St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-07-05
SERMONS OF THE DAY
Preachers Draw Helpful Lessons
from the Martinique Horror
Business and Re1iGion-Rev. G. Cam
bell Morgan on Personal Com
sciOusness of God The
Power of the Cross.

bell Morgan on Personal Com
sciousness of God The
! Power Of the Cross.
"The universal sympathy of the
world is one of the most hopeful signs
of the coming of the kingdom of
Heaven on EARTH" declares Rev. DR..
Joseph X. Mason, Of Chicago. "When
this same compassion toward the un-
fortunate is called forth, not by the
unusual, as in this sad event, but by
the poor, wEo are always with u.s.
it will be happy day for humanity.
Such calamities are not the evidence
OF Divine wrath, as some are saying,
but the token rather of an impartial
ity of the comparatively few, dread
full as it is, is the salvation of the
many, for volcanoes are natures
safety valves. 5%$%g
We shall learn some day not to defy
the laws of God in nature and in NOR
ais. All things are ours if we are on
Gods side, but if we build our cities on
the sides of volcanoes or our nations
on corrupt and selfish principles which
disregard the rights of the people, or
our personal characters on defiance of
conscience, which is the voice of God
within the soul of man, we must ex-
pect calamity and suffering"
In conclusion, the preacher spoke of
the tender sympathy all men must feel
for the sufferers in such a calamity
as that of Martinique, and of the de-
pressed sense of responsibility coming
to those who dwell In lands where such
visitations of nature are unknown.
Mans True Greatness.
"The recent horror in Martinique -
Gays Rev. L. A. Crandall, D. D., "com-
pels pause and serious thinking
about mans boosted greatness. With
the coming of new century we have
been busy recounting mans victories
over the forces of nature; now nature
wipes out of existence 10000 people in
80 seconds of time, as If to compel
recognition of her supremacy. Man
builds wonderful bridges, rears mag
nifcent cities, binds steam, chains
electricity, but when nature puts forth
her useful forces the works of men
60 down in utter ruin. Mans great
ness cannot safely be built upon the
place which he occupies in the uni
verse. This world, which is his home,
is but an Insignificant speck among
the countless worlds which hang in
space. Man himself is but for little
hour and then goes down to decay
and dust. No wonder that the psalm
list. looking upon the wonders of the
star-sown sky, cried out: what is
man that thou art mindful OF him?'
Mans true greatness lies in the fact
that the Infinite is mindful of him."
1.-The volcano is now phenomena y
according to Rev. Johnston Myers.
Earthquakes have rocked the world
again and again. The cyclones have
desolated the dwellings of men. The
foods have swept away cities and
towns. The burning sun has made a
desert of the gardens. The cold has
us secure place in this world. He has
declared that 1--WE have here no con-
tinuing city" We act, however, as
though we were to remain where we
now live. This life is only the frag-
ment Of life. We treat it as though it
were all. We build and plan as the
children in the sand upon the sea shore
only to have the next wave destroy our
toys. In view of death coming to us
suddenly and in some unexpected way
we would keep in close relation to the
Christ who conquered death"
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Consciousness Of God.
"With the incoming of the Christ
life, the fact Of God is brought from the
realm of the speculative into that OF
personal consciousness, lis thought
brought out by Rev. G. Cambell Nor
gan. '"The one overwhelming truth il
God, and all other experiences are
Judged and placed by their relation
thereto. The fact of God may not al
ways be the uppermost in the mind
of the Christian. He will not neces'
sarily always be mentally repeating
his belief, nor will he be constantly re-
minding himself Of that belief. These
exercises prove weakness rather than
strength of conviction. There will be
a constant consciousness OF God
which will fash out into restrictive
and expansive application through all
the various circumstances of the ever
changing days.
SLOW wonderfully this was true In
the life of Jesus may be discovered by
reading through the Gospels, especial
" those Of Matthew and John, and ia b.
,latinp His references to His Father
II will be discovered that He lived a
life conscious of the presence OF His
d Father. submissive to the authority OF
His Father, and confident in the Wis
dom and power of His Father. All the
circumstances Of the days, and II tne
va1ues of words and deeds, and all the
u sssues Of life were tested and tried in
that consciousness. To all those IN
~hom Christ lives there comes the
same consciousness, and it produces
like effects.
..The life thus homed in God enters
nnon new views and new feelings. Inc
frst and basal change is lnteliectuai
The God consciousness proves much
remembering that the God OF whom
the Christian is conscious is God re-
yealed in Christ, it will at once be seen
how the enlightened intelligence rests
in the fact of his perfect Justice
II Nf;sts and mysteries may still en-
shroud the appearance of the hour
NIT the Christian knows that eterna!
instice holds unceasing vigil anc
ont unswerying truth. Though