The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-22
Gods World.
Text Ps, 24:l-"The earth is the Lords
and the fullness thereof. the world
and they that dwell therein.

and the fullness thereof. the worl,
and they that dwell therein
Recently a young man. in company
with several of his fellows, challenged
God saving. IF there be God let Hin
strike me deaf. dumb and blind" In
stantly he lost hearing and speech Ex
plain it as you will it remains true that
God convinced that young man of His
existence and of his supervision of hui
man affairs. The declaration of the
text is that God has absolute ownership
of the earth and its inhabitants. HE
made it for His own glory and has
never rclinquished his hold on it and its
wealth. This being true single propo'
sition follows He who uses the earth
himself. his accomplishments or posses
sions. for any purpose other tnan to
glorify God robs Him.
being His. tod idcntihcs Himself
with the earth and its people. AS one
treats the earth and its people so they
treat God. His honor is involved in the
ultimate moral recovery of the world.
Though the progress of the reign of
righteousness is, slow. and often SEEM
ingly at a standstill. He has pledged to
make the earth blossom as the rOse,-
fill it with the sweetness of goodness and
truth. What is for the good of tine
earth is for His glory. To make it health
full and breathe blessings. to make it
morally clean. to eXterminate the cess
pools of moral filth. is for His glory. As
we treat these questions vital to the
wellbeing of man. so we treat God. Then
it follows, that whatever debauches man
dishonors God. He who prOpogates NOR
al disorder or is Indifferent to moral
conditions. dishonors his Maker. God
and Christ are interested in the recov-
cry of mankind All heaven is watching
| the progress of the contest between the
forces of good and evil and that only
we. whose personal interests are so in
timately involved in the matter. are in
different. is the marvel of marvels. You
people are intensely interested in tne
physical health of the city and so you
should be. We are going to great trouble
and expense to get rid of the fever
typhoid or otherwise-and so we should
But all over the city are cesspools of
vice more destructive a thousand fold
than typhoid in its deadliest form. and
we take no intchest in the matter of a
moral cean-up Strange. isn't it! But
il is true! Many of us treat the earth
as though it was the devils instead of
the Lords. and we did not care how soon
he took charge of it. But God holds rs
responsible for all the damage done to
His earth and to His people. 1t is an
awful responsibility to live in Gods
world and have to do with His people
he morally chargeable VITA its better
ment or its loss
II-Because the earth is His He gov
ems it. He directs its physical forces.
He commands its blessings, so that there
is more health than disease. more good
ness than vice. He bids the grain to
ripen to feed His creatures. There are
more we'll fed than starving on earth.
He bids the rose to bloom for the delight
of His creatures. There are more roses
than poisons in the world. Though the
dark winged angels of disease. pain and
death are ever brooding over our homes
| am an optmist. God keeps His sun
shining and His breezes blowing. His
storms marching over sea and land to
bring health and JOY to His creatures.
1t is because believe in Him that | am
an optimist. He bestows truth and
purity to make the soul glad And if,
perchance. one has sold his birthright
for pOttage-despoiled his soul amid the
slime and fith-yet He loves it and
sets Himself to the task of its recovery.
| And He uses you and me to do it-or
wishes to do So Just as fast as He can
enlist us in this service does He al
vance toward the final recovery of the
world. After all there is more right
than wrong. more JOY tnan sorrow in
the world. And all because He governs
| it.
II1-AS the earth was His lie redeem
ed it and its people. God loves His own
people. though they he ENJOYABLE to us.
and love like His will not be defeated.
He will vet have this old. sin cursed
world purged of its unrighteousness
and set in the galaxy of stars whose
glory it is to do His bidding Though
sin despcils now these effects cannot be
permanent. Every knee is vet to bow
before Him." The sacriiicial love of
Calvary is to encircle the earth. You
and may carry the message OF the
! Fathers love for man. We may help
| Him save those for whom Christ died.
We may bid the doubling have faith,
| the discouraged have hope. the weary
and heavy laden rest in the arms of
! Him VINO carries the world in His heart.
O. tell them of it all! Wonderful love
for wandering soul. ''IIe came to seek
and save that which was lost"
IV.-As the earth is His God is EMIT
led to its products. The product of first
importance is the souls of man&ind
"Al souls are mine says our Lord E;
His by creation and redemption. lils by
providence and promise. You. my UNI
christian friend. belong to God. you
are not your cwn for You have been
brought by Him" You were worth so
much that nothing less than His own life
could purchase you. He invites YOU. not
to slavery but to glorious freedom
II is a truth passing strange that. as OF
old. "He comes to His own and they re-
ceive Him not" Don't try to satisfy
Yourself and Him with anything less
than a complete giving of yourself tC
Him. Though YOU give Him all else and
withhold yourself you give Him nothing
ii YOU give yourself all else follows.
He is entitled to earth's material val
ues He planted the goll. and though
man finds it it is yet His He ripens
the grain, and Though man reaps it is is
yet His. The product of all mental ac