The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-10-03

praycr concerning the weather. And
there have been cyclones that started
up from the Caribbean sea, sweeping
down every sail and every smokestack
and every mast in their course, which in
answer to spec c pet :on have Ell d
vcrted and made to curve around some
particular ship, leaving that in can
,crs, and then resumlng their or sln'
path o des ,rucion. TIE weather
prubabi ties again have annot ced a
tempest and we were all ready for 1t, but
TO the surprise of mos eople, the neNs
day we saw the announSment that inc
atmospheric Jury had chaAgcd It's course;
| The p...i,.t,;i;.,- 10 10 etruck prayer ana
glanced oi. i, EI,jah's prayer Effected
the weather OF Palestine for iorty-two
niunths. | should think somebody now
might haye a prayer that would effect t
for acouplc ot days.
John Easter was many years ago an
evangelist in Virginia. a large Guido
meeting was being held in that stat.
Many thousands had assembled in the
open air and heavy storm-clouds bcgau
to gather. 1 here was no shelter 20
which the multitudcs could retreat. Tie
rain had already reached the adjoining
fields when John Easter cried oul:
brethren, be still while call upon God
T. stay the storm till the Gospel is
preached to this multitude" Then he
hnclt and prayed that the audience might
| he spared from the rain and that alter
ley had gone To theirhomes there might
come refreshing showers. Behold the
clouds parted as they came near and
asscd to either side of the crowd and
! ,nou closed again, leaving the place dry
where tic audience had assembled, and
&c next day the postponed showers
came upon the round that had been tic
! Gay before omii,cd Do YOU say it only
iappcucd So? | cannot see wi.at NCu
keep YOUR bibles Tor. and the God yea
worship IS not my God. Your Goa is
an au.ocrat, and lie is SO far of and Sd
ar up that the world cannot touch Him,
and ais throne - an eternal iceberg. Ny
God is father. icrc audnOw and Il iatl vr
VIII give his c;i.ld what he asks for, il |
is best for him to have L. Pray
Il, out everything that concerns you, Sc
ul&rit,es us well rs spirltua,itics. Take
To God all youl aunoyanccs and pcrplc%-
les. The crooked shall be maze
st;aiyh,. Some people talk as though
God controlled things in general but not
~ particular; that He started everything
under certain laws and let it take care "l
itself, rs IN engineer might start his L.
IcpmO,vc on an IRON railroad track and
then lump oil. What would happen tu
'0S;lIIa locomotive 'Swhat wouk! l0Af4
" 20 have happened To our world il Coo
lad started ii and afterwards allowed il
J." look out for itself, There Is no sucl
lhuw as Il general providence. Ii is 4
e.. ,t .,,1 Il. No
,ral care for forest. 1t is Il ere o
,vcry CELL OF every leaf and root in that
.,rcsl. God has ~ general care OF the
rCan. !, is 4 care ol every drop of wa
r in the liquid maynitudc. God has
80 general care for the human race. Il
acarc o. every iudiv ,ual OF that race
and Ut every itcm of individual history
| breach Him, Il God in iDlinitcsimalS. III
e .cry-day God, Il Gol responsive. ;lnt
OF c breath OF earnest pray CT, though thai
b:raih should not be strong enough tC
make Il candle ckcr. will absorb more
u, the divine attention than if tEc arcn
angel stardiny ut the loot of the th-ort
s,!Ould flap ,h wings.
1t is .emar.iablc how many croOHc,
l.:,u2s are in the providence OF God be
H., made straight. About thirty year,
ago our national affairs We're as crooked
: aS dcrravcd American noliiGsn.-t hoH
TIC top OF Maine 10 the foot OF Florida
tie nation was red with wrath. it was
wranglc aud fight all the way throu9
aId one of the mi'dcst things that tn,
North and SCuth Promised each Othc
was assassination. During this Snmmc
| have travelled through New Hoi.;. an,
C...o. and Illinois, and Ind d'ana. ant
Minnesota. and Kansas and Nebraska
and Nj .SSourl. and Texas, and LOuisi
ana. and Georgia. and North and Soutl
Ga. olina, and Virginia, and Pennsyl
varia. and have shaken hands with ten:
"i thousands oi people. aid talked will
rlcn of all sections and degrees, and
Lave to tell YOU it Is all peace, and il
al the states Of the Union YOU could no
now marshal a military company OF lO(
soldiers to fight against the United State:
government. unless you got your mel
out of the pcnitcntiary. Did the corrup
and "angrcncd political parties do thi:
work of rcctticaton and pacilication
! No! 1t was py divine intcrpositlOn tina
tho crooked has been made straight.
On December =, 1851, Louis Napoleon
BOnapartc rode down the Champs Elyse,
OF Paris, and under the hoOts of his hors,
Il Republic was tramplcd as the ride
went To take a throne. 1t was the out
rage of the century. For nineteen Ion.
years the wrong triumphcd. The will %
unc man who wanted to remain emperor
kept down nation who wanted Il Re
Irublic. But september, 1870. arrived
and ScGan unrollcd its crimson scroll
The emperor surrcndcrs with S3.0Ut
troops. 4l9 field guns, 5000 horses an,
GO.oUO muskcts. From that day the bal
lot-boX was up and the throne was down
Free institutions have been substituted
i"r IN infamous monarchy. Thank God
. The crooked has been made straight.
But why 90 50 far To find iullilmcnt OF
my text. In all our lives there are
cooked things that need 10 he made
Straight, ""' h hcaic" or reader will
! Cuumcrat .isclt or herself. With
one it is dclapidatcd physical health, and
| ycu are saying. "Why cannot | be in
/ Good health when i have such opportuni-
! I.rs and such responsibilities: Alas tor
| 'ir sick headaches and the rheumatic
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