The Russellville Democrat., 1890-10-02

V again, leaving the place dry where tho 1 audience had assembled, and the next day tho postponed showers came upon the ground that had been the day be- fore omitted Do you say 1t only hap l pened so? 1 can not see what you keep your Bibles for, and the God you wor- l ship is not my God. Your God is an au- tocrats and He is so far of and 80 far up 1 that the world can not touch Him, and l His throne Is an iceberg My God is g father, here and now, and Q father | will give his child what he asks | for if 1t is best for him s have it. Pray about every thing that concerns you, secularities as we'll as spiritualitiez Take to God all your I annoyances and perplexities. The crooked shall be made straight Some | people talk as though God controlled l things in general, but not in particu- 1 lar; that IIe started every thing under 1 certain laws and then let 1t take care of itself, as an engineer might start his l locomotive on an iron railroad track and then jump off. What would hap l pen to such a locomotive is what would long ago have happened to our world fl God had started it and afterward al lowed it too look out for itself There is no such thing as a general proyi- denee. It Is particular providence. l God has no general care for . forest. Il is care of every cell, of every leaf and root in that forest God has no | general care of tho ocean 1t is a care of every drop of water in the liquid magnitude God has no general care for the human race It is a care of every individual of that race and of every item of individual history. preach Him. a Cod in indnttosimals, an everyday God. God responsive, and one breath of earnest prayer, though that breath should not be strong enough to make candle flicker, | will absorb moro of tho Divine attention | than if the archangel standing at the foot of the throne should flap both wings.
 It is remarkable how many crooked things are in the providence of God be- ing made straight. About thirty years ! ago our National affairs were as crooked as depraved American politics and bad men and Satan could make them. From l the top of Maine to tho foot of Florida, the Nation was red with wrath. 1t was wrangle and fight all the way through, and one Of the mildest things that tho North and South promised each other was assassination. During this sum- mer I have travelled through New York, and Ohio, and Illinois, and Indiana, and Minnesota, and Kansas, and Nebraska, and Mis-. souri, and Texas, and Louisiana, and Georgia, and North and South Carolina, and Virginia, and Pennsylvania. and l have shaken hands with tens of thou sands of people, and talked with men oi all sections and degrees, and I havo to tell you it is all peace, and in all the States of the Union you could not now marshal a military company of one hun dred soldiers to fight against the United States Government, unless you got your | men out of the penitentiary. Did the corrupt and gangrened poll itical parties do this work of rectification and pacifica. tion? Nol It was by Divine interposi- ton that the crooked has been made straight,
 On the 2d of December, 1851, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte rode down the Champs Elysee of Paris, and under the hoofs of his horse republic was tram pied as the rider went to take a throne. It was the outrage of the century For nineteen long years the wrong tri- | umphed. The will of one man who wanted to remain Emperor kept down a nation who wanted republic. But September, 1870, arrived, and Sedan un' rolled it's crimson scroll. The Emperor surrendefs with S3, 900 troops, 4i9 field guns, 6, 900 horses and G0,000 muskets. From that day the ballot-box was ur and the throne was down. Freo insti. tutions have been substituted for all infamous monarchy. Thank God The crooked has been made straight.
 But why go so far to find fuliillment of my text? In all our lives there are crooked things that need to be made straight, and each nearer or reader will enumerate for himself or herself | With one it is dilapidated physical health, and you arc saying: "Why can not I be in good health when l have such opportunities and such re. sponsibilitles?" Alas for the sick headaches and rheumatic joints, and the neuralgia thrusts and the lame footl But you will be well soon. Life at tho longest is an abbre- viated durance. There is a black doctor that will euro you. Some people call him Death. No disease was ever able | q. lxzF lfs.% ,ll hn means afforded for physical recupera- tion, but if they fail the hour of release is not far away There need be no in curables There is no sorrow that Heaven can not cure. Those who in this world have always been well will not get the best part of Heaven. They will not have the advantage of contrast They were well before they left this world, and why should they be so graduated al being well in the next world? But te those who on earth were hindered Of broken down in health what contrast as they step into that domain where there has mover been an aching brow or lame foot or inflamed muscle or dis ordered nerve! For forty years there may have beon stooping in the back or twisted muscle or a curved spine or crooked limb, but the promise has been fulfilled: ''The crooked shall be made straight"
 ''Oh," says some one, the crook in my lot you have not mentioned, and sit clear outside ot all the cancellations you hayo offered" Well, will take after you with Gospel comfort and reach you before l close. Do you think your wound is so deep the Divine sur geon can not treat it? Have you a trouble that overmasters God? Is your annoyance Of such a nature that you must suppress it? An, that is what is killing you. Trouble mus be told, or it 6tlngs to death the one who carries it. If there is Il man CT woman that you can trust with the secret, you can trustGod. lie away to Him. Tell Him all about it. Lock