The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-22

wisdom is Insignificant compared VITA
the wisdom beyond human compre-
bepsion. The human race never has
had and never will have enough brain
or heart to measure the wisdom OF
God. I car think OF onIy two authors
who have expressed the exact facts
The one was Paul. who says; Oh
the depth of the riches, both OF the
wisdom and knowledge OF God now
u~nsearchable are His judgments anf
His ways past finding out The
other author was the scientist who
| composed my text, think He wrote
IL during a thunderstorm. for the
| chapter says much about the clouds
and describes the tremor of the earth
under the reverberationS. Witty
writers sometimes depreciate the
thunder aud say it is the lightning
that strikes. but am sure God thinks
we'll of the thunder or He would nos
make so much Of il, and all up ana
down the Bible He uses the thunder
to give emphasis. 1t was the thunder
that shook Sinai when the law was
given. 1t was with thunder that the
Lord discounted the Philistines at
Ebenezer. job pictures the warhorse
as having a neck clothed with thur
der. st, John, in an apoealyptie
vision. again and again heard the
thunder. The thunder, which is nov
quite well explained by the e%lectri-
clans, was the ~overpoweriRg mystery
of the aBcients, and standing among
those mysteries job exclaimed: 10.
these are parts of His ways. But how
little a portion is heard of Him?
So, also, al systems of theology
try to tell us what is omnipresence-
that is, Gods capacity to be every.
where al the same time. 'Where is
God?" said a heather philosopher TO
. Christian man. The Christian an
swered; let me first ask you where
He is not?" The child had it right
When asked how many Gods are there
and he n wered: One" How do
you know that?" he was asked again.
He answered.; There is only room
for one. for He Ills earth and Heav-
en-" An author says that II a man
were set in the highest heavens he
would mot be any carer the essence
Of God than e he were in the center
of the earth. | believe it. If this
essence does not reach all
what use in our prayer, for
prayers are being offered to God on
the other side Of the earth as well as
here, and God must be there and here
take supplications which are Of.
fered thousands Of miles apart.
.biquity! No one has IL but God.
And what an alarm TO wickedness, an
everywhere present Lord. and what Q
reinforcement when we need help!
God on the throne and God with the
kneeling child saying its evening
prayer at his mothers lap. God
above you, God beneath you. God on
right Of you. God on the left Of
Tou. God within you. No pantheism.
or that teaches that. ell things are
sod. but Jehovah possesses all things,
IS our souls possess our bodies. God
It the diameter and circumference Of
Everything, as close to you as the |
God you put 70 your lips, as the coat
put upon your hack. as the sun.
light that shines in your face. Ap.
of that. il through Jesus !
the atoning Saviour. we are
light with God. ought to give us a
.erenity, a tranquility. that nothing
'ould upset. Would IL make us
No, for God is the God Of
oy and will augment our happiness.
rod in full possession of us is q
bought out of which you ought to
make anthems and entwine garlands
nd kindle Examinations.
So every system of theology has
ttempted to describe and define the
Irvine attribute of love. Easy
nough is it to define fatherly love.
notherly love. ~coniugal love. ~frater-
lal love. sisterly love and love Of
ountry. but the love OF God defes
IL vocabulary. For many hundreds
I years poets have tried to sing II
nd painters have tried 10 sketch II.
nd ministers Of the Gospel to preach
and martyrs in the FIRE and Chris
on their ~deathbeds have .ex.
it. and We can tell what 1t is
Ike but no n has yet fully told
1t il i
Only glimpses of God have we in
world. but what an hour I, win
e when We first see Him. and We will
ave no more fright than | feel when
now see you. 1t will not he with
Mortal eye that we will behold Him.
ut with the vision of a cleansed. for
and perfected spirit. or all the
uintlilion ages of eternity to us the
most thrilling hour will be the first
Iour when We meet Him "a He /,
his may account for something you
ave all c and may not have up.
Ierstood. Have you not noticed that
fter death the old Christina look,
Dung again or the features resume
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