The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-10-12

after awhile; God will show him that
He depletes their advantages just for
the same reason He depleted the army
OF Gideon-that they may be induced
to throw themselves on His mercy.
So Gods way, in the redemption OF
the world, is different from ours. II
we had our way, we would have had
Jesus stand In the door OF Heaven and
beclkon the nations up tonight, or we
would have had angels flying around
the earth proclaiming the unsearcha-
BILE riches OF Christ. Why Is 1t that
the cause goes on so slowly? Why
is 1t that the chains stay on, when God
could knock them Off? Why do
thrones of despotism stand, when God
could so easily demolish them? 1t is
His why. In order that all generations
may cooperate, and that all men may
know they can not do the work them
selves. Just in proportion as these
| pyramids of sin go up in height will
they come down in ghastliness OF
ruin.
Oh, thou father of all iniquityl II
thou canst hear my voice above the
cracking OF the flames, drive on thy
projects, dispatch thy emissaries,
build thy temples, and forge thy
chains; but know that thy fall from
Heaven was not greater than thy final
overthrow shall be when thou shalt
be driven disarmed into thy fiery den;
and for every lie thou hast framed
upon earth thou shalt have an adj
ditional hell of fury poured into
thine anguish by the vengeance
of our God; and all Heaven shall shout
at the overthrow, as from the ran
somed earth the song breaks through
the skies: "Hallelujah! for the Lord
God Omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah!
for the kingdoms of this world have
become the Kingdoms of our Lord Je-
sus Christ" Gods way in the compo-
sition of the Bible, Gods way in the
Christians life, Gods way in the re-
demption of the world, Gods way in
verything--differen from mans way,
but the best.
learn from this subject that the
overthrow of Gods enemies will be
sudden and terrific. There is the army
of the Midianites down in the valley
of Jezreel. l suppose the mighty men
are dreaming of the victory. Mount
Gilboa never stood sentinel for so large
u host. The spears and shields of the
Midianites CLEAN in the moonlight,
and glance on the eye of the Israelites,
who hover like a battle of eagles,
ready to sweep from the cliff. Sleep
on, oh army of the Midianites! With
the night to hide them, and the noun,
tain to guard them, and strong arms
to defend them, let no slumbering foe
man dream of disasterl Peace to the
captain and the spearmen!
Crash go the pitchers! up flare the
lamps! To the mountains! fly! tyl
Troop running against troop, thou
sands tramping upon thousands. Harls
to the scream and groan of the routed
foe, with the Lord God Almighty after
them! How sudden the onset, how
wild the CONSERVATION, how utter the
defeat! do not care so much what is
against me, If God is not. You want a
better sword or carbinc than / have
ever seen to go out and fight against
the Lord Omnipotent Give me God
for my ally, and you may have all the
battlements and battalions.
l saw the defrauder in his splendid
house. 1t seemed as if he had con-
qucred God. as he stood amidst the
blaze of chandeliers and pier mirrors,
in the diamonds of the wardrobe sal
the tears of the widows whom he had
robbed, and in the snowy satin the pal
Tor of the white-cheeked orphans whom
he had wronged. The blood of the
oppressed glowed in the deep crimson
of the imported chair. The music
trembled with the sorrow of unre
quilted toll. But the wave of mirth
dashed higher on reefs of coral and
pearl The days and the nights went
that silver door bell. No beggnr dared
sit on that marble step. No voice OF
prayer foatcd amidst that tapes.
try. No shadow of Judgment
day darkened that fresco. No tear
of human sympathy dropped upon thai
upholstery. Pomp strutted the hall
and dissipation filled her cup, and al
seemed ale as the Midianites in tn,
valley of Jezreel. But God came
Calamity smote the money market
The partridge left it's eggs unmatched
Crash went all the porcelain pitchers
Ruin, rout, dismay and woe in tn,
valley OF Jezreel!
Alas for those who fight against God
Only two sides. Man immotal, which
side are you on? Woman immortal,
which side arc you on? Do you belong
to the tree hundred that are going t.
win the day, or to the great host o
Midianites asleep in the valley, only
to be aroused up in CONSERVATION
and ruin? Suddnly the colder
bowl OF life will be broken, ant
the trumpet blown that will startlt
our soul into eternity? The day o
the Lord cometh as thief in tn,
night, and as the God-armed Israelite
upon the sleeping foe. la! Canst tho,
pluck up courage for the day when the
trumpet which hath never been blown
shall speak the roll-call of the dead
and the earth, dashing against n los
meteor, have the mountains scattered
to the stars, and oceans emptied in til,
mir? Oh, then. what will become o
you? What will become of me?
If those Midianites had only givei
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