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

NuVScu' tHt N'tu OF Abraham IN
friend was amply sustained bN mar
Velous intcrveutiuu- aud might, In
terpOsltiOus on their behalf. lN sign
Wonder and miracle. lie manifesto,
Ms favor. Beginning with their ursl
iather Abraham, ~ hon lie called uul
oiCr ofthc Chaldces with his suiourt
ing III Canaan, the Hud uf prumis,
Tor au inherauce tu him and his seed
after him, aud the going down OF
Jacob into Egypt. followed after.
ward by the Exodus from Exyut
when God went forth before
his people aplller of cloud by day.
Snd of fire 10y night, with the giving
OF the laws nj Siuai, aud their con-
qurring entrance into the land flow
ing with mix and honey, well might
lsraels pOct.hiug, looking back
along that wOudrous way, exclaim.
lie hath not dealt so with any us.
| ton And, too, with point aud EN-.
phHsis could Paul answer his own
| pregnant question, what AdyAu.
tsgc then hath the. Jew" Much every
way; aud says further on, to those
lords of the earth IN his day the Ru.
mans, speaking Of his brethren, his
kiu-men according To the flesh "Wh
are the lsraClitc-, to whom pcrtaiurth
the adoption aud the glory. aud the
covenants, and the giving of the laws
| aud the service Ui God, aud the prom
i-es, who are the fathers. and Of
| whom hs concerning the flesh. Christ
| came, who is over all. tod blessed
forever "Io which Grand climax
| We may attach his nrmcr ~, ing.
! CHIEFLY, because That uutu them were
! committed the oracle, of cod
Aud vet, their Way VA, not all sun
! hsht Much of u lAN under the
| cloud aud beneath the shadow. ru
! them Gods way WAS often in the sea.
| his path In the great watcr-, aud hi.
footsteps not known Among the
darker passages IN human hi,tor,
none exceed theirs ,traugcr- and
-ojOurners through three generations
IN the land promised their great an.
cestors. Driven thence by famine to
become jewellers IN new amt strange
lanu, settled therc awhile iu favor.
aud then, passing under a yoke OF
bondage, IN hardness aud scycrit,
never to have r parallel bricks 10 be
made without straw, AMI their new
born sons tu be cast into the river
q tter glorious dcliycrAncc. wander.
ing forty years in the wilderness, az
rntirc generation dying hl the WAY,
sud but two of those who crossed the
Red sea dry-shud, walking unwri
over the Jordan, the sea aud river . {
rs Two bracketa cuulu-iuR "a Idle pA.
rcnthesis oi death rntumhing ~ ma
ton, Aud the new generation, forced
To light Tor its inheritance finding II
land Oigiants from whence they
must needs drive out mighty kings
aud many nations who went to bat.
tie with chHriots of iron. People be.
fore whose mon OF great stature
aud armies accustomed to war,
their hearts quailcd with icar.
Aud Vet, he who looks beneath the
surface aud through the -hows of
thugs, Is constrained to confess, that
the divine wisdom aud clcctIng favor
we're specially aud signally shown In !
these darker periods OF l-racliti.h |
history a favor (which was life" |
So seen IN these that sucn an one ~ !
Isaiah taking In the retrospect, could |
OF right, SAY that in the "way of
Judgment ~ men speak. GYd ,Kgs IN
comfort and ease, so desired aud cN-
tolled among men. y retrospect
which had enabled Dayid,gcucratiuus
before, to add, after his already quo
ted exclamation, lie hath not so
dealt with any nation; land M Tor
his judgments they have not known
them
Ard my line Of discussion will be
]. b. I
and blessing sci IN this declaration of
poet aud prophet; seeking to show
from the clear light thrown by IL.
rael's record upon Gods way, that
lie whose glory, AT the time, IL Is
to conceal n thing" afterwards makes
his Righteousness and Judgment shine
through the clouds aud darkness
Take, then, first, lsracls going down
into Egypt, al crpRlrhtiOn begun ia
lOsephs wrong and saddeued with
Jacobs tears. ana yet ~ Joseph said
unto his brethren, "Ne thought evil
against me, but God means it unto
good, to save much people alive M
needed TO dcyclup Gud's
great purpose To make Israel y nation
Had Jacobs sons aud their descend.
ants remained pitching their tents
and pasturing their herds IN CHuaau,
they would have continued IN their
tribal state nv are the Offspring oi
l.hmae, their kinsman. until this
day. but transported and trans.
plAuted they took root hud grcN and
spread, attaining national proportions
under conditions OF prosperity aud
promises increasing under the pro.
lection aud favored 10y association
wth the foremost people OF their |
day For tn" Egyptians were then
first In knowledge, attainment aud
culture, and the ack nOwlodgcd lords
aud leaders in civilization TINT
made them great through all these
centuries So that II wa. said OF
Moses, "a showing his fitness TO lead
lsrAcl, that he was skillet ~ nll the
learning OF the Egyptians. surely |
here, GOd'. way OF Judgment was
approved TO DO way Of iaVor
Take next the bondage, the bitter
osl ia the annals OF any p"op,r Ia
lsrnuls development one clenT pur'
pose was 10 be subsorycd, A great
central, cardinal truth 10 bc preserved
and u rpetuatcd. "llear, - lsrarI
the Lord our God il Que Lprd' Not
many Us ia sky and sea, In grove aud
stream. Ia river and tieId, lhc deity
peoplod earth OF iuolatry, but one.
ono only, the living aud the true
Now, had the generation that knew
not Joseph, that forgot hls bcneiac
tons TO Egypt, still continued Kind
aud tayoring to Israel, the nsturaI re-
suit, the ineyitabler effect had follow.
ed. lutermiugllng would have pro.
duoed iDtermsrriage audinlcr-
as It's lawful pro
gruy would have generated
aud ditused idolatrous belief aud
practice. Aud idolatry tho most de
grading, for like the liindoo Of onr
day whose l. zen and subtle intellect
maj os him the peer in intellectual
contests OF the enlightened man of
the Egyptian Of Moses
day, not cOutelt to adore those |
tokens .et In the heavens that are tho
symbols Of creating power aud ma
josty. bowed Ia reverence before the |