The Progress., 1896-06-20

jls4fr NORWOOD, ll'H
NGSD toned in Rov"Ia-
49, ton, was Att'Ih,
king Of the Huns.
lie was no called because he WnR br''-
liant as n star, and. like wormwooo' nv
omblttorod everything he touched. we
have studied the Star OF bethlehem,
and tho Morning Star OF tho ltev''a-
ton. and the Star OF Pence. but my
present subject calls us to gaze az inc
star Wormwood, and my theme might
be called brilliant bitterness.
n more extraordinary character ms
tory does not furnish than this man
this referred 10, Atiiln. the KING OF the
Huns. One day wounded hcifcr came
limpng along through the fields ana
a herdsman followed It's bloody track
on the grass TO SOC where the heller
was wounded and went on back fur
Their and further. until he came to u
sword fast In tho earth. tho point
downward, AZ though 1t had dropped
from tho heavens, aud against tho
edges Of this sword the hcifcr had
been cut The hcrdgman pulled up
that sword and presented ii to Atiiia
Aitila said that sword must havo
fallen from the heavens from The grasp
OF Mars. and It's being given to him
M Ihul hiiIIn uhnn1I and
govern the whole earth Other mighty
men havo been delighted mt being
called libcralOra. or The morciful, or
tho good, but Attila called himself, and
demanded that others call him, tho
SCOurg0 OF God At the head OF ZOO 900
troops mounted on Cappadoclan horses.
no swept everything from the Adriatic
TO tho Black Sen. lIo put his iron heel
on Macedonia and Greece and Thracc.
llo made Milan and Pavia and padua
and Verona bcg for mercy. which h0
bestowed not. The Byzantine castles,
to meet his ruinous levy. put up ut
auction massive silver tables and vases
of solid gold. A Clty captured by him.
ths inhabitants were brought out and
put into three classes. The first class.
those who could bear arms. who must
Immediately enlist under Attila or be
butchered: the second class, tho beau
tiful women, who wor0 made cnptives
to the Huns: the third class, the aged
men and women. who were robbed OF
everything and let 20 back TO the city
to pay heavy tax.
1t was q common saying that the
grass mover grew again whore tho hoof
OF Attila's horse had trod His armies
redeemed tho waters OF the Seine and
the Mosello and the Rhine with car
mage, and fought on the Calalonian
Plains tho liercest battle sinco the
world stood 300 600 dead left on the
Held! On and on, until all those who
could not oppose him with arms lay
PROSTATE on their faces in prayer. and,
n cloud OF dust seen In the distance, n
bishop cried: 1T is the aid Of Cod
and MI the people took up the cry,
1T Ia tho aid of GodN AS tho cloud
OK dust was blown aside tho banners
OF reinforcing armies marched In TO
help against Attila, the Scourgc of God.
The most unimporlant occurrences he
used as n supernatural resource, and
after three months Of failure to capture
tho city Of Aquilola, and his army had
given up the siege, the flight of n stork
and her young from the tower OF the
city was taken by him ms n sign that
no was to capture the city. and his
srmy, inspired by the same occurrence,
resumed the siege. and took the walls
ut n point from which the stork had
SO brilliant was the conquer
or In attire that his enemies could not
look at him, but shaded their eyes or
turned their heads.
Slain on the evening Of his marriage
by his bride, lldico, who was hired for
the assassination, his followers be.
walled him not with tears, but with
blood, cutting themselves with knives
md lanccs, He was put into three
,oillns-the first OF iron, the second of
silver. and the third of gold. He WAS
buried by night and into his grave
we're poured the most valuable coin and
precious stones, amounting to the |
wealth Of n kingdom. The grave dig
gers and all those who assisted at the |
burial were mastered, so that II would |
lever be known where so much wealth |
vas entombed. The Roman Empire
conquered the world. but Attila CON
luered the Roman Empire. He was
light In calling himself n scourge, but
instead Of being the sCourge o., God. |
10 was the scourge OF hell Because
4 his brilliance and bitterness the
Commentators were right In believing
lin to be the star Norwood. AS the
egions he devastated were parts most
pulent with fountains and streams
nd rivers, you see how graphic is this
eferenco in Revelation There fell
great gtar from heaven, burning as
were u lamp, and II fell upon the
bird part OF the rivers and upon the
ountains OF waters, and the name OF
he star Ia called Norwood
Have you ever thought how many
mbittered lives there are ali about us,
morbid, acrid, saturn
le3 The Eurouean n.nnt froxo which !