Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-11-14

ticg what Ish out-our nets must sweep
them for the marketf What music but
it must sing In our hailsi What eloquence
but it must speak in our senatesl Ho, to
the national banquet, reaching from noun
tain TO mountain and from sea to seal To
prepare that banquet the sheepfolds and
the aviaries Of the country sent their best
treasures. The orchards piled up on the
table their sweet fruits. Tbs presses burst
out with now wines To sit at that table
came the yeomanry Of New Hampshire,
and the lumbermen of Maine, and the
Carolinian from the rice plantation, and
the western emigrant from the pines of
Oregon, and VIC were all brothers-brothers
at a banquet suddenly the feast ended
What meant those mounds thrown up at
Chickamauga, Shiloh, AtlAaea. Gettys-
burg, South Mountain What meant those
golden grainflelds, turned into a pastur-
ing ground for cavalry horsesP What
meant the eornfelds quilted with the
wheels of the heavy supply trainf Why
those rivers of tears-those lakes Of bloodf
God was angryt Justice must come. A
handwriting on the WALL The nation had
been weighed and found wanting. Dark
nessl Darknessl Woe to the north Woe
to the south Woe to the east Woe to the
west Death at the banquet
Sudden Judgment.
have also to learn from the subject
that the destruction of the vicious, and Of
those who despise God, will be very sud
den, The wave of mirth had dashed to the
highest point when the invading army
broke through. 1t was unexpected. Sud
denly, almost always, comes the doom Of
those who despise God and defy the laws
of men. How was 1t at the delugeH Do
you suppose it came through long north
east storm, so that people for days before
were sure it was comingH No. 1 suppose
the morning was bright; that calmness
brooded on the waters; that beauty sat en-
throned on the hills, when suddenly the
heavens burst, and the mountains sank
like anchors into the sea that dashed clear
over the Andes and the Himalayas.
The Red sea was divided. The Egyp-
tians tried to cross it. There could be no
danger The Israelites had just gone
through. Where they had gone, why not
the EgyptiansS Oh, it was such beauti-
full walking placel A pavement Of tinged
shells and pearls, and on either side two
great walls of water-solid. There can be
no danger. Forward, great host Of the
Egyptiansl Clap the oymbals and blow
the trumpets of victory After them! We
will catch them yet, and they shall be de-
stroyed But the walls begin to tremble!
| They rock! They fall The rushing wa
tersl The shrek Of drowning men! The
| swimming of the warhorses IN vain for
the shore The strewing of the great host
| on the bottom of the sea or pitched by the
angry wave on the beach-a battered,
bruised and loathsome wreck! Suddenly
destruction came. One-half hour before
and without remedy.
I am just setting forth fact which you
have noticed as well as I. Ananias comes
to the apostle. The apostle says, "Did you
sell the land for so much" He says
eyes" 1t was lie. Dead, as quick as
that Sapphira, his wife, comes In. "Dit
| you sell the land for so much?" eyes. y
It was lie, and quick as that she was
dead! Gods judgments are upon those
who despise him and defy him. They
come suddenly.
A Simple Prayer.
The destroying angel went through
Egypt. Do you suppose that any of tht
people knew that he was coming2 Die
they hear the flap of his great wingP No
Mol Suddenly, unexpectedly he came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot ,
bird standing on sprig near by. If the!
are skilled, they pride themselves on tax
ing 1t on the wing, and they wait till
starts Death Is an old sportsman, ant
he loves to take men flying under the yer.