Evening journal., 1899-12-04


the wish that he could invent term
for "sin' which would lend new terror
to il. for the reason that people are so
familiar with the word used at present.
Sin is an awful thing. Men standing
high in the cornsels OF nation and state
are seized upon by this subtle power
and dragged down to the uttermOst
depths OF degradation.
POWER OF LAW.
Again. Elijah's God was a God OF
special providences. He would inter-
fere with the weather, with anything
10 help His people.
Now there are some who have for
their god, the god of the Deist, who
made the world. and others, the God OF
the Pantheist, who created the world
but you might as we'll bow to the god
4 { Baal, TO a stump or to O stone as to
NJ ay TO the god of ihe Deist or Pan
the ist We hear a great deal OF talk
abont the power of law, of all things
being under the law. The people imag-
inc that the Lord made law, that the
law seized hold OF things, that every
thing Is under law and that law is. SUI
preme. Suppose the population OF Della
ware moved out of Delaware at one
time what would become of the laws
of this stnte2 They have no existence
apart from as. As soon as we get away
they become null and void. They are
simply rules Of government that we
have made to compel all to treat each
other decently. Irrevocable law, con-
trolling all thin gs, has no existence
Because things have been going on in
a certain way for "a number of years
does not assure it that they shall al
WAYS continue so. When | see trans
atlantic liner plodding regularly from
New York TO Liverpool, / never sup
pose that ii cannot go somewhere else
il desired. Therefore we need not fear
because of that reason, that God cannot
interfere with the laws,Qf the epnixeEse
when it becomes necessarytO help those
whom lie loves, and to manifest His
bower in miracles now as He did then.
Locomotives are built by man, but man
docs not lose control OF them. God put
the world under certain rules but when
Ills glory reQuircslt or the good of His
people demands it, He would intorposc
and stop the universe but that right
should conquer
When Mr.. Moody was ON board The
ship whhh was threatened with de-
struction. and by His prayer and faith
inspiring those around him. saved the
vessel through the iaterposition of Di-
vine Providence, and so announced it,
hc was very much criticised. But Mr..
Moody was right. Our God is on the
throne. and when His people are in
trouble and need help, and call upon
Him. He will certainly deliver them.
You ask why does not the Lord shut
up the heavens to-day and send fire
down upon this altar and show what
lie can do2 10 would be as common a
thing II THAI were the case as speak
ing through the telephone has become.
II every tirle your prayers ascend TO
the throne of grace it were sent down.
You gather up chestnuts under a tree.
you do not wonder: DC Is natural: but
suppose you find burr fun OF marbles
Instead OF chestnuts, and you at once
exclaim; A miracle A mifaclel"
u miracle is an exceptional manifes-
tation Of the power Of God. How
blessed It is, when the storms of life
and thu, sorrows of death take hold
upon yo u, that you can know God is on
the fhroi 'e.
Then G cd Will punish sin and is also
"A God q s Decial provldences.
Gods II ljah is not as important n
factor In Ia. S world as Elijahs God. vet
he is very llA cessary in carrying ont The
purpose Of Gods Divine scheme. When
He sees a challce to transmit HIS mower
through some agent He has one al
hand. It does not depend so much unan
human strength as upon what is back
OF II. Suppose an ordinary Methodist
minister was given the option of nav
ing 100000 OF to die; he would die.
but If we were backed by Vanderbilt
or an Astor, all he would have to do
would be simply to act as an agent
When Omnipotence can get a chance
through the proper agent, the glory OF
God will be revealed in that agent. II
seems startling to assert that God
needs man 10 make known His power
IN this world. The black wire looks in
significant, and lightning looks mag.
nlhcent, but lightning becomes power
only through that wire, and its glory
and magnihcence is only REVEALED
through that Insignificant agent.
God had need of Elijah 10 rescue
Elijah was q man whose heart wa,
pure Heart purity is not present in ;
man who is perfectly satisfied witt
himself, and thinks himself a little bi
better than anybody else / speak o
the man who can say as Elijah. "As tn
Lord livcth, Him do I trust" or "a
Peter has said Lord, thou knowest al
things; thou knowest that love thee
When a man can challenge God 4
look into his heart. that man is purs
for he realizes that all is right be
tween him and his Maker. A ma
seeking forgiveness of sin has but IN
single motive in his start, but to kno,
God as his Saviour.
Nothing on earth or in hell is hell S
Nothing on earth or in hell is so OF
fcnsive 90 God than hypocrite. a ma
who deliberately acts insincerely. n
class Of. men called out tho cxecratio
ol the Son Of God more than the sell
satisfied man. tho hypocrite A ma
who is transparent is one 10 be love
and ~ grasp by the hand. Elijah wa
that kind Of q man. He would fuIf
the viii Of the Lord just AS far as \
conceived IT,
Elijah was a man of strong faiN
Hs believed God for evidence. Exec
The Word Of God Elijah had no fu
fher evidence Moses had seen no ev
dcffco oi Gods mower when he docidt