The Atlanta constitution., 1894-04-30

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hn,, t9G9I pIuoM peStt 7dol self
nfdons of ne%PAQ 1Ip2 nr5 uI,'' ,s', ON be
meath / have Sc Sulpla!H icy themselves
for such strugsl luBld Imcy have bitten
+bct7, lin and cleno Jes $! cir fists and cried
with u blOod-red ear. P'-ness, and ram Oh
sea Idina tears, God telp me!'
From a NrcstIe with habit l have seen
men fall back defeated. Calling for no help,
but relying on their resolutions, they nave
come into the struggle; and for time II
seemed as if they were getting the upper
hand of their hapit; but that habit rallied
again it's internal power, and lifted soul
from it's standing, and with a force borrow
ed from the pit, hurled ii into utter dark
ness First [ saw the auctoneers ; mallet
fan on the pictures, and musical mSifo-
nents and the rich upholstery or nus Iaihl-
" parlor After awhile / saw him tan INTO
the ditch Then, in the midnight, when
The children were dreaming their sweetest
dreams. and Christian households are 81
1aat with Slumber. angel-Watched, / heard
him give the sharp shrek that foHoWed the
stab OF his own poniard. He fell from an
h0n0red social poSluon; he fell from Il l5sih-
ily circle Of which once he was the grand
est attraction; he fell from the mousse Oh
God. at whose altars ne had been consecrat-
ed he fell-for ever! Bu,, thank Goa, 1 have
often seen a better termination thah ina
7 have seen men prepare themselves lor
+ suc1 a wrestling. They laid hold OF dod )
helm as they went into combat Ine giant
/ habit. re-aied by the cup Of many teIhPla-
lions came out strong and defiant. 1hey
( (.lenched There were the WrlimnSS ana
+ distortions of a fearful struggle. But the
] old giant began to WaYer, and at last IN lhe
1nidnight, alone. with none but God 10 VII
ness. by the brook JabboI, the giant Iei
I and the triumphant wrestler bfohe lht
darkness with the cry. Thanks be unto
IL, t,.. . l,a JyiHr through
Lord Jesus Christ" There IS WIDOW
b.art that FIRST was desoated by bereaNe
rnert and since, by the anXieueS ana tfial
that came in the support OF a fanny. ~
Il sad thing to see a man Contehdh3 lof
! livelihood under disadvantages put 70 Sc
a delicate woman, with helpless little one
at her back, fighting the giant OF poFert
and sorrow is more affecting. 1t was d
humble home and passerSby knew not ina
z,itl,in those four walls We're displays {
courage more admirable than that OF iiai
nibaI crossing the Alps, or the pass
T,ferrn0pylle. or BdlalIlaVa, where INTO III
laws OF DEATH rode the six hundred. mes
heroes had the whole world to cheer the
ON. but there were none to applaud II
( STRUGGLE in the humble home. '0he Iou9i
for bread for clothing for ire 1of SheIie
with aching head and weak siue' ana {.
hausted strength, through the IONS hl8i
r by the brook Jabbok. Could 1t be th''t hoI
would give her help? Had God forgot.
:; to he gracious? No! contendinS soul. II
! midnight air is fun of wings coming 70 u
rescue She hears it now in the SouSh
tha night wind, in the ripple OF the pro'
Jabhck-the promise made 50 long as
ringing down the sky: THY tatherIesS en-
drrn I will preserve them alive; ana
h INV widows trust in me-! Some one Sa
d to a very poor woman, How IS II mat
l. e,?ch distress YOU keep cheerful:' she Sa
S 81 do if bv what ! call cross prayers W n
>, ! had nv rent to pay, and nothing TO p
. II with. aud bread to buy and nothing
y buv it with / used to sit down and G
Is r}ut now do not get discouraged II
atong the Etreet when l come TO corr
Of the street, l say, The Lord heip III
then go on until 1 come TO another croSsl
Jn Jl of the street and again l say, Inc L'
On i---n ner And so | utter prayer at
hit arv crossing. and since ! have got into
an habft Of saying these cross prayers iS
ne been able to keep up my courage
a. Learn again from this subject that p
tie la are sometimes surprised to lind
20 tnat what they have been struggling "
ne ~ +be darkness is really an ''anSel OF bic
no, IacOb found in the morning that
Grange parsonage was not an enemy,
inc . God-dispatched messenger TO prom
las nrosnerty for him aud his children Aho
on MANY a man. at the close OF his trlai,
vi" found out that he has been trying to tn