Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-19

where they fine is.' AM 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: SO, these
are parts Of his ways. But how little a
portion is heard of him? But the thunder
of his power who can understand
So every system of theology has at
tempted to describe aud define the divine
attribute of love. Easy enough is II to
define fatherly love. motherly love, eonju-
gal love, fraternal love, sisterly love and
love of country, but the love Of God de-
ties all vocabulary.
The nature of God never changes. and
from all eternity that holy passion glow
ed in the Infinite, and | think he was
throwing out worlds into space and IN
habiting them and more worlds for the
application of that love. He may Lot
have told the oth~r worlds what he did
for this world, as he has not told us what
he did for them. think Z 'oye of God
was demonstrated in nigh worlds be-
fore our little world was fitt up for hui
man residence. WIN man owning 90
000 acres of land put all the cultivation
on a half acre? Will God make a million
worlds and put his chief affection on one
small planet? Are the other worlds and
larger worlds standing vacant, unlnhab-
tied. while this little world is crowded
with inhabitants? No, it takes Il universe
of worlds to express the love Of God.
And there are other ransoms and other
rescues and other redemptions as there
may be other millenniums and other res
direction mornings and judgment days
than those of our world. But in the
space of six feet by FIVE was comprised
the mightiest evidence of Gods love. that
any world ever saw or ever will see.
Compressed on two planks Joined togeth-
er as a cross. There was enough agony
there concentered, if distributed, TO put
whole nations into torture. That God al
lowed the assassination of his own Son
COZ the rescue of our world is all the evil
aeace needed that he loved the world.
Go ahead, o church of God! Go ahead
O world, and tell as well as you can
what the love of God is, but know be-
sorehand that Paul was right when he
said, 1T passeth knowledge"
Seeing God Face TO Face.
Only glimpses of God have we in this
world, but what an hour it will be when
we first see him, iG1 we viii have no
more fright than fec when now see
YOU. 1t will not be with mortal eye that
we will behold him, but with the vision
of a cIeansed, forgiven and perfected
spirit. OF all the qulntillion ages of eter-
nifty to us the most thrilling hour will be
the first hour when we meet him as he is.
This may account for something you have
all seen and may 1ot have understood
Have you not noticed how that after
death the old Christian looks young again
or the features resume the look of twenty
or thirty years before? The WEAKNESS is
gone out OF the face; there is something
strikingly re ,tful and placid; there is a
pleased look where before there was
disturbed look What has wrought the
change? think the dying Christian saw
God. Al the momen, the soul left the
body what the soul san left its impress
sion on tile countenance. | think that u
what care that old Christian face aftef
death the radiant and triumphant look
The bestornied spirit has reached the
harbor: the hard battle of life is ended in
victory. The body took that look the mo-
mont heaven began, and the curtain was
completely lifted and the glOries of Jeho-
vah's presence rushed upon the soul. The
departing spirit left on the old mans face
a glad goodby, and that first look gave
the pleased curve to the dying lip and
smoothed out the wrinkles and touched
| all the lineaments with an indescribable
| radiance. As no one else explains that
improved and gladdened post mortem
look, l try to explain it, saying; HE saw
| Codr' '.She saw Godi'