The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-03-30

yield my beloved child into the hands
Of my worst enemy. IL had any power
TO prevent IL. will not believe that
my God stands by and witnesses the
sorrows Of His creatures that He could
prevent and yet does not. 81 have not
so learned Christ, Who is the bright
ness Of the Fathers glory and the ex-
press image Of His person" He lived
and walked on earth to show us the
Father. He always did the Fathers
will. Dc we find him causing sickness
and death, storm and Disaster He
healed the sick, raised the dead, rebuk-
ed the wind and Gained the storm.
why? Because all was the work Of
the Devil.
have written elsewhere Of the coro-
ners inquest held over the dead body
of a soldier smitten by lightning, and
the verdict was: "Died by visitation
Of God" The surgeon saved by artifi-
cial respiration six others struck by the
same bolt. who otherwise would have
died by visitation Of God This
soldier may have been a wicked man,
and there may have been some connec-
ton between cause and effect in his
case. But what Of this from a news
paper ? These are the headlines: "A
cyclones terrible work at McCook, Ne
braska. Church blown down on child
rem and so Injured. Pastor buried I'M
der the organ and badly crushed about
the body" "Visitations of God, 'kwho
permitted IL in His wise but inscrutable
Providence. The theologians will tell
US, thought His Providential care
over u.s. was a common definition OF
Providence. Here is another vista
ton Of our Father in Heaven" II &C.
Cured in Mexico, Mo. I'm the late
disastrous tornado II persons were kill
ed and an equal number wounded.
Houses and barns were swept away
bodily by the terrific force Of the hurri-
cane. A horse standing in the road was
raised in the air. carried considerable
distance and dashed to the earth with
such violence as TO kill il on the spot.
Trees were torn up by the roots, a
number Of cattle were killed by being
thrown violently against walls and down
steep declivities. A baby which a man
was holding in his arms. was torn away,
carried about 100 yards. dashed against
tree and instantly killed. Think of
those innocent and helpless creatures
of God, visited by Him in this wise. Or
think Of Him permitting II for some
inscrutable reason. Ponder over the rev.
elation in Job. which tells so plainly
who il is that does these things; re-
member that Satan is the Prince of
the power of the air." (Eph. 2.2 } He
turns this blessing Of God into an instru-
ment Of wreckage and death; given the
power or right to do it by Gods blood
bought people. whom he hath deceived
into believing that God does them or
permits" them for some wise purpose.
Jesus said: "A good tree can not bring
forth corrupt fruit. Our fall in Gen.
srd begins with charging God, put
ting the blame on HIM. and It has set
the keynote Of life This confounding
of Gods work with Satan's always
brings confusion. of which God is not
the author. Every one knows | could
multiply these instances thousand
fold and that there are mere 'specl-
men" bricks of the house built by
Cod for the exhibition of His glory.
according to theology. | will adduce one
more and quit the loathsome record 10
tell its own story of mans Islander OF
the good God. and the horrible eduea'
ton we are giving our children. as our
parents, before, taught us. Fort
Worth. Texas, March Is: The severe
snow and wind storm which has ragged
during several days past over the Rocky
Mountain country, from Wyoming Il
Central Texas. has been exceedingly
severe upon live stock. IL is estimated
that 1000 cattle have persisted aloni
= the line of the Denver. Texas 4 Gul
: Road between Trinidad. Col, and For
Worth, Texas. during the past week
and as many more. North and East o
: Trinidad. Fruit all killed. Spring whea
: just up and killed to the roots. Thous
!, ands of sheep in the midst of lambng
will die as the result of the blizzard nov
raging. Truly, if this be the "Provi
dence" of God, Who saved Ninevah
= because there were innocent children
: and "much cattle" who would hav
persisted with the sinners Of the city
then the God of the Old Testament
= more merciful than the God Of the New
y Testament. "The Lord our God is on
God, and He is revealed in His son, Je
sus the Christ. who always went abou
doing good and healing all who wer'
. onnressed by the Devil | am Jeho