St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-09-18

| were cdblUy tue DOuv I'll Ndpobus
the prophet, put down his compass and
marked circle from those dogs clear
around to the dogs that should eat the
| body of Jezebel, the mufderess.
impossible the people said, "that
will never happen"
| Who is that being flung out of the palace
window? Jezebel. A few hours after
they came around, hoping to bury her.
They find only the palms fher hands and
the skull. The dogs that devoured Jeze-
bel, and the dogs that devoured Naboth !!
| Oh, what a swift, what an awful circuit!
| But it is sometimes the case that this
| circle sweeps through many centuries.
| The world started with q theocracy for
| government; that is, God was President
and Emperor of the wo.li. People got
| tired of a theocracy. They said:
ave don't want God directly interfer-
| ing with the affairs of the world; give US
a monarchy"
| The world had a monarchy. From a
monarchy it is going to have a limited
| monarchy. After awhile the limited mon
archy will be given up, and the republican
form of government will be everywhere
| dominant and recognized. Then the world
will get tired of the republican form of
government. and it will have an anarchy,
which is no government at all. And then,
all nations finding out that man is not
capable of righteously governing man,
will cry out again for a theocracy, and
say:
'sLet God come back and conduct the af-
fairs Of the world"
Every step-monarchy, limited mon
archy, republicanism, anarchy, only diff
ferent steps between the first theocracy
and the last theocracy, or segments of the
great circle of the earth on which God sits.
But do not become impatient because
you can not see the curve Of events, and
therefore conclude that Gods government
is going to break down. History tells us
that in the making of the pyramids it took
two thousand men two years to drag one
great stone from the quarry and put it
into the pyramids. Well, now, il men,
short-lived, can afford to work SO slowly
as that, can not God in the building of
the eternities afford to waltz What
though God should take ten thousand
years to draw a circle? Shall we take our
little watch, which we have to wind up
every night lest it run down, and hold it
up beside the clock of eternal ages? If,
according to the Bible, 1000 years are in
Gods sight as one day, then, according to
that calculation, the 5000 years of the
worlds existence has been only to God as
from Monday to Saturday.
But it is often the case that the rebound
is quicker, and the circle is sooner COM
pleted. You resolve that you will do what
good you can. In one week you put
word of counsel in the heart of Sabbath
school child. During that same week you
give letter of introduction to young
man struggling in business. During the
same week you made an exhortation in
praysr-meeting. 1t is all gone; you will
never hear of it, perhaps, you think. A
few years after man comes up to you and
says:
"You don't know me, do you"
You say: "No; don't remember ever to
have seen you.''
"Why," he says, 81 was in the Sabbath
school class over which you were the
teacher. One Sunday you invited me to
Christ. l accepted the offer. You see that
church with two towers yonderW
eyes" you say.
He says: "That is where preach
Or: EDO you see that Governors house?
That is where live"
One day nan comes to you, and says,
"Good morning."
You look at him and say, "Why, you
have the advantage of me; I can not place
you"
He says: "Don't you remember, thirty
years ago, giving letter Of Introduction
to young mana letter Of introduction |
to prominent merchant"
"Yes, yes. do"
He says: ~ am the man. That was nv |
first step toward fortune; but have re-
tired from business now, and am giving |
my time to philanthropies and public in !
terests. Come up to my country place !
and see me-"
want to introduce myself to you. 1 went |
into prayer-meeting some years ago. I |
sat back near the door. You arose to
make an exhortation. That talk changed |
the course of my life, and if ever get to
heaven, under God, will owe my saliva
ton to you"
In only ten, twenty, or thirty years, the
circle swept out and swept back again to
your own grateful heart.
But sometimes it is wider circle and
does not return for great while. I saw
a bill Of expense for burning Latimer and
Ridley. The bill of expense says:
One load of fir fagots.. 3s 4d
Carriage of four loads of woods .......2s
Item, post. Id
Item, two chains. ...................3s4 d
Item, two staples. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Cd
Item, four laborers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sd
That was cheap fire, considering all the
circumstances; but it kindled light which
shone all around the world and around the
martyr spirit; and out from that burning