Telegram-herald., 1890-12-15

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eur his slsztaes Ia nAzrtae. Aud ths great
n<epacas.sa Eluss ~2tc1 eows u ths Eeld
for fs~ pennies 2nd t.se8 bsoorle Astsker.
and sttersTar1 mead eiocks tSiare he pats
the locoIaouFo oE iss track and cz.lls forth
lAau1lts from p1FlsanfoEts and medals
from klngs- AS Stevens Is g.ink "a up =
neglected child q the streas. ANA risass
through hls ooasecrated genlus - hs ozle
q TIE ulost ihUstrlcus eiersss uea and HE
toriAnz of the century. And Bishop James
oi the saiae church ia Doyhooa worked his
passage from Ireland 10 Ameries. and up
% usefulness where. AZ the bishoprie, he
WaS second % 40 one who ever adorned it
While ia banishment Aenophon Wrote ia
"AnahAsls' aud Thaeydides his History
Of the Pelopoanssian War and Victor
Hugo must be sxiied Tor many years 10
the island Of Guernsey before be can come
70 that height in The affections of his cogn-
trymen that crowds Champs Eiysees aRd
the adjoining bouAeyarIis with one million
nourners az his he2rse rolls down 20 the
Church of the Madeleine Oh, IL is a tough
old world. and il viii keep y0a back and
keep you down and keep you under as long
as il can Hail sons aud daughters of the
fret
Stand, a. the anvil when the stroke Of sgal~art
Is~a falls fierus and fast
Storms bst more deeply root TIE o4k whose
bfaWuy arms embrNce the laast,
Stand Lke an anvil nose snd heal are born of
sslth ard die with time
The soul like God its source and seal. Is soienln
stt. serene. sublime
Thirty yesrs from now the foremost men
in all occupations and professions will be
those who are this hour IN awful struggle
Of early life, many Of them without Ave
Il takes a course Of bereavements, persecu-
tions, sicknesses and losses 10 develop stall
wart Christian character. ! got letter a
few days ago saying. II have hardly seen a
well day since | was born, and / could not
write nay own name until was 20 years of
age, and / am very poor, but am, by the
grace ofGod, the happiest man in Chicago"
The Bible speaks Of the SHOWS Of Lebanon,
and at this season OF the year the SHOWS
there must be tremendous. The deepest
snow ever seen IA America would be insig-
ni6cant compared with the miloest winter
of SHOWS on those Lebanon mountains.
The cedars catch that skyfull Of crystals on
their brow and on their long arms Piled
up in great heaps are those SHOWS, enough
20 crush other trees 10 the ground. split
ting the branches from the trunk and leav-
ing them rent and torn, never 10 rise. But
what do the ceders care for these SHOWS on
Lebanons They look up 10 the winter skies
and say: Snow on Empty the white
heavens upon Us, and when this storm is
pas Il let other professions Of tempest try
TO us in their fury We have for FIVE
hundred winters been accustomed 70 this,
and for the next five hundred winters we
Wal cheerfully take all you have 10 send,
for that is the way we develop our strength,
and that is the way we serve God and teach
al ages how to endure and conquer" So
i say: Good cheer to al people who are
showed under Put your faith in God and
you will come out glorsousiy. Others may
be stunted growths, or weak jumpers on
the lower levels of spirituality, but you are
going 10 be Lebanon cedarx At last il will
be said Of such as you: These are they
who came out of great tribulssion and had
their robes washed and made white in the
blood of the lamb"
THE GREAT MANS FALL
But while crossing over these mountains
of Lebanon l bethink myself OF what an
exciting scene it must be when oae Of the
cedars does fall. 1t does not 20 down like
other trees with slight crackle that
hardly makes the woodsmaa look up, OF a
hawk flutter from a neighboring oough.
When cedar falls it is the great event IN
the calendar of the mountains. The axmen
fly. The wild beasts slink 20 their dens.
The partridees swooP TO the valley for es-
cape. The neigbboring trees go down IN
der the awful weight OF the descending
monarch. The rocks are moved out of
their places, aud the earth trembles IA
their sympathetic echoes. Crash crashl
crashl So when the great cedsrs Of world
~ or Christian influence fall 1t Is some
thing terrific Within the past few years
how many mighty and overtopping men
have gone dowRi There seems now u be
an epidemic OF moral disaster. The moral
world, the religious world, the political
world, the commercial world, are quaking
- - a. IL. Il
full We are compelled 10 CT out with
ZeehAriah, the prophet, ''Eowl, 8r trees, fer
the cedar is fsilenF' Some Of the smaller
trees are glad Of H. When some great
dealer IN stocks goes down the small
dealers clap their hands ard say. GOOD
for himr' When great political lender
goes down the small politicians clap their
hands and say, "Just aS cxpectodF' When
q great minister OF religion falls many lis
tie ministers laugh mp their sleeves sRd
think themselves somehow advaBtaged
Al. beloved brcthrsn. nc ono makes any
thing cut Of moral ship~reck. Not 9 vii
low by the rivers of Damascus, not asyca-
more on The plsias Of jericho. not an olive
tree in ell Palestine Is helped BY the fex. Of
a Lebanon cedar Better weep sod pray
and trxrabEs and listen q Psui's advice 70
the Galatians when be sayk, Considering
thyss.f lest thou also De tempted" No
man ~ sxfe untfl ne 10 dead unless he be
divtoely protected A greater thinksr than
Lord Frane1s Bsoon the world psver saw,
and ne changed the ~orbd's mode Of think
ing fer AL tirBe-his 'fovuD Orsrssuur .
miracle Of Htcraszrre with $500 salary
and estates vertk millions and frSsD the
highest jsdsoisI bench - tse vortd. hs
Foes down Under the pover ~ bribery ss,d
confessed hss crime s<sd uss sezsssErceS %
the Tower and the sooru q orzztur5as
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