The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-01
SEES NO MISTAKE
IN GODS WORK


Eian- DANISH VI. IL. church Sunday
morning, Rev. l.. w. Petersen said:
when God made all things good
man included, it seems clear that His
intention was ii should remain i'm thi.
peaceful harmony and perfect beauty
That man could have lived in this stat,
of happiness. joy and peace seem botl
possible, and God never required OF
any one that which is absolutely i'm
possible"
The text was taken from passages
in Genesis, Romans and Revelation
Continuing. Rev. Petersen said:
I'm the text. we have past, present
and future, what we were, what we
are ANA what we shall be. God saw that
His creation was very good, there is
NO mistake or imperfectneSs with
Gods work. When imperfectness. dis
harmony and distress appear il is "A
sure sign of the touch of humanity.
But man fell in dsobedience to God
from his elevated state of innocency.
wherefore he became subject To dis
harmony, pain, sorrow and death, and
thus he became Il grooming creation.
Paul looked upon life from that point
of view for he says: We know that
the whole creation groaneth and trav-
aileth together i'm pain until now The
same statement holds good today. The
question is now, what is this whole
creation? The whole visible creation is
generally divided into three classes:
the mineral kingdom, the vegetable
kingdom and the animal kingdom.
Now we cannot believe that stone,
iron, copper and other metallic sub
stances can suffer any pain or have
any feelings, neither is it reasonable
10 believe that trees, plants. flowers
or herbs can have feelings and suffer
pain, though the organic life is very
evident. But when we look into the
departments of the animal kingdom
marked change is noticed Here we
meet not only organic but sympathetic
life OF this part of the creation it
can truely be said that il is grooming
and Travelling in pain together with
us. Here opens up before us n world
full of fishes, animals. birds and men.
We do not believe that all these fishes
and animals have personality and
are responsible beings, but we know
that they all have feelings and at least
some OF them have longinSs and de-
sircs. II is difficult for us to believe
that the ant, the fly, the insects which
Till the air, the rat and the raven are
throbbing with pain and that even they
are longing for day of redemption.
But such may be the fact; God only
knows. Horses. cows and lions can
weep, this we know. we have seen it.
when they have been sold or misused.
But no suffering and pain can com
pare to that of the human heart; none
come so close to the heart of the low
ing Father; there is no throb of pain
in the whole universe which finds not
Il responsive pulsation in the bosom of
the Father. AS the magnificent OBJ
iects of the visible creation evidence
His everlasting power and divinity, so
the long travail of all the tribes of
flesh and blood shows signs of the UNI
groaning and sympathy of
the Spirit Himself. 1t shows that God
is not only present and active in the
entire creation, but that He is intense
ly and unspeakably sympathetic with
all it's suffering.
The earnest expectation Of the crea-
ton is for the manifestation of the
sons of God. And how are they mani
-. a,
IRIS of the Christian religion and what
has not Christianity done to southc
the sorrow, pain and distress of this
world! How much pain has not been
sottened and lives spared through the
agencies of the modern medical dis
coveries? What hasn't hospitals and
,haritable institutions done for the re-
lief of the sick and the needy? How |
many sin sick hearts have not been
healed, destitute, hopeless soul been
kindled with hope. through the agen-
cies of the children of God? This con-
faction in the secret chambers of the |
5Ould are not stilled until they are CEN
tered in God; and it Is the blessed
of Gods children To put the
longing soul in touch with the ever
living sympathetic Father.
Again, the children of God them
selves seem somehow to be afflicted
with suffering and pain; they are
iroaning and Travelling. What Is the
reason? You see, even "A child of God
hts to endure many "a sting and pang;
We must endure in order to be fash
oned according to the likeness of God.
Every believer has his trials, tempta-
ions ana hours of dependency, but
also a constant victory through all
ViCtury must be won, IL we shall hope
o arrive TO our God-appointed destl-
lation, fluctuations must be endured IL
Ne shall he able to render efficient
service to mankind. Paul says:
cckon that the sufferings of this pres
mt time are not to be compared with
he glory, which shall be revealed III
rs? Let US therefore be courageous,
rionds, relieve suffering and pain while
IN the journey as we go, lifting man
Kind nearer To God and our destina-
ion snail be In the home. where there
'hall be no more curse"
IN