The Monitor-register., 1896-06-26

ana thai single event, which Won SIM,
posed stood entirely alone, was a CON
necelng n between two great cbaipe
n chain reaching through all eterni+s
paso ana the other chain reacbino
through all eternity future-so small
an eVen1 fastening two ~eternities TO-
missionary coming from India To
@Io onited States stopped at st. Helena
WINE the vessel was taking water. He
mad his little child with him Tbov
Aeu aiong by an embankment, and a
iock at that moment became loosened
anu railing instantly, killed the child.
was IL an accident? Was it q SUNRISE
W 0od! Had he allowed his servant.
arter a life of conservation, to come to
such a trial? Not such is nv God
Inere are no accidents in the divine
mind, though they may seem SO to MS
God Is good, and by every single Incl
oent or our life, whether it be adverse
" otherwlse, before earth and heaven,
zoo Will demonstrate his mercy.
near a man say ''That idea belittles
GOD. You bring him down to such lit
tie things" Oh, I have a more thorough
appreciation of God in little things than
lhave in great thingsi The mother does
not wait until the child has crushed its
loot or broken its arm before she admin
listers 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 to us in our most insignificant
trials and throws owe us the arms of
his mercy.
Going up the White mountains some
years ago l thought of that passage in
the Bible that speaks of God as weigh
ing mountains in a balance. AS l looked
at those great mountains I thought,
Can it be possible that God can put
these great mountains in scales? It was
an idea too great for me to grasp; but
when l saw a bluebell down by the
mules foot, on my way up Mount
Washington, then I understood the
kindness and goodness of God. 1t is not
so much of God in great things I can
understand, but of God in little things.
Development.
There is a MAJ who says, "That doc
trine cannot be true, because things do
go so very wrong" I reply it is no in
consistency on the part of God, but a
lack Of understanding on our part. I
hear that men are making very fine
shawls in some factory. I go in on the
first floor and see only the raw ma
t~erials, and l ask, Are these the shawls
I have heard about?'' mo-" says the
manufacturer. $50 up to the next
floor, and / go up, and there I 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" I do SO, and
having come to the top, see the COM
plete pattern of an exquisite shawl. So
in u life, standing down ON a low
level of Christian experience we do not
understand Gods dealings. He tells us
to go up higher and higher until we be-
gin to understand the divine meaning
with respect to us, and we advance un-
til we stand at the very gate of heaven,
and there see Gods idea all wrought
out-a perfect idea of mercy, of love, Of
kindness. And we say, "Just and true
are all my ways" 1t is all right at the
top. Remember there is no inconsist-
ency on the part of God, but it is only
our mental and spiritual incapacity.
Some of you may be disappointed this
summer-vacations are apt to be disap-
pointments-but whatever your per-
plexities and worriments, know that
MANS heart deviseth his way, but the
Lord directeth his steps" Ask these
aged men in this church if it is not SO.
1t has been SO in my own life. One
summer I started for the Adirondacks,
but my plans were SO changed that 1
landed in Liverpool. I studied law and
I got into the ministry. I resolved to go
as a missionary to China, and I staid in
the United States. l thought I would
like to be in the east, and I went to the
| west. All the circumstances of life, all
my work, different from that which I
expected. "a mans heart deviseth his
| way, but the Lord directeth his steps"
So, my dear friends, this day take
home this subject. Be content with
such things as you have. From every
grass blade under your feet learn the
lesson of divine care, and never let the
| smallest bird fit across your path with
out thinking of the truth that two spar
rows are sold for a farthing, and one of
them shall not fall on the ground with
out your Father. Blessed be his glorious
name forever. Amen.