El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-26

ske Teton clutch of famine. Think of
the empires that have risen aud fallen
to dust. If there is God in history
what does it sll mean? What means
the self sacrificing lives of such man as
Jesus, Paul, Livingstone, Washing
ton, Howard if there is no God. How
slowly has liberty won its way. But
oh, through blood and tears too cheap
to count. If there is no divine purpose
running through history, then history
is a dark and shoreless sea and such
lives as those OF Livingstone, Gordon,
Wilberforce. Lincoln are but dying
meteors shooting across the horizon,
only to die in some dark abyss. But
God in history. and dying nations be-
come platforms upon which we rise
to truer civilization. The world be-
comes a training school for immortal
souls and all great movement seems to
be working towards the millennium
dawn. Oh, how God has barred his
right arm in the history of the church.
Here is the Spanish armada, sweeping
down on English Professionalism in her
cradle. Like the wings of huge vul-
lures with talons sharp she moves.
But God meets that Armada on the
the sea. The winds of heaven aud the
huge pillows catch those ships, whirl
them, toss hundred hulks on a hun
dred lonely beaches. Our American
opAnisn war was ouG Nou raPPinR lis
gavel on the throne. calling a halt to
despotic cruelty. Behind England's
umbeat in the Soudan and the Hague
peace conference is the God of history.
Then leave God out of suffering and
truly "the increase of knowledge 10
the increase of sorrow" Think how
the earth has been soaked with the
tears of humanity. Soon after the
worlds first morning, pain swept the
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rocks. How many have died in pri-
SONS, groaned away life in insane asy-
lums. Is all this the work of blind
force? Look at the providences of
life. Sweet children, innocent as
angels, pure as snow, are taken from
our homes. Cody men, upright holy
men often suffer most. All philosophy,
from Pythogras to McCosh, has been
colored by the problem of human suf-
fering. But put God in sufferig. .'All
things work together for good to them
who love God" Suffering gives eye
sight, foresight. The martyrdoms Of
history have been the cradlings of
truth. Suffering ripens character like
the sun a July apple. Some never
know what true life is till the coffin is
carried out of the front door. Heads
up! "Afterwsrds comes the eternal
weight of glory.
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sad the world would become. My moth
er would be no different from the clod
on her coffin lid. The baby thai died
is as snuffed out candle. Meet me
in heaven" is but the raving OF fever
ed brain. That is skepticism. Who
wants it? A few months ago Mr..
Ingersol, the famous agnossic, died.
How the family wept. They would not
give up the body-"We SD ali never see
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comfort them. AT the funeral e. 40
peal was made to any one higher han
themselves. There vas no singing.
Infdelity has no songs of hope and
victory. No ''safe in the arms of
Jesus" 70 .'asleep in Jesus, blessed
Sleep" Let the world believe in re-
hgion OF no hope and what an insane
asylum it would be. But put G cd IN
death. Believe in Immortality and the
skies of doubt light up, the dark valley
becomes a beautiful lane lit up by
Jesus presence, heaven becomes q
beautiful lane lit up by Jesus presence
heaven becomes u glorious reality.
Over every dying bed of faith Jesus
stoops and says: To-day thou shalt be
with me IL Paradise" Heads up! death
is but ferry to take US across the
river to glory. To die is, Ito be with
Christi
Let US see God in creation, in his
tory, in suffering, in death and then
we can say: 81 fear no evil, for thou
art with me-" A new light will fall
for you or sea, on shore, on land, on
all the providences of life. Never, no
never, lose the consciousness tha at God
Coz is in you, around you. This
faith has made the worlds giants-
God as reve aled in Jesus Christ. A
German tale tells of ishermsn's hut
which was transformed into an exqui-
site temple of silver, by q lamp shining
from within. So does God light up
creation, history. suffering, death. No.
no, Solomon. put God in and the in
crease of knowledge brings increase of
joy.
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