The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-04-14
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, APRIL Il, 1905.


dominion over the works Of his hands,
OF which the maOn and the stars were
only the waks OF Gods fingers. Thus
we find that all the worlds were In one
sense created for the great climax OF
all earthly creations. the advent OF
man. Is il Incredible that In order TO
work out his purposes for the human
race, God should use these lower crea-
tions at his will3
IL man is not more important than
the stars, how csn you account for the
fact that Jesus Christ came to this
world 10 die for man. There are bill
lions upon billions OF worlds. There
are worlds above worlds There are
consultations upon consultations.
These worlds are born: these worlds
die. Every night the telescope eye Of
the astronomer can see their funeral
pyres burning. Yet it was not TO re-
animate perlshing worlds that Jesus
died. IL was TO redeem immortal man
that Jesus left heaven and suffered
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speck in the universe. one Of the small
est Of the millions Of worlds that are
visible I'm the winters sky. yet il was
for the redemption Of its inhabitants
that Jesus gave himself to suffer and
die. Does not this prove the impor-
tance Of man? II man is not more
important than the stars. how can you
account for the fact that weeks. per
haps months, before Jesus was born in
the manger at Bethlehem God sent a
stellar messenger TO guide the wise
men from the eastl Would a star step
out Of its course and with finger OF
light become a guide to MANI Does
not the fact that star was a messen-
ger TO man at the first Christmas morn
prove to you that God has enrolled
among the astronomical hosts mighty
forces which, II necessary. are ready
to serve us and our interestsI How
this "star Of the east was able to slip
its chains and run down the bOule-
wards Of the heavens we know not.
Some of the astronomers declare the
star Of the east was not single
star at all, but i'm order to lead those
wise men God wheeled into line two,
three. perhaps fifty. a thousand. stars
and focused all their lights upon the
stony crib. But whether the star in
the east was a single star or twenty or
a hundred stars. one fact we know
God made the heavens. with their con-
stellati0ns. and they are at his COM
msnd; they are his servants. and they
do his will"
But we are not compelled to put our
world in harmony with worlds millions
and billions Of miles away to find some
Of the mighty forces God is able and
willing to command for mans life and
service, for mans safety temporal and
safety spiritual We can hear God
speaking to man in the voice Of the
storm. We can see him smiling in
laughing eyed sunbeams. Furthermore,
we may learn that this voice and this
smile in answer TO believing prayer
will come for mans blessing if we only
ask him for an atmospheric blessing.
When one OF the Princeton students
once asked DR.. Alexander. Professor,
do you ever lose your faith in GOdF'
he replied, "Neyer, except when the
wind is from the east" Yet We should
know that Gods greatest blessings can
come TO rescue man sometimes when
the wind is from the east There
fore you and / as believing Christians
have a right to pray for clear weather
during freshet as in times OF drought
we have right TO pray for rain. Thus
il It is best for us God will answer our
prayers atmospheric
Gods power extends to all meteoro-
logical phenomena. Not yet have the
wonders Of the storm been reduced to
a system The weather bureaus prog
nosticatlons frequently fail. As with
Washington. as with Joshua. as with
Moses, Gods hand is ouistretched for
the rescue Of his people. What Incl
dent in history is so astonishing as that
Of the passage Of the Red sea- The
children Of Israel. fleeing from Egyp-
tIsn enslayement. were caught in a
trap. In front Of them was the sea.
Behind the earth was shaken with the
revolving chariot wheels and the thun-
dering cavalry hocfs Of the pursuing
soldiers of Pharaoh. What happened?
Moses said: Fear not. my children;
fear not. God will rescue U.S." Moses
then stretched ont his hand over the
sea. and the Lord caused the SEE to 90
back by "a strong east wind" In other
words. in answer to Moses prayer God
sent a strong east wind, which blew
back the waters so that the Israelites
might fee away from their masters.
And TO show what the power OF this
east wind was Major General Tullock
OF the British army a few years ago be-
fore the London Geographical society
read a paper In which he declared that
he stood a few years before in exactly
the same place where those Israelites
were supposed TO have crossed. One
night he felt a strong east wind blow.
1t blew so hard that I'm one night 1t
blew back the waters and left the ships
which we're once riding at anchor
stranded on dry land. God answered
Moses prayer. He answered il through
the agency Of the east wind.
God exercises the same control over
bis animate creation that he has over
the winds, and with this. too, he oper-
stes for the benefit OF his people
After the children OF Israel had been
for months living upon the mamma In
the wilderness thoy began TO crave
meat They cried unto Moses: Give
us flesh to eat! Give US hesh9' What
happenedl The Bible says: There
went forth a wind from the Lord and
brought Quails from the sea and let
them fall by the camp - as IT were
two cubits high upon the face OF the
oorfh This does not mean as Mr.