Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-04

he went to work and conquered himself
and then conquered courtrOoms and great
assemblages whom he thrilled with his
eloquence. Sc instead of running against
obstacles as against stone wall he plac-
ed them aslant like steps "a which to
mount Put your trust in God and moth
ing can stand before you. Rittenhouse,
the astronomer, at the start was so poor
that he figured out cclipSes on a pillow
| handle.
ImpRrts Useful Lessons
Furthermore, go to the ant and consid-
er that if God honors an insect by maxi
ing it our instructor in important les
sons we ought not TO abuse the lower or
derS of creation. 1t has been found by
scientists that insects transtixed i'll the
case of a museum have been alive and in
torture for years. How much the insect
and the fowl and the brute may be right
ly called to suffer for the advancement Of
human knowledge and the betterment Of
the condition of the human race | do not
now stop to discuss, but he who useless
ly harms any of Gods living creation in
suits the Creator. Alas. for the horrors
OF vivisection. l have no confidence in
the morality OF man or a woman who
would harm a horse or dog or Il eat or a
pigeon Such men and women. under af-
front, IL they dared would take the life OF
human being. You cannot make me be
lieve that God looks down inditferently
upon the CALLED neck of the OK or the
cruelty curbed hi, Of the horse or the UNI
sheltered cattle in the SnOwstorm or the
cockpit or the bear batting or the pigeon
shooting or the decoration of fish that are
rot used. 60 to the ant, thou miscreant,
and see how God honors it.
Furthermore, 20 to the ant and learn
the lesson of God appointed order. The
being who taught the insect how to build
was geometer as well as architect. The
paths inside that little home radiate from
the door with as complete arrangement
as ever the bouevards of city radiated
from triumphal arch or a lowered cir
Gle. And when they march they keep
perfect order, moving in straight lines
turning out for nothing If timber lie
in the way, they climb over it. II there
be house or barn in the way. they march
through it, Order in architectural Struc-
ture order in government, order Of move
ment, order of expedition. 80 let us al
observe this God appointed rule and take
satisfaction in the fact that things are
not at loose ends in this world II there
is divine regulation in a colony or re-
public of insects is there not divine
regulation in the lives Of immortal men
and women? If God cares for the least
of his creatures and shows them how to
provide their meat in the summer and
gather their food il the harvest. will he
not be interested in matters of human
livelihood and in the guidance Of human
affairs? | preach the doctrine of par
tiCular providence. Are not two spar
| rows sold for farthing and yet not one
of them is forgotten before Code Are
We not Of more value than many spar
rowsY Let there be order in our in
| dividual lives, order in the family. order
| i'll the church, order in the State. In all
| the world there Is no room for anarchy.
| In Fulton street prayer meeting, New
| York, a young man rose and said: II
| have been an infdel fourteen years; l
| had the prayers of pious mother. bat
| spurned them. | have not seen her for
| fifteen years. | suppose she has given
| me up as lost. | don't know where to
find her, but | would like to tell her what
the Lord has done for me in answer TO
her earnest prayers" Did it just happen
| so that his mother was present and cried
out, "Oh, my son, my SON. You know
of the glorious Christian work in Japan,
but do you know how it began? A New
| Testament was dropped from an English
| ship in the harbor of Tokyo. The little
! book came into the hands Of prominent
| japanese, who read it and was brought
| TO God and Immediately began to com
mend Christ TO the people. Did all that
merely happen so? Tell that to those
who do not believe there is God, but
| do not tell it to at least a hundred Of us
who have had in our own lives providen
| tial rescues as easily proved as that we
| have ever lived at all.
All Under Gods Care.
| But we live in times when there are so
many clashings. There seems almost
universal unrest. Large fortunes swal-
| low up small fortunes. Civilized nations
| trying to gobble up barbaric nations. Up.
| heaval Of crceds and people who once be-
! lieved everything now believing nothing.
| The old book that Moses began and st.
| John ended bombardcd from scientific
! Obscryatories and college rlassrooms.
| Amid all this disturbance and unccr-
| tainty that which many good people need
| IS not a stimulus, but sedatiyc and in
my text find it--divine observation and
guidance Of minutest affairs. And moth
ing is to God large or small planet or
| ant hill-the God who easily made the
worlds employing his infnity in the won
drous construction Of a spiders foot.
Ant now ! bcthink myself Of the fact
that we are close to Il season of the year
which will allow US to be more ont of
doors and to confront the lessons Of tho
natural world, and there are voices that
seem to say, Go TO the ant; go 10 the
bird; go to the flowers; 60 to the fields:
60 to the waters" Listen to the cnnta-
tas that drop from the gallery Of the tree
tops. Notice in the path whore you walk
the lessons Of industry and divine guild
| ance. Make natural religion common
tary on revealed religion. Put the glow
Of sunrise ana sunset into your spiritual
experiences. Let every star speak of the
morning star Of the Redeemcr, aad every
aromatic bloom make you think of him
who is the Rose of sharon and ,ba 7 H.,