The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-17

had on my person was New Testament, We
went through tho region where sni.l to the
;hrnxomaM; dragon M David, ! are you armed?" nnd
90 mnletccrs and baggagemen and attend.
ants nrncd?" and ho said: Eyes, 'and felt
suffer.
On we.roll through the plain of Sharon.
Here grew tho rose after which Christ was
named, Rose Of Sharon. celebrated in all
Christendom aud throughout all ages
flower it was: Some sny it was marsh.
mallOw that tirives here. and some claim
thia honor for tho nnrcissus. and some for
the blue iris, md sune for the scnrlet nne.
none, for you must know that this plain OF
Sharon ia a rolling ocean Of color when the
spring brcczes move across it. But. leuvng
tho botanists in controversy MS to what
1t is, would takc tho most aromatic ana
beautiful Of them into agnrlnnd for the
''Nnme which in above every name"
YOndcr. u little to the north as we move
on, il the plain of Ono. The Bible mentions
it ngnin aud again. The village standing on
this plain OF Ono is n mud village. Two
great basns brock catch the rains for tho
people. Of more importance in oicn times
than in modern time was the plain o. Onu.
But as tho tlrngnman announced it aud in
the Bible | read oft was remiuicd o the
vast multitude Of people who now dwell in
the Ilain Of Ono They nrc. by their nervous
CuuStltutmu OF w luelr lack Oi lultn III IOu,
alwaya in the negative
Will you help to build n church? Oh, no!
Will you start out in some Christian enter.
prise? Oh, no! DO you think the world
il getting my better? Oh. no. They ie
down in the path ofall goo,i movements.
sanitary, social, political and'rcligious. They
harness their horses with no traces to pull
ahead but only hreecliing. straps to hold
back. For alI Christian work wouIi not
give for u thousand of them the prize of u
clipped 10 cent piece They IRE in tho plain
of Oh, no! May the Lord multiply the num-
hers of those wh0 when anything good is
undertaken are found to live in til" plain of
Oh yes! Will you support this new charity:
oh: yes! ID" you think that this victim of
evil habit can be reformed? Oh, yes! Are
YOU willing to do anything, whether OBJ
scure or resounding, Tor the welfare Of the
church and the salvation OF IL ruined world?
oh. yes! But ] am sorry to say TINT the
most popuous plain iu all the earth to day
IL the plain of Ono.
Here now we come where stood the fields
into which Samson fired the foxes Tie fox
es are no rarity in this land. | counted at
one time 20 or 30 of them in one group and
the cry nll along the line was ''Foxes Look
Mt the foxes!' ard at night they sometimes
bark until all attempts to sleep nrc nn alb
surdity. Those l saw and heard in Pales.
tine might have been descendants off he very
foxes that Samson employed for an nppnIl-
ing inc"ndarsm. The wealth of Tint land
was in the harvests and it was harvest time
nn'l the straw was dry. Three hundred fox.
es are cnught md tied in couples by some
wire or incombustihlc cord which the flames
cannot divide. lnd fire. brands nrc fastened
to those couple OF foxes, and the II affrighted
creatures nrc let loose nnd run every whith.
or among the harv"sts and in the awful
blaze down go the corn shocks. and he vine.
yards, aud the olives, and all through the
valleys md over the hills. aud among tho
villages liz heard the cry of fire! And in the
burnt pathway walk Hunger, and Want and
Dcsolation.
All tins for spite. And some theologinns
l"nrn one thing, and some another. But
learn rom it that grent man mny some
times stt,Op to a very mean piece OF business,
md that il men would Use ~ much ingenuity
i'll trying to lsss as they do in trying to
destroy, the world all the way down would
have been in better condition. Yet the fire
Of the foxes kinhed that night in Pnles.
tine. has not gone out but has lcuppl the
seas. and tho sly foxes, the humnn foxes. arc
now still running every whittier, kindlng
political fires, fires Of religious controversy.
fires Of hate, worldwide fires. and whole
harvests OF Righteousness perish. 1t took
the hard work OF multitulcs on nll these
plains ofPnlestine for rmonths nnt months to
rear the vine and raise tho corn. hut it took
only 300 worthless foxes one night to bluze
all into nshes.
Brace up your nerves now, That you mny
look while point them out. Yonter is Kir.
jaIll-1enrim, where the ark of God STAYED
until David took it to Jerusalem. Yon,ler
John the baptist was born. Yonder is Elm
maus where Christ walked with the disciples
al eventide. Here are men plougling, only
one handle to the plough, showing tile acc,l.
racy o. Christ'a nllnsion. When We plough
in Americn or England there are two han.
n mt ssH vt,t,
so Christ uses the singular, snyins: mo
man having nut his hand to the plough and
looking bnrk in fit for the Kingdom" Tho
OK il urged on by n wooden stick pointed
with sharp iron. and the ON knows enough
not to kick, for lie would only hurt himself
instend of breaking the gond. And the
bible re'ers to that when it snys to Snul. "It
is hnrd for thee o kick against the gonds"
Here is the valley tho Aialon. iamons
for 1oshuaa pursuit o tho five kings, and
the lunar arrest And in Imagination l sec
the moon in day time halt. Who has not
sometimes seen the moon dispute the throne
with the sun: But when the King of day md
time, nor since then. stopped amoment in
their march, hnltnd ut .losl,ua's command.
it was II scene, enough to make the universe
shiv"r: Moon! stand thou till in tho valley
Of Ajalon!" Al another time we will see the
sun stop above Gileon. but now we have
only to do with the moon. md You must
remember that it was more OF nn orb than it
in now. 1t is IL burnt. out worll now. Il dead
world now IN extinct world now. IL
corpse lnil out In state in the heny-
ems, waiting for the Judgment day to bury
it. But on the day Of whicl, l spenk, the
moon was probably living world yet l
halted Mt the wave ofJoshna's finger. "Stnnd
thou still" Do not bulge an inch until
Joshua finishes hose five kings, who nre there
tumbiup oyer the rocks sword q, man slnsl.
ing them, huilstoncs out Of the sky pelting