Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-16

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sna the skull, The DOGS that devOufrsl
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f,uf n h sometimes the esas that thi'
elrule swerte Through century y
thfonas many centuries The world
started With fhcocfscy fof government
l.thas la. uod was The president and
emperor NJ tho world People gyt tired
N n tbeocfaey They said We don't
want tiod directly interfering with the
,aa,fs of the world. give ns mon
archy,' The worId bad monarchy
From Dioparchy " II going " have q
limited monarchy After awhile the Him
tied monarchy will be given up, and
the republican form of government will
he everywhere dominant and recognized
Then the world will get tired of the re
publican form ~ government. and u will
have an anarchy. which Ia no govern
ment NJ all And then all nations. find
lnR out that man Ia not capable o'
righteously governing man. will cry out
for theocracy and say. Let Bod come
back aud conduct the affairs OF the
| world,
Every step monarchy limited mon
archy. republicanisni. anarchy only dD
| leronf steps between the first theocracy
and the lass theocracy. or aeginents Of
the great circle Of the earth ON which
tlod sits. But do not become impatient
/ because you cannot ace the curve oi
events. and therefore conclude that Gods
government is going 20 break down Hir
tory tells us that In the making Of the
pyramids II took 1900 men two years to
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put II into the pyranida.
Well. now. " men short lived can afford
10 work 40 slowly M that. cannot God
In the building Of the eternities afford
TO waitf What though God should take
10000 years to draw circlef Shall we
take our little watch. which we have 10
wind up every night lest II run down
and hold II up beside the clock Of eter
nal ages1 II. according 20 the Bible n
thousand years are In dod's right as one
day then. according 10 that calculation
the 5000 years Of the worlds existence
have been only to God as from Monday
TO Saturday,
GOOD RETURNS AFTER MANY DAYS.
Bnt II Ia often the case that the re.
bound IL quicker and the circle Ia sooner
completed You resolve that you will
do what good you can In one week
you put word Of counsel IN the henrt
OF Sabbath school child. During that
same week you give letter OF introduc
tion to yonng man struggling in busi-
ness During the same week you make
an exhortation In prayer meeting. II
is all gone. you will never hear Of II
perhaps. yon think
A few years after man comes up to
you and says. "You don't know me. do
your You say. mo. don't remember
ever 10 have seen you" Why" he says
Il was in the Sabbath school class over
which you were the teacher One Sun
day you invited me to Christ accepted
the offer Yon see that church with two
towers yonderY" Yes" you say, lie
says. THAT IN where preach:" or. "Do
you Sec that governors house? That Is
where ! live" Ono day a man
comes TO you and says. Good morn
ing" You look ut him and say
Why. you have the advantage OF
me; cannot place you" He says
Don't you remember thirty years ago
giving letter OF introduction to u young
man. letter OF introduction TO Moses
II. Grinnelly" yes. yes. do" He
says, II am the man, that was my first
step toward IA fortune. but ! have re
tired from business now and am giving
my time to philanthropies and public in
terests, Come up and see me"
Or n man comes to you and says; II
want TO introduce myself to you. |
went into prayer meeting In Atlanta
some years ago, sat back by the door
you arose TO make mn exhortation that
talk changed the course Of my life. and
II ever get 20 heaven under God will
owe my salvation to you" In only ten.
twenty or thirty years the circle swept
out and swept back again TO your own
grateful heart
But sometimes II In n wider circle and
does not return for u great while. saw
a bill OF expenses for burning LatimeI
and Ridley The bill Of expenses says
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itrni, poAt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is I'd
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That was cheap fire. considering all
the circumstances, but II kindled light
that shone all around the world aud
aroused the martyr spirit, and out FROM
that burning Of Latimer and Ridley
rolled the circle wider and wider, start
ing other circles. convoluting, oyerrun
ning, circumscnbing, overarching all
heavep-~a circle.
CIRCLE oF EVIL spRAKiNo
But what ls true OF the good is just ~
true IT the had You utter Islander
agains, your neighbor Il has gone forth
from your teeth, Il will never come
back, you think, You have done the
man all the mischief you can You re
Joics TO see him vince You say. Didn't
give II 20 himr That word has gone
out, that slanderous word on its poison.
ous and blasted way You think II will
never do you any harm. But ! am
watching that worl, aud soe II begin.