The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-03-11


kiss his feet. to run our fingers along
the scars of ancient suffering; to say
This is my Jesus! He gave himseil TOT
me. | shall never leave his presence.
shall forever behold his glory.
shall eternally hear his voice. Lord
Jesus. now / see thee! / behold where
the blood started, where the tears
coursed, where the face was distorted
| have waited for this hour. shaii
never turn my back on thee. NO more
looking through imperfect glasses. NO
more studying thee in the darkness
| But. as long as this throne STANDS, anu
this everlasting river flows, and those
garlands bloom. and these arches o.
victory remain TO greet home heaven
conquerors, so long l shall see thee
Jesus of my choice; Jesus OF my song
Jesus of my triumph-forever ana lot
ever-face to facet"
The idea of the text is just as true
when applied to Gods providence. VINO
has not come to some pass in life thor
oughly inexpllcable? You say, What
does this mean? What is God golne
to do with me now? He tells me that
all things work together for good. TINS
does not look like it," You continue
to study the dispensation, and alter
awhile guess about what God means
"He means to teach me this. l thlnF
he means to teach me that. perhaps
it Is to humble my pride. Perhaps
is to make me feel more dependent
Perhaps to teach me the uncertainty U
| fC guess
, a looking through the glass. darKiy
The Bible assures us there shall De
satisfactory unfolding. What
do thou knowest not now; but thor
shalt know hereafter" You will know
why God took to himself that only
child. Next door there was a mousse
hold of seven children. Why not take
one from that group. instead OF YOU
, only one? Why single out the dwell
ing in which there was only one hear
beating responsive to yours? why ar
/. God give you child at all. II he mean
I, to take 1t away? Why fill the cup o.
your gladness trimming, II he mean
to dash It down? Why allow all tn
tendrils of your heart to wind around
" that object, and then, when every hor
OF your own life seemed TO be inter
!, locked with the child's life, with strone
,. hand to tear you apart until you fail
= bleeding and crushed, your dwelllna
: desolate. your hopes blasted, your hear
{ broken? Do you suppose that God viii
: explain that? Yea. He will make J
palmer than any mathematical proplen
as plain as that two and two
. make four. In the light or tn
% throne you will see that it wa
- right-all right.
!. Here is a man who can not get on Ii
- the world. He always seems to BUY
:, the wrong time and to sell at the wors
:, disadvantage. He tries this enterprise
!, and fails; that business, and Is dlsap
:, pointed. The man next door 10 MIN
:, has a lucrative trade, but he lacks Gus
- toners. A new prospect opens; nj
income is increased. But that year hi
family are sick. and the profits are ex
- pended in trying to cure the ailments
=, He gets a discouraged look. Become
:, faithless as to success. Begins to eX
80 meet disasters. Others wait for some
ns thing to turn up; he waits for 1t to tur
II down. Others, with only half as niue
or education and character, get on twic
c. as well. He sometimes guesses as I
al what It all means. He says, "PerhaT
NJ riches would spoil me. Perhaps power
he tv is necessary to keep me humDl
TO Perhaps l might if things were othe
M wise be tempted into designations
NJ But there is no complete solution OF Il
\ through
g! darkly, and must wait for a higher III
he folding. VIII there be an eXplan'
he ton? Yes; God will take that man
he the light of the throne and say, Chi
Id immortal. hear the explanation! lC
gu remember the failing OF that great e.
terprise-your misfor une in 1857; yo'
ch disaster in 1867. This is the explain
ot ton" And you will answer, 1T is
ne right"
ven I see, every day, profound mysteri
ery of providence. There is no questi'
I'm we ask oftener than Why? There a
la hundreds of graves in Oak Hill al
IKE Greenwood and Laurel Hill that ne
CHI IN he explained. Hospitals for I
on blind and lame, asylums for the idio
elr and insane, almshouses for the des
ihE tute. and a world of pain and misf(
~ time that demand more than human
luton. All! God will clear it all |
"a In the light that pours from the thro
~. no dark mystery can live. Things n
NJ utterly inscrutable will be illumned
NJ plainly as though the answer We
inc written on the jasper wall, or sound
in the temple anthem. Bartmeus "
sa- thank God that he was blind; and l.
and arus that he was covered with sor
art and Joseph that he was cast into
his pit; and Daniel that he was denr
life. with lions; and Paul that he was hun
are backed; and David that he was driN
e It. from jerusalem; and that sewii
ken woman that she could get only
high pense for making garment; and t
Until invalid that for twenty years he co
lood not lift his head from the pillow; {