The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-09

another place which has just as many
limitations. Their investments yield
them 4 per cent and they sell out to
make investments that will yield 10
per cent and lose all Better settle
down and stop fretting about yourself
An officer in Cromwells time was so
worried about public affairs that he
could not sleep. His servant. a Christ
ain man, said he would like the privil-
ege OF asking the officer a question.
Leave being granted, the servant said,
Do you not think that God governed
the world very well before you came
into it?" mo doubt Of it. was the re-
ply. And do you not think he viii
govern it quite as well when you are
gone out Of it?" Certainly" Then
pray, sir, excuse me-but do you not
think you may trust him to govern it
as long as you live in it?" The remark
was so sensible that sleeplessness de-
parted and tranquility came.
A particular Providence is as certain
as a general Providence. 1t did not
just happen so that Brunei noticed
ship-worm boring into the wood. so
suggesting to the engineer the tunnel
ing Of the Thames It did not just
happen 50 that a spiders web strung
from tree to tree suggested the sus-
pension bridge to its first originator.
Nothing just happened so in your life
or mine. 1t Is not an autocrat at
the head Of the universe. but a Father
Leave thy low vaulted past.
Let each new temple. nobler than the
last.
Shut thee from heaven with a dome
more vast
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's
An Unlimited supply.
Do any Of us fully realize the fact
that God gives US three things in un-
limited supply, although no formula
Of prayer that ever heard recognizes
water, air and sunlight? Water
by the riverful. Water by the lakeful
Water by the oceanful. Some for ablu-
tion, some for shaking the thirst, some
for baptistry, some for fountains and
aquariums. never appreciated what
wonderful thing water is until last
summer / stood by the fountains be-
fore and around the emperor's palace
at PeterhOf. Russia. I had been fami-
liar with this wonderful element OF
nature from childhood, having been
born on the banks OF the beautiful
Raritan, and as a barefooted boy dab
bled in the brook near my fathers
house. But never realized until last
summer what water could do in play.
or in strange caprice, or beautifcation,
or when climbing the ladder OF the
light. or when a skillful workman took
hold OF IL to toss 1t. OF whirl t. OF
shape Il into crowns, or hoist II into
columns. or spring II into arches. or
lift II into stars. or turn ii into cres-
cents. or build it into temples. You
forget you ever saw the less glorious
waters at Chatsworth. England, or
Versailles. France, as you stand in the
balcony OF the palace overlooking the
Finland gulf. bewildered and trans
ported as you look at the one display
called the Golden Stairway fountain.
The water rolls down over "a steps one
foot high and 20 feet long. All Of these
"a steps are covered with sheets OF
Furnished gold Silver step OF the
water on stairs Of goldl What a glee
Of liquidsl Rolling. dashing. foaming.
splendorsl Chorus OF
doodsl Poetry OF watersl Doxology
Of torrentsl But that which most i'm
pressed me there and elsewhere is the
abundance OF water, the fact that there
are so many waters that the conti-
nents can afford to throw them away
into the sea. Hudsons and Ohios, Ore
sons and Amazons. Rhines and Dan
lbes and Volgas. and so abundant
hat the earth can afford to have its
oceans evaporate into the heavens.
hediterrancans and Atlanucs and Pa
,ihcs How rich the earth is with vat
RS Best beverage Of all the nations.
or after the richest banquet with the
'ichest beverages. every one wants at
east a sip Of it-water. cool water, God
waterl
With still more abundance is the air
distributed. An earth full Of 1t. A
Ky full OF H. Swiftest and strongest
agle cannot fy so high as not to
AVE il in the nostrii or under wing. I
md what afiuence Of sunlight, No I
ne but the infinite God could dispense
o much Of It. The golden candlestick
ct on the blue mantel OF the heavensi
10 great that the Almighty is com
AIRED to Il, the psalmist crying out
The Lord God is a sua." II is high
line that we recognize in our liturgies
nd in our formulas OF prayer the
lost abundant blessings Of the
inverse which come 70 all.
Trasf Thoroughly IN Cod.
Now. is Il not time that we an be-
an more thoroughly 70 trust the
ordl We trust him with our souls.
ny not truDt him with our bodies?
re trust him with our spiritual inter
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