Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-03
"GoD'S STILL VOICES"
WORLD is FULL OF MUSIC AND
VOICES OF GOOD
NESS.
Extract From a Sermon Preached by
Rev. T. w. Vaughan at Haw-
ley Memorial Church.

The following is an extract from a
sermon preached at the Hawley
Memorial church by Rev. T. w.
Vaughn, and which has been very
fiatteringly spoken of by his auditors
His subject was Goods Still Voices,
and his text Then Samuel answer
ed, Speak, for Thy servant heareth.-
Sam. $40
The world is full of the voices OF
music, but we do not take the time
to stop and enjoy their melodies as
they pass swiftly by. We are engaged
in something else that concerns us
more, seemingly more profitable.
The world is full Of the voices OF
meanness, and it is full of the voices
of goodness, and we are certain to
hear those voices for which we are
listening
If we are listening to the voices
CT meanness we will be certain tn
hear them; if we listen to the voices
of goodness. We will catch their echo.
The world is full of Gods voices,
but they are not heard, or, rather.
God is always waiting to speak, bue
His voice is kept back like the voices
cf the music which is always ready to
burst forth filling our souls with the
melody divine, and there is no utter
ance because we have not the time,
OF Will net take time Really, we
a,e no5 in the right attitude.
God will not speak to minds that
are not set to the note to which His
voice is pitched
Four times the Lord called Samuel
before he spoke to him, because Sam
uel was not in the right attitude to
voices speaking to him, he, at first.
d thinking it was Eli that called him.
When that frame of mind of which
s the text conveys was his, speak, for
Thy servant heareth," God spoke di-
rect to him.
s Little Samuel had been working all
Gay for God. and while seeking quiet
and repose from his labor God gave
him wonderful commission With
Himself
When we are working for God, hav-
ire froed our mind from all other
cares, is the time, above all others.
+ for Gods stll voices TO reach us.
. That state of mind which is a pre-
requisite for being individually
SPOKEN TO by God. A mind that is
4 clear, being free from all that viii
corrupt, or turn away from the higher
Z l;fe which is Christ Jesus: a hCa2,
that is filled with His Goodn ess and
r conscious of the indwelling Of His
/ love. A mind that is unbiased. seek
+ ing only for the pearls OF truth, car
ing not for dogmas, but the true word
fetting God speak what he will.
There is an evident expectation that
d God has something definite to say and
3 the heart longs to hear it now
y A sense of personality comes over
4 you-"Speak Lord for Thy servant
& feareth" How close the speaker
and the hearer come together. The
heart is Gods sanctuary, and the
faintest whisper coming into the ear
is endearing and assuring.
# There is a sense of humility born
with "Thy servant When the ser
want hears he hears to serve. and his
heart is in the work. A heart ser
4 wee is the sweetest Of all services,
4 end with such a condition of the heart
/ Gods voices will come soon; bringing
NJ peace, satisfaction and joy, and you
will be like him who listens for the
A melodious music; walking abe 1T hear
s9ing Gods voices all the time.