The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-10-10
REV. GODBEY ON
HUMAN SORROW
PASTOR OF FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH THEORIES ON
THEM IN SERMON,
DESIGN APPARENT EVERYWHERE
The Shattered Harp May Sound All
the Sweeter In Worlds 10 Come
for Having Been Broken
Here.

The usually largo CNlpfCrallun al
lrc First Methodist church was al'Sh'
T.. decreased SUNDAY morning by IA,
showers that fyll, lut several dhiiIr'd
r,up'c were present, nevertheless, ana
llslclod Ia u sermon by 20 pastor oh
rho Discipline 81 imts'llS,
The text was tnEtI lrGm ih' IN
chapter ui Hebrews. The ilh To lh'
10Th verses: who In the lays oi ms
flesh, when he had olfcrcG ~ prayers
aHI auppllcaJions win strong cryihh
aud tears unto him ;hnj was able ~
sage him from death. dnd VAS heard
/ that he feared; though be- were a
Srn. vet learned he ~" ,icrrc - she
things which he suffered; AMI being
made perfect he became the author ~
eternal saliva ion unto all IN m That
obey him: called of God an high J,icst
after the order of MClchiSrlcc.'
Design is Everywhere EVijant in :he
Universe.
The existence of suffering every
where and IL all ages mas caused much
inquiry into the purpose of he trca-
tor aud many earnest n,iadS nave
sought Ia solve the problem. Tue re-
SUIT Is round III various view" vi ~
nc providence 2h1 purpose III ,",
ClccdS CT the churc'''S' or n'i''"' u"
from the lips of pastors AID lcat IL
ci", and many diSt"rt,I Wv" o' 'no
Father in heaven, AMI Ills E'lrptS"&
Il =" plans have Obtained, causing
those 10 weep whom God wCul1 cheer
with words oil comfort, AM leaNi'lH
lnurky clouds oV'rhahSllS .nc shy
Nhlch, II we bul permit i, 'hc p'c''i,
ct the Spir ana the iru'h Oh ''u
would Danish forever anu il'Stc1u VI
or gloom would come tl' su''p''S'
"i the divine presence.
| snail not take tlmc 10 "''''.SS lno
theories oil hcalh'h lca' l'r' WIN wv.
varied conceptions 81 INC orls'h
evil and the uses ol dill'c',"h, h"' Slla''
rather turn to the bOok th1l mas Dcci'
round to be rrllabIc Ia every C'''"''
tOn, and 10 Wllch we may ever cCn
Hdcht'y TURN.
IN II W. nave me i'''' ~ ny anu
sorrow, sunshine ana Sha row. success"
ana failure, victory ami d'''",.
mere rs Il amp wlthil ire loiI' u"'"c
on tic am world, '''i""5 r"nIaHct
clear doth snow
It, awful EcIulN; ami, ,hro'Sh 'Hr
vide gloom,
Make all its obScu'" my"''c SEIhb'I'
glow
N!th pleasing liEht, lhat we may SEC
ana know
The glorious world, ana al. lt3 won
I"puS scheme;
Not as distorted IN the NINA "cloW'
Nor in the philosophers Tor poet $
dream
T. t as it was ANA Is, hiSh III INC Mlhu
Supreme
Wen did David say "Ihy word !" u
lamp unto my feet ana Il llEhi uh'o
Nv pathway Perhaps tn" nearest
auDruach to Il thcCry Of providence IL
It., story in the hook Of job. Here we
trd, in dramatic set nG8 record 81
perfect and upright man, one VINO
l.lrCd GCd and hated inldliiV me
I"rratiyc part Of thu book in the first
a"i second chapters, tells OF the pres
crrc of Job il tac church sIcc, ana
"W the Almighty confidently declares
{. Satan that there Is non' Ike nm |
IN IN the earth; one that f"arcih COD |
aud hatcth evil Nowhere III tac !
8 orv Of his trials does this man cN- |
l. bit other than y patience almost di- I
\ nc in his SUFFERING, and h. passes |
through his sorrows without sin ON |
=. record Pure as he was, he was
Clllcd upon to pass through greater
.aIror.ug than any o'ucr character por |
rlyud in the Bible except the Savior |
g. mrl. to WdOsc suffering my text |
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