Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-04-18
HAVE FAITH IN COP,

We are defeated, Uut not disheartened;
cast down, but not destroyed. Our faith
and trust are in God, for we know that He
will in the end cause Right and Truth to
triumph.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers
But Error wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies among his wOrshippers."
Defeats teach lheiI lessons, and exert
powerful influence over the hearts of all
workers In the great cause that seeks to
elevate humanity. Defeat oftentimes ef-
fects greater good than victory would
haYe effected, and it is always discipline
-nerVing for greater exertion-a correc-
ton, leading to the avoiding of all that is
wrong, and that hinders the accomplish
ing of the desired result. Although we
have for the time, entered into the dark
cloud, let US not fear, for within it will be
all radiant and glorious, and we shall from
within it hear the cheering voice OF God
saying, go forward, 1 will be with you
70 the end"
''And that cloud itself, which now before thee
Lies dark in view,
Shall with beams of light from the inner glory,
Be stricken through ~
"Out OF the sorrow into the joy; out of
the night into the light"
p The battle against intemperance may
be long and severe. 1t may require years,
yes, generations, but the issue cannot be
doubtful, for the contest is between good
and evil-between God and Satan Not
one inch of ground will God yield to the
dominion of the old destroyer All the
cohorts of sin and evil are marshaIled, and
contending against Gods hosts, and they
will continue this warfare until God shall
decree as he did concerning Amalek-
There shall be warfare against Amalek
from generation to generation until the
remembrance of them shall be utterly
blotted out"
The hosts of Israel were approaching
RephidIm. They were faint and weary
with their journey, when a new danger
threatened them, for they were attacked
by the Amalekltes. These were the de-
scendants of Esau. and all that deep
seated and terrible hatred that he cherish
ed toward his brother Jacob seems to have
been transmitted from generation to gen.
Grafton; through all the centuries of Is
raers bondage IN Egypt, and even intensi-
fed, as they heard of the wealth, numbers
and power of the descendants of Jacob
and jealous now, as for the first time, per-
haps, they see them marching on to the
land of promise. They dwelt far away 20
the Derthward, on the southern border of
Canaan-a long distance from Rephidim-
so they had not the excuse of any fear
that the Israelites would attack them or
desolate their country. Ii was simply an
attempt to crafty their long pent-up ha-
tired it was wholly unproVoked But mark
how cowardlY was their first attack They
fell upon the rear Of the Isrealites, where
were the feeble and weary ones-behind
the army. For this unprovoked and
cowardly attack upon His people, God
said, II will utterly put out the remem-
brance of Amalek from under Heaven
Israei~ was under the protecting egis of
the Almighty-the "Pillar of Cloud"
Not unlike this is the warfare carried
on to-day by the hosts of King Alcohol
against all that is good, and noble and
right They are the foes of God and His
chosen people-His church. Their bitter
hatred has been fostered and intensified
ell through the ages, and they are ever
vigllant-anxious for an opportunity to
do them evil And they will leave moth
ing undone or untrled to effect this result.
Witness the recent cowardly and brutal
attack upon those weak, defenseless wo-
men in Cleveland and Dayton, as hey
were out on their mission OF love ana meE-
cy to reclaim the fallen. And as these
5ood women were doing Gods work,
we're thew not under His proteutioup And
,,ho, tbe MOB sought to attack them
while In the edifioe sacred to His worship,
did they not provoke. the Almighty, as did
the Amalekites, when they molestsd His
chosen, under His psotsetlon2 ys. -.
But Moses. by thedirsction of God, tells
Joshua TO choose out men 10 fight ANA
lex on the morrow Andon the morrow,
Moses, Aaron and Hdr ascend the hill
and Joshua and his army are in the plain,
Moses lifts up his hands, holding the rod
Of Ged. That lifting up OF the rod was
/ Plea for tie Divine interpusltlop aaa Sig.