Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-06-12

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line, and just touch Us as they pass from
eternity to eternity, but the wrongs we do
| others fly in circle, and however the
| circle NAV widen oat, they are sure to come
| back to the point from which they started
There are guns that kick!
Furthermore, let the story of Hannah
teach US how quickly turns the wheel Of
fortune. One day, excepting the king,
Haman was the mightlest man in Persia;
but the next day, lackey. So We go up.
and 80 we come down. You seldom find
any man twenty years in the same cir.
| cumstances. or those who in political
life twenty years ago, were the most prom
inent how few remain in conspicuity.
Political parties max, certain men 10 thei,
hard work, and then, after using them aa
hacks turn them out on the commons to
die. Every four years there is complete
revolution, and about live thousand mer
who ought certainly to be the ncxt presi-
dent are shamefully disappointed; while
some, who this day are obscure and power.
ty-strckep, will ride upon the shoulders OF
tho people, and take their turn at admira.
ton and the spoils OF office. Oh, how quickly
the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are the
steps on which men come down as often as
they 90 up. or those who were long age
| successful in the accumulation of property,
how few have not met vita reverses! while
many OF those who then were straitened in
circumstances now hold the bonds AMI
the bank-ksys OF the nation. or all tickle
| things In the world, fortune is the most
tickle. Every day she changes her mind,
and woe to the man who puts any confidence
in what she promises or proposes! Sho
| cheers when you go up, and shs laughs
| when you come down. Oh trust not
moment your hearts affections to this
changeful world! Anchor your soul in God.
From Christs companionship gather your
satisfaction. Then como sorrow or glad.
ness, success or defeat, rich g or poverty,
honor or disgrace, health or sickness, life
or death, time or eternity, all are yours,
and We are Christ's, and Christ is Gods.
Again: this Humans history shows US
that outward possessions and circum-
stances cannot make man happy. While
yet fully We sted IN authority and ths chief
adviser of the Persian monarch, and every
thing that equlpage and pomp and splendor
OF residence could do were his, he is an
object-lesson OF wretchedness. Theirs are
to-day more aching sorrows un Ter crowns
| OF ROYALTY than under the ragged caps OF
the houseless Mu N OF the worl DIS afflu-
ence AMI gaiety is only misery in
colors. Many woman seated in the
street at her apple-stand is happier
than tn, great bankers The mountai ms
OF worldly honor are covered witt perpet.
ual snow. Tamerlane conquered half the
world, but could not subdue his own fears.
Ahab goes to bed sick because Naboth
will not sell him his vineyard. Herod is
in agony because little child is born
down in Bethleh IN. Great Felix trembles
be ause poor minister will prea III right.
eousness, temperance AMI Judgement to
| come. From the time OF Louis tho
Twelfth to Louis the Eighteenth was there
q strawbottom chair in France that did not
set more solidily than the great throne on
which tho French kings reigned!
Were called to sketch misery in its
worst form, would not 60 up the dark
alley OF the poor, but up tho highway over
which prancing Bucephali strike the sparks
with their hoofs and betwe IN stltuarJ and
parks of stalking deer. Wretchedness is
more bitter when swallowed from gemmed
goolets than from earthen pitcher or pewter
mug. II there ar, young people here who
are looking for this position and that circum.
stance thinking that worldly success will
bring peace OF the soul let them shatter
the delusion. 1t ia not what Wa get, it is
what we are Daniel among the lions 10
happier than Nebu "hadnezzar on his throne.
And when life is closing, brilliancy of W orld
ly surroundings will be no solace. Death
is blind, and sees no difference between q
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and the Athenian, between bookless hut
and a national library. The frivolities OF
life cannot with their giddy laugh, echoing
from heart to heart entirely drown the
voice OF a tremendous conscience which
says: II am immortal. The stars shall
die, but l am immortal. One wave Of
etern ty shall drown time in its
depth, but I am immortal. The
earth shall have q shroud OF fame and the
heavens fee at the glance of the Lord but
am immortal From all the heights and
depths OF my nature rim Is down, and rings
up, and rings out the word immortal
A good conscience, and assuran CO OF life
eternal through the Lord Jesus Christ are
the only securities.
The souls happiness Is too large q craft
to sail up the stream OF worldly pleasure
As ship carpenters say, it dr. VS. to much
water. This earth Is bubble, and it will
burst This life is vision, and it will
soon pass away. Time! 1t is only a rip.
pie, and it breaketh against the throne OF
judgement Our days! They fly swifter
than shuttle, weaving for us robe OF
triumph or garment Of shame. Begin
your life with religion and for its greatest
tri Il YOU will be ready. Every day will be a
triumph, and death will DO only q Kings
servant calling you to a royal banquet
In olden time the man who was to receive
the honors Of knightnood was required to
spend the previous night fully armed, and
with shield and lance to walk up and down
among the tolnbs of the dead. Through all
tn hours OF that night his steady step was
heard, and, when morning dawned, amid
grand parade and the sound OF comets the
honors OF knighthood were bestowed.
Thus it shall be with the good mans soul
in the night before heaven. Fully armed
with shield and sword and helmet, he shall
watch and wait until the darkness fly and
the morning break, and amid the sousd OF
celestial harpin 8 the soul shall TAXI. the
honors Of heaven amid the innumerable
throng with robes snowy white streaming
over seas Of sapphire.
Mordec ii will only have to wait for his
day Of triumph. 1t took all the preceei ding
trials to make proper background for his
after-successes. The scaffold built for hin
makes all the more imposing and pictur
esque the horse into whose long white