Milford chronicle., 1907-07-19
Calmaoe
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee. DID.

sermon melodious with the songs an
fragrant with the odors of the summe
WooaS' we are taught the lesson n
goa love and providence for an nj
creatures The text is Luke vB 4
Not one Of them is forgotten befor,
God" 7Y''eN UeioI'
what are Gods providences? We'll.
you answer TO use plain, simple. prac
lIcal Ineligible English. they mean
"od Watchful AMI protecting care
over MS creatures. For instance
nave little baby born into the world
do not go and leave my little one as
rounding upon some doorstep. with
the cold snow for pillow and with
the Whistling January winds for n
luIlaoy. But l. as a loving parent
take care that she has soft crib in
which to sleep As she grows Older
care for her and provide for her until
at last she is able to take care of her.
self. Now, if l do all this for my child
do a fathers duty and prove MYSELF
proVident parent. When we sneak Of
God S providences we speak about tbe
divine Fathers care for his human off.
spring and for the preservation of his
animal, vegetable and mineral world "
How comforting is the thought of
the divine care! Even Thomas CarlvJa
the gloomy, despondent PHILOSOPHER
IelI IT, In a letter to friend he wrote.
ny Will he done What else can
we say? The other night in NV sleeD-
less tosSings about which were grow
ing more and more miserable. those
words of that brief. grand prayer came
strangely into my mind as if written
with an altogether new emphasis. as if
written and shining for me I'm mild
pure splendOr on the black bosom of
the night there. Then I. as it were
read them word by word with a sud
den softness of composure which was
unexpected. Not perhaps for thirty or
forty years had 1 once formally re-
peated that prayer-nay, I never felt :
before how intensely the voice of mans I
soul 1t is" What did Carlyle mean bv :
those sentences? He meant that man q
as helpless child was reaching up to L
God' because God, as a loving Father. $
was always reaching down toward his b
=
But, though I should always realize O
mat God is loving Father caring for h
me- his child vet sometimes I am n
Yillful enough to blind my eyes to this n
liyine fact Therefore Christ comes S
o me and says, "Child. 7 would have NJ
'ou learn the divine Fathers love II
rom a study in natural history" Then &C
e takes me down into the busy mar bt
cts Of Jerusalem where food is being tb
OLD. He goes mp to the counter Of one tn
the stalls and says to the salesman. cv
How much is one of these little spar ba
)ws worth?" "Oh." answers the tb
ERIK these sparrows are worth tb
ractically nothing! They are only n gu
Nv of the millions Of small birds we 10,
re flying about the hillsides and in th,
e meadows and the woods. We sell bil
ese birds to the poor who cannot af- sid
rd to buy mutton or lamb. Why. l fol
i'll give you five of these little spar Til
ws for . farthings" Now. mo
rthing in Christs time represented ct
e smallest of copper coins. Its value Mt
rs far less than that of our modern wa
my Then Christ looks pityingly on bir
2, troubled with doubt, and saws. Lfrl
re not five spawows sold for > he
rthings, or for 1 cent, and not one glo
them is forgotten before God? Fear Low,
t; We are of more value than many wit
lrrows.' Now, my friends. lest you and
get, as / have sometimes forgotten. has
t God is loving Father caring for bird
l, his children, | thought that today
'ould tell you the story Of how God TT
providing for and protecting the lit Than
iiu piIus oI me WOODS. we have just
IN seen these little birds flying about old
country homes. but perhaps you horn
e never stopped TO consider the nIov
lderful blessings that surround The
T lives. +bo,,
A Beautiful World agan
the first place. l want you to cast gray
T eyes about and see the beautiful shouI
ID in which the little wild birds his Il
These feathered denizens Of the res
ds seem small and insignificant as tn
are so small that a true sports said
would not deign to waste a car ness.
'e upon one of them. But God does thoue
treat them as some of us do our Straig
lals. He does not send his little the d
into a dark room. as some of us two
our servants sleep in musty gar there
or in unattractiye outhouses. But nest.
gives to his little birds the best he beatiu
He gives them the pure air of yet II,
to fly in. He gives them bincel
bright, sparkling waters Of the "Sprir
s, ginted with sunshine and bub- insr'
over the pebbled sands, to battle fly do
Ie gives them the most beautiful were
Dir lofts. hidden among the leaves. they
lg in. He gives them the wild would
and brilliant tints of the spring tree il
ummer flowers for their gardens. it has
YES them the brilliant foliage Of of Low
crest for picture galleries. He young
lnds them with the beauties Of die"
everywhere No grandeur of Their
'cks is too grand for the birds. this w,
mphonies Of the winds are too started