St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-11-07


erful microscope of man is hardly able
to discover, and He knows the poorest
weakest and smallest of His children
He knows the very number of the hairs
OF your head, and If His eye follows
the humble. despised sparrow as /,
falls to the ground, will not His ever.
watchful eye behold you as you STUN.
BILE and fall? He knows all about you
and He will care for you, for are yt
not OF much more value than the spar.
row? God is not SO busy with the con.
troll OF the universe that He has not
time to know every detail of your life
His eye runs to and fro through all
the earth, and His children must re-
member: 'Thou God seest me-" He
knows when the sunshine floods oul
pathway. He knows when darkness is
round about us and the face of the sun
is hid. And it is enough to know that
God knows. Abraham went out from
the homeland, his friends and kindred
mot knowing whittier he went" but
he knew that it was all right. for God
knew. God knows your pathway leads
through many a dark valley. through
suffering. and trouble. and trial, and
because God knows, you do not have
to know. And God can look way be-
yond the dark clouds and see the glory
of the respondent sun. He knows the
end of man from the beginning. and
He knows that beyond the trial is the
triumph, beyond the storm is the snIza
beyond the affection is the blessing
And because God knows it all, the
Christian can trust, and wait and hope
Oh, 1t is blessed to realize and remem-
Der that our God is an All-Knowing
God!
pUT not only must the Christian
y realize that God is all-knowing,
but he must know God as the omnipo-
tent God-the All-Powerful God. OF
what help or encouragement would II
be to me to know that God was omis-
cient, II to that fact was not coupled
the knowledge that God was omnipo-
tent. Not only do l need God Who
knows all about me, but I must have
God Who can help me- And the
CHRISTIANS God is not only omniscient
but omnipotent 1t is the mighty, ALL
Powerful God Who has made the earth
and all the wonderful vast universe
1t is His power which keeps the planets
rolling steadily in space. It is His
power which operates through the
mighty forces of nature and makes this
earth of ours place on which man
may dwell. 1t is the All-Powerful God
Who is ruling over every human con-
dition and circumstance. It is He Who
can still the waves and hush the
winds, If need be, when His children
cry. Oh, If we will only realize that
we are resting in the hollow of His
hand and that no harm can come nigh
to us save that which He permits and
which works out in us His glory, we
will not be fearful Of heart when the
storms of life sweep down upon us
and we feel that we are about to be en-
quilted in the mad waters. What Is it
that gives those Hebrew captives that
sublime courage, that radiant peace
which rests upon their faces like a
halo, as they stand before the enraged
king. whose image they have refused
to fall down and worship. The fur
mace heated to an intensity that deals
swift death to the kings strongest SER
wants Is yawning to receive them.
Why is it that they are not filled with
fear and agony of impending doom?
1t is because they know that the God
Who cares for them is the All-Power-
full God. Who can deliver, If need be,
Who can save for glory If the body is
destroyed. Listen as they answer the
king: "Our God, Whom we serve, is
able to deliver us from the burning
fiery furnace; and He will deliver US
out of thine hand. . king" And He
did, and not even the smell of smoke
was upon their garments. The Chris
tian must know God as the All-Pow-
erful God Who is able to deliver. He
may let you pass through the fire of
afliction, or persecution, or trouble.
but He is able to deliver, and when His
perfect work is done in you. He will
deliver, "for He careth for you.''
A ND the God Who cares for us is an
n Ever-Present God. He is not far
off that He cannot hear US or deliver
when danger threatens. During the In
dian days when struggling bands of the
warriors threatened the
safety of the settlers, and swooped down
upon the women and children when the
men were not about, many and many a
time were the women thrown upon their
own resources to protect themselves and
the home. Behind doors and windows
bolted and barred have they stood on
the defensive, with shotgun in hand,
and prayed that father and the boys
might come home and save them from
their peril. Oh. II they were only near
20 that they could deliver, but they had
gone OF to the mill in the morning,
never dreaming that Indians lurked in
The vicinity. And they are away off
now, 10 to 20 miles, and now, in the hour
Of danger, and when they are SO much
needed, they are not present to fight for
their loved ones and protect them from
harm. Who can realize the agony of
such an hour? Mother and the children
In peril. father and the boys far away
md unable to help! When the human
riend is most D:eded. when the dis
,ress Is greatest, he cannot help, he
.annot protect AMI deliver, because he
Is far away. But It is not SO with our
God. He Is ever-present. Nothing but
sin can separate from Him. After going