The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
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II know the things that come into
your mind, every one of them" Eze'
kiol 81. G.
The mind OF man can lave no sc.
erets from God. we are thus brought
face to face With the omniscience OF
God. You know everything that is III
your child's wardrobe, but very little
|, OF what liz in your child's mind. GOO
may know all the stars, and yet we
think we can shut Him out from the
human mind. Not SO; there is no es-
cape from God.
This doctrine is tho more remark
able for being so often set forth in the
'lold Testament. without tho Penta-
'Iteucli we would not have had the
Gospels. They assume tho Old Tesla
rent. with every word and letter OF
1T You cannot lave read the gospel
Alright if you have not first read the
I Pentateuch.
/ II know the things w.:icl, come into
your mind" Not only all the worlds;
lDul lie hIOWS NIlhl rs b v'uB oii III iils
secrct heart of the meanest member
of the great tlrongs of people in this
world and others.
Wonderful is the, concurrent testi.
mony of the Bible on this mental ON
niscience. II have heard the murmur-
ings OF the children Of Israel while
they rnurnur against Me-" All our
mnrmurs are not spoken. Our deepest;
btterest signs. soundlcss to all else.
are known to Him. There is the COM
planning heart. the 1begrudging temper.
reproaches and fretfulness; none es-
cape Him. God says: II know what
plants; I know all your little frcts
and unspoken complaints about My
providence"
"1'he Lord looketl, upon the heart"
not the little muscle which. the. physi
ologist calls heart, but that spirituality
which makes the man. Every one be-
lieves this in theory, and yet it is
called commonplace. !. Gods eye burns
VII SouI Soul SOUL. WHO can pear IL!
II know the things that come into
your mind" This should be a great
terror to us. Hear Job: Ellis eyes are
upon the ways OF man. and lie seeth
all his soings." (Job xxxiv. 2l.)
What? Not one moment alone? Not
one secret though or undivided pur-
pose? Not one littls corner OF the
heart to which one can retreat and
think without the presence and criti-
cism of God? Hear Job again: mo
thought can be wthholden from Thee"
txli %.
Nor did Job bear testimony alone.
David says. He tina t, planted the ear.
shall He not hear? He that, formed
the eye. shall He not see? e I. He
that teacheth man Knowledge. shall He
not know?" This is the cold argument,
of cold reason. God knoweth the way
of the SOUL ~
Here is an evil thought against a
brother. We have never spoken it.
vet IT. Is written in Heaven, date and
day, hour and minute. and there IT.
stands. Here lis secretly planned
device wrought out in tho imagery Of
the mind. and we say, Glow doth God
know? Is there Knowledge with the
Most High?" We elaborate. our mis-
chief, and it is ali telephoned to Heav-
en- The soul will not,acannot, keep
its secret from God. Whenever tho
soul speaks, it speaks right into a
telephone;it cannot help doing so.
This should be q great comfort to
us. What! Both a terror and a COM
fort? The good have nothing to. fear.
The eyes of the Lord run to and fro
throughout the whole earth to show
Himself strong in the behalf of those
whose heart is perfect toward Him.
The very thing that is terror to the
bad is a comfort to the good.
Hear Job (Sxiii, 1O: He knoweth
the way that I take; when He. hath
tried me. 1 shall come forth as gold"
This was the comfort of David: 1.-THE
Lord knoweth the way Of the righte-
GUS And again: when my spirit
was overwhelmed within me, then thou
knowest my path
(. His omniscience is our defense. "He
knoweth our frame, He remembereth
that We are but dust" Tho very thing
that we feared moment ago is be-
come our city of refuge. He knows
our frame. how slender and frail we
are; knows our temperament, our
weight. our stature, the hairs of our
head--everything; and He also remem-
bers Cwhat we are SO apt to forget.l
that VIC are but dust. The knowledge
of God is either our hell or heaven.
Our Lord reiteratcs this doctrine
when He speaks of the falling spar
row. He says: Not one of them shall
fall on the ground withoutyour Father"
| 1t took God the Father, God the Son.
God the Holy Ghost. to set that little
pendulum heart in motion; trtook the
Trinity to shape that small eye. And
God Will guard and keep what He5l hath