Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-12

regard TO this world aud kndrc q worlds
Shall you, his child, rush Ia to crlticisc or
arraien or condemn the divine govern
mentt MOI The cabinet 81 The Etrlnnl
Threc can govern and win govern IA he
wisost and best WHy, and there never VIII
be- a mistake, and, like razor skilimlly
swung shuli cut that which Ought 10 De-
rqtaud avoid that which ought 10 be-
avoided, Precision Ia the very hair
breadth. Earthly timo-pipcrs may get
out oi uldor and stflk0 wrong, saying Il
f. O'Clock when Il is y, or whom Il !.
8 Uod's clock Is always right aud WHOM
Vt " ~ strikes aud when II Is 10 e.
strikes 2. aud tie second hand rs as
MtthAft 50 IIm MiNrrr NASH
Farther, my text tolls us that tlod
sometimes shnFes nqtionai 'ln lie same
dsy shall the Lord shave With the razor
that II hlrcdn With Que sharp 8weep he
won't across Judah aud down won't ~
pride aud rs power lnlsGl God shaved
ON nation. We had allowed 60 NroW
sabbath destcfptlou aud oppression And
hlasphemy and fraud and lmpurlty. and
all sorts OF turptudc. Tho South had lie
sins, aud the North lts Sins, aud the East
~ sins, and the Wcsi ifs sins We had
been warned again and ngalg, aud We ild
not heed A. length Tie sword OF war
cut from The ~ Lawrence 90 the guilt
aud from Atlantic soaboard 80 Pacific sea
board. The pride Of The land noi the
towards bat the heroes, on both slides
went down And that which WG took for
tho sword OF war Wns tho Lords razor.
In sG2, again Il won't across the land,
In 1863, again In sGl, agaln Then tho
sharp instrument was enrused Hnd put
away Never IN the history Of the ages Was
any land more thoroughly shaved thnn
during those four years Of civil combat
aud, my brethren II we DO not qul some
of our Individual aud national sins, the
Lord VIII again take ms IN hnud, lie has
other razors within reach besides war
epidrmlca droughte drlugce, plaques
grnsHhOpper and locust tor our over.
towering success may 10 far excite the
jealousy OF other lands TINT, under some
pretext, the great nations Of Europe and
Asia may
CoMBINE 40 Prr Us DOWN
This nation, 80 easily approached on
north aud south and lIom both ocenna,
might have on hand at once more hoatili.
ties than wore ever arTayed against any
one power We have recently been told
By skillfnl engineers that all our fortress,
- around New YORK hBrbpr could moi
keep Tie shells from being hurled from
the sea into Tho heart Of these
great cities, in6ultcd China, the Wcalthiest
Of MI nations a. will be- realized when
her resources are Developed, Wlll haze
adopted all The modes Of modern RAr
fare, and al the Golden tintu mny be tiis,
cussing whether Americans must 20. II
the combined icalouEipR oi Europe nnd
Asia should come upon us Wdsh0uld have
more work upon hand tllan would he
pleasant ! hope no such combinations
against ue ever VII be formed, but I Hapi
10 show that, uF Assyria Was the hired
razor against Judah ana cyrus, ne hircd
razor against Babylon ana lhc iinns, 1ip
hired razor aRalBgt the Guibs there Hfa
now many razOrs that thc Lord could hire
~ bccntise ~ ournAii0B9i slHH, III slmull
undertake 0thure US iuls79 Germany
Yat he razor WITH whifh ihe iord hapcd
france Edgland 81 thr rTxof willl WHICH
very shortly The Lord VIII eliayo Russia.
liui nations are 10 Fepent lu q day May
q speedy aiA worldwide coming ~ God
hinder oh both sides Tic sea ~ uHtgn1i
calamity Bui do not iet us as e nation
either by unnghieous lBw ~ Wellington
Of hniliiPeH among ourselves defy the AZ
mi1hiy One would thnh thdt our 90.
tlonal symbol Of ihe eaglc might spyuc.
times
BIHfaal tHOfitHn EtGtF,
that whiel aBciept ione carried ia
the talgns u ilIgt caWr Hele elniGhed a.
one time 3flAln, france, bpeiu, italy,
Dsimntla, iihontia, Notlcum, pannOnia,
M0esls, Daclai TlriGe, Macedonia,
Greece, Asia Minor, AaSra, I'hnatda,
palestiac, Egypt, and an Soithern Africa,
aud al thc islnhas Of The Mcdlierraneni
Indeed, al the World That WIS wgrtIi has 4
ing, hundred ana twenty
millions 81 people 0uder the
wings of thar one eagle whore 81 fiT
nowY AN GibbOB, thc historian, 10 he
pT0se porn, he "Dccinc aud Psi 81 thct
R0man Empire" AK brr giennue ruins
STRUGGLING their sadness through lbe