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

Gomorran are covered by waters so l
deathful that not a fish can live in them. /.
Rabvlon and Nineveh are so blOtted out !
Of existence that not one uninjured shaft :
of their ancient splendor remains. Moth
ING hut omnipotence could have put them
down and put them under. The ante
diuyian world was able to send to the
postdiluvian world only one ship with
very small passenger list. Omnipotence
/ first rolled the seas over the land, and
| then told them to 60 back to their usual
/ channels as rivers and lakes and oceans.
At omnipotent command the waters
bouncing upon their prey, and at omnipo-
tent command sinking back into their APP
propriate places. By such rehearsal we
try to arouse our appreciation OF what
omnipotence is, and our reverence is eX-
cited. and our alteration is intensified,
but after all we find ourselves at the foot
of a mountain we cannot climb lowering
over depth we cannot fathOm, at the
rim of a circumference we cannot COM
pass, and we feel like first going down on
our knees and then like falling fiat upon
our faces as we exclaim: 10. these are
parts Of his ways But how little a pOr-
tion is heard of him? But the thunder Of
his power who can understandP'
So all those who have put together sys-
tens of theology have dscOursed also
about the wisdom of God. Think of a
I wisdom which can know the end from the
= beginning, that knows the thirtieth cen
t fury as we'll as the first century. We can
= guess what will happen. but it is only
n ,s,,I. Cf min fbnf hold
e all the past and all the present and all
l. the future! We can contrive and invent
II on n small scale, but think of wisdom
= that could contrive universe! Think Of
Y n wisdom that can learn nothing new,
= a wisdom that nothing can surprise, all
II the facts, scenes and occurrences of all
+" time TO come as plainly before it as
T. though they had already TRANSFERRED! lie
" could have built all the material uni
lie verse into one world and swung 1t glo-
p rious mass through immensely, but behold
lie his wisdom in dividing up the grandeurs
m into innumerabe worlds, rolling splendOrs
in on all sides, diversity, amplitude, maj
IN esty inhnityi Worlds! Worlds! Nov
a ing in complete ORDER shining with COM
lie plete radiance Mightiest telescope on
IS, one hand and most powerful microscope
st on the other, discovering in the plan Of
IL God not one imperfection What but di-
he vine wisdom could have planned human
it race and, before it started, built for It
" world like this; pouring waters to Stake
ut human thirst and giving soils capacity to
of Droduce such food and lifting such a can
Of npv of clouds embroidered with such sun
re light and surrounding the world with
It: such wonders that all the scientists of
ut the ages have only begun to unroll them
tut Wisdom in magnitude and in atom IN
err archangel and in molusk. Think Of q
wisdom that was able to form without
nd any suggestion or any model to work by
IDS the eye, the ear, the hand, the foot, th'
ms vocal organs! No wonder that Galen
ION the most celebrated of medical authors
lip among the ancients. fell on his knees a
on the overwhelming wisdom of God in tn
sht constitution of the human frame Gu
an libraries are filed with the wisdom 0
he the great thinkers of all time. Have 70
ave considered the far superior wisdom who
the fashioned the brain for all those thought
he of the Infinite Mind that built those il
ght tellects? But it is only the milliont
Tod part of that wisdom that has come
TIL mortal appreciation. Close next to ever
the discovery is a wonder that has not bee
'uld discovered. We see only one specime
was among 10000 specimens. What we kno
lses is overwhelmed by what we do not know
49, w nat the hOldlllSl kuOMS uupul TIT NV
d. er is not more wonderful than the thin'
r OF he does not know about the flower. WIZ
wer the geologist knows about the rocks
was not more amazing than the things viii,
lred he does not know about them. III
arth worlds that have been counted are on
'uoO a small regiment of the armies of ligl
'lete the hosts of heaven, which have new
Ms! passed in review before mortal visiC
our What a God we havel
men The God of Abraham.
III A tradition says that Abraham OF
-; Old Testament was when an infant h
=, - den in a cave because of the perse'
y e..n ~ lions of Nimrod The first time
- child came out of the cavern it was mig
i,.;nc and he looked up at the star and cri
pnt ''This is my God" but the star disappe
PTt ed, and Abraham said, mo, that CAM
r5cr. be my God" After awhile the me
rose, and Abraham said, THAT is
God" but it set, and Abraham was ag
disappointed. After awhile the sun re
guy and he said, "Why, truly, here is
l1lolS 1 Cod" but the sun went down. and Al
- ham was saddened. Not until the
T T of the Bible appeared to Abraham was
satisfied, and his faith was so great t
-. he was called 1.-THE Father of the Fa
- full" All that the theolOgians know
- Gods wisdom is insignificant cOmpa
~" W. with the wisdom beyond human com
: Iie hension. The human race never has
".'u3 and never will have enough brain or h
80 -, TO measure the wisdom of God.
- - think of only two authors who have
pressed the exact facts. The onewas I
' ia. who SAYS, "Oh, the depth of the rio
urting Ootn u 'ne ".so' ~, i,,,1,,T,
II '.,,,l and his ways past finding out" The
l4NANA flo cf who
- my text. l think he wrote it duril
- thunderstorm, for the chapter says I
en'uls about the clouds and describes the t
i ~ or Of the earth under the reverberat
u NO Witty writer's sometimes depreciate
I, opo thunder and say it is the lightning
ny - strikes, but am sure God thinks VIZ
- "lI the thunder or he would not max
t sal much OF it. and all up and down the
~ :; he uses the thunder to give emphas
.Hius' was the thunder that shook Sinai
~, r. the law was given. 1t was with tn
I'm. -; that the Lord discounted the Phili
i!,i'9 :" Mt Eben-eZer. Job pictures the wal
! l"s as having a neck clothed with thu
', - st. John, in an apocalyptic VISION
u 1' and again heard the thunder. The
- der, which is now quite well explain
: Po"o' the electricians, was the Overpov
~ -. mystery of the ancients, and sta
y, - among those mysteries Job eXcli
- so, these are parts of his ways.
l. some how little portion is heard of him
NJ! ~ liz, the thunder of his power who can
~ h." sT nm, stand?"
ga wa So, also, all systems Of theology
,,,t,,,o- tell us what is omnipresence-u
n NV o6. Gods capacity to be everywhere
IsrobisL. same time. "Where is GodY
osori1,in, heather philosopher to a Christian
! br ico, The Christian answered, LET n
;co vas ask you where he is not?" The oh
Inn tho it right when asked how many G.
,,,o nav there and he answered, "One."
tho onno. do you know thatT" he was asked
nav b5vo He answered, "There is only re
=, -, tbe one, for he fills earth and HEAVIER
mod ami author says that if a man were
sbou vo the highest heavens he would not
foco n. nearer the essence of God thai
obanonca were in the center of the earth.
lieve it. If this divine essence
q con he reach all places, what use in our
A. for prayers are being offered to
iou - bHS tho ofbap side Of the p0rtl rs