The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-08

most Jubllant uote IS the moment tho
last lsrealite puts his loot on the sand
or The parted inland ocean. Ala>i thai
"hen Gods mercics have su.h swli,
wings, our praises should have such
loaden tuet,
Notice that Miri,un's sonr in nv text
had Tor lis burden the overthrown cav
airy. IL was not so much tho inG,tnrv
or the men on foot over whose de,oot
she rcl"Iced with ringing tmbrel hut
over the meD on hOrseback-tbe mount,
cd troops! "Fhe horse uud his vida,
hath he Lhaown into the sea- Thern 10
s"h''luS terrible in cavalry charge,
o" sec II Is not like n soldier afoot.
'"ru'tln% bayoheL or sLrkluy with a
SWORD, uS''g nothing but the strength @,
MS own muscle and snew, for the cav,
AIRY ~ adds TO The strength of his own
arm The awful pnnSe Of steed at full
"ai'op. trem"n,i,us arm of war is tho
cavalry!
Josophus says that in that h ,st Lba,
crossed the Red sea there were so .OOC
cavaIrymrn. Epaminondas rode into
Dattlc with 5000 cavalrymen and Alex
and"r with 1000. Marlborough depend
ed on his cavalry ior the triumph a,
Blchhn'm. Ii was not alonc The snow
that dospp'lrd the French armies in re.
treat from Moscow, but the mounLet {
Cossacks. CaValrymcn decided the bat.
! Iies OF lIcuthcn and I.eipsic and Win.
| chester and Hanover Courthouse anG
rive Forks. Some Of yOn have been in
| The relentless raids led on by Forrest Oh
| Chalmers on Morgan or Stuart OF The
Southern Stlo, or Plcasantnn, or Wilson
or fitzpatrick or Sheridan of the north
elu side. The army saddles are the
thrones CT battle. IIurrlcanes in stirrups
arc the cuValrymcn.
| No wonder bhaL Miriam Vas chiefly
grateful that the Egyptian oavulrymen,
pursuing the lsrcaliLc5 down TO midway
The Red sea, were unSaddlcd, unslir-
rupcd, mhorsed. Miriam struck the
| center ot the tamDOurne with the full
lurco nl herrlGht hand when she came
| to that bar Of the music, 'The horse and
his rider hath he thrown into the sea.D
An, my trlcUdS, il is the mounted trou.
olc3 that we must lear. The little trou.
DlcS We can endure The cintler in the
eye, tAc splinter undGc The nall, the
thorn IN the foot, the social slight, the
mean fling, the nviduOus comparisons
or The rem 'rks that snub.
The annoyanCcs and VcXaLiOns on
ioOt we can conquer, but alas for the
mounted disasters, the bercavements the
bankruptcies, the prosecutions, the aD-
palllng slckucsses that charge upon us,
rs 1t were, with uplittcd battleaX or
consuming thunder bolt Of power,
lhcre are those among my hearers or
readers who have had whole regiment
OF mounted disasters charging upon them
BuC lear not. The smallest hOrsely on
The neck OF pharaoh's war charger pass
ing between the crystal PALISADES OF the
uphcuVcd Red sea, was not more easily
drowned by the lallinC waters than The
$4,000 hclmctcd and plumcd riders on
INC haCkS OF The 80 900 uGiyhinm and ca
parlsoned war chargers.
And have to tell you, oh, child of
God, that the Lord, who is on your side
now aud forever, has at his disposal and
under his command all winds, all luht.
nings, AL time aud all eternity. Come
look me III the face while | utter the
word God commands me to speak to
you, mo weapon formed against you
shall prosper" Don't throw away your
tambourlnc. You will want it as sure
as you Sit there and | stand here, and
The tune you will yet play Oh it, wheth-
er standing on Beach of Time or Beach
OF Eternity, will be the tune that Miri.
am played when she cried, "Siug yo TO
the Lord, for he hath trillmphed glori-
ously, the horse and his rider hath he
thrown into the sea.
expect to have Il good laugh with
you In heaven, for the Bible says in
Luke sixth chapter, twenty. first verse,
'.Bicssed are yc that weep now, for We
snail Iaugh.' We shall not spend all
eternity psalm singing, but sometimes
IN review OF the past, rs Christ says, we
Shall laugh. There ls nothing wrong in
laughter. 1t all depends on what YOU
laugh at and when you laugh, and how
you laugh. Nothing it seems will more
thoroughly kindle Oar heavenly hlarities
alter we have got inside the pearly gate
than to see how in this world we got
scared at things which ought not to have
frightened us at all. How often we work
ourselves up into n great stew about
nothing!
The Red sea before may be deep, and
the Egyptian cavalry behind us may be
well mounted, but il we trust the | ord
we Will go through no more hurt by the
'"S'' '''o'i "iiti III W.
our garments to the knee and barefoot
crossed the meadow brook on the old
homestead. The odds may seem to be
all against you, but guess it will be all
light with you if you have Cod on your
side and all the angelic, cherubic. SER
aphc and mchangclc kingdoms, "Ifl
Tod be for you who can be against
yOu?"
Lay hold OF the Lord in prayer, and
You will go tree, as did Richard { Cecil
with eco Of missionary money in his
saddle bags, and the hrghwaymen grab.
bed his hersc by the bride and told hlm |
% deliver, and he prayed God for safety |
md suddenly one Of the robbers said:
MIR Cecil, | once heard YOU preach.
Boys let the gentleman co."
But let mo crtlcise Miriam q little for
he instrument OF music she employed in
he divine service on the sandy beach.
Why not take some other instrument?
The harp was sacred instrument.
Why did she not take that The Gym.
"a! was q sacred instrument. Why did
he not take that? The trumpet was
acred instrument. Why did she not