The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-10-14

AZ things, He IL able
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the hairs Of our
heads and to be
present at the
death Of every sparrow!
Does God Carer
With the thought Of an absentee God
in mind, Mark Twain once said he
wished the Almighty would put on q
hat and coat and take walk through
East London; he thought II God would
inform Himself as to the conditions ex'
istent there He might do something
towards remedying them.
Others share this view Of God and
are confident that He does not inter.
vene in the affairs Of men because He
cares nothing about them. For all
such there is message In the petition
Christ taught His disciples. Deliver
US from evil"
First of all, Christ recognized the
reality Of evil. He looked upon sick
ness and sorrow and sin as truly ex-
istent, and not only SO. He regarded
them as evil. He does not mock Us by
telling us these things are delusions.
but grapples with them as monsters
which must be overcome.
Again, God is not the author Of evil.
As we look over the fields Of the
worlds suffering and wickedness we
cannot charge the Lord with having
SOwn these fields. IAN enemy hath
done this"
This is proven by the fact brought
out in the text, namely. 1t Is Gods Will
that the world shall he delivered from
evil. When His name is hallOwed. His
kingdom come, and His will done on
earth as in heaven, earth will be as
blissful place as heaven. True, God
uses suffering and sorrow In His prov
idence: we should be glad that, 80 long
% sin is In the world. He allows sui.
feS1ng and sorrow to be here, else
men would run to an excess Of riot.
However, when the earth reflects Gods
mind, 1t will he more glorious even
than Eden, for the holy city, the New
Jerusalem, adorned as bride for her
husband, will be the center Of Its gov
eminent.
Why oetiveranes ls Delayed.
The question still remains, however.
as to why God does not answer this
prayer at once and deliver US from
evil. How can He look down from
heaven and see the sins and sorrows
Of men and remain idle7 Doubtless
some will be amazed il We answer: Be-
cause He is good But we give this
answer and stand ready to defend It.
II God ia to deliver the righteous He
must also punish the wicked. On the
other hand, IL God continues to be
gracious to the wicked, He must allow
the righteous to suffer for little sea.
son. 50 that 1t is really His grace to-
ward the ungodly which makes Him
seem Indifferent toward the righteous.
After all, 1t Is judgment which the
world needs as preliminary to Its re.
lease from evil. and this will come
when Gods patience gives place to
His wrath.
The matter Is summed up In II Pc
ter SO, -: 1.-The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise, as some men
count slackness: but is l0ng-su6ering
to uswarll, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to re-
pentance. But the day Of the Lord
viii come as thief In the night; In
the which the heavens shall pass away
with q great noise and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat. the earth
also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. Nevertheless we,
according to His promises. look for
new heavens and new earth, wherein
dwelleth Righteousness"
Meanwhile. the individual who turns
to God In repentance and trust II Do
uvered from the greatest Ut all evils,
the bondage Of sin. Alas, that 20 many
are more concerned about deliverance
from pain and grief chan from the evil
that dwells within them!
one who had rendered effective service
a. Christian for quarter Of q cen.
tury or more. When he was seeking
salvation he dincd one day with q com,
pany Of Christians. During the course
az the meal he remarked that he sun.
posed the way to md salvation - to
peay. Instantly his host raised . plete
Of bread and said: my friend. sun.
pose you were hungry and I should
offer you this bread. How foolish lt
would be 10 get down on your knees
aud pray Toe to give you some bread |!
Why. there would be nothing IN fo ha,f
to take and eat" So. to MI seeking
deliverance from tho evil OF sin NJ
say: cas- many az received Him, to
them gave He power to become the
sons Of God, even to them that belieys
ON His name" tJohn 1:12).
Daily Thought.
Aud what greater calamity can fall
mon O nation than loss Of wornhlnA-