The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-08-02


torture them into a return to their
bondage Wrong does not readily
let go its grasp upon its victims, aud
/ it was thought that cbariots and
. horsemen might frigbten IsreaI into
return They had begun to taste
the sweets OF freedom, but it was ev-
idently supposed that substituting
slaughter for slave-driving, the sword
for the lash, they could be coereed in.
to return They said, these men will
prefer slavery before death. and by
threatening them with death we can
secure their servitude
But God was there, as be has al.
ways been at every sceDe Of wrong,
and every here, aud always the
friend Of the oppressed The result
ycu know Men try in vain to plot
against God in their councils, or to
fight against him in war The pur-
suers were overwhelmed with destruc-
ton they went down under the seq /;
The waves rejoiced over them. And
Miriam took her tImbrel and sang a
song Of victory "God," said she,
hath triumphed gloriously the
horse and his rider hath be cast into
the sea-"
4 great King walked aud sOlilo-
quized amid the spleEdors Of his ori-
entail capital 1t was gorgeous with
every invention of barbaric spIendor.
And be said as not this great Bah
ylou which have built ?r He had
snbdued surrounding nations, sacked
cities, and carried away captives
His career was as full Of outrage as
bis heart was Of pride. And while
be vas yet speaking these arrogant
and wicked words voice from heav-
en- which must have thrilled him like
the crash of doom. And the voice
said The kingdom is departed
from thee, and they shall drive thee
from men till thou know that the
Most High ruleth in the kingdom Of
men and giveth it TO whomsoever he
WILL 1t was God appearing again
as the avenger of public wrong.
Again there was great feast in
Belshazzur's festive ball The song
Of the reveller and the shout Of the
satrap mingled in chaotic uproar.
Lasciviousness added to the mad ex-
hilaratioG Of the wine cup. Des,
potism had eoudescended to a reveI.
and courtiers We'd with their masters
in hilarious sin. But there was in
iquiiy in that kingdom also. Gods
people had also plundered and enslav-
ed to increase the wealth and splen-
dor Of blasphemous king. Sudden
4 ly u mysterious hand appeared, and
traced strange words on the illumin-
ated wall. The blasphemy was hush
ed, and the revelry was still. Gods
prophet came, and the writing on the
wall proved to be Gods declaration
that a great empire had filed up the
cup Of It's iniquity "And on that
night was Belshazzar slain, aud Da-
riu@, the Medean, took the kingdom.
We read such facts as these to lit
tie purpose If we fell to see that God
is concerned 10 national history. and
that he is always against wrongdoers.
lie waits in patience while men ap-
prOach the elimination Of their
crimes. 1t sometimes almost seems
tina. He who fought for Israel against
Egypt, and for Daniel against Ne
buchadnezzar. has grown indifferent
since then, or is weary of the endless
struggle This, however, is a great
mistake. God changes not He
hates the outrages of Coushatta as
much as He did the wrongs Of Baby
lon Think YOU be is so deaf as not
to bear the shrieks that startle the
midnight air Of the South Is He
needless while orphans pray Think
you that the smell Of this reeking hol-
oeaust does not reach His lostrels ,
Shall He note he dying sparrow TN
der the shrub on the meadows verge,
and not know nor heed when freemen
die by violence for opinions sake ,
Let US not deceive ourselves con-
cerling the assumed Indifference Of
God, nor allow ourselves to be silent
about a giant wrong because at some
points it touches the verge of politics.
We must end these outrages by
righteousness, or there is no room
from history to fear that God will end
them by such means as He may see
fit.
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