The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-27

hANNN ~ " MhAluA1 NlHEuulhNEAh-
ces, now they are al alike unconscious.
The land that greeted the senator, and the
president, and the king is still as the hand
That hardened on the mechanics hammer or
the manufacturers wheel. 1t does not make
any difference o whether there is a plain
stone above them from which the Traveller
pulls aside the weeds to read the name, or o
tail shaft springing into the heavens as
though to tell their virtues to the skies.
In that silent land there are no titles for
great men, and there are no rumblings Of
chariot wheels, and there is never heard the
loot OF the dance. The Egyptian guano
which is thrown on the fields in the East for
TIE enrichment of the soil is the dust raked
out from the sepulchres of kings and lords
and mighty men. o, the chagTin of those
men if they had ever known that in the after
ages of the world they would have been called
Egyptiau guano.
Ofhow much worth now is the crown of
Cesar Who bids it? Who cares now any
thing about the Amphictyonie council or the
laws of Lycurgus? Who trembles now be-
cause XerXes crossed the HellesEont on a
bridge of boats2 Who fears because Nebu-
chadnezzar Numbered at the gates of Jeru-
salemP Who cares nov whether or not Gle
opatra marries Antony Who crouches be-
fore Ferdinand, or Boniface, or Alaric? Can
Cromwell dissolve the English parliament
now? Is William, Prince of Orange, king of
The Netherlands? No; moi However much
Elizabeth may love the Russian crown she
must pass it to Peter, and Peter to Cathe-
rine, and Catherine to Paul, and Paul to
Alexander, and Alexander TO Nicholas.
Leopold puts the German sceptre into the
hand of Joseph, and Philip comes down of
the Spanish throne to let Ferdinand go on.
House Of Aragon, house of Hapsburg, house
of Stuart, house of Bourbon, quarrelling
about everything else, but agreeing in this:
THE fashion Of this world passeth away"
But have all these ~dignitaries gomez Can
they not be called back? | have been in as
semblages where Ihave heard the roA called,
and many distinguished men have answered.
i'll should call the roll today of some Of
those mighty ones who have gone, / wonder
II they would not answer, viii call the roll
of the kings first: Alfred the Greati William
the CONQUERED Frederick Ill Louis XVII No
answer. ] will call the roll of the poets.
Robert Southeyi Thomas Campbell John
Keatsl George Grabbed Robert BurnsI No an
swer. Icall the roll ofartists: Michael Angelol
Paul Yeronesel William Turnerl Christopher
Wrenl No answer. Eyes closed. Ears deaf.
Lips silent Hands palsied. Sceptre, penc!t
pen, sword, all down forever. Why should
we struggle for such baubles?
Another reason why we should culture this
spirit of eheerfulness is the fact that God
knows what Is best for His creatures. You
know what is good for your child. Hethinks
you are not so liberal as you ought to be.
He c~riticises your discipline, but you look
over the whole field, and you, loving that
child, do what in your deliberate Judgment is
best for him. Now, Gods the best offathers,
Sometimes His children think that he is hard
on them and that He is not as liberal with
them as He might be. But children do not
know as much as a father / can tell you why
you are not ~afiuent, and why you have not
been grandly successful. 1t ia because you
cannob stand the temptation. Hyour pathhad
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your own surefootedness but God roughened
that path, so you have to take hold Of His
hand. If the weather had been mild you
would have loitered along the water courses;
but at the first howl Of the storm
you quickened your pace ~heavenward,
and wrapped around you the
warm robe of a Saviour's right
| e~ousness. 'sWhat have / done2" says
the wheatsheaf to the farmer, what have ]
done that you beat me so hard with your
flail2" The farmer makes no answer, but the
rake takes of the straw, and the mill blows
the chaff to the wind, and the golden grain
falls down at the foot of the windmill. After
a while, the straw looking down from NOV
upon the golden grain banked up on either
side Of the floor understands why the farmer
beat the wheatsheaf with the fail.
Who are those before the throne? The an
swer came: "These are they who, out of
great ttfiibuiation, had theirrobes washed and
made white in the blood of the Lamb
Would God that we could understand that
our trials are the very best thing for us. If
VIC had an appreciation of that truth, then we
should know why it was that John Noyra,
the martyr, in the very midst of the flame,
reached down and picked up one of the fag-
gots that was consuming him, and kissed it
and said: BLESSED be God for the time when
l was born for this p~referment." They who
suffer with lsim on earth shall be gloIiaed
with Him in heaven. Be content, then, with
suck things as you have.
Another consideration leading us TO the
spirit OF the text is the assurance that the
Lord will provide somehow, Win He who
4 holds the water in the hollow Of His hand,
allow His children to die Of thrist2 Will lie
who owns the cattle on a Thousand bills, and
all the earth's luxurianee OF grain and frult,
! allow His children to starve2 Go out to-
morrow morning at 5 O'Clock, into the woods
and hear the birds chant. They have had
no breakfast, they know not where they Will
dine, they have 40 idea where they VIII sup,
bnS.hear the birds chant at O'Clock in the
morning. tBehold the iO&ls Of the air, for
they SOW not, neither do they reap, noI
gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are you not much better than
fhnv2D Seven Thousand people, IN Christi
time. went into the desert. They were thu
most improvident people | ever heard Of
They deserved to starve, They might
have taken food enough to last them
until they got back. Nothing did
thew take. A lad who had more vii
than ali Of them put together asked
his mother that morning for some loaves q
bread and some fishes. They were put into
his sateheL. He went out into the desert
Fram this provision the Z 200 were fed, anc
themore they atethe larger the loaves grew
until tho provisions that the boy brought n
one satchel was multiplied 90 that he could no
have carried the fragments homein SIX satch
els. ssO,s o say, times have changed, anr
the day of miracles has gone.' ! reply the
what God did then by miracle he does nov
by natural laws Il haye been young sac
David, ssbut now ! ON old; yet have 4 nevei
seen The righteous forsaken, nor his seed beg
gang bread It is high time thar you PEG
Die who are fretting about worldly circum-
stances, and who are fearing you are coming
to want, understand that the oath Of the
Eternal God is involved IN the fact that You
are to have enough to eat and wear.
Again, L remark that the religion q
Jesus Christ is the grapdest influence 20 max.
a man confronted. Indemnity against a.
financial and spiritual harm II enlms IN
spirit, dHindles the earth INTO tnstgninrance
and swallows up the soul with the Thought Q
heaven. o We who ave been gong apou'
from placeto place expectingto hnd q ehan&'
Of circumstances, something TO give aolael
to the spirit, I commend you this morning
to the warm hearted earnest, practical com
mon sense religion OF the Lord Jestla Christ
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