The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01

affuded 20 IN the scriptures. Joel. the
prophet, describe the cheek teeth" OF
great lion: and Isaiah mentions
among the attractions of Heaven that
mo lion shall be there's" and Amos
speaks of shepherd taking lambs
ear out of the mouth of lion; and
Solomon describes the righteous as
"bold as a liOn;" and Daniel was a
great lion tanner; and David and Jere-
miah and st. John often speak of this
creature.
But most am I impressed by what 1
have quoted from the apostle Peter,
when he calls the devil lion. That
means strength. That means blood
thirstiness. That means cruelty. That
means destruction. Some of you have
felt the strength of his paw and the
sharpnessof his tooth, and the horror of
his rage. Yes, he is a savage devil lie
roared at everything good when Lord
Clavenhouse assaulted the Covenanters,
and at Bartholomew against the HUI
guenots. one August night when the
bell tolle1 for the butchery to begin,
and the CHASTITY joke in the street was:
Blood letting is good in August" and
$4,000 assassin knives were plunged
into the victims. And this monster
has had under his paw many of the
grandest souls OF all time, and. fat
tened with the spoils of centuries
he comes for You. But | am glad
to say to all of you who have
got the worst in such stru ygle, that
there is Lion on our side. if you want
] ',+f hA of
Judah's tribe" 4 Lamb to US, but a
Lion to meet that other lion, and you
can easily guess who Will beat in that
! fight, and who will be beaten. When
two opposing lions meet i'll n jungle in
! India, YOU cannot tell which will over
come and which will be overcome.
/ But if you and feel enough our weak
ness in this battle of temptation and
ask for divine help against that old
! lion of hell described in ST. Peter, will
go the stronger Lion described in
Revelation. and it will be no uncertain
grapple; but under one omnipotent
stroke the devouring monster that
would slay our soul shall 60 reeling
back into a pit ten thousand times
| deeper than that in which Benaiah
slew the lion on 4 snowy day.
| A word to all who are in a snowy
day. Oh. fathers and mothers who
have lost children, that is the weather
that cuts through body and soul. But
drive back the lion of bereavement.
| Cheer up, all disconsolates. The best
work for God and humanity has been
done on the snowy day. At gloomy
Marine Terrace" island of Jersey. the
exile Victor Hugo wrought the might.
est achievement of his pen Ezekiel,
banished and bereft aud an invalid at
| Cornhil on the banks of the Chebar,
had his momentus vision of the Cher
ubim, and wheels within wheels. BY
the dim light of dungeon window at
| Bedford, John Bunyan sketches the
"Delectable Mountains" Milton writes
the greatest poem of all time without
eyes. Michael Angelo carved a statue
out of snow and all Florence gazed in
raptures at its eXquiSitenesS, and many
of Gods servants have out of the cold
cut their immortality. Prosecutions
were the dark background that made
more impressive the courage and con-
secration of Savonarola who. when
threatened with denial of burial, said:
Throw me into the Arno if you choose,
| the Resurrection day will find me and
that is enough" Benaiah. on n cold,
damp, cutting. snowy day gained
Ieonine triumph. Hardship and trouble
| have again and again exalted. and in
spired. and glorified their subjects.
The bush itself has mounted higher
And fiourished. unconSumed. in fire.
Well. we have had many snowy days
within the past month, and added to
the chill of the weather was the chill
| ing dismay at the non-arrival of the
ocean steamer ''tiascogne." Overdue
for eight days. many had given her up
as lost, and the most hopeful were very
anxious The cyclones, whose play is
shipwrecks. had been reported being
in widest romp all up and down the
Atlantic. The ocean n few days before
had swallowed the "Elbe." and with
unappeased appetite seemed saying:
Give us more of the best shipping"
| The "Normandie" came in on the same
| track the ''Gascogne" was to travel,
and it had not seen her. The
.'Teutonic." saved almost by the
superhuman efforts of captain and
crew, came in and had heard no gun of
distress from the missing steamer.
There were pale faces and wringing
hands on both continents, and tears
rolled down cold cheeks on those
snowy days. But at last, under most
powerful glass at Fire island, 4 ship
was seen limpiug this way over the
waters. Then we all began to hope
that it might be the missing French
| liner. Three hours of tedious and
agonizing waiting, and two continents
in suspense. When will the eyeglasses
at Fire island make revelation of this
awful mystery of the sea? There it is!
Ha. Ha! The ''Gascogne!' Quick!
Wire the news to the city. Swing
the flags out on the towers. Ring the
bells. Sound the whistles of the
shipping all the way up from Sandy
Hook to New York battery. shes
safe. She's SAFE are the words caught
up and passed on from street to street.
1T is the 'Gascogne" is the cry
sounding through all our delighted
homes. The flakes of snow fell on the
Extra" as we opened it on the street
to get the latest particulars.
Well, it will be better than that
when some of you are seen entering
! the harbor of Heaven. You have had
a rough voyage-no mistake about
that. Snowy day after snowy day.
Again and again the machinery of
health and courage broke down, and
the waves of temptation have swept