The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-05
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cl 80 Iui up us Jlanan, who tunbloI
down! GcS, on It smaller scale every
day the world sees the same thing.
Against their very advantages men
trip into destructiC' When God
humbles proud men, It is usually at
the moment of their alrogancy. If
there be man in your community
greatly pulled up with worldly sue
cess, you hnvo but to stand II little
while and you see him come down.
You say, wonder that God allows
that man to go on riding ovcr others
heads and making great assumptions
of power. There is no wonder about
1T. Haman has not yet got to tho
| top. Pride IS Il commander, we'll
| plumed and caparisonCd, but it leads
forth a dark and frowning host We
have tho best of authority for SAYING
that "Pride gooth before destruction,
and naughty spirit before Il fall.
The arrows from the Almighty's
qurvor arc apt to strike man when
on the wing. Goliath shakes his
great spear in defiance, but the small
stones from the brook Elah made
him stagger and fall like an OK under
| tho butchers bludgcOn. He who is
| down cannot fall. Vessels scudding
under the bare poles do not feel the
force Of tho storm, but those with all
sails set capsizo ut tho sudden des-
cent of tho tempest.
| Furthermore, let the story or Ha-
man teach us how quickly turns tho
| wheel of fortune. One day, except
ing the king, Haman was the might
est man III Persia; but the next day,
a lackey. So wo go up and so we
come down. You seldom find amy
man twenty years in the same cir
cumstances. OF those who III politi
cal hfo twenty years ago, were the
most prominent, bow few remain in
conspicuity! Political parties make
| certain men dO their hard work, and
| then, after using them as hacks turn
| them out on the cOmOns to die. Every
| four years thcro is q complete rcvolu-
ton, and about five thousand mon
who ought certainly to be the next
| President are shamcfully disappoint-
cd; while some, who are this day OBJ
scuro and poverty stricken, will ride
| upon the shoulders of the people.
and take their turn at admiration
| and the spoils of Office. Oh, how
quickly the wheel turns! Ballot box
os arc the steps on which mon como
! down as often as they go up. Of
| those who wore long ago successful
III the accumulation Of property, how
few have not met with -rcvcrscs,
viii lc many of those who thon were
straitened in circumstances now
hold the bonds and the bank-kcys of
the nation. OF all tickle. things in
the world, fortune is the most tickle
Every day sire changes her mind, and
woe to the man who puts any conf
| dcnce i'll what she promises or Dro
poses! She cheers when you 60 urp.
and she laughs when you come down.
On, trust not moment in your
heart = affections to this changcful
world! Anchor your soul in God.
from Chusts compaionship gather
your satisfaction. Then come sor-
row or gladncSS, success or defeat
inches or poverty, honor OF disgrace,
health or sickness, life OF death, time
on eternity, all arc yours, and yc are
Christ's and Christ is Gods.
Were l called to sketch misery in it's
worst form, [ would not go up in the
dark alley of the poor, but up the
highway ovcr which prancing Bucc-
phah strike the sparks with their
hoofs, and between statunry and
parks Of stalking deer. 'Nrctchcd-
ness ls moro bitter when swallowed
from gemmed goblet than from
earthon pitcher or pewter mug. IF
there are young people hero who are
looking for this position and that
circumstance, thinking that worldly
success will bring peace of the soul,
let. them shatter the delusion. 1t is
not what we get, it is what we arc.
Daniel among the lions is happier
than Nebuchadnezzar on his bhronc.
And when life is closing, brilliancy of
worldly surroundings will be no So
lace. Death is blind, and secs no
difference between q king and his
clown, between the Nazarcno and the
Athcnlan, between the boOllcSs, hut
and a national library. Tho frivoli-
ties of hfe cannot with their giddy
laugh, echoing from heart to heart,
entirely drown the voice of II trcmen
dous conscience, which says: ''I am
immortal. The stars shall die, but [
am immortal. One wave Of eternity
shall drown time i'll its depths, but /
am immortal. Mhc earth shall have u
shroud of flame and the heavens flee
at the glance Of the Lord, but I am
immortal. From all the heights and
depths Of my nature rings down, and
rings up, and rings out, the word
immortal " A good conscience and.
assurance of life eternal through the
Lord Jesus Christ arc tho only So
curities.
The souls happiness is too large q
craft to sail up the stream of worldly
pleasure. AS ship-carpontcrs say, it
draws too much water. This earth
IS q bubble, and will burst. This
Lie ls vision and will soon pass
away. Timol 1t is only a ripple,
and 1T broakoth against the throne
OF Judgment. Our days! They ny |
sWltter than u shuttle, weaving for |
Iis q robe of triumph or q garment of |
shame. Begin your life with religion
and for it's greatest trial you will be !!
ready. Evory day will be o triumph, |
and donth will be only kings sorry |
ant calling you to q royal ban