The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-07-05

shimmer-after the burning!
But in his visit Jeremiah saw more
thnn the unmoIded clay-he saw the
potter working at his art. He
wrought a work on the wheels" The
Prophet saw the unshapely clay taking
form As the potter worked he oh
served that there was definite plan
Tor each vessel Some we're large and
some were small; some we're beautiful
and some were not: some bore one
color aud some another But he no.
tlced that In this formative. moldIng
process there was an Intelligent pur-
pose In the mind OF the potter. And
as the wheels went spinning round
i vas the potter's desire TO get that
purpose wrought into the clay. So.
also, God wants our lives 10 be an
expression Of His thought. After all.
v not every creature a thought OF
God, and II there not a divine plan
back OF every life7 What would you
think OF potter who would hold his
Vessel 10 the wheels. having no intel
ligent design for IT, Then do you
tell me that the infinite. ail-lovlnE
God put human clay upon the whiz-
E.pg wheels OF life with no governing
purpose. no definite PLAN Let men
believe such thing and they could
say "Fatalism has hoisted fool to
the throne OF the universe" With
such creed men might well think
that God ia being tossing suns and
planets In reckless desperation over
the fields Of space. gloating over the
prospect Of universal calamity, when
lie would have the supreme Satls;ac-
ton Of attending the funerals OF all
worlds
But We rest In the high consolation
that Chris, unveiled no such God
n there is design for the lily. aud
dcrigu for the bird. and design for
the dew. aud design for the star.
turely there must BE- design for you
ane me, u Che sparrow can twitter.
4 am thought Of God II the
rolling spheres can strike off maies-
nc harmonies as they sing. The hand
that made Us il divine. then may
not We. with Infinitely greater rcas-
ION. look up through Jesus Christ to-
ward that throne cushioned IN splen-
dor behind the stars. and say TO
that loving Father who sits upon St,
We are the clay. aud Thou our pot
ter. and We all are the work OF Thy
hand"
Aud yet. because the potter has
design for the clay as he holds It TO
the wheels does not argue that the
clay understands that design What
Il the clay could hear as the potter
says, ~ is impossible for YOU to
snow what beautiful vase viii
make Of YOU I know you think this
burning and spinning OF the wheels
src all nonsense. Hut just be pa
tient aud trust The sklll OF my hand
and when YOU are finished men will
come from Atar aud carry you away
Ia Adorn some palace And what II
the clay should answer No. potter
III won't trust you. because ! cant
understand you know you cant
make beautiful vase out OF such
material as ! am Let me alone, pot.
ter. I am satisfied" think VI
would agree that such clay ought te
be given the satisfaction OF remain
Ing common. ordinary mud But th'
potter loves his clay too much to b
thwArted In his purpose. That fine
old Flemish ware. that Persian plate
that Rhodian jug. that Roman cup
that Italian maiolica, that French
, pottery must gladden. the world Will
LIS beauty and IFS service, And ~
. the fires blister. and the wheels q
; round. and after awhile, in sons
II ouyre or British Museum, a glorious
vase looks down from its pedestal a
lac To say. See what the potter hai
done with me was once Just com
mon clay. and ditnt want to be mad'
. beautiful. But the potter loved M
/ toe much to heed my foolish protest
u and fashioned ny ugliness into I'M
! dream Of beauty
a And that. II seems to me. Is par
ablc of our own poor lives. Becaus'
We canno, understand the touch OF IN
Masters hand. because we fail IL
r our blindness. to glimpse the Ia
, NOR, exceeding and eternal weight 0
,,ory.v because We fail 10 read IN
A Intelligent design back OF our lives
90 of,tlmes grow rebellious and say
Cod is not in his heaven, nor Is al
I right with the void" Then Is
/, GOOD far us TO know of the pa'ien
endurance the mother love, the nor
/ aspiration of this heroine W"o .
! snasn IN the great industrial school
j q, our city Before giving her s'or
J, os II was given to me by one OF '"
-, =, examiners. and an honore