The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-02-25
GODS MERCY GREAT
His Loving Care for the Individual
Soul a Matter Almost Be-
yond Comprehension.

We are getting so accustomed TO
hearing of vast UNDERGRADUATES
of soldiers on this side or that, num-
bers of casualties, numbers of killed
and wounded-that we forget the soli-
tude and separation of the individual
soul. Yet numbers, be they never so
vast, are made up of individuals, and
| would speak to you today quite sim
ply Of Gods care for the individual
soul. The world groups and Classics;
1t deals with numbers. Not so God.
God speaks of the preciousness Of the
individual soul, and of his care for 1t
under all vlcissitudes of life. 81 have
called thee by thy name; thou art
mine. When thou passest through the
waters, will be with thee"
Think, then, of the separatedness
of each soul, the 81" in each of us,
the personality, that which separates
me OF from being anyone else ex-
cept the person that individually
am. May we not say that 1t is part
of the divine plan that our lives
should be thus separate units? Is 1t
not part of Gods intention, and anal
ogous to his works elsewhere In the
world? Look up! The stars may
seem alike to the naked eye; but
take a telescope; and we know that
not two are quite alike. zone star diff
fereth from another star In glory"
Look around you! There are myriads
and myriads Of leaves on the trees,
yet botanists tell US no two leaves
are ever quite alike. Look below you!
Take up the pebbles on the seashore,
or the stones on the roadside in the
country. There are countless mil.
lions Of them, yet biologists tell US
no two stones are ever quite alike.
There Is separation, isolation, soil.
tude. It Is as II each stone, and each
leaf, each planet were intended to
at into some great plan. as If each
had It's own separate part to play
In the great harmony Of the uni
verse.
All Part Of Code Plan.
So also no two characters are ever
quite alike; each person starts in
life with his own equipment Of gifts
and possibilities; no two are ever ex'
actly alike. Each life starts alone on
q voyage Of discovery. so to speak.
The ship launches out at birth-it
comes into port at death. It speaks"
many and many another vessel on Its
voyage, Just as each separate life In
fuences and Is influenced by others
day by day as the years pass away.
Yet each life has its own special re-
sponsibilities which no one else can
bear; It is distinct. alone, separate.
1t Is, say, part Of Gods plan, who re-
CARDS the value of the individual soul.
II called thee by thy name; thou art
NINE"
Now, my brethren, what want to
remind you of is-that God looks at
each individual, be he soldier or civil.
an, and says to him, Never think you
are lost in a crowd" Amid all the
countless multitudes on the earth, he
looks at each one with look Of In.
finite compassion and says, "You are
not lost in crowd. l know thee by
thy name; thou art mine; thou art an
object of my love and care. When
thou passest through the waters, !
will be with thee. Amid all the ter.
rible clash of arms God cares for every
single soul; no one is insignificant In
his sight. Again and again he says to
each one, as he assures him OF the
preciousness of his own soul, Il have
called thee by thy name: thou art
mine. When thou passest through
the waters, will be with thee"
All Dear to God.
Those many lives which we mourn
offered in sacrifice on the battle
felds-are each of them dear to the
God who made and redeemed them.
Not one Of them is forgotten: each
one of them is precious in the sight
OF God. Short lives they seem to US,
cut on in their prime, prematurely
cast aside; but Gods power Is not
limited. OF each one he takes &C
count, for each one he has employ
ment beyond the grave, in fuller
and nobler life. where. purged from
all stain of sin, they will serve him
day and night in his kingdom.
What did Christ die on the cross
for unless It was to disclose the
heart OF God7 And the heart that
he disclosed was q heart which cares
On his cross our God in human fesh
stretches out his arms and tells ui
how much he cares. He stretches oul
his arms. ] say, and. with a hear
breaking for love of each one of those
soldier lads. he says in language which
we cannot Observation-Disclosures
think you are lost in crowd. Nay,
made thee; l shed my blood for thee
l died for thee; / redeem thee. g
have called thee by thy name; thol
art mine. When thou passest through
the waters, l viii be with thee; and
through the rivers they shall not over