The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
vHE NOTED DTvINEs SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject. "ooa IN Everything"

You 500 the Bible win not be limited ia tho |
choice oi sYmboA There "a hardy "a beast |
or bird oT insect which hns not been called |
% illustrate some divine truth-the ox's
patience, the ants industry, the spiders
SKIN, tho kinds suref10teducss. the eagles
speed, the doves gentleness, and even the
sparr0w's moanness and insignineanoe. 10
oriental countries none but the poorest poo-
pie buy the sparrow and eat it-so very little
meat is there on the bones, and 50 very poor
T. Il what there Is Of a.. The comfortable
| population would not think OF touching h
I any more than you would think Of eating
bat or q amprey. Now says Jesus n God
takes such good care Of q poor bird that Is
/ not worth cent, VIII He not care for you,
an immoral2
We associate God With revolutions Wo
/ can see divine purpose In the discovery on
/ America, "a the Invention Of the an Of print
/ inc, 10 the exposure oi the gunp0wder plot,
/ Ia the cOntryance Of the needle gun, ia the
| ruin % an Austrian or Napoleonlc despo-
usmi but how hard It "a 90 see God Ia tho
minute personal a1airs Of our llvesl We
/ think o. God as making record OF tho starry
| host, but cannot realize the Bible truth that
he knows how many hairs are on our head
Il seems grand thing that God provided
| food for hundreds OF thousands Of lsraeiites
In the desert; but we cannot appreciate tho
/ ANAA AAhif WAAu ~ EHAANuM ~ ANuAENf QNA
! stoops down and opens is mouth and puts
the seed In. We are struck with the idea
that God hls the universe with his presence,
| but cannot understand how he encamps IN
the crystal palace Of a dew drop, or 0nds
room 10 stand between the alabaster pillars
Of the pond lily. We can see God In tho
clouds. Can We see God IN these flowers at
our feet?
We are apt 70 place God on some great
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there 70 act out His stupendous proie9ts. but
We forget that the life Of a Cromwell. an
Alexander or g Washington or an archangel
Is not more under divine inspection than
your life or mine. POmpey thought there
must be a mist over the eyes Of God because
He 50 much favored Caesar. BUT there Is no
such mist. He sees everything. We say
Gods path Is in the great waters. True
enough; bat 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 more certain
truth than that He decides which road or
street you shall take In coming TO church.
Understand that God does not sit upon an
Indifferent or unsympathetic throne, but that
He sits down beside you to-day, and stands
beside me to-day, and no affair Of our lives
is 30 Insignificant but that it Is Of import
ance TO God.
In the first place. God chooses our occu-
patton for us. am amazed TO see how many
people there are dissatisfied with the work
they have 70 do. / think three-fcurths wish
they We're in ome other occupation, and they
spend great deal Of time in regretting that
they got In the wrong trade or profession.
want to tell you that God put into operation
all the influences which led you to that par
ticular choice Many OF you are not in the
business that you expected to be In. You
started for the ministry and learned mer-
chandise; you started for the law and you
are a physician; you preferred agriculture
and you became a mechanic. You thought
one way; God thought another. But you
ought not TO sit down and mourn over the
past. You are to remember that God
arranged all these circumstances by which
you were made what you are.
Hugh Miller says, II will be a stone
mason;" God says, "You will be n geolo-
gist." David goes out to attend his fathers
sheep; God calls him to govern a nation
Saul goes out to hunt his fathers asses. and
before he gets back finds the crown OF regal
dominion. How much happier would we be
II we were content with the places God gave
US! God saw your temperament and all the
4 circumstances by which you were surround
ed and l believe nine-tenths Of you are in
t the work you are best fitted for. 1 hear a
! great racket IN my watch, and find that
the hands, and the wheels, and the spring
are getting out of their places. send II
down to the jewelers. and say "Overhaul
: that watch and teach the wheels, and the
/ spring, and the hands to mind their own
business You know a man having large
: estate He gathers his working hands in the
3 morning, and says to one, "You 80 and trim
that vines" to another, "You 20 and weed
4 those flowers" to another "You pillow that
I tough glebe;" and each one goes to his par
ticular work. The owner of the estate
s points the man to what he knows he can dc
best, and so it is with the Lord.
remark further that God has arranged
( the place Of our dwelling. What particular
city or town. street or house you shall live
: in seems to be a mere matter of accident
o You go out to hunt for house, and YOU
happen to pass up a certain street, and hap
d pen to see a sign, and you select that house
h was It all happening SOP On, no! Goo
guided you in every step. BE foresaw TIL
e future. He knew ell yo1r circumstances
/. and He selected just that one house as bet
ter for you than any of the 10000 habita
It tions in the city. Our house, however hum
BILE the roof and however lowly the portals
. Is as near Gods heart as an Alhambra or
e 1remlin. Prove it, you say. Proverbs iii.
80, He blesseth the habitation of the just.
. remark further that God arranges all GU
& friendships. You were driven to the wall
You found man just at that crisis who sym
i pathized with you and helped you. Yo
q say, GLOW lucky l was" There was n
luck about it. God sent that friend just a
u certainly as He sent the angel to strengthe
- Christ. Your domestic friends, your bus
= ness friends. your Christian friends, God sen
j. them TO bless you, and if any Of them hav
proved traitorous ii is only to bring out tn
= value OF those who remain. If some die,
y is only that they may stand at the OUTPOST
: Of heaven to greet you at your coming.
e You always will have friends, warm hear
1t cd friends, magnanimous friends, and whe
sickness comes to your dwelling there wi
J. be watchers. When trouble comes to yoJ
4 heart, there will be sympatnizers. Whe
- death comes there will To gentle fingers
i close the eyes ana fold the hands and gent
. lips to tell of a resurrection. Oh, we are con
passed by a bodyguard Of friends! Eyel
le man, II he has behaved himself well, is 81
rounded by three circles of friends-those
u the outer circle wishing him well; those
10 the next circle willing to help hims viii
close up to his heart ara a few who would d
u for him God pity the wretch who has 4
Il. any friends!
- remark again. that God outs doy