Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26


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have been only tie el1efeIt wzys IL :, Aich
the world has dsnasDdea obeisaues il vas
oaoe. away up OF tAs cop q ths tea pie.
hat SS1An commanded the Holy O1e oi
SaSsretb % kDoel before iua. Bat II is
nog nov 50 mucA "a tie top OF churches -
down IN the Elsse aud the pew ard the pal
~, that Satan tesnyts tie espcusers OF the
Christian faith 10 knsxl before him Why
was il that ths Piatonie philosophers q
early t.alss. 81 well - Toiend, s3inoEa and
Bolingoroke Of lstor days, were So Elaily
opposed - Christianity, Certainly not De
cause IL favoreG immnrSAtiez. OF arrested
eiyihzsuon. or dEsT.ed the intellect The
ganaine re2soa. whethex admitted or not,
was heosSSe the religion of Chg7st psid
90 respect q their Intellectual vaE tios
Bloant AID Boyle End the host Of inAdels
hatched 0gt 10y the vile roi IN Of Charles II,
e reptiles crawl out Of marsh Of AAne.
could not keep their patience because, Is
they passed along there were sitting ia the
gate Of the church such men e. Matthew
aud Mark, an1 Luke, and John, ,gAa would
not bend n incb IN respect 70 their philo5o-
phies.
sATAN's vIIRs
Satan told our first parents that they
woald become Es gods i they w0uld only
reach up and take taste of the fruit
They tried IL aud failed, bul their descend
ants are not yet satisfied with the expert
rneat We have now many desiring 10 be
as gods, reaching up after yet another
apple Human reason, scornful Of Gods
word. may foam and strut with TIE pToad
wrath OF Eaman, and attempt 10 compel
| the homage ~ the good, out IN the presence
/ Il men and angels IL shall be confouECcd.
! God shall snitc thee, tkou Whited wall
| When science BEGAN 10 make its brilliant
| discoveries there were great facts brought
| TO light thct seemed % overthrow TIE truth
/ of the Bible The archeologis. with lis
| crowbar, and the geOlogist with his ham
mer, and the chemist with his batteries
| charged upon tho Bible I0zes' account
Of the creation seemed denied By the very
| structure Of the earth. The astronomer
wheeled round his telescope until the Lcav-
emily bodies seSlped 70 marshal Themselves
against the Bible, Is the stars IN their
courses fought against Sisera. ObSerya-
tories and universities rejoiced at what
| they considered the extinction OF Christi
anity. They gathered new courage at what
they considered past victory. and pressed
on their conquest into the kingdom OF na-
turc, until, alas for them! they discovered
too much Gods word had only been lying
In au bush that, in soDe unSuarded mo-
ment, With q sudden bound, it might tear
inf6elity 10 pieces.
II was when Joshua attacked the city OF
Al He selected thirty thousand men, and
concealed most Of them; then with few
men he assailed the city, which poured out
it's Numbers and strength upon JoShua's
little band. According 70 previous plan,
they fell back in seeming defeat, but, after
| all the proud inhabitants OF the city had
been brought out of their homes, and had
joined IN the pursuit OF Joshua, suddenly
that brsve man halted in his flight, and
with his spear pointing toward the city,
thirty thousand mon bounded from the
thickets as panthers spring 20 their prey,
and the pursuers were dashed 10 pieces,
while the hosts of Joshua pressed up TO the
city, and with their lighted torches tossed
IL into fcmc Thus It WAS that the dis
coveries of science seemed 70 give temporary
victory against God and the Bible, and for
q while the church acted as If she were on
Il retreat; but, when all the opposers Of God
and truth had joined in the pursuit, and
were sure Of the field, Christ gave the sig
nal TO his church, and, turning, they drove
back their foes in shame. There was found
TO be no ant tagonism between nature and
revelation The universe and the Bible
were found 10 De the work Of tho same
hand, two strokes Of the same pen, their
authorship the same God
PRIDE GOES BEFORE FALL.
Again: Learn the le9son that pride goes
before foil. Was any nan ever So far Up
as Haman, who tumbled SO far down
Yes, on a smaller scale every day tho world
sees the same thing. Against their very
advantages men trip into destruction
When God humhles proud men, it is usu-
ally at the moment % their greatest AFRO
eancy. II there be mGn in your com
munity greatly pufTed up with worldly
SUCCESS. you have but 60 stand a htsle
while and you win see him come down.
You say, wonder that God allows that
man TO 80 on riding over others heads
and making great assumptions OF power.
There il no wonder about II. Haman has
not yet got % the top. Pride is a con-
nander, we'll plumed srd caparisoped, bat
IL leads forth n dark and frowniDR host
We have tho best Of authority for saying
that Pride goeth before destruction, ard
a haugbty spirit before fall" Tie
arrows from the Almighty's culver arc apt
20 strike q man when OF the wing Goliath
shakes his great spear in defiance, but the
snail stones from the brook Elah make
him stssrger aud fall like sn OK under The
butchers bludgeon He who IL down csn
noa fall. vsssels acufliuS uudn bore
poles do not feel the force OF the storm, bat
those with all sails aotcspsize ~ the sudden
descent Of the tempest.
OR sISs o. OUR HKAps-
Arsin, This oriental tale reminds us Oi
t,e fact that wrongs re freJ,are FOR other
ref7rn upon ourselves The gallors obsi
Harnen built for Mordecai became tn
prime minister's strnnstlstion Robes
Nor. who sAnt - nasY 10 the guillof ne
had his own bead chopped of1 r. that hor
- ir~trunelt The sr1l yOu practlce n
others will r~oosl upon your own pate
sla1ders come hone OpVInessi00s c0-1'
home. Cruelties ocne hons. You vi
vst le = IaokeT waking beside tie ve-J
charger oo which Tou sZpe-tsd - ride oth
srs down. whsa Charles J. who hed Ge
s+-oved str-fToTd. vas abo-It % be behea6
%. Ie seto, 1 oo7szg rTrI-e,l 81 g-I1rsEE I'D
f -.-,~~ c-f fhe sifr tlrr f-,frsffro ~ r.r.y
t7 znds---o is q senetbls res1ieTtsor for ~
pupishnnent iafbsed OF Al iauoo.u
nm Lord Je~ries. after iucsr-s1sts "A
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