Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-11-08
A Paper Read By Mrs. Mitchell, OF Eagle
Rock, before the w. C. II. U. State
Convention which Convened ut
Blackfeot, Sept. 10, 1890.
[~sUBJEcT THE Ark

The story of the Ark as recorded
in Genesis is in itself a wonderful
picture. The more we study it the
more it grows upon us, a picture with
in a picture, not once only but again
and again. First, the terrible eense-
quenees of sin, how soon it had
wrought such wholesale ruin as ex-
pressed in the words "And the earth
was filed with violence" But in front
of this dark background, stands out
the righteous man Noah, with his ear
turned upward, heavenward, listening
to the voice of God, look again, we
see God the loving Creator, the great
Architect, framing the Ark, as a
means of escape, for the righteous.
NoAH's FAITH, AS SHOWN BY HIS
OBEDIENCE.
Mark the explicit directions /: the
wood, the length, the breadth, the
height, Noah's faithfulness in follow
ing the plan, in every particular, Meth
er adding to or taking from. He ac-
cepts the work, not as a DAY LABoRER
but AS A JOB, the wages to be paid
when the work was finished. How
patiently he wrought, his pile of
boards grow slowly, he is hindered
day by day by the unbelieving people
who jeer and mock and discourage,
throwing every obstacle in his way
possible sorely trying his patience,
but never destroying his faith.
Let us look at the finished Ark,
the last days work is done, the eye
of Noah goes carefully over it, all is
complete. The sun sinks in the west,
the stars come out in glorious array,
with uncovered head, his long, white
beard flowing over his breast, with
hands and eyes lifted heavenward
Noah presents his work before the
Lord. Speech in this case might have
been silver but his silence before God
was better than gold. Listen, the
Lord is answering him Come thou
and all thy house in the Ark. How
God called the beasts, and the birds,
and the creeping things into the Ark
we are left to conjecture, whether by
the still small voice, or by the roar
of heaven artillery, it matters not.
They obeyed and followed Noah into
the Ark, as God had said, "And the
Lork Shut them In" Then were the
windows of heaYen opened, the floods
descended. The life boat was launched
to the great Joy and salvation of its
inmates and the CONSERVATION and
rninoas overthrow of the scofing null.
titude.
We as a Nation claim to be Christ.
ian, claim to be great, claim to be
free. But are we? Might not the same
words be applied us, as to the people
of Noah's day. Corrupt before God
filled with violence, and do we moi
need an Ark, by WHICH souls and
bodies may escape from the foods OF
pollution, by which we are surrounded
As we take our place as a State, as 8
gem set round with our beautiful
mountains. hiding in their bosom:
vast reservoirs, which supply us with
the purest water what is our condi
tion2 Alas, this new star which
flashes out upon our field of blue, i:
not stainless. The trail of vipers, i,
upon it, its brightness is married by
the curse of rum. The agents of run
power walk the streets of every vii
lage with brazen face and eonfidenr
air, as much as to say We are HERI
and here to stay, we hold the vita
force of power which is the ballot DO,
in our hands, through it we reign
without it we are stripped of oui
glory and our gold. This great enemy
of all righteousness, has the inspira
ton that wrong brings, the inspira
ton of numbers, the inspiration of de
termination, the inspiration OF faitl
in alcohol, to bring the world to th,
feet Of the rum power, the inspiration
of National authority, which like
great cloak covers, Gas they imagine,
II WHOLE WOLF TRACKS and all.