so
to us. God is good, and by evory
single incident of our life, whether il
be adverse or otherwise, before Garth
and Heaven, God will demonstrate lila
mercy.
Titles God. You bring Him down to
such little things" Oh, 1 have a moro
thorough appreciation of God in littls
things than l have in great thingsl
The mother does not wait until the
child has crushed its foot or broken Its
arm before she administers sympathy.
The child comes in with the least
bruise and the mother kisses it. God
does not wait for some tremendous
crisis in our life, but comes down 10 US
in our most insignificant trials, and
throws over us the arms of his mercy.
Going up the White Mountains soms
years ago, thought of that passage In
the Bible that speaks of God as weigh
ing mountains in a balance. AS I
looked at those great mountains
thought can it be possible that God can
put these great mountains in scales?
1t was an idea too great for me to
grasp; but when | saw a bluebell Gown
by the mules foot, on my way ND Mt.
Washington, then / understood the
kindness and goodness of God. !tis
not so much of God in great thinEs I
can understand, but of God in little
things.
here Is man who says: THAT dec
trine can not be true, because things 10
go so very wrong" 1 reply, it is no In
consistency on the part of God, but
lack OF understanding on our part.
hear that men are making very fine
shawls in some factory. | 90 on the
first floor and see only the raw mate.
rails, and | ask: ard these the
shawls | have heard about?" no"
says the manufacturer, ego up 20
the next floor" and go 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 viii
see the idea fully carried out" I
do so, and, having come TO the ton.
see the complete pattern of an exo,fi.
site shawl. So in our life, standin9
down on low level of Christian OK
perience we do not understand Gods
dealings He tells us 20 90 up higher
and higher, until we begin to under.
stand the Divine meaning with respect
10 us, and we advance until we stand
at the very gate OF Heaven. and there
see Gods idea all wrought out-a per.
feet idea Of mercy, Of love, Of kindness.
And we say, Just and true are all the
ways II is all right at the top. Re-