Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-06-21

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WASHINGTON, June 1G.-In this dis
COURSE Dr. Talmagc raises high expecta-
lions of the day when that which is now
only dimly seen will be fully revealed;
text, Job XVI, "A: 10, these are parts
Of his ways. But how little a portion IS
heard of him? But the thunder Of his
power who can understand
The least understood being in the uni
verse is God. Blasphemous would be any
attempt by painting or sculpture to rep
resent him. Egyptian hieroglyphs tried
| to suggest him by putting the figure of
an eye upon a sword, implying that God
| sees and rules, but how imperfect the
suggestion! When we speak Of him, II
is almost always in language igurative.
| He is Light or "Dayspring From on
| High" or he is a 'IIigh Tower or the
"Fountain of Living Waters" His SPLEEN
dor is so great that no man can see him
and live. When the group of great theo-
logians assembled in Westminster abbey
for the purpose of making a system of re-
hgious belief they first of all wanted an
answer to the question, WHO is GodF'
: ! No one desired to undertake the answer
ing Of that Overmastering question. They
finally concluded to give the task to the
youngest man in the assembly, who hap
pened to be Rev. George Gillespie lie
consented to undertake it on the condition
d ME IA hfra IN
3 PRAYER for divine direction. lie began
his prayer by saying, 80 God, thou art q
spirit, infinite, eternal and Interchangeable
in thy being, wisdom, power, holiness
justice, goodness and truth" That frs
sentence of Gillcspie's prayer was unani
e mously adopted by the assembly as the
d best definition of God. But, after all, il
was only a partial success, and after ey
IS erything that language can do when pu
l. to the utmost strain and all we can see o.
& God in the natural world and realize o
Il God in the providential world we ar
u forced to cry out with Job in my text
l' 80, these are parts of his ways. Blu
y how little portion is heard Of him? Blu
D. the thunder of his power who can under
NJ stand?"
t. Archbishop Tillotson and Dr. Dick an
IL Timothy Dwight and Jonathan Edward
Of the past and the mightiest theologian
al of this young century have discoursed upo
rh the power Of God. the attribute Of omnil
e offence. And we have all seen demon
v' STATIONS Of Gods almightiness. 1t migl
H. have been far out at sea when in a
OF equinoctial gale God showed what
ID could do with the waters. 1t might hay
&c been in an August thunderstorm in Il
in mountains when God showed what
re could do with the lghtnings. 1t mig
5N have been in South America when G'
IN showed what he could do with the cart
pc quakes II might have been among Il
a. Alps when God showed what he cou
nts do with the avaanchcs. Our cheek W
cd | blanchpd, our breath stopped, our pulls
huttercd, our-whole being was terrorizC
b, but we had seen only an instance of {
I'm vine strength. What was the power
Oh that storm compared with the pow
Oh. which holds all the oceans? What W
r :; the power that shook the hills compar
can with the power that swings the ear
ow through all the centuries and for ~
an! years and in formative and incompl
len shape for hundreds of thousands of yea
sur What is that power that sustans
lrk, world compared with the power VIII
tn, rolls through immensely the entire SO
|
ara galaxics and the universe2 The mig
est intellect of man would give way
for moment there came upon it the
appreciation of what omnipotence
~ What you and l see and hear of div
: strength are only parts of his ways.
how little portion is heard of him!
the thunder of his power who can uni
,CV stand?"
Sci. Code Way of Doing.
We try to satisfy ourselves with
ing, st is natural law that cont
. things, gravtation is at work, centrip
and centrifugal forces respond to {
other" But what is natural law?
lmeI only Gods way of doing things. AT
cry point in the universe it is Gods d
aDqV and continuous power that controls
.iSfac. harmoniZcs and sustains. That p'
ieratG withdrawn one instant would make
iodies planetary system and all the W,
resseS which astronomy reveals one univ
Us in wreck, bereft hemispheres, dismal
wlie,s sunsets, dead considerations, debri
worlds. What power it must be
aiions keeps the internal fires of our worlC
&c for Drisoned-Only here and there spu
u from a CotopaXi, or StrOmboli or
Furni a Vesuvius. putting Pompeii and II
ling IN Ianeum into scpulcher, but for the
part the internal fires chained in
OE1L cages of rock and century after ce
- unable to break the chain or burst
the door! What power to keep the
moment parts of the air in right pl
c....h ton. so that all around the world Il
,rro,,- tions may breathe in health. the frost
raction the heats hindcrcd from working uni
work demolition! Power, as Isaiah say
YIN take up the isles as n very little Il
MARE. Ccylon and Borneo and Hawaii as
they were pebbles; power to weig
mountains in scales" and the III
balanccs'--rcncrife and the Cordi
To move a rock we must have lev'
screw and great machinery, but
sl. moves the world with nothing
s,roerv. word; power to create worlds and
ne pain to destroy them, us from the oil
ed. All tories again and again they have
. oi'"H lcen red with flame, then pale will
and then scattered.
What is that power to US? ask
1900 one. 1t is everything to us Wi
on our side. the rcconcilcd God. Il
!. ! !. !. !. !. !. !. ]. ].
pathetic Cod. the omnipotent G
may defy all human and satanic
S nisms. And when we are shut in
stacles we can say as did one of /
er's mon when the sailor was de-
how their ship was surrounded
- - bergs in the Arctic sea, The
DESiGNs strong, but God was stronger Il
r photo ice" and whatever opposition '
% ottv,sS have our God is mighticr than Il
patent. Eition All right with God we m
m the courage of the general dying
battlefield lie asked to be turn
: when they said, (Which way 5
"SSNSNo turn you?" he said, Turn my
----- ward the enemy" What c
NC that was uttered by the old mi
hero. "If God be for us, who
MorRl nam against asp Think Of It! Go
Atty. t ~ 10 O rs he = pleoses. All human
gelic forces have environments
are things they cannot do; heig
lloru' De' cannot scale; depths they cannot
Whatever their might and !
ABLES, they are servants T,,Gts,,o Of 20 om M
Ell. and no insurmountable obstacle
Luther asked a Saxon peasant
the creed, and the peasant beg'
lieve in God, the Father, a
STOP" said Luther. "Wha
,1odoro+a mighty" Il do not know" T.
peasant. Then Luther said:
right. my dear fellow. Neither
lllOSFT the learned men can tell what
o give esti- tence." Human power, howe
nd builders - -, = ,,s+ Inf on,nino
IN or other or wearics, and a Quadrillion
ce Of twenty from now will be as fresh as q