The Forrest City times., 1890-05-31


 Eenstine feasor whether admitted or not was because thc religion of Christ paid no respect to their intellectual vanities Blount and Boyle, and tho host of in fdes matched out by the vile reign of Cha.'les the Second, as reptiles cut of a marsh of slime, could not keep their patience because, as they passed along, tbsre wsrs sitting in the gate of tho church such men ss Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John who would not bend an inch in respect to the ir philosophies,
 Satan told our first parents that they would become as gods If they would only roach up ani tase a taste cf tho fruit. They tried It aid failed, but their descendants are not yet satisf,i with the experiment. We have now many desiring tc be aA gods, reaching nr after yet another apple. Hu- man reason, scornful of Gods word, may foam and strut with the proud wrath of a Haman, and attempt to compel tho homage of tho good, but in tue presence of mon and angels 1t shall be cor foundei. "Goi hill sm'ts thee, thou whitel wall" When science began to make it's brilliant disoov- cries there were great facts brought to light tha. seemed to overthrow the truth of tho Bible. The archrologist with his crow bar, and tue geolo yist with his hammer, and the chemist with his batteries charged upon the Bible. Moses account of tho creation seemed denied by the very struc. ture Of the earth. Tho astron )msr whecl- cd round his telescope until thu heavenly bodies seemei to marshal themselves against ths Bible, as ths stars in their courses fought against SiserA Ooserva. tories and universities reioicei at what they considered the extinction of Christ ianity. They gathered uew courage at what thsy consid sred pass victory, and pressed on their couq test into tho kingdom or nature until, alas for thsnl they dis. covered too much. Gors word Ii Id only been lying in ambush that in some un- guarded moment, with a suidsn bound, 1t might tear in fidelity to pieces.
 It was as when Joshua attacked the city or AL He selected thirty thousand msn, and concealei most of them then with few men he assliled the city. which poured out it's numbers and strength upon Joshua's little band. According to previous plan, they fell back in seeming defeat but after all the proud inhabitants of the city had becu brought out of their homes. and had joined in the pursuit of Joshua, sud. denly that bravo man halted in his flight and with hts spear pointing toward tao city, thirty thousand men bouu lei from tho thickets as panthsrs spring to their prey and the pursu ITS wore dashel to pieces, while tho hosts of Joshua pressed up 10 the city, and with their lighted torches tossed 1t into fiames Taus 1t was that tho dis eri,s of science seemed to give temporary victory against, God and tho Bible, and for while the church acted as If she were on a retreat: but, when all the opposers of God ani trith hal joined in the pursuit, and were sure of tho field, Christ gave tho signal to lila church and turning they drove back their foes ia shame There was found to be no antagonism between nature and revelation. Tho m iverse ana the Bible vera found to be tho work of the same hand, two strokes of tho same pen their authorship the sams God
 Again: Learn the lesson that pride goes lefore fall. Was any man ever so far up as Hamau, who tumbied so far downi Yes, on smalier scale every day the world secs the sama thlug Aeaius, their very advantages men trip into de struction. When God humbles proud n sn, it is usually at ths nom mt of their groat- est arroyancy. If thero hs \ man ia your community greatly pnffsd up with worldly sue css. you have but to stand llttia while and you will see him coma down. You say, wonder that Col allows thas man to go on riding over others heads and making great assumptions of power Thero is no wonder about r. Haman has not yet got to tho top Pride is comm fer. walt plumet and capar s0nai bat II leads forth u dark and frowaing host We havo tho best of authoritl for saying that Pride gocth before destruction, and Il hsughty spirit befors n fall" Tho arrows from the Al. mighty's culver arc ant te striao a man when ou tho w.ag. Goliath shakes h,s great spear in defiance, bat the small stones from the brook Elah maka him s.arser aud fall like an OK undcr tho butchers blu tgco,. Ise who Is dewu cannot fall Vessels scud. ding under hare poles do not feel the force of tho storm, but those wi,h all sails set cansire at the sudden descent of the tenn pest
 Again; This Oriental tsle reminds Il s Of tho fact that wrongs we prepare for others return upon oursevles. The gaIlows that Hamau pull. for Morloeai became tho prime minister's stran sulatIoa. Robs. splerre who sent so many ta the eillotine had his own head choppei of by that horrid instrument The evil you practice on others will reeoil upon your own pate. Islanders como homa Expressions come home Crueltics come home Ioa wsll yet be lackey walking beside the very charger on which you expected to ride others down, When Charias tho First. who had destroyed Strafforsl, was aboat b bc beheaiei. hs said. 'I basely ratified an unjust senieacc, and the similar injustice am now to undergo is a sensiblo retrlbusion fer Inc punishment inflicted on an inno. cent man.h Lord Ieifries, aftsr carcerat. ing many innocent and good people in London Towsr, was himself imp risoncd in thc same place, where the shades of those whom he had maltraated seemed to haunt him so that he kep, crying to hls attandants Keep them of, gentlemanl for Gods sake. keep them offl' The chickens had conc homo to roost The body of Bradshaw. the English Judge, who had been ruthless and cruel in his de. cisions, was taken from his splendid tomb in Wcstmlns,e; Abbey, and at Tyburn hung on a gal,ows from morning until night in the presence of ieerlng muititu es Hamans gallows came iittle late, but it came. Opportunities fiy in a straight line, and just touch us as they pass from e,ernlty to eternity, but the wrongs ws do others fly in circle. and however the circle may widen oat they arc sure to eoms back to tho point from which they started There arc guns that kick
 Furthermore let the story of Haman teach us how quickly turns the wheel of fortune One day, excepting the king, II aman was the migAtiest man in Persia; but the next day, a lsckey. So we 20 up and so we come down. You seldom find any man twenty yearse-ia tho same cir cumstances. Of those who. in political life twenty years ago were the most prom inent how few remain ia consplcuity. Political parties niass certain men to their hard work, and then, after using them us hacks, turn them out on tho commons to die Every four years there is N complete revolution, and about five thousand men who ought certainly to be the next presi- dent are shamefully disappointed; while some, who this day are obscure and pove r. ty-strcken, will rido upon the shoulders of the people. and take their turn al sdmira- ton and the spells Of offica Oh. how quickly the wheel turnsl Ballot boxes arc the steps on which msn como down as often as they go un Of those who wore long ago successful in the accumulation of property, how few have not met vita reversesi while many of those who then wers s,rait4ued in circumstances now hold the bonds ani tho bank keys ot the nation. or all fickie