The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-30
Again. ! learn from the life ~ the man

bow before them. uaman was a fair
emblem OF entire worldliness. and Nor.
decai the representative Of UNI nch,ng
goodness. Such were the usagcs Of so.
ciety In ancient times that, had this
Israclite bowed To tho Prime Minister.
IL would have been an acknowledgment
81 respect for his character and nation.
Mordccai would. therefore. have sinncd
against his religion had he made any
obcisance or dropped his chin half AN
inch before Haman. When. therefore,
proud Ilaman attempted to compel an
homage which was not felt he only did
what the world evcr since has tried to
do. when II would force our holy relig.
ION In any way to yield 10 its dictates.
FagOt and rack and halter in all ages
have been only the different WAYS in
which the world has demanded oipeis.
ance. u was onco away up on the top of
the temple, that Satan commanded the
Holy Ono Of Nazareth To knccI beforc
him. But u Is not now 80 much on the
top Of churches as down in the aisle and
the pew and pulpit that Satan ,cmpts
the %cspou,ers of the Christian faith TO
knccl before him. Why was IL that the
PIatonic philosophers Of early times. as
well AZ TOland. SpinOza and Boiling
broke Of latter days, were so madly OPP
posed To Christianity? Certainly not be-
cause 10 favored immoralitics. or arrest.
ed civilization, or the dwarfcd intellect.
Tn" genuine reason, whether admitted
or not, was because tho religion Of Chris,
paid no respect 10 their intellectual van
II IS.
satan told our first parents that they
would become az gods IL they would
only roach up and take n taste 81 the
fruit. They tried 10 and failed. but their
descendants arc not yet satisfied with
the experiment. We have now many
desiring Ia be ~ gods, reaching up after
yet another apple. Human reason.
scornfml Of Gods word. may foam and
strut with tho proud wrath ~ a Haman.
and attempt Ia compel the homage Of
tho good. but In the presence" of men
and angels IL shall be- confoundcd. '1;od
shall smitc thee. thou whitcd wall"
Whom science began to make its bril-
liant discoveries there were great facts
brongt to light that seemed w overthrow
tho truth Of the Bible. TIL" arch"ol.
ogist with his crowbar, and tho gcol-
ogist with his hammer, and the chemist
with his batteries charged upon
the Bible. Moses account Of the
creation seemed denied by the very
structure Of the earth. Tho astronomer
wheeled round his telescope until the
heavenly bodies seemed Ia marshal
themselves against the Bible. as the
stars In their courses fought against
Sis"ra. Ohscrvatorics and universities
rcjoiccd At what they considered past
victory. and pressed on their conquest,
into the kingdom 81 nature until. alas
for them they discovered too much.
Gods word had only been lying In am.
bush that. In som" ~unguardcd moment.
with . sudden bound, IL might tear m
hd"lity To pieces.
II was as when Joshua attacked the
city Of Al. Tic selected 10, 900 mon, and
concealed most Of them; then with q
few men he assailcd the city. which
poured out It's numbers and strength up
on Joshua's little band. According tn
previous plan, they fell back in seeming
defeat, but. after all tho proud iuhabi,.
ants Of the city had been brought ont OF
their homes, and had Joined in tho pur-
suit Of Joshua. suddenly tina, brave man
halted In his flight, and with his spear
pointing toward the city, 80. 400 men
bounded from the thickcts as panthcrs
spring to their prey and tn" pursucrs were
dashed tn pieces, while the hosts al
Joshua pressed up to tho city. and with
their lighted torches tossed IL into the
flames. Thus IL was that the disco,.
cries 81 science seemed TO give tempo
rary victory against Tod and tho Bible.
and for n while the church acted as IL
sh" were ON "a retreat; but. when all the
oppos"rs OF tod and truth had Joined
In pursuit, and were sure ~ the field.
christ gave the signal to Ills church.
and turning, they drove back their foes
In shame. There was found Ia be- no
antag nism between nature and rcycla-
ton. The universe and the Bible were
found Ia hc the work of the same hand.
W. strokes ~ the same pen. their au-
thoritv the same God.
Again: Learn the lesson that pride
goes before u fall. Was any man ever
so far up a. Hannah. who tumblcd so far
down" Yes. on u smaller scale every
day IN" world secs the same THING.
Agains, their very advantages mon trip
into destruction. When Tod humhlcs
proud mon Il j. usually a, the IN,
~ their greatest a%rrogancy. II there
bc q man In your community greatly
pulled mp with worldly success. YOU
have hu; 10 stand a little while and YOU
Will So" him com" down. You say. |
wonder that tod allows that man 10 20
ON riding over others heads and making
great assumptions ~ power. There is
no wonder about II. Hannah has not vet
got Ia tn" top Prid" Is y commander,
we'll plumcd and caparisoncd, but 4,
leads forth a dark and browning host.
We have tho best OF authority for say.
ing that Pride goeth tcfor" dcs,ruc.
,ion. and . naughty spiri, before a fall"
The arrows from the A~lmighty's CULVER
are ap, Ia strike a man when on the
wing,
Again: This oriental tale reminds Us
OF the fac, that wrongs We prepare for
others return uVpn ourselves Tho cal.