Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-21
wAMALA cARoL1NA rIURsDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, lss2


quails outen in such quantities may have
Induced disease. At uny ratio many of the
people died.
| All these phenomena wero sent by tho
providence Of God to teach his people GER
tain lessous, and if the facts were for them
the rooord is for us. Whatever they should
have learned, We should learn
Undoubtedly, The first and most Important
lesson to learn, is that we should F,tst-
trust 10 Providence. For the salvation of
our souls we must trust-trust in Christ;
for our well being in this life we should
trust, not directly in Christ but in Proyi-
dcnce. True, the blessings Of providence
arc tho purchase Of the atoucment, no less
than the blessings Of grace; but the for
mcr VIC enjoy in common with all mankind
while the latter are only for the saints.
That there is distinction between them
appears 10 this: that many who arc com
plsccnt in the view of eternal life through
Jesus Christ, nevertheless have misgiviugs
as to the care of their Heavenly Father
over them in this present lifc. Their trust
passes over the present and rcachos to the
future; but trust should begin now and
include within its embrace, the things Of
this world Us well as those Of the world to
come. The Lord will provide. BE no,
distressed about the morrow. Lcaru les
sons Of diligence from Gods book of
provert and say deborah jirchA
Another lesson to be learned is that Of
contcotmcnt. Tho [sracltcs had bread,
tic psamist oalls it 'angel's food" CPS.
TS:25.) 1t is described as having been
very pleasant to the taste; and as it was
preporcd by Almighty God for special
purpose we may be sure that it contained
in itself all the elements necessary to sup.
port litc and health. But the people were
not satisfied, aud to show them their folly
the Lord let them have their own way If
We can improve our condition by the use of
proper means it is right to do so, but inor-
dinutc desire is wrong. Let us "be content
with such things as we have" Heb. 13: 5.
If God were to crafty all our greed we
might miscrably die. 1t is well not to ask
too oltco, nor too pcrSistcntly, for 0uails.
1t is little more than repetition to say
that God hears murmurings us well as
prayers, and that he sometimes answers the
one as certainly as the other. When re-
pining at our lot in life, aud disposed to
fad fault with Providence, let us remember
that though our feelings be uncxprcsscd
aud kept to ourselves, God sees tho dis
satisfied heart throb aud may send its
peuaI,y iu the qualification of its desire.
On the other hand cheerful acquiesccncc
vigorating for its burden and is moreover
warded with his blessing. Of the ls-
raciitcs Oh this occasion, it is said that God
"guve them their request, but sent leanncss
into their soul" ps l0G: Is. 1t is right
to pray that our desires DO not gratlied
unless they be such as God approves.
Is there anything to be learned from the
strange and unacoountable popularity in
tho flesh of fquals2 Why should it at ouco be
so dcsirnble and so undcsirablc2 We know
that it is suitable for food by our own cx-
percncc, aud also by tho fact that God gave
it to his people; we know in the same way
that it cannot be long continued 1t may
be TINT God has given it to us as u luxury,
ntfording occasional variety in our food,
tempting TO those who from physical causes
are tastidipus and containing perhaps scmc
principle not found in ordinary diet and
which may br, as it were medicinal, as well
ns appctizing and nutritious. 1t is no re-
ply to this to say that the same quality may
be found in the flesh of other wild fowl;
for if this be 50, it shows only that a
greater variety of dalntics has been pro-
vidcd for varying taa,es. Is this too small
a thing for divine consideration Why
then has God given us such variety of
vegetables and fruits. each in its season.
And why such variety of flowers to graft,
fy tho cycI 1t is just as impossible for
anything to be too small for Gods attcn-
tiou as it is that anything should be too
great.
1t is well to associate outward objects
with the providenccs Of God connected with
them, and with the lessons which God has
taught by them. Every quail is preacher
winged messenger from heaven, that may
we'll remind US of tho experiences of the
wilderness and of our own dstrust Of God,
ond of our murmurings, and that from
Moses until this day, all things arc un~
changed Christian Mtlc.c.