The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-06-26
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1--we would discover tbe motiye which
saIuale meu, we must, ! suppose, aualyzs
their general conduct. The same prae-
tire must also hold ia special instances;
a- Iu The effect, we plainly see the nature
81 lhe cause. When we take up a series
of similar actions, however, and endeavor
to reach back TO ascertain the Mind Of life
90 force whence e spmng, the process. I
need uai assert, is uot unattended with
difbcuiiies. The text brings the conduct
ol ihe Egyptians before oar minds, They
were iu hostile pursuit Of lsrael. and Oh
tbe verge Of a sauguinary assault Look
iHg on such determined wariike array,
we say, SURELY l-mel must have been
guilty Of some euoumlty. We instructive
By lgap 60 this conclusion, for we lgye IL
in mlud that quaTrcis have their definite
causes Tile Egyptians hatred Is easily
20 be seen. Now The nation or shepherds
must have caused H. with such impress
Sion our investigation only leads to be-
wildcrment We search the relations Of
the parties since the patriarch aud the
brethren came from the mountains Of
Canaan not Ouly TO bc saved but to save
we see Joseph, prince Ia Egypt, and
the kingliest Of AT who have sat within
the circles OF earthly royalty, exaltiug bis
adopted country to prcemineuce a, he
had before saved il from famine; we
eweep finally tie movement Of The years
and at last discover that Israel, by his
industry IN pressing back the desert with
his fertile fields, had brought himself into
conflict with that terrible element Of
sogls, jealousy, aud into slavery aud yet,
In spite Of the burdens, he loiled, and in
spite Of the death edict, he increased
This /, an the occasion of hatred that
we find, 1t is sowowiul to say it Of hui
manity that It's enough. Oar analysis of
facts has brought us to the serect motive.
There is an hatred engendered by the re-
lnembranee OF wrongs. Il sweeps forth
in fury for time but quickly exhausts
itself in revenge. There Is another kind
--an hatred which rises from the fear OF
rivalry. 1t starts III the ealousy of in
dulged competitions, but it mounts with
the wind and feeds like the fire on the
victims of ils rapacious force. Such was
the Egyptian as his spear throbbed with
tue fierce heat of the south to leap on the
deienceless lsraeite. He saw him shut
in by the sea, the desert, aud the noun
tain while his own chariot rolled down
to the anticipated desolation. The nation
OF shepherds stood the last step by the
shore, but with face lifted toward the
heavens. And there the awful form OF
justice came-llis arms in the winds, His
feet in the wayes--to make q pathway in
tho sea which should bo TO the true in
heart deliyerance, but to the false 0
grave! This fact briSgs forth our theme
The juSttce Of God IN the triats Of men.
This touches one of the problems oi
human life. Truly we are "hedged in by
, mysteries" and some of the darkest hours
p of our being have been those where We
have covered under seme crushing ex
perience yainly endeayoring to reconcile
our situation with the fact of loving
God. IL came of a sudden when we knew
not what we were or what we could
bear, and we were broken down from
Que position to a lower one until thcr,
was no strength Of heart left. But where
such has been the case, it was from thu
fact that we knew not the truth Of Goo
from that sympathetic relation whicI
brings nobIer strength aud makes tn,
mysteries OF human discipline radien
with love.
Fr-t--lt il common error to belicv,
that because we are brought to the passc
Of trial, it is an indication that the diyin
presence has been Withdrawn, In on
moods, we sometimes affirm that suffer
? ing means the loss Of divine sympathy
But our words a.c wrong aud our mood
mischcyogs. The gravest Injustice
thus done by way Of inputation TO tn
iilimitablc love. From the supreme te,
timony, the truth asserts that the ways q
the Divine Fathcrhood are most surel
iudicated IN that combination of event
which is uuquestionably above humai
Interference We may hatter onrselve
I with what may be an assumption that "
have caused to-day to be different irot
Yesterday, since both are filed with tn
common things OF life; but we do we
not TO presume 70 be at an Instruments
IN dominating the grand events whic
likc the storm clouds sometimes swee
over head. Israel must acknowledge a
aria stronger than bis own that led bin
ito thc trial hour by the sea. As the mu
% atulcs were shut Ia apparently 20 a oei
tain aud fearfaI fate, they might hay
been tempted 10 suppose that they wer
unobsaryod or iorsaken Of God; bat va
q there another point Of tiue Ia all thei
p history where they shared more OF 81
h divine splicilule, or when tile plaus {
the eternal via were 10 more apparet
mlfimeufg
We may rest there ou the fact thl
Whenever tbe combination of events q :
perpieslng thal we cannot perceive ht
mau agency a. au adequate eans'
although our hearts and hands are oh
dmaiely Involved, that, Instead OF an Il
seuee Of The Oyeuuiing Mind there is
stronger assurance ol lis presence Il
has brought as as d were 70 tie passes