Providence and the Bible by Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D.

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 22, 1880

Providence and the Bible

By Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D.

PROVIDENCE AND THE BIBLE.—I believe that one of the greatest dangers to which even Christians are exposed is that of becoming disaffected with God through want of knowledge of his ways. The triumphs of wrong which we witness all about us, the outrages upon innocence, the defeats of truth and righteousness, are a handwriting of providence which does not spell divine goodness on the face of it, at least. The man who lives in luxury, and keeps away from suffering, and colors life with his own good fortune, may see God in everything and descant of his goodness in the most complacent terms. But truer men, men who deem it a solemn duty to become acquainted with sin and misery, will be likely to see the devil in some things, and to have agonizing doubts as to whether God can be in all things. And woe be to the man who reads the book of providence without also reading the commentary of Scripture; he will be almost certain to be driven to despair, if he thinks at all. "Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace."—Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D.