Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31

man halted in his flight, and with his spear
pointing toward the city thirty thousand
spring to their pray. and ths pur-
suers were dashed to pieces while
the hosts of Joshua pressed up to the
city, and with their lighted torches tossed it
into fame. Thus it was that the discoveries
of science seemed to give temporary victory
against God and the Bible, and for a while
the church acted as if she were on retreat;
but, when all the opposars of God and truth
had joined in the pursuit, AMI were sure Of
the field, Christ gave the signal to His
church. and, turning, they drove back their
foes in shame. Thsrs was found to be 70
antagonism between nature an5 revelation.
The universe AMI the Bible were found to be
the work of the same baud, two strokes of
the SANE ps1, their authorship the sams
God
Again; Laarn tae lesson that pride goes
before fall. Was any man ever 50 far up
as Hanan, wao tumblei Sd far DOWN
Yes, on smaller scale every day tia world
sees ths sams thing Against their very
advantages men trip into destruction.
Wnsn God hu ahles proai msl it is usu-
ally at tina mo nsat of their GREATEST AFRO
gancy. If tasre BE- man in your com
munity greatly pufe1 up with worldly
SUCCESS. YOU haye but to stand little
while aud you will sea him come down
You say, | wonder that God allows that
man to on riding over Others heals
and making great assn nptlons of power
There is DO won1er about it, H1man has
not yet got to the top. Pride is a CON-
mander, well plums1 ani caplrisons1, but
it leads forth a darsl and frowning host.
We have the bsst of authority for saying
that Pride goebh before destruction, and
a naughty spirit before fall Tns arrows
from the Almighty's culver are apt to strike
man when on the wing. Goliath shakes
his great spear in defiance, but the small
stones from the brook Elah make him stay
ger and fall like an OK under the butchers
biudgeon. He who is down cannot fall
Vessels scudding under bare poles do not
feel the force of the storm, but those with all
sails set capsize at the sudden descent of the
tempest
Again. This oriental tsIe reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepare for others
return upon ourselves. The gallowS that
Haman built for Mordecai bee ims the prime
minister's strangul9tion. Rooe5piarre, VINO
sent 50 many to guliotine ha his own head
chopped off by that horrid instrument. The
evil you practice gu Others will recol upon
your own pate. SANDERS come hone Op-
pressions coma homs Cruelties CO ne home
You will yet be lackey Waking beside the
very charger on which you expsctei to ride
others down. When Charles L. who had
destroyed Strafford, was about to be be-
headed, he said: 81 basely ratified an unjust
sentence, and the similar injustice am now
to undergo is sensible retribution for the
punishment inflicted on an innocent man u
Lord Jefries, after incarcerating many
to,var was hinnzalf in,nrisopaj in thu san,a
,,faoa ,,hara ~, shadas Of thosa who-,s + =
ba i maltrsstaJ saan,a5 70 haunt him 60 that
he l,aTt c.viro- 10 bic attan5ant tsKaa, +ha,,
off gentIamani foI, C,od's saka taan tbaa,
hfpr;' irhs chins,ans ha1 coma home IL ,.c,t
The hodv of Rradshaw tha Englisb in Iya
who hal haAn rntblass AMI crnaI in he a. A.
risions was taken from his snlendid tomb in
Westminster Ahbey and at Tvhurn bung ~,
a gallows from mornincr until NIGHT In +ha
nrssanca Of ioarinr ys,ltitudec Ua,,a,,o
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they ara sure To coma han,; Ia the Mott FRI,
which thav startaJ Tbara ara Guns frat
kick
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teach ms how onic,,lv turns tho wheel of
fortnre One dsv excanting the Kim
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we're straigbte,,ai in circ,,nStomeaS v ra'n
boid the 6onds md +ba h,,,pC - -
Of +ha natian az ali soI-Io .l1 HoJs
in the World eort,,no &c thu naos+ 6nItio
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tions to this chanpafnJ yrorIdt Ancho,. Won.
eonl in odd Fr9n, t.h,.ist,s cI,,,o,l L. ~
Gather vonr Ga risfacton Tnan cn1a pn,'
row or sladness success OF, ejt.f,.,i rtcSes or
poverty. honor or disgrace. health or sick
ness life or death, time or eternity. all are
yours. and We are Christ's and Christ is
Gods
AGAIN tnis Hanl7D' hist1r7 shows rs tilo5
outward possessions AMI circumstances ear
not make a man happy. While vel fully
vested in authority an de rdies adviser o.
tine Persian monarch. and everything tla5
equipage and ponln ami sniendor Of residence
could do were his, ne is an oojec5 lessor Of
wretehadness. Tnere ars today mora acl
ing sorrows undcr crowns of ROYALTY than
under the ragged caps ~ ths nOIssless.
Much Of the worfFs atnuaucs AMI gayety
is only misery in ,o;ors Many woman
seated in the street st her apple
stand is happier than the great bankers
The mountains OF worldly honor are covered
with perpetual snow. Tameviaue conquered
half the world, but could not subdus his own
fears. Ahab goes to bed, sick, because Ma,
both viii not sell bin his vineyard. Herod
is in agony because a little caild is born
down in Bethlehem. Great Felix trembles
because poor minister win preach righteous
ness, Temperance and Judgment TO come
From the time Of Louis XII to Loais XVIII
was there straw botto ne | chair in Frame
that did not set more s2iIiy than tae great
throne OH which the French Kings reignsi2
Were | catlei to Sketch misery in Its
worst form, would not 20 up tae dark alley
OF the poor but up the highway over which
prancing Bucephali saike the SPARKS with
their hoofs and between the statuary and
parks OF stalking deer, Wretchetness i
more bitter wnen swallowed from genmed
goblet than from eartharn pitcher o. pew
ter mug. II there are young p7ople here
who are looking for this position aud
that circumstance, thinking that worldly
success will bring peace o. the soul. lei
them snatter the delusioI. It Is no5 VIVA
we get, it is what We are. Daniel amon9
the lions is happier than Nebuchadnezzal
on his throne. And when life is closing
brllliancy of worldly surroundings will BIZ
no solace. Death is blind, an sees no diff
ference between the King and his clown