Milford chronicle., 1896-06-26
ONLY LITTLE THINGS.
REV. DR.. TALMAeE ENFoRcEs A MOST
UPLIFTING TRUTH.

God Is In the Blade OF Grass at Our Zee
As Well as In the Clouds Mental ans
Spiritual Inoapaeity- Inspiration
WASHINGTON, June 21.-A most uplift
ing truth is presented in DR.. Talmage',
discourse of today. His text was Matthew
x, 20: "Are not two spurrows sold for ,
farthingg And one OF them shall not fall
on the ground without your Father. +"
You see the Bible viii not be limited IN
the choice CT symb- Is There is hardly d
beast or bird or insect which has not been
called to illustrate some divine trutii-thc
ox's patience, the ants industry, the
spiders SKILL the kinds surefootedncss,
she eagles speed, the doves gentlcness and
even the sparrow's mcanness and insig-
niflcance In oriental countries none but
the poorest people buy the sparrow and eat
it-so very little meat is there on the bones
and 50 very POOR IS it what there is Of it..
The comfortable population would not
think Of touching it any more than you
would think of eating bit or a lainprey.
Now, says Jesus, if God taxes such good
caro- Of Il poor bird that is not worth II cent,
will he not cure for you, an immortal
In Iinuts Affairs.
can see Ii divine purpose ia the discovery
Of America, in the invention of tine art Of
printing, in the exposure of the gunpowder
plCt, in the cOntriVance of the needle gun,
in the ruin of an Austrian OF Napolconic
despotism, but how hard it is to sec God in
the minute personal affairs Of our liNesl
We think of God as making "a record of the
starry host, but cannot realize the Bible
q D.
on our head. 1t seems a grand thing that
God provided food for hundreds Of thou
sands Of Isrlelites in the desert, but we
cannot appreciate the truth that when a
sparrow is hdngry God stOors down and
opens its mouth and PUTS the seed in. We
are struck with the idea that God fills tho
universe with his presence, but cannot I'M
derstand how he onc.mPs in the crystal pal
ace of a dewdrOp or finds room to stand
between the alabaster pillars of the pond
lily. We can see God in the clouds. Can
we sec God in these flowers at our feet?
We are apt to place God on some great
stage, or to try 10 do it, expecting him
there to act out his stupcndous projects,
but we forget that the life Of IL Cromwell,
an Alexander or a Washington or an arch
angel is not more under divine inspection
, l.
there must be n 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, but no more certainly than
be is in the water in the class 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 yod shall take III coming to
church. Understand that God does not sit
upon an Indifferent or unsymMthetic
throne, but that lac sits down beside you
ioday and stands beside me today, ard 10
affair of our lives is 50 inSi snilcant but |
hat it is of Importance to God.
In the first place, God chooses our occu-
lation for Us. / am amazed to see how /
many people there are dissatisfied with /
he work they have to do l think three |
ourths wish they were in some other oc- |
and they spend great deal of |
line in regrcttiEg that they got in the |
wrong trade or Profession. want to tell |
'ou that God put into operation all the in ]
luenccs which led you to that Particular
hoice. Many of you are not in the bust
less that you expected to be in. You start
d for the ministry and learned merchGn-
lise You started for the law, and you are
physician. You preferred agriculture,
nd you became a mechanic. You thought
ne way. God Thought another. But you
ught not to sit down and mourn over the
last. You are to remember that God az
angod all these circumstances by which
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