Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-31

nc nna but the strength Of HE o vn ms
G ce ND sinew. for tie cavslfyt m ADDS
~ tlessheth of bis tt n attn tie awful
plunge Of steed et fuii saiior Ire
nerd dtus arm Of war lie cavaitvl
tesrhus ssys shet n that host That
crossed the Red ser tnste were 10000
cavairymen Epsnn ondas rode into
battle with 5000 chy ltymen airl llex-
snder WITH 1000. Marlborough co. ii led
on his cavalry for the triumph at Bien-
helm. n was not alone the snow that de-
spoiled the French armies In retreat from
Moscow. but the mounted Cossacks. Cav
slrymen decided the battles Of Leuthen
and Leipsic and Winchester aud Hanover
Court House and Five Forks. Some Of you
may have been IN the relentless raids led
ON by Forrest or Chalmers OF Morgan or
Stuart of the southern side, or Pleasanton
or Wilson OF Fitzpatrick or Sheridan OF
the northern side. The army saddles are
the thrones Of battle. Hurricanes in
stirrups are the cavslrymen
No wonder that Miriam was chiefly
grateful that the Egyptian cavalrymen,
pursuing the Israelites down to midway
the Red sea, wereunsaddled, unstirruped,
unhorsed. Miriam struck the center OF
the tambourine with the full force Of her
right hand when she came to that bar of
the music, "The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea- All, my friends,
10 IL the mounted troubles that we most
fear. The little troubles we can endure
the cinder in the eye, the splinter under
the nail, the thorn In the foot, the social
slight, the mean fling, the invidious COM
parison or the remarks that snub.
The annoyanoss and vexations on foot
we can conquer, but alas for the mount
ed disasters, the bereavements, the bank
ruptcies, the prosecutions, the appalling
sicknesses that charge upon us, as it
were, with uplifted bsttleax or consum-
ing thunderbolt of power. There are
those among my hearers or readers who
have had whole regiment Of mounted
disasters charging upon them. But fear
not. The smallest horsefy on the neck
Of pharaoh's war charger, passing be-
tween the crystal palisades Of the up
heaved Red sea, was not more easily
drowned by the falling waters than the
90, 900 helmeted and plumed riders on the
backs of the so, 900 neighing and capari-
soned war chargers.
And / have to tell you, o child of
God, that the Lord, who is on your side
now and forever, has at his disposal and
under his command all waters, all winds,
all lightnings, all time and all eternity.
Come, look me in the face while utter
the word God commands me to speak to
you, "No weapon formed against you
shall prosper" Don't throw away your
tambourine. You will want it as sure
as you sit there and stand here, and the
tune you, will yet play on it. whether
standing on beach Of time or beach of
eternity, will be the tune that Miriam
played when she cried, "Sing ye to the
Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider hath he thrown
into the sea-"
expect to have good laugh with you
in heaven, for the Bible lesaysin Luke, sixth
chapter, twenty-frst verse, Blessed are
ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.
We shall not spend all eternity psalm
singing, but sometimes in review Of the
past, as Christ says, we shall laugh.
There is nothing wrong in laughter, II
all depends on what you laugh at, and
when you laugh, and how you laugh.
Nothing, IT seems, will moro thoroughly
kindle our heavenly hilarities after we
have got inside the pearly gate than to
see how in this world we got scared at
things which ought not to have fright
ened us at all.
How often we work ourselves up into
O great stew about nothing! The Red
sea before may be deep. and the Egyp-
tian cavalry behind US may be well
mounted, but Il we trust the Lord we
will 20 through no more hurt by the
water than when in boyhood we rolled
our garmentsto 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
right with you IL you have God on your
side and all the angelic, cherubic, So
raphic and achangelic Kingdoms. III
God be for you, who can be against
you?"
Lay hold Of the Lord In prayer, and
you will 20 free, as did Richard Cecil
with e2O Of missionary money in his sad
diebags, and the highwaymen grabbed
his horse by the bride and told him to
deliver, and he prayed God for safety,
and suddenly one Of the robbers said:
"Mr. Cecil, I once heard you preach.
Boys, let ths gentleman CO."
NIDEA OF HEAVEN.
But let me criticise Miriam little for
the instrunent Of music she employed
In the divine service on the sandy beach.
Why not hke some other instrument
The harp vas sacred instrument. Why
did she not take thatf The cymbal was
q sacred Instrument. Why did she not
take that? The trumpet was sacred in
strument. Why did she not take that2
Amid that great host there must have
been musici instruments more used In
religious srvice. No. She took that
which she liked the best and on which
she could best express her graduation
over a natign's rescue, first through the
retreat of the waves Of the Red sea, and
then through the clapping Of the hands