The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-09

ne thoueht was appropriate 10 the occasion.
Accordingly. he invited the attention OF
the congregation to the following words:
And we know that all things work to-
gether for good TO them that love God. and
TO them that are called according to his
purpose" Romans. viiI:2s.
Bishop Waldron referred to the book of
Romans as the most remarkable il not
the most interesting. in the New Tesla
ment. To his mind it was like the ascent
| of mountain by SLOW stages. AS one went
Up the view frightened and the outlook
extended until as he reached the top, he
/ could look with unobstructed vision over
the whole scheme OF redemption and Of
/ Gods revelation. It was an uplifting to
| faith, he thought, to read this chapter
| thoughtfully
Turning to the text, Bishop Waldron re-
marked that the first thing one would
meet in repeating the words of the apes
| tie TO the average man, would be a chal-
| lenge of the statement made. The ex-
| perience of the world and the observation
Of men would seem not to bear out tie
truth of the language used. The chal-
lenger would object TO the d.scrimina-
tion which the text implies, and he would
be likely to resent what he would cell
the injustice Of such religious dogma.
The text does not comprehend the whole
race, but very small part of it, and
| the Bishop said the challenger would 5r-
que that God is a God OF Love. that the
sun shines alike on the just and the I'M
Just; that God is no respecter OF persons;
that in his belief the Divine Being could
not and would not discriminate thus
among his own creatures.
The challenge. the speaker admitted, was
forceful. but he thought it was not well
1aI a,fla -
the apostles teaching. God is revealed
in the works of nature. the Bishop sad.
and he is revealed in the Word; toth
revelations harmonic when both are
properly understood. Gods thought in
nature is in harmony with this divine
thought and there is no conflict" The
speaker then quoted passages OF Scripture
to show that it is law of God laid down
in his holy word, that the Industrious
man wins in business, that the diligent
man shall stand before kings. and that he
upright man shall be preferred before 9TH
ers. This. Bishop Waldron remarked. is
the way Of the world. Everybody IeeGg-
nizes it in ordinary affairs. but it reveals
a broad and clear discrimination among
men which is generally regarded as just.
So it was with the text thought the
Bishop. The discrimination here made
was based upon character. As the indus
trious man wins In business SO here the
man who loves God is the recipient Of
privilege One is as just and as equiJa-
BILE as the other
In bis teaching here. the apostle.
said the Bishop. has gone beyond the
point Of speculation AMI speaks with as
surance. In saying. And We know
Paul is not dealing with philosophical
subueties, but with the verities Of expe-
rience AID the substantial things o.
faith
All things here spoken OF We must take
the speaker observed. as a very compra-
hcnsiye statement II refers 70 a being
Of complicated environment. II means
food and raiment and an the material
things of which man stands in need; in
short. 10 refers 10 physical conditions Il
refers also to a being with intellectual
powers relating him TO the material world /
and 20 Is fellOwmen II refers too to d
being with spiritual powers and the text
properly Interpreted means all things
in all these spheres-the material world. I
the social world. and the spiritual world 4
We sometimes feel. the Bishop con- 1
tinued. that there is no helpful relation /
between the material world and the |
spiritual world. Indeed the religious lie /
is made more difficult on account of il. /
and we cannot expect much that is helpful /
in the natural world about US. If We can /
find out, therefore. that there is a help
ful relation between the physical world (
and our spiritual welfare. the Bishop /
thought it would not be necessary 10 pur- /
sue the other lines Of thought suggested .
by the text.
Bishop Waldron then said that the text
was sometimes wrongfully made to refer
to the providence OF God in times Of trou-
bic. People applied it to death. to sor-
row. to disaster. and TO the Ills OF life
and then said that these things work to-
gether for good to the believer Il was
true the Bishop said that the special /
providence of God works good to the be-
lever, but it was wrong he thought. to
apply any such teaching to this text
The Bible teaches that the hairs Of our
heads are numbered. and that not one of
them can fall to the ground without the
Of the Father But this text
does not say that God overrulos and dis
penses the events of life so that they con-
tribute to our well-being The AL
things" here meant. the Bishop said. were
the material world, society. and the spirit
ual world together Il is the constitution
Of the world in which the man finds HIM
self II is a creation in which all de
psrtments, all forces. and all the agencies
Of the divine mind work together for good
to the creature.
The world was created for just such a
being as man is. 1t is designed for an in
being. said the speaker. and il
was designed for a moral being The
world was created. he thought, by him
who came to redeem man and for the uur-
poses Of that redemption. The scheme
was in the divine mind in all its detail
before il was worked out in the creation,
and it was arranged in every way for the
we'll being Of the race which was to in
habit and develop its history.
We know that all things work together
for our good observed the speaker in
closing, but this good has not the human
measure. We scarcely know at any time
what is good for us and never what is
best We understand so little and our
tight is so short. Many man has thought
hat wealth was best for him and has not
ound out his mistake until he has seen
ais family go down in ruin. The apostle
means good BY the divine measure. Il
means good for the present and good for
he future. as well as for that eternity |
oward which we are all fastening.
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