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

in two places at the same time, and yet
here comes the thought that God can be
III all places at the same time. Nader
the astronomer, went on with his explora-
tons until he concluded that the star Al
cyone. one of the Pleiades, was the center
Of the universe, and it was a fixed world
and all the other worlds revolyed around
that world, and some think that that
world is heaven and Gods throne Is there, [
and there reside the nations Of the blest. /
But he is no more there than he is here. /
Indeed, Alcyone has been found to be in
motion, and it also is revolving around |
some great center. But no place has yet
been found where God is not present by
sustaining power. Omnipresence! Who
fully appreciates it? Not l. Not you.
Sometimes we hear him in a whisper.
Sometimes we hear him in the voice Of
the storm that jars the AdirOndacks.
But we cannot swim across this ocean,
The finite cannot measure the infinite
We feel as Job did after finding God in
the gold mines and the silver mines of
Asia, saying. "There is a vein for the
silver and a place for the gold where
they fine it." And after exploring the
heavens as an astronomer and finding
God in distant worlds and becoming ac-
quainted with Orion and Mazzaroth and
Arcturus and noticing the tides Of the
sea the inspired poet expresses his in
capacity TO understand such evidences Of
wisdom and power and says: 10, these
are parts Of his ways. But how little a
portion is heard Of him? But the thunder
of his power who can UNDERESTIMATE
So every system Of theology has at
tempted to describe and define the divine
attribute Of love. Easy enough is it to
define fatherly love- motherly love, conJu-
gal love, fraternal love, sisterly love and
love of country, but the love of God de-
fies all vocabulary. For many hundreds
of years poets have tried to sing 1t and
, painters have tried to sketch it and min
listers Of the gospel to preach it and mar
tyrs in the fire and Christians on thei
deathbeds have extolled it, and we cal
: tell whae it is like, but no one has We
| fully told what it is. Men speak Of tn
+ love of God as though it were first fel
= between the pointing of the Bethlehem
l. star and the pounding Of the crucihxio
n hammer. But no! Long before that eS
G listed the love of God.
f The nature of God never changes, an
i from all eternity that holy passion glow
n ed in the Infinite, and | think he wa
q throwing ON worlds into space and il
Q hahiting them and more worlds for tn
n application OF that love. He may nc
4 have told the other worlds what he d.
A. for this world. as he has not told us whd
h he did for them. think the love Of Go
IF was demonstrated in mightier worlds b.
? fore our little world was fitted up for hi
in man residence. Will a man owning 5U
n 600 acres of land put all the cultivatic
nt on half acre? Will God make milliC
Nv worlds and put his chief affection on OF
,a small planet? Are the other worlds al
N larger worlds standing vacant, uninha
nc tied, while this little world is crowd'
ot with inhabitants? No, it takes univer
no of worlds to express the love of G0
mr. And there are other ransoms and 9th
If rescues and other redemptions, MS the
on may be other milenniums and other II
oh direction mornings and judgment da
,ts than those of our world. But in
in. space of six feet by five was compris
,tb the mightest evidence of Gods love IL
20 any world ever saw or ever will s
,rv Compressed on two planks Joined togetl
,oT, as a cross. There was enough ago
ION there conccntered, if distributed, to
ov whole nations into torture. That God
wv lowed the assassination of his own
wv, for the rescue of our world is all the {
=. dence needed that he loved the wol
I,ot Go ahead. 0 church of God! Go abe
is o world. and tell as well as you
.;ob what the love of God is, but know befC
I,6o hand that Paul was right when he 81
~, att passeth knowledge" Let other pc
~ take M the story of Gods love wi