The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-22
GODS HAND IN EVERYTHING.
NO NATTER 50 SMALL A. NOT To
HAVE HIS ATTENTION.

Every Mans Occupation for Him
and Guides Him an Even the
smallest Affairs Of His Daily Life.
Mans Friends sent 10 Him by God
Gods Hook in the Nose OF Every
stock Gambler.
Washington. June IA most uplifting
truth is presented in Dr. Talm1ge's dis
course of to-day. His tcxt was. Matt
ll19. "Are u0- Two sp1rrows sold for
farthing2 and one OF them shall nor fan
on the ground without your Father
You see the Bible viii not be limited in
The choice Of symbols. There is hardly "a
beast, OF bird, OF insect, which has not
been called 10 Illustrate some divine truth
the ox's patience, the ants industry, the
spiders skill. the kinds surefootedness,
the eagles speed, the doves genLeness.
and even the sparrOw's meanness and
insigniflcance. In oriental countries none
bur the poorest people bay the sparrow
and eat it-so very little meat is there on
the bones, and so very poor is il, what
there is Of IL. The comfortable p0pula-
ton would not think of touching il any
more than you would think OF eating a
bat or a lamprey. Now, says Jesus. il
God takes such good care Of a poor bird
for you. an immortal?
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 Gun
powder Plot. in the contrivance Of the
needlegun. in the ruin of an Austrian
or Napoleonic despotism; but how hard
Il is to see God in the minute personal
"a fur nF 11T n-
making a record Of the starry host, but
cannot realize the Bible truth that he
knows how many hairs are on our head
It seems a grand thing that God provided
food for hundreds Of thousands of Israel
ites in the desert; but We cannot appre-
ciate the truth that when sparrow is
hungry, God stO0ps down and opens its
mouth and puts the seed IN We are
struck with the idea that God nils the
universe with mis- presence, but cannot
understand how he encamps in the crys-
tai palace OF a dewdrOp, or finds room
10 stand between the alabaster pillars
of the pond lily. We can see God in
the clouds. Can we see God in these How
ers at our teett
We are apt TO place God on some great
stage-Or 20 try to do it-eXpecting him
there 10 act out his stupendOus projects
but we forget that the life Of a Cromwell
an Alexander, OF a Washington, or an
archangel, is not more under divine IN
specuon than your life or mine. Pompey
thought there must be a mist over the
eyes Of God because he so much favored
Caesar. But there IS no such mist. He
sees everything. We say God s 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. Magnlh-
cent truth! but no more certain truth than
that he decides which road or street You
shall take in coming TO church. Under
stand that God does not sit upon an in
different or unsympatheuc throne. but
that he sits down beside you to-day and
stands beside me to-day and no afair OF
our lives is so insignificant but that Il is
OF Importance TO God.
In the nrst place, God chooses our oc-
cupauon for US. ! am amazed 10 see how
many people there are dissatisfied with
the work they have TO do. l think three
fOurths wish they were in some other oc-
cupauon, and they spend a great deal Of
time In regretting that they got in the
wrong trade or profession. l want to tell
you that God put into operation all the
Influences which led you to that parte-
ular 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 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 ar
ranged all these circumstances by which
you were made what you are.
Hugh Miller says. Il will be stOnema-
SON. God says, you will be a geologist"
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
or regal dominion. How much happier
would we be II We were content with the
places God gave u.s. God saw your tenn
permanent and all the circumstances by
which you were surrounded, and l believe
nlne-tenths OF you are in the work YOU are
best fitted for. l hear great racket in my
watch, and find that the hands and the
wheels and the springs are getting out of
their places. l send it down TO the jewel
ers ana say, Overhaul that watch, and
teach the wheels, and the spring, and the
nands TO mind their own business" You
know a man having a large estate He
gathers his working hands in the morn
ing, ana says to one, You go and trim
that Vlne;" to another you 20 and weed
those flowers TO another, You pillow that
tough glebe;" and each one goes u his
particular work. The owner Of the estate
points the man to what he knows he can
40 best, and so II is with the Lord.
remark further that God has arranged
the place of our dwelling. What particu-
Lar city or town, street or house you shall
I'VE IN seems to be mere matter of acct
dent. You go out 10 hunt for a house and
you happen to pass up a certain street
ana happen 10 see sign, and you select
that house. Was it all happening so? Oh,
no! God guided you in every step. He
foresaW the future. He knew all your cir
Sumstances, and he selected just that one
house as better for you than any Of the
ten thousand habitations in the city. our
house, however humble the roof and how
heart as an Alhambra or a Kremlin Prove
~, you say. Proverbs, 8: SO, He blesseth
the habitauon of the just.
/ remark further that God arranges all
our friendships. You Were driven to the
wall. You found man just at that crisis
who sympathized with you and helped
you. You say, How lucky I was!" There
was no luck about 1t. God sent that friend
just as certainly as he sent the angel TO
strengthen Christ. Your domestic friends
your business friends, your Christian
1fienos, God sent them to bless you and
II any OF them have proved traitorous, ii
IS only to bring out the value of those who
remain. Il some die, ii is only that they
may stand at the outposts of heaven 10
greet you al your coming
You always Will have friends, warm
hearted friends. magnanimous friends:
and when sickness comes to your dwell
ing, there viii be watchers: when trouble
comes to you heart, there will be sympa-
fhizers; when death comes, there Will be
gentle fingers TO close the eyes and fold
the hands, and gentle lips to tell of a res
direction. Oh, we are compassed by a
body-guard of friends! Every man if he
has behaved himself well, is surrounded
by three circles Of friends-those of the
outer circle wishing him We'll; those in the
next circle willing TO help MIN; while close
up 10 his heart are a few who would die
for him. God pity the wretch who has not
anV frieD1ef