Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-06-06


much on the TOP o. caurcl's as down in ta'
aisle and the pew and thA puloit .ha: Satan
| temDtS tue eSpDuser Of tue Clr.ssian faltl -
| kneel be ore him. Why wasit that thr IA
| ionic philosophers Of early times a well as
\ rolsnd Spinoza and Boingbro'is OF
latter davS, wers - maly oppose
to Christianity Certainly not because
il favored inmo-alltss, or arrest ID
civilization, or dwarfel the intellect. the
genuine reason. whether admitted o. not, was
because the religion OF Christ paid no respect
! to their intellectual vanities. BlOuut AMI
| Boyle and this noSt ot in!idels hatcIei out by
the vile reign OF Charles H., as reptiles crawl
out of a marsh OF slime, cOul not keep their
patience berIus', Us ;1ey passed a!oag, there
were sitting IN tIa gate OF tao cAurtl suci
men as Matthew AMI Mar AMI Luxe, and
John, WHO w1Ill not btl an inca in respect
to their philosophic..
Satan told our first plr,ntS that they
would become as @ Is Il thav would only
reach up ami tiSa n taste OF the fruit.
they tried it an failsl. b1t their descend
ants are not Vet satisisi with ths cEpari-
ment. We have nov many desiring 70 be
As gods, reaching n after vet another
lpplc. Human rslS0 i. 'Drntui OF Gods
word, may foam AMI STRAIT with tbs proud
wrath OF a Haman, au1 ate npt to compel
the homage of the Sooi, bI III ths presence
" ul-A dul angus a. oIali - N'INpu'itN.
God shall smtte thea thou wltel wall
When science b,-an to make its brilliant
discoY cries there w.rt great facts brought TO
light thai s-sn1l t. overthrow the truth
IT tle Bill, TIE arnhTr(n-iSi WITH his
crowD1r, aud the geJiOy ytSt with his nam
mer, aud the cleuat with his hitterle'
charge luDon tho Bible. M)sesS acc )uut OF
ths creation saem,l delel by the very
structure OF the earth. Tne astronomer
wncHlel round his teeSco u until the heaven
ly 10 lies seeuet u mWsial themselves
again I tao Bible, rs the stars i'll their courses
fOuy ylt against SIssrd. ObSarvdtories AMI
universities rejoirsi a. what tn ~ considered
the extinction ot Christianity. They GAtn-
e-e1 new coIrl e at what they considered
past victory. aui pressed Oh their conquest
into the kingdom Of nature until alas, for
thenl they discovered too much. GoTs
word hal only b1en living in ambush that
in some uuyulrlei mon ant, with sudden
bound. il might tear ln1iclity - pieclI
1t was wnen JO.AHe at.aciel the city OF
Ai. lie Selectal tnirgy tioISall men, aai
concealed most OF tIeu, thel with few
m2a he assAilel tho ctr. wiich poured out
ITS numbers AMI strength upon JoSnul's lit
tie banl According u previoIS plan they
fell bacl in sas ming dstclt, bl:. attar all tbs
proud inl1 o.tapts Of tls city hal bsel
brought out pt tlsir homes AMI hal iolnsi /
man aaltsl in h.s aiynt an with his spear
pointing towari ths city, thirty tiousln
men boun1sl fro n ths thlciats as pantha-s
| sp:lu5 to thsr prey. ali tlc pIr-
susrS were dashel 70 pieces whls
the hosts OF Joshua pressed W u tbs
! city, and with their Ii iShtsl t)rclaS tJSSet il
into fame. TluS 1t WAS tlas tls disc )varteS
| of srieucs sae mel - give tsnoocIrv victory
against col ani tlo Bio!a, Ra1 for wale
fha Nnrr~'t arta | / "a ~
but wlen all "a, oooos,rs Of G)i and truth
hal joine1 intAa pursuit. AMI wore sue nt
the field, Clrist gave ths signal 10 Hi'
church. and, turning, thoS droys back tleir
foes in saane. Tnsra was fOl1l to bs nc
autlyontSn OatTesl M. are an | revelation.
The univ trs5 AMI II, 3 10 ware tDI1 to b
the WORK of the sl u, nal1, two stro ies o
the SanJ p.n, tae.r Authorship tbs san
Goi.
Agiin: L,arn til las,ol that prii go,.
| before a fall. Was any nan eve, 50 far W
as IA nll, wl) tIn)lst 50 far dowl'
| Yes, on a Mailer s,lls evsry dly ~ worll
secs tbs san, tltl; A;ii1': tlaur ve-J
advantages msn trip into destruction.
! When Goi hu no,eS proll m3l, 1t is usu
ally at tna m)nelt OF h.ir grl1ts;t AFRO
! gancy. IL tl.rJ D, uil in vour co II
mInlty greatly oufal up with worldly
! success, yoI naTe ous = Stlnl iitti,
wliIe anl you Will 50. min cons down
| You say, | wll lac that Col allows tia
man to OF rriiny over otne-s' hen Il
ant ma tlug great aSSu notioa3 OF power
! There is no Won l.: ao1l. it. Hl naa hai
! no. yet got 10 tle tDD. Prilt is CO IL
mauder well plu nsl AMI can ris)n3l but
1t leads forth u darS AMI fr)Yllny most
! We nave tue best OF Huth1rity FOR sayin!
that Pride gosth bs.ore destru ,tioh, auC
a naughty soirit before fan Tno arrows
from the Almiyhty's qItvec ara AIT to strike
a man when on the wing. Goliath saaie
his great spear in defiance, but the small
stones from tle brook E,ah maze him stag
ger and fau like au OK under this butcher
| 6luigeon. Hs waO i down cannot fall
Vessels scudding IN Ter blro poles do no
feel the force Of the storm, but thoss with al
sails set capsiG9 at thc SUI len descent of thu
tempest.
Again. This oriental tale reminls us o
I tue fact that wrongs W. prepare for other;
return upon ourselves. Tie gallowS tha
Hamah built for MJriecli bee I'M, the prim,
minister's strIn-ul1tion. obe'pierre. whC
seat 80 many 70 guillotIus. hal his own hsad
chopped or by that horr,d instrument. TIL,
evil you practice on Others will rec)il upol
! your own pate. ISLANDERS come hone. Op
preSSions come home Crueitlcs come home
| You will yet be lacSey walking beside tn,
very charger on which you expected TO rid,
others down When Charles l., wac hal
destroyed Strafor1, was about TO be be
headed, he said Il basaly ratified an unju1t
sentenc, AMI the similar injustice am now
to undergo is a sensible retribution for tht
punishment inflicted Oh an innocent man
Lord JeffrieS, after incarcerating many
innocent and good people in Londor
tower, was himself imprisoned in the samt
place, where the shades Of those whom h,
hal maltreatel seemed to haunt him 50 that
ha kept crying TO his attendants Keep then
off gentlemen, for Gods sake, keep then
or Tue chickens had come home to rUoSt
The body of Bradshaw, the English ju lge
who had been ruthless and cruel in his de
cisons, WAS taken from his splendid tomb in
Westminster Abby. aui at Tyburn hung on
a gallows from morLlng until night III the
presence of jeeriny mutitudes, Haman',
| gallovs came a little late, but they cane
| Opportunities fly in a straight line, and just
| touch US as they pass from .. ,rnity u eter-
nifty, but the wrongs We do Others hv in a cir
Gle, and however the circle may widen out,
they are sure 10 com. blci TO the point from
which they started. Tners arc guns that
kick
! Furthermore, let ths story OF Haman
teach us how quickly turns the wheel OF
fortune Ons day, excepting the King,
| Haman was the mghticSc man in Persia.
out the next day, lackey 80 we 30 up
aud so We come down. You seldom fint
any man twenty years in the same circum-
stances. OF those who in political life
| twenty years ago wero the most prominent
now few remain in conspicuity. Political
parties mako certain men do their hard
/ work, and then. after using them as
hacks, turn thsm out on the commons TO die.
| Every four years there Is a conpIets revolu-
/ ton, and about five thousand men who ought
certainly to be the next President are shame.
fully disappointed; while some. who this day
are obscure and poverty-stricken, will ride
| upon the shoulders OF the people, and take
their turn a. admiration and the spols of
office. Oh, how quickly the wheel turnsl
Ballot boxes are the steps on whicn men come
| down as often as they go up. or those VINO
| were long ago successful in the accumulation
Of property, how few havenot met with re-