The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11

WY : :: ; en-, s ::', =. Il !:
tating and full OF
threat. Eighteen times does the bioie
sneak against the East wind. Moses
describes the thin ears blasted by the
EAST wind. The Psalmist describes the
breaking of the ships Of Tarshish d!
he cas-. wind. The lOcusts that plagued
Egypt were borne in on the east vino.
The gourd that sheltered Jonah was
shattered by the east wind; and In all
the six thousand summers. autumns.
springs. of the worlds exis-
-ence, the worst wind that ever blew
is the east wind. Now, if God would
only give us a climate of perpetual
how genial and kind and
placid and Industrious Christians we
would all be! But it takes almighty
grace to be what We ought to be under
he east wind. Under the chilling and
wet wing of the east wind the most of
the earth's villainies, frauds. outrages.
suicides, and murders have been
Matched cut. l think if you should
keep a meteorological history Of the
days of the year. and put right beside
it the criminal record of the country,
you would find that those were the
best days for public morals which were
under the north or west wind, and that
those were the worst days for public
morals which were under the east wind.
The points of the compass have more
10 do with the worlds morals and the
church's piety than you have yet sus-
oected. Rev. DIR. Archibald Alexander.
eminent for learning and for consecra-
ton, when asked By one Of his stu
dents at Princeton whether he always
had full assurance of faith, replied.
Yes, except when the wind blows from
The east" DR.. Francia, Dictator Of
Paraguay, when the wind was from the
east, made oppressive enactments for
the people: but when the weather
changed, repented him of the cruelties.
repealed the enactments. and was in
5OOQ uumOF Will dil INC "OIAu.
Before l overtake the main thought
IF my subject, l want to tell Christian
people they ought to be observant of
.limatical changes Be on your guard
when the wind blows from the east.
There are certain styles Of tempta-
tons that you cannot endure under
certain styles of weather. When the
wind blows from the east, il you are
of a nervous temperament, go not
among exasperating people, try not 10
settle bad debts, do not try to settle
Did disputes, do not talk with bigot
On religion, do not go among those
people who delight in saying irritating
things. do not try to collect funds for a
charitable institution, do not try to
answer an insulting letter. If these
things must be done, do them when the
wind is from the north, or the south, OF
the west, but not when the wind is
from the east.
You say that men and women ought
not to be so sensitive and nervous.
L, L
what the world ought to be; am talk
ing about what the world is. While
there are persons whose disposition
does not seem to be affected by
changes in the atmosphere. nine out Of
every ten are nightly played upon by
such influences . Christian man
under such circumstances do not write
hard things against yourself, do MOI
get worried about your fluctuating eX
perience. You are to remember tha
the barometer in your soul is only
answering the barometer Of the wealth
er. Instead of sitting down and being
discouraged and saying: Il am not {
Christian because 1 don't feel exhila
rant" get up and look out Of the win
dow and see the weather vane point
ing in the wrong quarter, and then say
Get thee behind me, Satan, thol
prince of the power Of the air; get on
Of my house! get out Of my heart. tho,
demon Of darkness horsed on the cas-
wind. Away However good ant
great you may be in the Christian life
your soul will never be Independent o
physical condition. l feel I am utter
ing q most practical. useful truth here
one that may give relief to assrea
many Christians>who are worried an,
respondent at times.
DR.. Rush, q monarch in medicine
after curing hundreds Of cases Of men
tai depression. himself fell sick an,
lost his religious hope. and he woul,
not believe his pastor when the paste
told him that his spiritual depression
was only consequence Of physical de
preston. Andrew Fuller, Thoma
Scott, William Cowper, Thomas Bos
ton, David Brainerd. Philip Melanc
thon we're mighty men OF God. but al
Of them illustrations Of the fact that
mans soul Is not Independent or M
physical health. An eminent physi
clan gave as his opinion that no ma
ever died greatly triumphant dealt