The Newtown bee., 1878-02-21

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 cast out lhg devil within us. The lius'
 Sinn soldier does not rrulize his inslru,
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 significance of Inc struggle,
 The French revolution wHa Il trTrillc storm but il cleared Inc puiilic'd and
 moral atmosphere of some very uDheuI.
 Thy elements. Bonaparte. She child of tlie revolution, WAS lhuuderboll lhn
 disLnrbed the political heavens of Eu, yIrr but II burhed Up much foul yupor
 Violence is the worlds great educator.
 Evil prs-Vcanpigs .hs tell and goodness ga'u. u point tnly by severe struggle.
 Night is the cause of God, but he does no1 thrust iG his arm Of otnuipoenco and compel eyepb ho allows men 10 idv dope them, and Ibe process is slow, Tue seeds of od: nation were sown TWO centuries o>fure lha fruit muturcd, uud ibsn the har1,sI EG3 gathered only after \ seyer= st.ru' ut sryen years duration
 The truit garuereI was A government which recognized IL, bri! right of mar
 3aL corrupt germ suIked lD thc cOn. Nitution of the new nallpn which grew Ike cancer For nearly century lhe nation increased, and was settlng into q Ies,, and hugged the detormr,y us is life. Clouds gathered and God withheld not inc slorol that shook the continent for four long years, aud the evil was yara up by the roots. When the leul- peat eeaGed half silliOn of young men Jay stark and cold up the field But the world WAS advanced thousand years Bul Tor this violence the evil apparently never would have been eradicdled. In yslern opposing elements aye necessary. | They war until an equilibrium is eStab, lished. In this great national contest Jefferson Davis Was as necessary an in | stunent HIS AbHham Linculn, aud he ! gl lest unseen haad behind tbe storm cuu | nolled both instruments to lLe c0rrtc- . uon of evil and the purifcation of d na iion and advancement of his eternal ,srutb. It took two centuries. and more. ie work out lbe great problem of free dom on this continent. Agitation, con. ssption, violence, revolution and blood shed were the instruments used through long lingering years of griet and anxiety
 Goodness Uffends the world. Virtue, bs it ever so gentle, offends Vice. Try to reform your neighbor and see how quick he will "get mad." IL has ever been thus with the world Virtue came personified in the Savior and the world rejected it. lie WAS the only example of perfect goodness and the world killed him. Because he would save men from sAsir sins, and their dire consequences, 1 stSi III Ol dSiSV fHdlS SiihAhIH dtlt llGuNt- ! ish wrath burst upon him and he fell a sacrifice to their mad passions. Thus | The greatest event in the world s history, i the salvation of men and the elevation | of the race, was inauguratcd in violence f that shook the world, and for nearly sa twenty centuries it has battled with the q world, and every inch ol ground it has | gained i! has been through violence To ; this day, after the lapse of three centur- c iss, virtue, Gods stamp, in man is not recognized as patent of no c bility, even in christian countries. The Q really good are not at the front. At the present rate of progress centuries will t eapse before God's own cause will get , put from under the foot of men. And \ Sod is omnipotent The world is full of s poisonous yapors that are cleared away | snly by storms and tempests. Why thusY 5 t
 All this is significant. If nations need C 'haking ap 80 may individuals. When u storms beat upon us, they may have 8 more significance than we recognize z while the storm rages. Battling with difficulties is strengthening. .
 WILLIAM HENRY.