Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-30

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uoMh IN tue aisle and the pew and tho nn,nit
t ~ Halan tempts the espousers Of tho
1.rlstian faith to kncel before him. WIN
c m"s II anae the Platonic philosophers OF
LILY nlI lhncs. as well as Toland, Spinozn and
OF latter days. were So Main
opposed to Christianity? Certainly not he.
ciuSc III favored immortalities. or ,rrnstod
clvllIatlon, or dwarfed the intellect INC
Snu,ne reason whether admitted or not.
was because the religion of Christ n,id w.
respect to their intellectual v%anitics, plount
ana boyle' and the host of mfldels hnt.hnI
ou' by !lc vile reign of Charles the Second
as reptiles crawl out of a marsh of slime
th ua1 no. Keep their patience because. as
,heN passed along, there We're sittinr in tho.
gate OF the church such men as Matthew
ana Mark, and Luke. and John, who womb
phies. '"N" pn''oso-
Satan told our first parents that they
would become us gods if thcy would onlyy.
reach up and take a taste of the fruit. Thny
tfled IL and failed, but their descendants AFRO
hot yet satisfied with the experiment, We
nave now many desiring to be as gods,
, no"n =, up al'cr yet another apple. HUI
man reason. scornful of Gods word, may
foam and strut with the proud wrath of u
liflnan, and attempt to compel the homnrr
OF me good. but in the presence of men and
angels IT shall be c~onfoundcd. God shall
slnlte thee thou wllitcd wall" When science
began to make its brilliant discoveries there
were great facts brought to lightthat seemed
To overthrow the truth of the Bible. Tho
orchmologist with his crowbar. and the
seologlst with his hammer. and the chemist
WIN ms batteries charged upon the Bible.
Moses account OF the creation seemed
denied by the vnry structure of the earth.
Ihe astronomer wheeled round his tclescopn
until the heavenly bodies seemed to marshal
themselves against The Bible as the stars
III .nnlr courses fought againstS isera. OBJ
scrvatorics and universities reioiccd mt
what they considered the extinction Of
Christianity. They gathered new courage
at what they considered past victory, and
pressed on their conquest into the kingdom
OF nature until, alas for them! they dis
covered too much. Gods word had only
been lying I'm ambush that. in some un-
guarded moment, with IL sudden bound. IL
might tear iniidelity to pieces.
IT was as when Joshua attacked the city
concealed most of them. Then with a few
men he assaulted the city, which poured out
ITS numbers and strength upon Joshua's
lutte band. According to previous plan,
t1ey fell back in seeming defeat; but after
all the proud inhabitants of the city had
been brought out of their homes. and had
Joined i'll the pursuit of Joshua, suddenly
that brave man halted in his flight, and,
WIN his spear pointing toward the city,
thirty thousand men bounded from their
thlckets as pantherS spring to their prey,
and the pursucrs were dashed to pieces,
While the hosts OF Joshua pressed up to the
city, and, with their lighted torches. tossed
it into flame.
Thus it was that the discoveries of
science seemed to give temporary victory
against God and the Bible. and for Il while
the church acted as if she were on a retreat:
but, when all the opposers of God and truth
had joined i'm the pursuit and were sure of
the field, Christ gave the signal to His
their foes in shame. There was found to
be no ~antagonism between nature and rev.
%elation. The universe and the Bible were
found to be the work of the same hand. two
the same God.
Again: learn the lesson that ipride goes
before Il fall Was any man ever so far up
as Hannah. who tumbled so far down? Yes,
on Il smaller scale every day the: world sees
the same thing. Against their very udvan-
tages men trip into destruction. When God
humbles proud men, it is usually at the
moment of their greatest arrogancy. If
there be Il man in your community greatly
pulled up with worldly success, YOU have
but to stand IL little while and you will see
him como down. You say. l wonder that
! God allows that man to go on riding over
others heads and making great assump-
tions of power. There is no wonder about
It. Hannah has not yet got to the top.
Pride is a commander. We'll l,lumed and ca
%parisoncd. but it leads forth Il dark and
froWning host.
! We have the best Of authority FOR saying
that Pride goeth before destruction, and Il
naughty spirit before Il fall" The arrows
from the Almighty's CULVER are apt to strike
IL man when on the wing. Goliath shakes
his great spear in defiance, but the small
stones from the brook Ellh made him
staggcr and fall like an on under the
butchers bludgcon. He who is down can
not fall. Vessels scuddlng underb bare poles
do feel the force of the storm, but those
with all sails set capsizc at the sudden de-
scent of the tempest.
Again: This oriental tale reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepare for others
return upon ourselves. The gallows that
Hannah built for Mordecai became the
Prime Minister'S strangulation. Robes
pierre, who sent so manv to the guillotine,
had his own head chopped off by that horrid
instrument. The evil you practice on others
will recoil upon your own pate. SANDERS
come home. Expressions come home.
Crueltics come home. You will vet be IL
lackey walking beside the very charger on
which you expected to ride others down.
When Charles the First, who had DESTROYED
Stanford, was about to be behcaded, he
said, Il baselv ratified an unjust sentence,
and the similar injustice am now to
undergo is a sensible retribution for the
punishment 1 inflicted on an innocent man.
Lord Jetfries, after incarccratine MANY
innocent and Good neopln in london Tower.