The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-13

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Why the potter takes souas clay and
not other and makes vessels OF honor,
Is In part mystery which belongs to
him. but even the figure used sheds
some light upon tho problem. The
potter sitting at hfs wheel makes yes
sci after vessel according to the Off
ferent models. Sometimes a lump OF
clay refuses to be made into one kind
Of vase and he makes It into q jug.
Then he finds lump which after
working refuses to be shaped at all.
It is not plastic or Il crurnblss, and
after repeated efforts It is thrown into
the trash pile, God has his trash pie.
his Gshenna where the moral refuse
Of his universe Is cast.
Devil Ia tho Machine.
God made e wonderful machine
when he made man. Take the human
hand alone-aH the machines, the
steam ships, the railroads, the befch-
ing factories, the swift electric car,
the aerial machines,--are ell possible
so long as the human hand remains
the machine Of all machines.
But the devil has gotten into this
human machinery. It Jumps and slips
and Is fun Of curious insistencdes and
wo ks not according to the purposes
for which 1t was made. =
This requires renovation or recre-
alton by the same one who made It.
You go to the typewriter or auto-
mobile factory and you are offered
what are called rebuilt machines.
Gods ranufactory IL full Of rebuilt
lives and is Just as practical as the
other, only 1t Is mystery to US,
but so is the other. We are reerea4ed
in Christ Jesus for good works.
Gods Skill Ls Shown Even Moro h
Shaping These Blocks for His
Temple.
and wills not the loss Of any There Is
room In His temple for every human
life that ever came into being. There
seems to be so many blocks lying
around lost to their use, but is 1t
Gods wi1l7 and is It His fault? A boy
was being tried in the mountains for
a crime. the trial was going against
and poor, broke out, "Jedge spare my
boy he amt had no chance" This
seems to be so Of many, but God as
sures Us that he would give every man
chance. and only holds him re-
sponsible for his chance. He VIII take
into account every detail Of that life.
It is not at all strange that we
should fail to understand the pro-
vidences Of God, when we remember
that he knows us better than we know
ourselves, just as the manufactures
knows each wheel and cog in his pro-
duct better than the machine knows
itself. AT the Worlds Fair, We saw
Japanese women working on really
wonderfully tapestry. On the under
looked like the patchwork of a child,
but when finished and you looked on
the right side 1t appears a beautiful
design, It may be cluster of flow
ers, but not pedal Is lacking.
The present fs not the time to Judge
Of Gods work. It is said, that He
might show the riches OF His grace IN
the ages to come"
The block Of marble lying peaceful
1y in It's mountain quarry may rebel
against hammer and chisel, and cry
| out against being disturbed in its
sleep of death, but the artist sees a
divine madonna in It, and chips away
until the future ages stands in rapt
| amusement at the workmanship.
We may be sure God is a workman
| who never makes mistake. Sometime
| ago in London, an artist was laughed
| at for making a great mistake. He
made a female angel. He did not
know that all the angels in Heaven are
na1ei The critical eye of enemies
| and slkeptics are on Gods work and
sometimes things are charged to him
he did not do. He never allows sin
nor wfnks at evil, and II any man
thinks he is led into temptation by
| the Lord to make him better, he is de-
cefved God is no Jesuit.
He sees things in our lives which
need to be corrected, growing AFRO
| gance, It may be, self conceit which
needs to be disappointed; a wrong
ambition which needs to be checked;
a secret sin which needs to be chas-
tened by suffering to overcome it; and
all the time the block cries out against
the chisel but the work goes on, ap-
parently wito1t regard to our wishes
Our life plan Is ruthless1y ruined. but
in place Of ours there comes up Gods
though we may rebel against It an oul
lives, and In the end we are Obliged to
see that this is the better for us
Christ is formed in US.
Gods skill cannot be judged by fan
Ible men, especially during the pro-
cess OF manufacture.
The church Is so to speak the man
ufaCtory of sanctified lives. AROUND
the church of Christ cluster all sorts
of promises. HE shall give HIS An
gels charge over you" No tempta-
tons shall overtake you but He shall
make a way OF escape"
But to look upon the church with
unspidftual eyes and pass judgment
is as foolish as to fudEe an architect
by half finished building. Here !:
the soaftolding and debris and piles
OF material. and one as he passes by
says: ''That doesn't look much like
q fine house to me-" He is unable Il
comprehend. lacking In ability to un.
derstand. It would be Just as foolisl
to judge Gods work by looking OF
the church. You DO not expect Il
hear music in piano factory, TIT
church is q place for folks and no
angels. and as long as 1t has folk:
In 1t there WIN be dlscords in It:
music; key being twanged here and
La chord being tuned there, and NJ
music divine until II 10 at last wfthou
spot or wrinkle or any sueh thing,
A woman IN moment of disap.
pointment cried out, IT don't see VIII,
God made me-" But she was not made
The work win not be finished unit
God puts the seal on hia saints
Everything that Is done to that uR
finished house win add symmetry aai
beauty. ana when the seafeo4ding h
removed, Il WIN appear a wonderful
work Of art, Former detects have pass
ed away, scars have been worked out
and so with Gods werk-HeTe is {
man whose life is fall Of defeetsi h,
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