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have depended on God, those promises
have been kept, and results have follow
ed far beyond what could have been
hoped from human power. The great
revivals of the past, the pflilanthropic
movements of our own time, the liber-
atty with which the church is pouring
out her wealth for Christian education
and reformatory agencies, prove the
presence OF potency In her nowhere
else observed.
The second statement Of the text
Is this; God Is In the midst of Zion In
His greatness. Only the God of all
power could use the instruments and
agents with which He has wrought His
will. He only can use the cradle. the
cross and the sepulchre as instruments
for the furtherance Of His designs, and
He only can employ as successful
agents of righteousness men who are
by nature and practice given up to
sin. He only can bring to nothing the
wisdom of the wise, and the under
standing of the prudent, or choose the
foolish things Of the world to con-
found the wise or the weak things to
confound the things which are mighty,
and the things that are not to bring
to naught things that are.
This present omnipotence appears in
the constant care God exercises over
the race. The history of humanity in
It's relation TO the Oh NIOU .TeouS
like romance. It Is record Of cap
tivities which have served to show how
vain are sinful pleasures and deliver
ances that reveal the tender care Of
God, of defeats which have revealed
to us our impotence and triumphs.
which have proved His power, Of dark
ness, which has revealed the hopeless
ness of world without God, and light
which has not only made clear to us
our Fathers smile, but has illumined
the deeps of human sorrow, and made
them full of glory; Of death ruling over
a race, sinking under the weight OF Its
own transgresSions and resurrection,
revealing Jesus at the mouth of the
sepulcher, speaking the word of power
that robs it of its prey.
His omnipotence shows in transform
ing power. OF all materials the human
heart Is most unresponsive to the power
of God. It is blinded by transgression
and deaf to the pleadings Of divine
grace. It is more fit to show forth the
prodigies Of destroying sin, than those
Of redeenling love. But even 1t He
transforms until 1t has become trans
formed after his own image. Greater
than the work of hanging a sun, swing
ing a planet, or lighting constellation,
is that display of power. the divine i'm
age, a human soul.
Gods greatness shows in that null
tiplying power which has been revealed
in all the years. The disciples faced
seemingly impossible task. The Cos
pei was constructed on the very plan
the world was not working. Their
Christ was crucified peasant; they
were to declare his humiliation, and
make of it sign Of power; and key
to the affections Of the world They
were to oppose the very things that
marked the age, and so rouse prejudice
Of every kind. They were to attack
age-long systems of paganism, made
beautiful by human genius. They were
to overcome PHILOSOPHERS, the product
Of the thought Of the worlds greatest
men and make disciples Of pagans,
philosophers, and men of all classes.
Plainly it was not possible for them
to do 1t in themselves, but here Is re-
vealed the power of God. The disciples
were the center of this new movement,
which by the power Of the hand OF
God, has been rolling through the
earth, growing by the accretion Of the
multitude daily added to it's divinely
majestic center, charging its force and
power, until, today, the world quivers
under it's nightly movement.
The third fact of the text is that the
presence Of God Is the reason of all
hallelujahs. The New Testament gives
us the record of three great epochs
winch calleQ lot lnankSSlVlnS, since
over the cradle at Bethlehem, the cross
on Calvary and the opened tomb in the
garden Of Joseph there was greatest
praise The angels sang over the cradle,
and lowered over the tomb until al
lowed to touch the sealed stone, but
only redeemed people, in the light of
later revelations, can shout over the
cross. The three were evidences Of the
presence of God. There is still another
fine which hQ1Onp fO all onOnrafi0pS.
1t is when a human soul, becoming
conscious of his sin and need casts
himself into the arms Of divine Glenn
ency.