Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-15

who are the called, according to His
! purpose Romans 1928.
1t must follow as the night the day
that if God created the world and all
that therein is He must be the only
one who can sustain and keep that
which He has made. To admit the ON
Impotence, omniscience, Omnipresence
of God is but to go a step further and
loyalty accept the view that He cares
for and provides for the needs of His
own. A mother might perchance forget
her child, but it is absolutely incOn-
ceivable to think of the Creator for
getting His creation. sparrow is a
small and insignificant thing, but God
never allows one to fall to the ground
without His notice. The hairs of
mans head are of little value, yet each
one is numbered and known by the
Father. A cubit added to a mans
stature more or less is but little, but God
alone can do the adding. The soul of
one seeming infiuenceless man would
not count for much, yet the Bible clear
ly teaches that there is rejoicing in
Heaven over one sinner that repenteth,
and at such an event the angels are
made glad.
Controls All Events.
No thing is beneath the notice of
God, no task is small or insignificant in
His sight, no person with Him is small
or useless and we make a tremendous
mistake when we feel that God with
omnipotent wisdom guided the Jews
from Egyptian bondage to Canaan's
bliss and kept Moses despite the power
of his enemies, and yet win not guide
the destiny of America and choose our
individual paths for each of us to walk
in.
The story goes that a prominent
clergyman was once telling of an almost
miraculous escape he had while on
shipboard The vessel caught afire and
by almost superhuman efforts the
flames were extinguished and the lives
of those on board saved. This gentle
man was talking about it in the pres
ence of the world famous Archbishop
Whately, when the latter with twin
kle of amusement in his eye, said: Il
can cap that story with one out of my
own experience. 1 crossed over on
board a ship when Providence was even
more remarkable. The vessel didn't even
catch afre" And he was right. We
refer to the sinking OF the Titanic as
a mysterious Providence, but think of
the thousands of ships that are guided
safely across the Atlantic to their ports
by the power of God.
To Them Who Love God.
One has only to study the dealings of
God with the Israelites to see that He
was behind every move of the nation
and His purpose was being carried out
at every turn, even by Pharaoh himself,
whose heart was hardened or stoutened
| by God so that the wicked might see
with all the more ease how Providence
| moved. There was nothing strange or
miraculous about the army of Pharaoh
| being drowned in the sea because the
| plans had been working to that end,
| each move of the nation was in that
| direction and behind it all the hand of
| God.
Some mighty disease of contagious
nature RACES in a community and car
ries off into the realm of death many
| of the best loved and most useful citi-
| zens. Strange! Yes, of course, but
| this self same pestilence is the cause
of experts coming in and making a spe-
cial study Of the disease and eventually
working out a cure A few lost in order
| that many might be saved Judas,
| going out and hanging himself in re-
morse because he had betrayed innocent
| blood. in order that all men in the flu
| ture might be kept back from such an
| awful crime. A pleasure-loving Cod
| less father, conferred in self and his own
watches his child slowly die, afterwards
| turns to God, that he may go to his
| child. Strange, but merely God dealing
wisely and kindly with an erring child
| Provdential Mysteries often SoiVabIe.
! Not many weeks ago the people OF
| America were awestruck at the ire
mendous loss of life and property in the
| West, and, as moved by some mighty
| impulse, the people all over the nation
| responded to the needy sufferers appeal
! for aid, but one has not far to go to
see that it was but natural for flood to
| produce such results. Build below the
| high water mark and when the flood
! comes in above you may look for de-
| struction. Fail to use the reason power
with which God has endowed you and
| you can not put the penalty you re
ceive on the shoulders of the Almighty.
Here in our own Southland the farm
ers are already beginning to wonder if
we are to have rainy seasons and pc
RODS Of drouth even as they do in Cuba
and elsewhere, and sometimes feel that
! it is attributable to Providence, little
thinking that there is a possibility that
it may be caused by the fact that the
timber is being cut, the water courses
| being changed. the forests being cleared