The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-26
WORKS OF GOD
EVER PRESENT


81 viii have respect unto thy ways"
Psalms, ll9; Il,
Gods ways are To- he seen every
where where man can see. whether
with Iis natural eye or with the aid
eff 81 telescope or with the aid Of "a
microscope, among the moving plan
IT.. or i'm the microscopic insect lite
and an the way between Gods WAYS
are to bc seen. They may be studied
IN astronomy. chemistry, geology,
luauy geography electricity, phys
les Zoology, biology, and, in fact. all
earthly things, declared Rev. G. NJ.
Merrill, pastor of the TamaraCk Nj.
4. church, in his sermon SUNDAY
morning
II nm not among those who be
Iir,c that ignorance il the mother Of
devotion though know IL is possible
ircuuor' though know ii is possible
STUDYING the work of His hands ~
eat of the bread of heaven and forget
the ord of the harvest
Take as an illustration the prcparl
tons for the coming of His son, oar
savior lin the fulness of time God
sent forth His Son" 1t WAS at tn,
opportunc moment that Jesus came.
There was pcacc-thc minds of mon
w,r, theirs, free To- think Of Chris;.
of His message. of Ills work. of lIia
character.
There was good government Pro-
lection under the Roman eagle Lit
was comparatively secure. Roman
power was universal
There was safety i'm travel. So Jesus
could go from Jerusalem to the coasts
og Tyre ana Sidoh. Paul to Asia
Minor to Greece, to Rome and even tu
Spain a Journey He contemplated
Military roads made travel easy.
There was u universal language not
spoken by ALL but familiar to al
Ar,maic was probably the language
OF the common people among whoih
Jesus worked ana lived. But the new
testament writings were i'm Greek ana
the apostle to the Gcntilcs spoke anG
wrote ia Greek, thus became an oc
Ills defence i'm Jerusalem He did.
There was no time before and none
after when things were So favorable
Tor Gods purposes. Ana God was il
il shaping the forces of human will
ana making these subservient to Ills
glorA.
50 lie ever does. Through the
ages one increasing, purpose runs.
Gods ways are seen back of all the
plans and purposes of men. Their
pjgus may he evil, but God can make
even the wrath of man To praise Him.
God may not he in mans thought
bat man is ever in the thought Cl
God. Men may not have had i'm
mind the advance of the kingdom O.
Christ when the battIcship Maine was
blown up i'm Havana harbOr but God
orrUllod it to that end 50 that tho
dovntroddcn people of the Philip
pines ana Porto Rico are receiving the
gospel
The character of Gods ways is de-
lormnrd 10y the character of His mor-
al being.
God Is holy, righteous, good. Nh His
works are done in truth" Everything
which comes forth at His command ~
sood. There is always i'm it the be
ncvoIoucc Of God.
God has all knowledge and 50 cN-
TYlhng lie does is done IN wisdom
Gud has all power 50 that whatSo-
ever lie Wills To do is done. or VIII
Joe done In His own good time. God
does not look upon time as We de-,
Who's" days are numbered, from eT-
''astiug to everlasting. He is God.
y thousand years are with God as
q day ana day as "A thousand years.
We set impatient and in "A hurry to
see thnes done, but let MS have re
SpoDt unto Gods ways.
IhlS does not mean that we can
understand everything that is In the
world The problem of evil Is "A con
unualIy recurring one. Why does Coo
Iellult sin ana suffering? The am