The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-02-21

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world for the habitation of man. Fl
made the sun and the moon. the one t
light the day and the other to guar
the night. He spake, and the dry Ian
appeared. He swung out into the heay
ems the myriads of stars He upholstel
ed the sky with curtains Of blue. II
carpeted the fields with grass. H
made the hillsides great woodland TEN
pies. Then God made the songsters t
sing. After God had created the heav
ems and the earth and all that in then
Is he said: LET us make now our mas
terpiece. Let us make man after oIl
own image" $50 God created man IL
his own image" He crowned him will
honor and glory and made him to hav,
dominion over the works of his hands
OF which the moon and the stars were
only the works 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 it incredible that, in order t.
work out his purposes for the human
race, God should use these lower crea.
tons at his will?
Mans Importance In Universe.
If man Is not more important than
the stars, how can you account for the
fact that Jesus Christ came to this
world to 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 perishing worlds that Jesus
died. 1t was to redeem immortal man
that Jesus left heaven and suffered
upon the cross. Our earth is but a
speck in the universe, one of the small
est Of the millions of worlds that are
visible In the winters sky, yet it was
for the redemption of it's inhabitants
that Jesus gave himself to suffer and
die. Does not this prove the impor-
lance of man? If 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 east? Would a star step
out Of its course and with finger Of
light become guide to man? Does
not the fact that star was messen-
ger to man at the first Christmas morn
prove to you that God has enrolled
among the astronomical hosts mighty
forces which, if necessary, are ready
to serve us and our interests? How
this "star of the east was able to slip
its chains and run down the boule-
Yards Of the heavens we know not.
Some Of the astronomers declare the
star of the east" was not single
star at all, but in order to lead those
wise men God wheeled into line two,
three, perhaps fifty, thousand, stars
and focused all their lights upon the
stony crib. But, whether the star I'm
the east was single star or twenty or
a hundred stars, one fact we know
God made the heavens, with their con-
stellations, and they are at his COM
mand; 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
aughing eyed sunbeams. Furthermore.
We may learn that this voice and this
mile In answer to believing prayer
will come for mans blessing IL we only
lsk him for an atmospheric blessing.
When one of the Princeton students
,nce asked DR.. Alexander, Professor.
10 you ever lose your faith in God?"
le replied, Never, except when the
Wind is from the east" Yet we should
NOW that Gods greatest blessings can
.ome to rescue man sometimes when
he wind Ia from the east" There
ore you and as believing Christians
lave a right to pray for clear weather
Turing a freshet as In times OF drought |
We have a right to pray for rain. Thus
{ 1t Is best for us God will answer our
|rayers atmospheric.
That strong East wind.
Gods power extends to al, meteoro
ogical phenomena. Not yet have the
wonders Of the storm been reduced to |
system. The weather bureaus prog |
ostfcations frequently fail. As with |
Washington. as with Joshua, as with |
loses, Gods hand is outstretched for
he rescue Of his people. What Incl
ent In history Is SO astonishing as that
T the passage of the Red sea? The
hildren Of Israel, fleeing from Egyp-
Ian enslayement, were caught In
rap, In front of them was the sea.
behind the earth was shaken with the
evolving chariot wheels and the thun-
ering cavalry hoofs Of the pursuing
oldiers Of Pharaoh. What happened?
loses said: Fear not. my children;
ear not. God will rescue u.s." Moses
hen stretched out his hand over the
ca, and the Lord caused the sea to go
ack by "a strong east wind" In other
lords, In answer to Moses prayer God
emit strong east wind, which blew
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