The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-03-11

embrace MN, TO take bis manu-, w mss
his feet, to run our fingers along the
scars of ancient suffering, to say rms
is my Jesus He gave himself for me.
shall never leave his presence. l shall
forever behold his glory. shall eternal
ly hear his voice Lord Jesus, now see
thee. l behold where the blood started
where the tears coursed, where the lace
was distorted. | have waited for THIS
hour. | shall never turn my back on
thee No more looking through lmper-
feet glasses No more studying thee IN
the darkness. But as long as this throne
stands and this everlasting river flows
and those garlands bloom and these
arches of victory remain to greet home
heaven S conquerors so long l shall see
thee, Jesus of my choice, Jesus OF my
song, Jesus of my triumph, forever and
forever, face to face
Gods Providence.
The idea of the text is just as true
when applied to God S providence. Who
has not come to some pass in life thor
oughly inexplicable? You say: "What
does this mean? What is God going to
do with me now? He tells me that all
things work together for good. This
does not look like it. F" You continue to
study the dispensation and after awhile
guess about what God means. lie
means to teach me this. l think he
means to teach me that. Perhaps 1T is to
humble my pride. Perhaps it is to make
me feel more dependent. Perhaps TO
teach me the uncertainty of life. " But
after all it is only guess-a looking
through the glass, darkly. The Bible
assures us there shall be satisfactory
unfolding. "What l do thou knowest
not now, but thou shalt know hereaft-
En-" You will know why God took to
himself that only child. Next door there
was household of seven children. Why
not take one from that group instead OF
your only one? Why single out the
dwelling in which there was only one
heart beating responsive to yours? Why
did God give you child at all IT he
meant to take it away? Why fill the cup
of your gladness trimming If he meant
to dash it down? Why allow all the
tendrils of your heart to wind around
that object, and then, when every fiber
of your own life seemed to be lnterlock-
ed with the child's life, with strong
hand to tear you apart, until you faIl'
bleeding and crushed, your dwelling
desolate, your hopes blasted, your heart
broken? Do you suppose that God Will
explain that? Yea. He will make 1T
palmer than any mathematical problem
AS plain as that two and two make
four. In the light of the throne you
will see that it was right-all right.
"Just and true are all thy ways, thou
King of saints.
The Explanation.
Here is man who cannot get on IN
the world. He always seems to buy at
the wrong time and to sell at the worst
disadvantage. He tries this enterprise
and fails, that business and is disap-
pointed. The man next door to him has
a lucrative trade, but he lacks custom
ers. A new prospect opens. His income
is increased. But that year bis family
are sick, and the profits are expended
in trying to cur the ailments. He gets
discouraged look becomes faithless as
to success, begins to expect disasters.
Others wait for something to turn up,
he waits for it to turn down. Others
with only half as much education and
character get ON twice as well. He
sometimes guesses as to what 1t all
means. He says: Perhaps riches would
spoil me. Perhaps poverty is necessary
to keep me humble. Perhaps l might If
things were otherwise be tempted into
destinations. But there is no complete
solution of the mystery. He sees through
a glass darkly and must wait for a
higher unfolding. Will there be AN ex-
PLANTATION? Yes God will take that
man in the light of the throne and say:
"Child immortal, hear the explanation.
You remember the failing of that great
enterprise, your misfortune in 1867,
your disaster in 1857. This is the ex-
PLANTATION And you will answer, lit
is all right. "
Mysteries Made Clear.
see every day profound mysteries of
providence. There is no question we ask
oftener than, Why? There are hundreds
of graves in Oak Hill and Greenwood
and Laurel Hill that need to be ex-
planned. Hospitals for the blind and
lame, asylums for the idiotic and In
sane, almshouses for the destitute and
world of pain and misfortune that de-
mand more than human solution. An,
God will clear it all up! In the light
that pours from the throne no dark
mystery can live. Things now utterly
inscrutable will be illumined as plainly
as though the answer were written Oh
the jasper wall or sounded IN the tenn
pie anthem. Bartimeus will thank God
that he was blind, and Lazarus that he
was covered with sores, and Joseph that
he was cast into the pit, and Daniel that
he denned with lions, and Paul that he
was humpbacked, and David that he was
driven from Jerusalem, and that sewing
woman that she could get only few
pence for making a garment, and thai
invalid that for 20 years he could moi
, lift his head from the pillow, and thai
widow that she had such hard work tC
earn bread for her children. You know
that in song different voices carry
different parts. The sweet and over