The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-22
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Gods Hand
''Who hath measured the seas in the
hollow of his hand" isaiah xl; 12)

| with Justice as the very foundation of
his empire. From the Bible we
learned, too, that our Creator had been
pleased to make US in his own image,
| in his own moral likeness, to the in
tent that we might enjoy him and the
fruits of his righteousness to all eter-
nifty. From this standpoint we began
| to realize that the loftieSt sentiments
of the human mind and heart are
merely the reflections of this Creator.
Thus coming into sympathetic ac-
cord with our Maker we can cOmpre-
bend the principles of his character
what justice signifies, and mercy and
i kindn ess-what is wisdom as contrast
ed with foolishness. From this stand
point we were enabled to see the glori-
Gus perfection of our Makers charac-
ter and attributes, which justify the
name which he has taken to himself
when he declares through his ambas
sailors, "God is Love-" AS we come to
realize this more and more, we are
grasping the Infinite; we are getting
near to the heart of the great Eternal
One who weighs the mountains as in
a. balance and measures the seas in the
hollow of his hand.
''Iike Unto Your Father"
GodHkeness is love-likeness. and, as
the Scriptures declare, Love is the
fulfillment of the (Divine) Iaw''
(Romans xiii, 10). Our great Creator,
the only living and true God, is thus
seen in contrast with all the gods of
the heather, who are pitileSS, meTci-
less, vengeful, devilish. From the BIZ
BILE we learn that Jehovah, the True
God, takes delight in doing good-in
the exercise of his Almighty power
and wisdom in the creating of beings
in whose everlasting life and enjoy
ment forever he takes pleasure. With
such glorious intentions this creative
work began with the celestial beings,
who are still enjoying his favor. With
similar benevolence he created man a
IL
him with glory and honor as the king
of all creatures, on the animal, the
human plane, the likeness of his Max
er, who is a spirit. Hearkening to the
explanations of the Divine purpose by
the apostles and prophets, we have re-
ceived assurances that nothing has
befallen humanity in all the dire ex-
perienceS of the past six thousand
years that the great Creator did not
foresee. Further, we have the assur-
eventually that the tears and sorrows,
cryfngs and dying, the penalty for
original sin, under which man has
suffered all these centuries, the great
Creator purposes shall work no real
disadvantage to his creatures. Instead,
the end of the Divine program will at
test the various elements of the Divine
character as nothing else could have
done. The holy angels, who have
known no sin, will in mankind read to-
eternity valuable lesson of the ex-
ceeding sinfulness of sin and the wis
dom and bleSSedneSs of righteousness.
And even mankind, although at pres
ent suffering seriously under the
weight of Divine displeasure and con-
domination to death, will ultimately be
SO blessed and the weight of blessing
so outweigh the sorrows of the curse,
that every creature shall bow the knee
and every tongue confess to Divine
justice, wisdom, love and power, in
connection with the Divine dealings
with humanity
"Joy Cometh in the Morning."
A night of weeping six thousand
years long, involving suffering and sor-
row to twenty thousand millions, is an
yet a different one when we remember
that the majority of Adams children
die in infancy and that to those who
live their three score years and ten
with labor and sorrow, there are pleas
ing and happifying experiences, as well
as tears. And when we read that even
the tears of a few years are a part of
the disciplines instructions and ex-
periences which God designs shall be
valuable lessons in preparation for a
glorious and joyous eternity-then the
pect to our minds. If the light Attic
tions of this present time will work
out blessings for eternity then we can
rejoice in them for ourselves, our
neighbors and all humanity. And this
is the Divine proposition. Not that
God has ever proposed eternal life for
a single rebellious SOUL but that he has
prepared blessings for all of Adams
race who shall come into full harmony
ing great general lessons to humanity