Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-12
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR.
Prayer Meeting Topic For the Week
BeginufnR July &c.

BY REV S. II, DOYLE
Topic.-The message Of the flowers
Matt vi 1884; Jas. /. Oil.
Tie universe speaks Of God. II he
heavens declare the glory Of God, and
the armament showcth his handiw0rk. :
But not only in It's greater PARIS docs
the universe speak of God and teach
us useful lessons concerning Him, but
In all its parts this is also true. Tie
dew, rop as well as the star tells US
that God Is and speaks of his power
and His goodness.
Religious teachers have always taken
advantage OF the fact that nature is
shiny unwritten theology. From
earliest times truth concerning God
has been illustrated by the beautiful
things in the world about rs. In almost
every natural phenomenon lessons
have been learned Of God, and ia all
nature messages have been received
from God. This being true it is as
silred that men would have seen mes
sage ia the flowers. IT, as the poet
says. there are sermons in stones.
much more can we expect To find mes
sag; in the flowers, natures most
beautiful adornment The flowers
have a language. They convey Eses-
sages from man to man. and much
more do they speak and teach Of Him
who made them and decked them in
all their beauty and gave to them their
sweet fragrance.
/. The flowers teach Il lesson on faith.
Consider the lilies of the field, how
the grow" How do they grow? No
one knows or can explain the mystery
of their growth. We know That they
grow, but no one can explain their
growth In the realm of religion as in
the realm of nature there are many
things that we cannot explain or un-
derstand. but we can believe in them.
1--WE walk by faith and not by sight
Religion Is of faith, nor is it unreason-
able to believe what we cannot fully
comprehend We know that the mus
Giles of the arm are under the control
of the will, but how the mind acts upon
the body in using the muscles of the
arm no man knows. The fact is eri-
dent; the philosophy is unfathomable.
By religious experience we know many
things that we cannot explain, but we
can believe them and wait for God to
make them plain to Us.
2 The flowers teach lesson on di-
vine Providence. The lilies grow with
out tolling or spinning because God
cares for them. and Il He care fs- t,3e
lily, which today is and ta,nor-oa- IS
cast into the oven. shall He not as'gh
more care for His oz'a ciil1-en: Il
God takes care of the flowers We eas
rest assured that lie VII carc FOR us
Therefore take 70 thought saying,
What shall we cat: Or What shah Ee
drink? or Wherewithal shall we be
clothed? for your Heavenly Fa-
Their knoweth that We have need Of all
these things" And. knowing cur reeds.
He viii supply them.
8. The flowers teach lesson OF the
transformers Of human life. as Tie
flower of the field he tmanl shah PISS
away" The flower soon fades and
dies. Human life OF its best is brief
Let us therefore make the best Of IT,
May the Lord so teach US 10 number
our days that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom
BIBLE READINGS.
Job xiv, .; Ps. XVI. Ill; s. Of Sol. IL.
/, . 1917: John iii. 1911; lisa. Il. is;
Nah i, 1-5; Rom. wifi, Is; Cor. vii, 81;
Pet. i, "a, %