Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-09

But cloud comes on the sky and the
air gets chill, and one Of the soldiers feels
on his cheek a snowflake, and then there Is
multiplication Of these wintry messages,
and soon the plumes Of the officers are
decked with another style Of plume, and
then all the skies let loose upon the war
riors n hurricane Of snow, and the march
becomes difficult, and the horses find IL
hard to pull the supply train, and the men
begin To fall under the fatigue, and many
not able 10 take another step lie down in
the drifts never TO rise, and the cavalry
horses stumble and fall, and one thousand
Of the army fall, and ten thousand perish,
and twenty thousand go down, and fifty
thousand, and a hundred thousand, and a
hundred and twenty thousand and hun
dred and thirty-two thousand die, and the
victor Of Jena and bridge OF Lodi and
Eylau and Austerlitz, where three great
armies, commanded by three emperors,
surrendered to him, now himself surren-
ders TO the snowfiakes.
Historians do not seem TO recognize that
the tide in that mans life turned from
Dec. 10, 1909 when he banished by hideOus
divorce his wife Josephine from the
palace, and so challenged the Almighty,
and the Lord charged upon him from the
fortresses Of the sky with ammunition Of
crystal. Showed underl Billions, trilions
quadrillions, quintrillions Of flakes did the
work. And what n suggestion Of accumu-
lative power, and what rebuke TO ali Of
us who get discouraged because we cannot
do much, and therefore do nothingl
DO YOUR SHARE FOR GOD.
"Oh," says some one, 81 would like TO
stop the forces Of sin and crime that are
marching for the conquests Of the nations,
but am nobody; | have neither wealth
nor eloquence nor social power. What can
doY My brother, how much do you
weight Az much as a snowflakei "Oh, yes"
Then do your share 1t is an aggregation
Of small influences that will yet put this
lost world back into the bosom Of a par
doning God. Alas that there are so many
men and women who will not use the one
talent because tp'y have not ten, aud will
not give IA penny because they cannot give
a dollar, and will not speak as well ~ they
can because they are not eloquent, and will
not be "A snowflake because they cannot be
an ayalanchel In earthly wars the gen
erals get about all the credit, but in the
war for God and righteousness and heaven
all tho private soldiers will get crowns OF
victory unfaiing.
When we reach heavenly the grace Of
God may we all arrive thereI do not
think we will be able TO begin the new
song right away because OF the surprise
we shall feel at the comparative rewards
given. As we are being conducted along
the street TO our celestial residence we will
begin 10 ask where live some Of those who
were mighty on earth. We will ask. "ls
So-and.so here" And the answer will be:
"Yes, | think he Is In the city, but we don't
hear much Of him; he was good and he got
In, but he took most Of his pay in earthly
applause; he had enough grace 10 get
through tho gate, but just where he lives
know not. He squeezed through somehow,
although think the gates took the skirts
OF his garments. / think he lives in one
Of those back streets In one Of the palmer
residences
Then we shall see a palace, the door
steps OF gold, and the windows OF agate,
and the tower like the sun for brlliance,
and chariots before the door, and people
who look Ike princes and princessea going
up and down the steps, and we shall say,
"What one OF the hierarchs lives hereY'
That must be- the residence Of Paul or a
Milton, or some one whose name resuunds
through all the planet from which we have
lhFb hsN'hh''ls No ubt says our teith
tial dragoman that il the residence of a !
soul whom you never heard oL
"When she gave a charity her LETT hand !
knew not what her right hand did She was
mighty in secret prayer, aud no ouo but
God aud her own soul know It. She had
more trouble than anybody in all the land
where she lived aud without complaining
she bore IL, aud though her talents were
never great, what she had WAS all conse
Grated 70 God aud helping others, and the
Lord Ia making up for her earthly priva
tion by especial rapturcs here, and the
king OF this country had that place built
especially Tor her The walls began to gu
up when her troubles and priyatiuus aud /
oonsecrations began on EARTH and it 50
happene,l-whatA "a heavenly coincidtucei- |
that the last stroke OF the trowel OF anne
thyst on those walls was given the hour
she entered heaven,
"Iou know nothing of her, On earth her !
name was only once In the newspapers, |
and that among the column of the dead, /
but she Is mighty up here There sh,
comes now out of her palace grounds Ia I
her chariot behind those two white horses /
for u ride on the banks uf the river that
hows from under the throne OF God. Lott
me see Did you not hANe In your world I
below an old classic which says something I
about "these arc they who come out OF
great trihulStion, and they shall rcign Tor
ever aud evcri"
PEARLS on rHR FoREuEAps OF rnK RIGHT 1
EOus
As we pass up the street ! hnd a goud
many On foot. and | SAY "a the draguman,
who aro thosyf" And when their nAme
Is announced recognise that some 81
them wrro GA earth great p,ots, and great
orators, aud gucat merchants, and great
warriors, aud when | eNprcss my surpr,.y
about their going afoot the drAsomau
isys, I'm this countyy lroplo aro p'waricd
not accOrdlug 60 tho number of their
'Arthly talouts, hut according IA the use
hey made of What they had AMI then
Thought 10 myself why, that thcoD
would make a snowflake that falls cheer
ully aud Ia thc right place, aud docs all
he w0FS assigned IT, as honorable as =
\ hole Mont hl1uc ~ snowaakos"
Yes, yvs, SAYS the celestial drag0man,
many o. thesv pearls thAg you hOd on the
oFvhVais ~ tho righteous, aud many oi
he gcus in tlr leNcl osse ~ princo aud
'unuoes, aro only thv pctr.hci snoSIiAAus
Z earthly tempsag, Tor Cod dooa not torgvg
ho pF0misG made IA ngard % taem, They
hall be mine said the lorl ~ hosts, Ia
be day Nhea make uR my iewVls Ae
amnlatol poWvri An ths prayers and
hArties and k.aane.sea aud talents Of All
hs gooJ oanos nicntd aaa oompActcd will
. Toe world d'svvangel IAtion rhis thought
Z ihe Aggregation ~ the many smAlls into
hsi Oas mlshiy "a another grc.ssarg ~ ths
noW,
Anothvg tFvasarv 20 ghe snow 10 thp sug
cstioo " the nsefulacss ~ sorrow, 40
encp " snow last wlltoF ms.ic al aaiions
.ck fAAi snoW lo.s Water has u1t yVi
udci its dlsAstsra Wlthiu frN wooks il / !