Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-29
tractiye and deserving, but in spying out
with all their powers Of vision to see
wbether they cannot find Mordecai.

AGAIN. 4 learn ITUul tue iAA1 VI my Aa.'-A'
ander our notice that worldly vanity
and sin are very anxious TO have piety
bow before them. Haman was fair EN-
4 blem of entire worldliness, and Mordecai
the representative of unfiinching godliness.
Such were the usages of society IN ancient
times that. had this Israelite bowed to the
J prime minister, it would have been an ac-
knowledvment of respect for his character
and nation. Mordecai would, therefore,
have sinned against his religion had he
made any obeisance or dropped his chin
half an inch before Hannah. When, there
fore, proud Hannah attempted to compel
an homage which was not felt, he only did
I what the world ever since has tried 10 do,
when il would force our holy religion in
any way TO yield to its dictates. Daniel, If
be had been man Of religious comprom-
ises, would never have been thrown into
the den Of lions He might have made
some arrangement with King Darius
whereby be could have retained part of his
form OF religion without making himself
so completely obnoxious to the idolaters
Paul might have retained the favor of his
rulers and escaped martyrdom if he had
only been willing to mix up his Christian
faith with few errors. His unbending
Fagot and rack and halter, in all ages
have been only indifferent ways in which
the world has demanded obeisance. IL was
once. away up on the top Of the temple,
that Satan commanded the Holy One OF
Nazareth % kneel before him. But IL is
not now so much on the top Of churches as
down IN the aisle and the pew and the pull
pit that satan tempts the espousers Of the
laFar.a him nv
was II that the Platonic philosophers Of
sarly times, rs well As Toland, Spnoza and
Bolingbroke of later days. We're SO madly
opposed 10 Christianity Certainly not be-
cause IL favored immonlities, or arrested
civilization, or dwarfed the intellect The
genuine reason, whether admitted or not.
was because the religion OF Christ paid
no respect 10 their intellectual VA. ties
Blount and Boyle and the host Of iniidels
Matched ont By thevile reign of Charles ii,
A. reptiles crawl ont Of a marsh Of slime,
could not keep their patience because, as
they passed along, there were sitting in the
gate o. the church such men as Matthew
and Marx, aud Luke, and John, who would
not bend an inch in respect TO their philoso
pixies
Satan told our first parents that they
would become rs gods II they would only
reach up and take a taste Of the fruit
They tried il and failed, but their descend
ants are not yet satisfied with the expert
ment We have now many desiring to be
as gods, reaching up after yet another
apple Human reason, sc0rnful Of Gods
word, may foam and strut with the proud
wrath Of Hannah, and attempt 20 compel
the homage of the good, but in the presence
OF men and angels il shall tie c0nfOunded
God shall smite thee, thou whited wall
When science began 10 make its brilliant
discoveries there were great facts brought
TO light that seemed to overthrow the truth
of the Bible. The archeologist with his
crowbar, and the geologist with his ham
mer. and the chemist with his batteries
charged upon the Bible Moses account
Of the creation seemed denied by the very
structure Of the earth. The astronomer
wheeled round his telescope until the heav
emily bodies seemed to marshal themselves
against the Bible, as the stars in their
courses fought against Sisera. OBSERVE |
tories and universities reioiced at what /
they considered the extinction Of Christi |
anity. They gathered new courage at what |
they considered past victory. and pressed |
on their conquest into the kingdom OF ma
ture, until alas Tor them they discovered /
too much Gods word had only been lying /
ia ambush that, ia some unguarded mo- /
menJ, with a Sudden bound. il might tear 4
70 pieces
1t was when Joshua attacked the city Of /
All Ee selected thirty Thousand men, and 4
most Of them; then with a few 1
men he assailea the city. which poured out 1
It's number, and strength upon Joshua's /
little band According 10 previous plan, 1
they zen hack in seeming defeat, but, after |
~ the proud inhabitants OF the city had |
been brought ont OF their homes. and had 4
Joined in the pursuit OF Joshua, suddenly
that brave man halted in his flight, and |
with his spear pointing toward the city, |
thirty Thousand men bounded from the
lhickeis as panthefs spring 70 their prey,
md the palsuegs were dashed TO pieces,
while the hosts Of Joshua pressed up TO the
,ity, and with their lighted torches tossed
il into flame THIS It was that the dis
,overles Of scienceseenled to give tenn ora-y
victory against God and the Bible, and for
/ white the church acted as ii she were on
retreat; but, when all the opposers Of God
lnI truth had joined in the pursuit, and
we're sure of the field, Christ gave the sig
lal TO his church. and, turning, they drove
back their foes in shame. There was found
% be no antagonism between nature and
'evelation. The universe and the Bible
we're found to be tae work Of the same
land, two strokes of the same pen, their
the same God
PEIDE GOES BEFoRE FALL.
Again: Learn the lesson that pride goes
,efore a fail Was any man ever so far up
IS Haman, who tumbled so far DOWN
Yes, on a smaller scale every day the world
ees the same thing. Against their very
advantages men trip into destruction.
When God hdntbies proud men. it is usu-
lily at the moment of their greatest AFRO
sancy. If there be a man in your com
nnnity greatly pulled up with worldly
uccess, you have but TO stand a little
While and you viii see him come down
Iou say, | wonder that God allows that
nan to 90 on riding over Others heads
nd making great assumptions Of power.
there is no wonder about it. Hannah has
lot yet got TO the top. Pride IS com
nander, well plumed and caparisoned, but
{ leads forth a dark and frowning host
We have the best Of authority for saving