Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-21

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You who introduced raven 20 prophet ana
nrophet to raven-God. There 10 one
passaqe ! will whisper in your ear, lot !
would not want 70 utter II aloud lest
someone should drop down unuer w
power; sqf any man shall take aWay
from the words Of the prophecy OF ms
hook, God shall take away His part out OK
the hook of life and out OF the holy city
White, then, this morning we watch the
ravens feeding Elijah, let the swift dove
of Gods spirit sweep down the sky with
divine food, and on outspread wing pause
st the lip OF every soul hungeiing for
comfort.
ON the banks Of what rivers have been
the greet battles Of the woTldr While
you are looking over the map OF the
world 10 answer that | will tell
YOU that the great conflict to-
day is on the Thames, on the
Hudson, on the Mississippi, on the
Kennebec, on the Savannah, on the
Rhine, on the Nile. on the Gauges, on the
Hosng. Ho. II is a battle that has been
going on for six thousand years. The
troops engaged In Il are fourteen hun
dred millions, and those who have fallen
are yaster in numbers than those who
march. II lisa battle for bread. Senti-
mentalIsts sit In a cushioned chair In
their pictured study, with their slippered
feet Oh damask ottoman, and say that
this world IL great scene Of avarice and
greed. II does not seem so TO me. II It
were not for the absolute necessities OF
the cases, -tenths OF the stores, fac
tories, shops, banking-houses OF the land
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that man delying in the Colorado hillsI
or toiling in New England fhctoryf or
going through q roll of bills In the bankl
or measuring fabric on the COUNTER He
is champion sent forth In behalf OF
some home circle that has to be cared
for, In behalf Of some church OF God that
has TO be supported, In behalf OF some
asylum Of mercy that has to be sus-
tanned. Who Is that woman bending
over the sewing machine, or carrying the
bundle, or sweeping the room, or mend
ing the garment, or sweltering at the
wash-tubI That is Deborah, one Of the
Lords heroines, battling against ANA
lekltish want, which comes down with
iron chariot
TO CRUSH HKR AND HRS,
The great question with the vast ma
jorlty Of people to-day is not "homerule,"
but whether there shall be any home TO
rule; not one of tariff, but whether they
shall have anything to tax. The great
question with the vast majority of people
IS; GLOW shall 1 support my family?
How shall meet my notes2 How shall
pay my rent? How shall I give food,
and education to those who are
dependent upon meI" oh, II God would
help me to-day to assist you in the
solution of that problem, the hap
plest man In this house would be
your preacherl | have gone out on a
sold morning with expert sportsmen to
hunt for pigeons; / have gone out ON the
meadows to hunt for quail; have gone
out on the marsh TO hunt for reed birds;
but this morning am out for ravens.
Notice In the first place in the story Of
my text, that these winged caterers came
to Elijah directly from God. al have
the ravens that they feed
thee" we find God saying in an adjoin-
ing passage. They did not come out of
some other cave. They did not Just hap
pen TO alight there. God frelghted them,
God launched them, and God told them
by what cave to swoop. That Is the same
God that Is going to supply you. He Is
your Father. You would have to make
an elaborate calculation before you could
tell me how many pounds of food and
how many yards Of clothing would be
necessary for you and your family but
God knows without any calculation. You
have plate at his table and you are 90
ing to be waited on, unless you act like
naughty child and kick and scramble and
pound saucily the plate and try to upset
things. God has vast family, and every
thing Is methodised, and you are going
to be served II You will only wait your
turn. God has already ordered ali the
suits OF clothes you will ever need, down
to the last suit in which
YOU SHALL RE LAID OFT.
God has already ordered all the food
you will ever eat, down to the last crumb
that will be put in your mouth in the dy-
ing sacrament. 1t may not be lust the
kind OF food or apparel we would prefer.
The sensible parent depends on his own
Judgment as to what ought to be the APP
parel and the food of the minor in the
family. The child would say; "Give me
sugars and CONNECTIONS" ooh, nor
says the parent, "you must have some
thing palmer first" The child would
say ooh, give me these great blotches
Of color in the garment" "No," says
the parent, "that wouldn't be suitable"
Now God is our father and we are
minors, and He is going to clothe us and
feed us, although He may not always
yield TO our infantile wish for sweets and
glitter. These ravens of the text did not
bring pomegranates from the glittering
platter of King Ahab. They brought
bread and meat. God had all the heavens
and the earth before Him and under Him,
and yet he sends this plain food, because
It was best for Elijah to have it. Oh, be
strong, my hearer, in the fact that the
same God Is going to supply you! 1t is
never "hard times" with Him. His ships
never break on the rocks. His banks
never fail. He has the supply for You
and He has the means for sending IL. He
has not only the cargo but the ship ii 1t
were necessary He would swing out from
che heavens q flock of ravens reaching
from His gate to yours, until the food
would be flung down the sky from beak
to beak and from talon TO talon.
Notice again in this story of tNe text,
that the ravens did not allow Elijah TO
hoard no a gurDlua Thav did nnt hr,ne,