But when we have done our best what may we expect? All things. They
shall work together for good to those who love God enough to do their
best for him in any plane of work. One could preach fifty sermons on
the great works done by men, obviously too great for man's
accomplishment. Time would fail me to tell of Moses, Gideon, Paul,
Luther, Wesley, Wilberforce, William of Orange, Washington, John Brown,
Abe Lincoln, and thousands more of whom this world was not worthy, who,
undeniably by divine aid, wrought righteousness. One of the great sins
of our age is that men do not see God immanent in all things. We have
found so many ways of his working that we call laws, so many segments
of his power, that we have forgotten him who worketh all things after
the counsel of his own will. A sustainer is as necessary as a creator.
There are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh
all in all. The next great service to be done by human philosophy is
to bring back God in human thought into his own world. Since these
things are so, what are the conditions under which we may work the
works of God by his power?
First, they must be his works, not ours as opposed to his, but ours as
included in his. All our works may be wrought in God, if we do his
works, follow his plans, and are aided by his strength.
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