The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-25

anu k4e constant presence OF human
beings tames him. Bur you ought 70 see
him spring against the iron bars in the
zo0l9sical gardens OF Calcutta and hear
him rosr for the prey Ii makes ones
blood curile and you shrink back al
though sou know there is no peril. Plen-
IS Of lions 90 oiden time. Six hundred Of
them We're slaughtered on one occasion
I'D the presence of POmpey iu the Roman
amrh.theatre Lions came 3ut ana de-
str0yed the camels which carried the bag
gage of AerEes' army In Bible times
there were so many lions that they are
frequently alluded 10 in the Scriptures.
joel. The prophet. describes the cheek
teeth of a great lion; and Isaiah NEIL
ti0ns among the attractions Of heaven
that 40 lion shall be there" and Amos
speaks OF a shepherd taking lambs ear
out Of the mouth Of lion: and Solomon
describes the righteous as bold as
Hon;' and Daniel was a great lion tanner;
and David, and jeremiah. and St
John often speak Of this creature.
But most am / impressed by what I
have quoted from the Apostle Peter when
ne calls the devil a lion. That means
strength. That means blOodthirstiness
That means cruelty. That means destruc-
ton. Some Of you have felt the strength
of his paw. and the sharpness Of his
tooth, and the horror of his rage. Yes. he
Is a savage devil. He roared a every
sailed the Covenanters. ana at Barthole-
new against the Huguenots one August
night when the bell tolled for the butch
cry to begin, and the ghastly joke in the
street was, Blood letting is good in
August" and $1,000 assassin knives were
plunged into the victims. and this mon
ster has had under his paw many of the
grandest souls of all time. and fattened
with the spells OF centuries. he comes for
you. But ! am glad TO say to an OF you
who have got the worst In such a strug-
gle that there is a Lion on our side II
you want him: Revelation 5:5. THE Lion
of Judahs tribe" A Lamb to us, but
Lion to meet that other lion, and you can
easily guess who will beat in that night
and who viii be beaten. When two OPP
posing lions meet ia a jungle in India, YOU
cannot tell which viii overcome and
which viii be overcome. They glare at
each other for moment, and then with
fun strength of muscle they dash against
each other like two thunderbolts Of coll
Hiding storm-ciouds, and with jaws Ike
the crush OF avalanches and with re-
sounding voice that makes the Hmalayas
trembla, and with a pull and tear and
clutch, and trample, and shaking of the
head from side to side, until it IS too
much for human endurance TO witness,
and though one lion may be left dead, the
one which has conquered crawls away
less, to bleed to death in an adjoining
jungle. But If you and / feel enough our
weakness in this battle of temptation,
and ask for Divine help, against that
old lion of hell described in St, Peter,
will 90 tine stronger Lion described in
Revelation. and II viii be no uncertain
grapple. but under one Omnipotent stroke
the devouring monster that would Stay
our soul. shall go Keeling back into a pit
ten thousand times deeper than that in
which Benaiah slew the lion on a snowy
day.
A word to all who are in a snowy day
oh. fathers and mothers VINO have lost
children, that is the weather that
cuts through body and soul But drive
back the lion of bereavement with the
thought which David Rae of Ed
inburgh got from the Scotch
grave digger, who was always
planting white clover and the sweetest
flowers on the children's graves in the
cemetery, and when asked why he did So
replied: Surely. sir. I Gamma make over
fine the bed coverin' O. a little innocent
sleeper that's waitin' there till it's Gods
time to waken it, and cover it with the
white robe, and watt il away to glory
When SIGH grandeur is waitin' 1t yonder
it's tit it should be decked DOT here.
think the Saviour that counts its dust sac
precious will like to see the white clover
sheet spread over it. Do We no think so
too, sir2" Cheer up all disconsolates. The
best work for God and humanity has been
done on the snowy day. At gloomy Ma
rine Terrace" Island of Jersey, the exile
Victor Hugo. wrought the mightiest
achievement of his pen. Ezekiel banished
and bereft and an invalid at Cornhill on
the banks of the Chebar, had his momen-
tous vision of the Cherubim and wheels
within wheels BY the dim light of a
Lob
sketches the 'Delectable Mountains" Mil
ton writes the greatest poem of all time
without eyes. Michael Angelo carved a
statue out of snow and all Florence gaZed
in raptures at it's exduisiteness, and many
of Gods servants have out of the cold
cut their Immortality. Prosecutions were
the dark background that made more inn
pressve the courage and conservation of
Savonarola. who. when threatened with
denial or burial, said Throw me into the
Arno if you choose, the Resurrection Day
viii find me and that is enough Ben
allah, on a cold, damp, cutting, snowy day
gained leonine triumph. Hardship and
trouble have again and again exalted, and
inspired and glorified their subjects.
The bush itself has mounted higher
And fiourished, unconsun in FIRE
Well we have had many snowy days
within the past month. and added to the
chill of the weather was the chilling dis
may at the non-arrval of the ocean
steamer Gascogne. overdue for eight days,
many had given her up as lost and the
most hopeful We're very anxious. The cy-
clones. whose play is shipwrecks, had
been reported being in widest romp all
up and down the Atlantic. The ocean a
few days before had swallowed the Elbe
and with unappeased appetite seemed say
ing, 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 cap
tain and crew, came in and had heard
no gun of distress from that missing
steamer. There We're pale faces and
wringing hands on both continents and
tears rolled down cold cheeks on those
snowy days. We all feared that the worst
had happened and talked of the City of
Boston as never heard of after sailing;
and the steamship President, on which
the brilliant Goodman sailed, never re-
ported, and never to be heard of again
until the time when the sea gives up its
dead. But at last. under most powerful
glass at Fire Island, q ship was seen
linping this way over the waters. Then
ma o. NGeroy1 IN boae that iub J,e. Tho