Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-27
PrOPhecy-Jts Teachings! Its Warn
tngEI!

"Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel
made covenant with your fathers in the
day that brought them forth out of the
land Of Egypt, out Of the house of bond
men,"
"And We were now turned, and had done
right in my sight in proclaiming liberty
every man to his neighbor; and ye had
made q covenant before me, in the house
which is called by my name; but ye turned
and polluted my name, caused every man
his servant, and every man his handmade,
whom he had set st liberty at their pleas
ure, to return, and brought them into sub
lection, to be unto you for servants and for
handmaids."
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, We have
not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming lib
erty every one to his brother, and every man
to his neighbor; behold I proclaim liberty
for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the
pestilence, and to the famine; and will
make you to be removed into all the king
doms of the earth"
''Son of man, set thy face toward the
south, and drop thy word toward the south,
and prophesy against the forest Of the south
field; and say to the forest of the south, Hear
the word Of the Lord; thus saith the Lord
God, behold l will kindle fire in thee, and
1t shall deVour every green tree in thee, and
every dry tree; the flaming flame shall not
be quenched, and all faces from the south
to the north shall be burned therein"
"And all flesh shall see that l the Lord
have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. F"
''And l will pour out mine indignation
upon thee; will blow against thee in the
fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the
hand OF british men. and skillful to de-
stroy."
The terrible predictions of the prophets,
uttered more than twenty-five hun
dred years ago, come ringing down to
US through all the centuries with fullness
of meaning and an aptness of application
that almost make us believe that the old
prophets of Israel had their inspired vision
turned on this very land Of ours, and saw
with prophetic eye the threatening times
in which we are at present living. History,
both sacred and profane, in its application
to the rights of the universal brotherhood
Of man, is ever repeating itself, and has all
down the ages.
The truths of holy writ, its teachings and
warnings, come down to US In these latter
days, with all their original force and ap-
plieation, just the same as they did to the
nations that were the actors on the stage Of
human existence at the time they were ut
tered by the inspired seers. 1t is not wise
for US to reject these truths and the teach
ings OF the past because they are old, or act
on the theory that he who the ''same yes
terday, to-day, and forever" has changed
in the least, and now cares less for the
creatures be has made than in the years of
long ago, mid bible scenes and incidents.
AS well might we reject the light OF the
golden orbs Of day because it is an old sun,
Ind adopt as a guide to our feet, in the
darkness, a Pickering gas-light because it |
mas the freshness Of a newly discovered
light. The history of the children Of Is
'ael is one Of most marvellous character. |
10 man can read it, or trace its wonderful |
progress, without being convinced that they
we're typical people. EnslaVed, burdened |
Ind degraded by their Egyptian task-ma-
ers, their prayers for long and weary years
vent up to God of the oppressed, seeming
y without avail but in his own good time
lie avenged with high hand their wrongs,
'verthrew their oppressors, led them in the
wilderness along a strange pathway, all
studded with marvellous wonders, guiding
~ cloud by day, and by fire by night, Civ
ng them water from the Riven Rock, an
louncing to them his law amid the thun-
lers of Sinai, feeding them by daily mira.
Icle for forty years, during all which time
heir clothes had not wRxed old--surely no
people had greater reason to recognize
iod' than this. Yet in the midst Of all
ms wealth of providential care this peo-
pie were rebellious against God. By their
OWN forgetfulness of His mercies thew
brought nPdn tbsmselves the fulalment