The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-06
A RUsTIC's COUNSEL.
.seEk HIM THAT MAkETh THE SEVEN
STARS AND ORION"

n. wa tho Son Of . Poor snepne1~ s '.
a>.,,u,.red. but Rev. DR.. Ialmsge
Ann. M.de the Hosts Trem- =
,..-A sermon to Make Men Think n
WASHINGTON. Jan 3l.-This sermon OF n
T.,,,.ra looking at the midnight heav- I
-. .h,oreh the ewes Of one OF the ancients, I
q. .,,,ore Tor practicality and must set all c
=, ,,.efn, thinking. His text Is Amos ', 6
&c h,n, that maketh the seven stars
and Orion" $3.50
country farmer wrote this text, Amos
~ rakoa. He plowed the earth and thrash
"A the Grain BY a new thrashing macn,ne
inst invented, as formerly the cattle 1roo
o,,t tho arain. He gathered the fruit Oh
the sycamore tree and sacrificed 1t Win an
;ron comb lust before 1t was getting ripe,
| =. a. WA necessary and customary N tha'
1sny 20 take from 1t the bitterness he was
the son Of q poor shepherd and stuecer 1u
Int hefore the stammering rustic the Fhll,
| !r4sos sna Gvrians and Phoenicians and |
| No.hleea and Ammonites and Eoornisezs
and Israelites trembled
Moe was q law giver, Daniel was
| ,rince. Isaiah q courtief and Oav1d King,
Int Amos the author OF my te1e' WIS o
naasent. and. az might be supposed, nearly
III h,e nsrnilelisms are pastoral, his proph-
acr fufi OF the odor Of new moVrn hay, ana
| .ha rattle OF locusts and the rumble Oh
| ca-ta Nth sheayes, and the roar OF via
| beasts devouring the flock while the snep,
herd came out in their defense. He Wa.cneo
: the herds by day and by nign. lnhaDi'eu
10Th made out of bushes, so that through
| ,he.e branches he could see the stars an
2 nighe long. and was more familiar with
| .he.n than we who have tight roofs to our
houses and hardly ever see the stars e2ceps
, among the tall brick chimneys OF the graz
towns But at seasons OF the year whS ,
+ o4o1A Ia
e+ov ont I'm the open field all through the
darkneas his only shelter the curtain o.
the nirht heaven, with the stellar emoroio
s eries and silvered tassels OF lunar light
Wlok a life Of solitude, oil alone WIFI
h,s herds! Poor Amos! And at ~ o'cioSi
at night hark to the wons DaIS' ana anu t .h
1t lions roar, and the bears growl, ana I'm y,
% oxrl,s te-whit te-who, and the serpent
hias as he unwittingfy steps too near whii
g moving through the thickets! so Amos
IKE other hcrdsmen, got the habit OF s.uus
ing the map Of the heavens because AZ We
re 90 much Of the time spread OUT peiors n ~,
He noticed some stars advancing ana OH
Id o.. reoedine, He associated their daw
And ssetin0 with certain seasons OF IL
x,rar. He had o poetic nature, and ne rea
NIGHT by night, and month by month. an
year by year, the poem OF the oonseeal
lions, divinely rhythmic. BUT TWO 49,
of stars especially attracted his attentie
So while seated on the ground or lying
his hock under the open scroll OF the MI
in nirht heavens-she Pleiades, or sew
n stars, and Orion. The former group II
&C. rustic prophet associated with spring, as
rises about the LIST Of May. The latter
we associated with the winter, as IL comes
the meridian in January. The Pleiad'
or seven stars, connected with all sxe
ness and JOY; Orion, the herald OF
ay tempest. The ancients were the more
A to study the physiognomy and 5u1tapo
tion of the heavenly bodies because III
are thought they had a special influence up
the the earth, and perhaps they were right.
fhe moon every few hours lifts and ]
down the tides of the Atlantic ocean
the electric storms in the sun, by all sci
tific admission, affect the earth, why
has the stars have proportionate efectf
nall And there are some things which mi
kin me THINK .nas ~ n,"y .Uo tho mo
pll- L -~a..4a 80 a-,r,earanca Of the heave