The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-10-02

down every sail and every smokestack
md every mast in their course, which in
answer to specific petition have been di-
'crted and made to curve around some
ship, leaving that in calm wa
.ers, and then resrming thoir original
path OF destruction. The weather.
again have announced q
tempest and We were all ready for it, but
10 the surprise OF most people, the next
lay we saw the announcement that the
fury had changed its course.
Ihc probability is it struck PRAYER and
5lanccd of. If Eiijah's prayer effected
tho weather of Palestine for forty-two
months, L should think somebody now
might hayc prayer that would effect il
Tor 4 acouplo Of days.
Jo'tn Easter was many years ago an
Virginia. A large outdoor
meeting was being held in that state.
Many thousands had assembled in tho
open air and heavy stOrm-clouds began
to gather. There was no shelter to
which the multitudcs could retreat. The
ram had already reached the adjoining
llelds When John Easter crlcd out:
"Brcthrcn, be still while call upon God
TO stay tho storm till the GOSPEL is
preached to this multitude" Then he
knclt and prayed that the audience might
be spared from the rain and that after
they had gone TO their homes there might
come refreshing showers. Behold the
clouds parted rs they came near and
passed to either side Of the crowd and
then closed again, leaving tho place dry
where TIC audience had assembled. and
the next day the postponed showers
came upon the ground that had been the
day before omitted. DO you say il only
happened so? | cannot sec what YOU
| keep your bibles Tor, and the God YOU
worship il not my God. Your God *
au autoCrat, and lie is SO fur of and so
far up that the world cannot touch Him.
and his throne is an eternal Iceberg, Nv
GOD is father. here aud now. and a father
VII! give his child what he asks for, irit
lis best for him to have il. PRAY
about everything thai concerns YOU, Sec
uiaritIcs as well as spirltua!itics. Take
to God all your annOyauccs and pcrn!cN-
ltirs. The crooked shall be made
straight. Some people talk as though
Cod controlled things in general bat not
III particular; that He started everything
under certain laws and let ii take care Of
itself, rs an engineer might start his To-
COmotlNc Oh an iron railroad track and
then Jump OF. What would happen to
such Il locomotive Is what would LONG
ago haNo happened to our world il God
lad started il and afterwards allowed it
to look out for itself, There ~ no such
thing as general providence. 1t is a
particular providence. God has no gen
cral care Tor Il forest. 1t is q care of
every cell, Of every leaf and root in that
forest. COD has 10 general care Of the
ocean. 1t IS a care OF every drop OF wa
ter IN the liquid magnitude. God has
no general care for the human race. II
is Il care Of every individual OF that race,
"n0 u every item of individual history.
l preach Him, q God in iDiinitcamals, an
everyday God, II GOD responsive, and
one breath Oi earnest prayer, though that
breath should not be strong enough to
make Il candle flicker, will absorb more
OF the divine attention than if the arch
angel standing at the foot Of the throne
should flap both wings.
1t Is remarkable how many crooked
things arc i'll the providence oi God be-
ing made straight. About thirty years
ago oUr national affairs were as crooked
rs drNraNcd American politics ana bad
men, and satan could make them. From
tho top Of Maine to the foot Of Florida.
! the nation was rcd with wrath. 1t was
wranglc aud fight all The way throur,
ana one of the mildcst things that the
North and South promised each other
was assassination. During this simmer
| have travelled through New York. and
Ohio, and Illinois, and Indiana, and
Minnesota, and Kansas and Nebraska,
and Missouri. and Texas. and Iouisi-
ana, and Georgia, and North and South
Carolina, and Virginia, and pcnnsyl-
vania, and have shaken hands with tens
of thousands Of people, aid talked with
men OF all sections and degrees. and |
have to tell you it Is all peace, and in
all the states Of the Union you could not
now marshal 4 military company OF 100
soldiers to fight against the United States
government, unless you got YOUR men
out Of the pcnitcntiary. Did the corrupt
and gangrcncd political parties do this
work of rcctiication and pacilication?
No! 1t was by divine intcrpositlon that
the crooked has been made straight.
On December 2, 1851. Louis Napoleon
Iionalartc rode down the Champs Elyscc
OF Paris, and under the hoOIs of his horse
a Rcpublc was tramplcd rs the rider
went to take Il throne. 1t WAS the out
rage OF the century. For nineteen long
years the wrong trumphcd. The will of
one man who wanted to remain cmDcror
kept duWn a nation who wanted Il Re-
public. But September, 1870, arrived,
and SCUun unrollcd it's crimson scroll.
The emperor surTcndcrs with g.. 900
troops, 40 field guns, 5000 horses and
tu.UUO muskctS. From that day the bal |
iot-hoN was up and the throne was down. !
Free institutions have been substituted !
l"r an infamous monarchy. Thank God! |
The crooked has been made straight. |
HUt why so SO Tar to find lulflmnnt Of
ny text. IN all our lives there are |
crooked things that need to be made |
straight, and each hcarcr or reader will |
rnumcratn lor himself or herself. With
"':' Il i, dciapd0tcl physical health, and
y on are saying, "Why cannot hc in
good health when have such opportun-
i,rH and such responsibilities" Alas for
the sick headaches and the rheumatic |
Ih'njS and th,, l,r,,. |, 1,l.