The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-11-28

might be supplied with food. and raj
ment. and shelter. He has swung the
great sun In the blue vault Of the
heavens that 1t might give light and
warmth and perpetuate the various
forms of life which had been placed
upon the earth. He sends the rain and
the dew to refresh the earth and make
1t bring forth abundantly. He stored
within the bosom Of old Mother Earth
every conceivable treasure-the coal.
the gas, the oil. the gold. the silver,
the baser metals. the precious stones
everything which man has discovered
and utilized for comfort. for utility, for
adornment, was first nodded into form
by the touch of God and placed where
man could find II. And the fact that
the devil, the original squatter and
claim jumper Of the world. has per-
verted to his uses the created things of
God. and has spread himself over the
earth as sole proprietor and owner,
does not give man his warrant for like
attitude. The evil heart Of man has
fallen into the DEVILS way of thinking
and acting. and God is forgotten as the
Creator Man gathers and enjoys the
wealth and bounty OF the earth, and
lifts never thought toward God as the
Creator of all that the earth contains.
" Cd as Ruler OF the universe main
~ tains that which He has created.
God at all times sustains an intimate
relationship to His created world.
Man usually is not conscious Of it. The
tendency to materialism blinds the
heart to the thought of God as an ac-
two agent in every manifestation of ma
ture. The farmer sows his seed, and
cultivates his field and gathers his
crop and says: II sowed the seed,
tended the growing grain. reaped
and gathered into the barns My
fields produced so much. 1t Is all
mine" And Gods part in the whole
transaction is forgotten. AS the
farmer sowed the seed he forgot
that each tiny grain had within it's
heart the germ of life which God and
God only could place there. While he
waited for the seed to push its tender
sprout up through the yielding soil, he
failed to consider the mighty forces of
| nature at work to transform that seed
into growing. productive plant But
sun and rain and nourishing soil were
busy with that mysterious something
called life, which man knows exists in
its myriad forms, but which he cannot
understand or explain. AS the farmer
cultivated the growing grain he forgot
that 1t was not he who was making 1t
grow. He could help 1t grow, but 1t
was not his effort nor power which
transformed sunshine and rain and
black soil into green stalk and tassel-
ing ear. AS he reaped the grain and
the noisy thresher sent forth its gold
en- stream OF ripened seed. he only saw
30 much -four and so much seed corn
for sowing In the springtime He did
not think Of Gods power which had
packed each little kernel full of nour-
ishing food and creative life, but It was
what God put there which made the
grain worth cultivating and gathering
Man forgets, until sometimes the
drought dries up the grain and makes
him turn to God and pray for the
needed rain, or the excessive rains
nest duplication for the blessed sun.
shine. But to-day even Gods contro
over the weather is lightly spoken o.
and the weather forecasters of tn,
country are credited with making tn,
rain and the sunshine, the storm ant
the calm. 1t is not done seriously, W,
know. but the Jest oft repeated becomes
the prevailing thought. What is tn,
weather man going to give us to-day
, is the way the question is asked. Wha
the weather man gave is the way 1t Il
/, talked about. And he is praised O
scolded, according to the quality of tn,
weather experienced and the kin,
wanted. This criticism may seem triv
ial, but when you consider how tn,
thought of Gods rule and control Il
being crowded out of every condition
! and circumstance of life, believe q;
will admit that in this testing there 4
real peril.
THE Psalmist exclaims OF the Bounti
, full God: Thou crownest the yea
with Thy goodness; and Thy path
, drop fatness." God Is the Giver O
the good which He has created an,
| which His power maintains. And her
arises a dificulty which troubles
great many people. II God is the give
of all good. why does He seemingly dis
/ tribute SO unevenly? To explain thi
fully and satisfactorily we should hav
to be as wise as God and see the en-
from the beginning. Probably the In
qualities Of the lot OF Lazarus and tn
I rich man created discussion and wa
:, one of the enigmas of life which pu,
{ zled the world then as 1t does to-da,
Q but in the light Of eternity. as Jesu
8 draws the curtain and reveals the mys
y teries of Heaven. no one finds 1t har
I to choose between the good thing
J. which the rich man enjoyed and lo'
: and the good things which Lazarus we
n denied in this life and which wei
found awaiting him In the realms {
/. eternity. This parable suggests Pei
$ tial explanation at least why the ms
Q terial bounties Of this world are bt
s slowed SO unevenly. God Withheld