The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-10-22

your people. You want miracles, make
them; have not I sent thee? ''~ It was g.
teaching to take the breath away, to
carry man off Of his feet. Thou wouldst
have wonderful works from the hand of
the Lord,go then, 20 thyself aud do won
derful works in the name OF the Lord
Give the lie to your own moaning. Show
the falsehood of your very lack Of faith.
By this prove that God has not forsaken
his people by making yourself the minis
ter and messenger of Jehovah to his peo-
Pile. All, that was an angels message in
very deed. one worthy heavenly lips,
and an inspired teaching. And he went
in the name of the Lord, and with the
sword of Gideon. he became the de-
liverer and the nudge of his people; and
the wonderful Providence OF God attend
ed his way.
And the inspiration of that angelic
counsel is for every age. Is there any lack
Of wonderful works from the hand of
God, is there any need Of bring the pow.
er of God near to the people In all lts
marvellous influence? One thing we:must
not do; that is,spend the time bemeaning
the fact that Gods power Ia not present
in his Church or with the world, as it has
been in days gone by; that is foolish,
and vain. One thing we may do, that is
to go in the wonderful power of God and
bear the witness which must be born, or
do the thing which ought to be done.4 II
you want miracles, :"
DON'T SIT BEMoANINa THE FACT
that there are no miracles, but rise up
and hear the Lord saying unto you, 90
in this thy might, and work miracles, do
the great things which only the power of
God makes possible, and which that
power does make possible to this as to
every age. Age Of miracles past why /
say unto you. that every man who In this
day rises mp and conquers such ain az
drunkenness, or helps another to do no;
he works a miracle; one which the fiesh
over and over again has been unable to
perform. It takes miracle, wonder
OF faith. and works for you and for me
to do such wonderful works az these,
control our tempers, get the better OF, that
spirit Of selfishness. which makes mer
fools and mean, sand has madeIus such Sc
often. 1t makes no difference how much
you have already done, or how little,
there Is q wonderful work Of the LORD
which you can rise up and do, and unto
it God sends you; IL Ia the angel OF the
Lord who puts the prompting impulse &C
it Into your life. The sign of Gods still
present wonders is with you In that you
are inspired to do some good thing, and
In that you are given the strength TO dc
it. As 1t has been said; sEsery particle
Of goodness in man, his holy living,
his pure conversation, the absence of evil
tempers, the presence OF inward graces,
all these are the presence OF Gods pow.
err" they are the wonders OF bis working.
And as st Augustine used TO say ;is.From
a good man, from good angel take
away man, take away angel. ron have
left God" That is truly so; If the eyes
we're fully opened, we should see the
CLEAN OF the heavenly beauty, the Ell.
fulgence from the very Brightness OF the
Fathers glory In the simple and beauti-
full consistencies, and rightnesses OF
character here ON earth below; God
would be manifest in the good that ia
done, and In the victory over evil. We
would not have to ask where be all the
mighty works /? we would see them all
about us.
And not only does this inspiring voice
of God speak unto those who have done
little or nothing, and call them to go
forth in the power OF his might. Not
only where we have despaired, and
perhaps gone wrong does the angel OF
the Lord urge rs to take mp tbs way
again, and now succeed; bus where We