The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

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So God spoke to His chosen people
through His servant David mnnys con;
turies ago. So God iDca'S@ 10 the ;rou-
s Dlcd. anxious hearts of ulcn and wom-
III To-day
,:ut. YOU SAY. is no; this statement
contrary to Cots usual ri;sn: Does
tlc not command as again and again
to bc active-to go .orir ~ HIS Name
Ito labor with ana for Him"
Is ne not Gon!s y. yII Himself SCI,
when He says. BE still, and know that
a,n God?
Truly, God does expect RS To be ac-
tivc--when there is work to be done
when there are lines to he advanced
when there is a call to Sei'vic"--"Go,
ye," lie says. go We INTO all the world.
and 10, j will he with YOU.
'.Why stand We here all the day idle"
+ In a!y Name and in My power fight on
Is against the hosts Of sim and urclean-
ness.
hut there are other times when lie
knows that our strength must nc found
in quietncss AMI in rest. and =. .uci
times He says. lie sun. ana know
that I am Cod"
SOME OF THE TIMES WHEN
YTfIS ADM0XrTIoN * NEEniD
~ the time Whom God spoke TO His
people through the lips OF the great
roet king. this admonition was sadly
needed. y great army vas coming
against lsracl--;,n army fierce, pow
erful, giving no quarter. The people
were dis,nayed, terrified, hclp!cSS. uid
+ i'll this condition they hc"aE 10 lose
confidence i'm God
Why does He allow the enemy to
+. come against MS? Why hoes rio not
stop thcm? Does lie rule" is He ALL
powerful: Has He forgotten us: -And
I TO the frenzicd questions. the quiet.
H..
THAT am God.
And because the people heard aLG
/. obcyed--bccausc this conhdcuce in Hin
4 inspired that highest courage, WHICH
enables men to stand firm in the face
Of n fire which they may mt return
BECAUSE they trusted cod, the danger
q was avertcd aud the mighty army OF
tSennacherib melted away Hike snow
ut the brenti, of the Lord"
SUCH a TIME HAS CONE
n no MOST UE Us
II y ;ime, when in the face of some
great calamity OF soiTow o., fear. we
realize our oNn utter helpicSsncSS md
are tempted to lose confluence in God.
''Oh, IL could only do something"
we CRY, us We meet Sono great ciisiS
! and realize that our hanos are tied
ms we watcn at The bedside OF some
loved one and realize our utter help
lessness-"On, il God would only do
hing"-aS the hours drag Oh and
no relief comcs-tnd when to our anN-
+ ious hearts. the command comes, Re
still, and know that am o;od!' we are
put to the ScNcrcst test possible, one
that demonstrates the reality of our
religion, the genuinencss OF oar faith
as nothing else could do.
It IS not especially hard 10 trust
God when life is moving smoothly and
our little plans for ourselves ;tnd FOR
others are being realized It Is no.;
hard to believe that We are genuine
followers OF Christ when VIC s"c the
results of oar laho:s FOR lin.
But wncn iifc becomes overcast aud
our dearest hopes are frustrated and
we see that ON prayers and our iabors
are bearing no fruit, then il is hare.
: hard to he still and know in spite of
everything, in spite OF PAIN auu dark
ness and disappointment. that lie Is
God, that He is Il tender, loving. uu-
derstandinS God.
1t is hard, but To the souls who trust
and obey and wait, there comes a rcve-
], lation of Kim 50 fair and l.nc and
Y beautiful that life for ever after is
sanctiiicd and rlorihcd ny the CON
seriousness Of Ills nelrncSS and az His
all-embracing love.
ERE STILL, MD KNOW
THAT ! AM GOD"
The Individual. the church, the whole
restless, SHINING world. ucod the nd-
munition to-day
pencd. Upon a peaceful, commonplace
working world has hurst the fury of u
l. raraGing, scorchinr. pitilcSs war The
pleasant green fields Of Christian
Europe have been iraniplcu bN INC on 4
rushing tread Of thousands upon 'rnol,-
sands of men AIMED for battle.
= Quiet towns. where yesterday Mas
heard the mum OF commerce. ana the
cheerful noise Of labor. lave been
turned into ridd!cd ruhs. from which
are necine the women ana aged men
and little children with The awful fear
of death in thcir eyes.
Men with wives amd iittIc children
ut home; boys with tine iirSi duwnincs
of manhood in their faces. are being
hurled into eternity by The thousands
and tens of thousands. rs tho dread
fui days go "n. and even from the
peaceful Sky, u waich men look when
they speak ~ Cod and al heaven come
down the fearfUl engines Of death ami
destruction. =
We stand ;tsna1cd mortified. unbc-
lieNirS before til" fearful spectacle
We awake in tho morning and say, 1t
was "a horr!d dream. ii cannot he true
and then VIC see across our morning
papers the flaming headlines which tell
us that thousands OF men. made in the
image OF God, protesting To be the
followers of CHRIST, have been pu; to
death by other men. whose daily prayer
is, Thy Kingdom come Thy will he
done, on earth as IL H. III heaven"
PRIDE AND ytia0GiNCE
REIGN ~ HUMAN HEARTS
What 2 commentary on twcm,ieta
.century Christianity. men SAY Is our
= boosted civilization nothing but a
veneer? Did Christ die in vain? Was
calvary useless after ail@
And as our anxious. restless minds
run here and there. crying, Why"
WHY: the voice. comes, even as the
VOC" OF mother 10 little child
WHO liz terrified II, the dark; '.H, sim
S::;d know that / ann Cod
lie still rules the world. but SIN and
pride apd-~arr"ngamcc still reign in
human hearts.
lie; sim hears the cry Of human need
4 and suffering. He still comes close 10
the Individual. and the nation who will
have Him. but lie Knows. as yoIi and
did not know. tina; thc Kingdoms OF
this world have not become the king
= doms OF God and % Ills Christ,
--- HI. is i..-i...- !.