The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-08-18

lug the generation going forth
Their hearts high with expectation
aud doomed to to die, the land ul
: promise unsltainrd.
Aud, vet were a jew. aud were
ashrd ia what period of my people.
history would have preferred T.,
live, think. with Just pride
would answer, not III
the dav- of Solomon's maugniiiccncr
nor Yet Nv David's eliminating day
when from the NJ, diterramean to III,
Euphratcs, Israel, under her warrior
king, held sway over the nations; but
rather in that daN whcn, amid the
thundcrings aud liphlnings Of Sinai
my people, through their great law
givcr, received, craven on two tables
OF stone, that decsIogur. those ten
commandments that are to.gs, the
basis of all the truth sud ripht snd
Justice that are dominant throughout
christendum
Aud. christian as am. admire the
| spirit of that late premier of Eng land
| rival and peer of the grand old man.
his successor. who suffers to-day ~
| champion of that root principle, that
fundamental faith of our Saxon siro,,
the right To local self government
| when, in his reply to al English lord
| who tainted him with his descent, he
| made answer "Sir. am proud o.
my lineage. My iorofathcra were
| princes in Israel. aud lords ui tho tall.
crnaClc when the ancestors of this no.
| BILE land were halfnakrd savagrsrosn.
| iuE through the forests uf Germany. 4"
To have followed Moses aud to have
fought under Joshua, even though
dl ing by the way or falling ~ the
hght WAS n privilege, All honor. 81
unuublemrut
Take lastly, tlist war Through Winch
Israel acquired snAau. In msn',
world II la. ever been the law thai
The fair aud fertile lands have been
the prey of the stroug aud warlikr
nations. | envy the man who ha.
yet to read, for that first exquisite de.
light can never be lclt again, Mot
lcys picture ot lmly, IA very garden
ol fertility and beauty" M she Ia,
haskiug beneath her summcr SIX,
soon To be- dcspoilcd by the ,woop
inc bands descending ~ birds of
prey from France and Italy upon her
CA turcd cities aud cultivated field.
And so lay CHuaan That land ut
o i'r yards and vineyards with the
Phllistiuc about her borders. II had
needed n pcrpetuatcd miracle to
shield her from her enemies. But
when Joshua with his six hundred |
thousand men of war took the laud |
the surrounding nations knew thai |
he AID his trained and hardened |
hrh could keep that they had |
gained 80 too, NJ later |
daY David, the most lllustriuu- man. |
Ne hero, general rlatcsmAn and king |
ct hiS time, thanked tod that hc had |
taught hi- hands to war "a Il his lin.
gers To light They who have been |
IN War hate and drplorc war; aud vet |
there are losses of honor, right and |
truth, aud wocs-gs humiliatio de- |
gencracy aud degradation worse
than war; aud there are principles
and uO.scssiuus well worth that fear.
inl cost Aud too, there are causes
and conflicts 80 antagOnlstiC tn they
can hc settled but ia Que court: that
demand that ultima ratio regum- the
arbltrameut of arms.
Thus viewed, brethren and friends.
looked at after this manner, do not
bods dealings with his chosen PEG.
pie warrant l-rguls words, "ln the
way OF thy Judgments, Oh Lord, have
we waited for thee surely, ~ we
have thus .G2ntiIrr4du tiSahT,, 'ql0rt
effect, We can SAY with the l'zalmist,
True and righteous altogether are
the judgments of the Lord
And, now, III practical and personal
application, does not this law applied
to Israel come home to every lot and
heart lsrscl was bnt the type, the
symbol, the broad historic plane, on
which the Great Father Ut us all
out these prOblems,t TO throw
light upon lis way with those whom
he chooses aud call to be has.
Men are made not by oasy walking
along primrose paths OF dHlliancc"
but 10y climbing trough aud thorny
walr' And your pastor, with his
experience, here, of more than scOrc
Ut years, and |, with mine ia my
charge of nearly score aud "a nall,
are constrained to bear testimony
lhni, rHsc, exemption aud abundance
10 not send men aud women m Rrat.
.'udu to She givor Of these mcrcics.
I hc man in Chrlsrs psrHblc,"tlch aud
Increased ia goods said In sell ic-
.IcilatiOu, "sOul, soul, thou hast many
goods laid up tor many years." Tho
result. the effect was simply the dcCi-
zion to build bigger barns.
let W. thou to whose lips cups OF
rial are put, who are made nhoritOrs
II loss, sorrow, disease, disappOinl.
ncni and Woe, learn the lesson set in
Iiod's way. assured that ~ he made
,uOwu his ways unto Moses aud his Z
acts unto the children of Israel, 40,
uH by way Ne knew not,
lie will make darkness light before
liz, aud crooked things straight.
And, my friend, il you are not
christian, | mean n personal, expert
mental believer, CUyCt one WAY of
Judgment from God. You have pGr-
maps observed man penilcut aud
under conviction tor sin. it
n asOm0 what Illuminating spectacle.
on may perhaps have looked upon
lim ~ dad the Pharisrc's self. DUn not
'omluiscrAto His case, but rather coyet
bio state, and seek 10 catch his spirit.
An only thus, under that SENSE oil
unlutiun aud humiliation, only
Trough such uttcrRnCc OF confession
and appeal, made TO him who can,
and itrightly asked, will forgive in.
.quity, transgrc '-lon aud sin; only
hu., through prayer to Him anG
trust in Him, who came to "call not
ho righteous but sinners TO repent
tn,c convinced by this spirit OF sin.
righteousness and Judgment May
you, can YOU, eater ia through that
straight gate OF cOniebsion and walk
along that marrow way OF repentance
which lcadelh unto lie, to lite eternal
May God help you to Apprchcnd the
significance, to accept the sdmonition
aud to obey the injunction set Ia those
words Of grave import aud yet gTayor
ole that eKalteth himself
shall he abascd, while he thai humbleth
himself shall be exalted"
Have been using Tongallne. and
sm well pleased with it's result, it
all other 40 called rhen.