Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-15
REV. S|MPK|N ON
The TIDES OF GOD
Message From the Ocean Drawn
BY Inspiration in Watch
ing the Pacific.
A SYMBOL OF HUMAN LIFE.
The Sweep of Its Breaking Waves on
The Strand Causing Delight for
Child and Mans Wonder.

Rev p. A. smpkin preached yester-
day morning IN the Phillips pulpit.
after his return from California, his
theme being, "The Tides Of God" 1t
was a message from the ocean, drawn
by inspiration from watching the tides
of the Pacific. The speaker held that
was a symbol Of human life. He said
in part; The sweep Of it's breaking
waves on the strand, spreading for
child delight and man wonder the
treasures of the deep the pearly shell,
outworn casket of the deep seas life,
che beauteous plants from the ocean
gardens. together with a music forever
enchanting, make It's influence on the
mind indescribably interesting. But
1t is the tide, the heaying, tireless
movement of the Vastly deep IN It's
obedience TO the influence OF sun and
moon, the tide that smiles and fawns,
creeps and plays, dances and sings,
roars and leaps, that holds the emblem
OF power, purpose and progress. 1t
speaks OF those other vast tides that
have moved and move still In human
life--the tides of God, that, setting In
the beginning of things, have moved
with ebb and flow through the centur-
les and are persisting to that time,
when far-off, at least the great spring
tide shall reach the supreme point and
His purpose shall be realized In the
earth God is the determinist of his
tory Man has not merely climbed.
There has been forth-thrusting with
him. The passionate interest of history
lies In the discernment Of the moving
OF those currents setting from Him
which may have spumed into foam, be-
fore the ebb hours of the age, but have
returned to rise again In resistless
progress toward the goal of his APP
pointing,
BUT ONE GOAL.
1.-The recognition that the age life
Is one, that from It's beginning there
has been one goal and that despite all
variation of comprehension Of life's
meaning and end. men have been
swinging In the tide current Of God
purpose to that end, is essential II
we would be fitted for largest life and
service As we catch the vision of the
increasing purpose emerging in the
age, we shall avoid the more surely
shipwreck and loss God molds the
ages 10 His purpose. The tide sets ir-
resistibly. He is not over riding hui
man will Rather He Is winning II to
His viewpoint. and marshalling 1t UNI
der the banner of His truth. II a life
lift itself against the set of the tide, II
Is broken, but the tide swings on. Per-
sonalty IL always sacred, and ever
apart to its own choice and purpose,
but IL IL move not with the choice and
purpose of the One VIII OF the age. II
breaks against the very set of the tide
History reveals that the tides OF
God run and run irresistibly. II is a
far stretch from the dav when half q
million men held the race serf-bound
and humanity only the chattel of Dr.
vine right and privilege II has taken
the ebb and now Of the tide straining
for 30 centuries to its goal, TO bring
about the blessed beginnings Of true
freedom, We are reading that divine
purpose Of freedom more clearly In the
better apprehension of the Christ rev.
elation and illumination OF the man,
his prerogative and potential greatness.
The tide marks are scattered through
the centuries. All the forms of life
coarse and cruel or beautiful and ar
tistic, have vanished as outgrown
types. The wave of a great personality
may break, but only to be again Of the
resurgent tide that moves on forever,
memorable, masterful, victorious, A
Cromwell may sink into the gray foam
of dissolution, but that he was. is and
will be, till ali his ideal is realized.
Gods tide will carry as far and as
wide as his purpose. That purpose
holds for men the highest life and spir-
itual development. II predicates new
birth, aud guarantees the development
and continuance OF his life to its per-