The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-08
themselves and swore the fruit was theirs
by divine right.

themselves and swore the fruit was theirs
by divine right
In order to impress this ignorant, bar
barrie horde with the sense Of propriety,
Moses told the people that God directed
him, and that Deity told him what to do
and say.
Moses used to go up on mountain,
Gear above the clouds, beyond where the
mists hover, and when he came down
the people asked him what he had been
UP there for, and - told them that he
went up to see Cod In no other way
could Moses control this restless mob ex-
cept by saying that God says SO and so.
And the fact that their leader was on
such good terms with Elohim or Yoveh,
inflated these people so that they always
spoke of themselves as the Chosen People
Of God. The Jebusites, the Hitites and
the Moabites never referred to the Israel
ties as the Chosen People of God No one
called them the Chosen People Of Cod
only they themselves.
And I wish to say right here that the
individual who does a great and magnifi-
cent work is on close and friendly terms
with God. He is the son of God and it is
necessary that he should feel this k.nship
in order to do his work. From Moses the
NC1lI0 VI 0OA OA uP " OOCl dICS W llO ISL
ened to the Daemon, to George Fox, who
hardened to the Voice, to the Prophets of
our own time, all lie low in the Lords
hand and listen closely ere they act. A
man is strong only when he feels that he
Is backed by Power, not his own, that
makes for righteousness.
When think Of these brave souls, the
Saviours of the World, who have sought
to lead men out of the captivity Of evil
feeling and knowing that they were the
Sens Of God-I stand uncovered. But a
mass of people, crowd, a mob-that
claim to be a chosen people, is sight to
make angels weep. You cannot indict a
class said Macauley; corporations have
no souls, a horde that claims to be in
spired is only a how.ing, cowardly thing.
Great men are ever lonely and live apart,
but birds of a feather flock together be-
cause they fear to flock alone They want
warmth and protection-they are afraid
A mob is the quintessence of cowardice-
dirty, mad, hydra headed monster, that
one good valiant st. George can thrust to
the heart. When mob speaks say: Vox
populi vox devil!
At the time the Israelites tumbled in
pell-mell onto the Philistines Moses had
long been dead. The mob was without a
leader and quarrel was rife amid its
broken ranks. In mad rush they stam-
peded the herds Of the Philistines, scat
tered their flocks, destroyed their gar
dens, and as an excuse they shouted: We
are the chosen people of God! And one of
their poets sang a song two lines Of which
runs thus:
Moab Is my wash-pot,
Over Philistia will cast my shoe.
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This only made the 7hilistines laugh,
and although the Israelites outnumbered
them, they went at it and scattered them.
Finally, after long years Of warfare, the
fight was called draw, and the Jews
settled down, and, following the good ex-
ample of the Philistines, made them
selves homes.
And while do not know anything
about It for certain, It is my opinion that
at the Last Greta Day the folks who
stayed around home and pruned their
vines and tended their focks and loved
their wives and babies will fare deal
| better than those other men who made
war on innocsnt people and tried to rem
| der them homeless OF course may be