The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-02-19

spend their money were left without I
money to spend. Laborers went home
for want Of work, TO see hunger in their
chair at the table and upon the hearth. |
Winter blew his breath of frost through |
fingers OF icicles, and sherifs with
attachments dug among the clnders Oh
fallen storehouses, and whole cltles
Joined in the long funeral procession,
marching to the grave of dead fortunes
and a fallen commerce. Verify, the
righteous suffered with the wicked, put
generally the wicked had the worst
of il. Splendid estates that had come
together through schemes or wicked
ness were dashed to pieces like pot
ters vessel, and God wrote with letters
of fire, amid the ruin and destruction OF
regulations and systems that were
thought impregnable, the old-fashioned
truth, which centuries ago he wrote III
His Bible, THE way of the wicked ne
turneth upside down." AS the stars OF
heaven are reflected from the waters OF
the earth, even so Gods great ana mag
nificent purposes are reflected Dack
from the boiling sea of human passion
and turmoil. AS the voice OF sweet
song uttered among the mountains may
be uttered back from the caVernous
home of wild beast and rocks split ana
thunder-scarred, so the great harmonles
of Gods providence are rung back from
the darkest caverns of this sin-struck
earth. Sennacherib, and Abimelech,
and Herod. and Judas, and Nero, ana
NeDucnadnezzar. though they struggled
like beasts unbroken to the load, were
put into a yoke, where they were com
PEELED to help draw ahead Gods great
projects of mercy.
Again, let us learn the lesson that
men can be guilty of polluting the
sacred vessels of the temple and carry
ing them away to Babylon. The sacred
vessels in the temple at Jerusalem
were the cups and plates OF gold ana
silver with which the rites and cere-
monies we're celebrated. The laying OF
heather hands upon them and the car
rying them off as spoils was an I'M
bounded offense to the Lord OF the
temple. Yet NebuchadneZZar committed
this very sacrilege. Though that WICK
ed king is gone, the sins he inaugural
ed walk up and down the earth, ours
ing It from century to century. Inc
sin of desecrating sacred things is COM
mitted by those who on sacramento
day take the communion cup, while
their conversation and actions all show
that they live down in Babylon. How
solemn is the sacrament! 1t is time
for vows. time for repentance, time
for faith. Sinai stands near, with lts
fire split clouds. and Calvary, with us
Victim. The Holy Spirit broods over
the scene. and the glory OF heaven
seems TO gather in the sanctuary. Nll'
indeed must that man be who comes II
from his idols and unrepented follie!
TO take hold of the sacred vessels o
the temple. o, thou NebuchadneZZar
Back with you to Babylon!
He who breaks the Sabbath not mor'
certainly robs God than robs himself
Inevitably. continuous dissertation o
the sacred day ends either in bank
= ruptcy or destroyed health. A grea
merchant said, Had 1t not been 10
the Sabbath | have no doubt | SHOULD
; have been maniac long ago. Thi
{ remark was made in company OF mer
, chants. and one of them said, ina
corresponds with the experience @
!, my friend, a great importer. He ofte
= said, The Sabbath is the best day G
the week TO plan successful voyages
u He has for years been in an insane hos
, pital. and will probably die there
Those also repeat the sin of Net
:, uchadnezzar who in any way desecrat
, the Holy Scriptures. There are me
!. who use the Word of God as instrumer
y of angry controversy. Bigots at hear
= and zealots in the advocacy of the
. religious pecunarities, they meet othe
- sects with the fury of highwaymal
:, thrusting them through and throug
with what they consider the sword
81. the Spirit. It is a wonder to me thu
some men were not made with horns
hook with. and hoofs to kick with, an
with claws to grab with. What Chris
said TO rash Peter, when he struck o
- the ear of Malchus, he says to ever
=, controversialist: Put up again tn
. sword into its place; for all they thu
> take the sword shall perish with II
sword
n Rev. william. Jay met a countryma
. who said to him, II was extreme
- alarmed this morning, sir. 1t was vel
foggy and | was going down to a lone
u place and l thought / saw strani
~ monster. 1t seemed in motion, but
~ could not discern it's form. l did n
n like to turn back, but my heart bea
- and the more / looked the more l WI
- afraid. But as / approached, 1t WI
- a man and who do you think it was
a 1T know not" "Oh, it was my brot
9 err John" Then Mr. Jay remarked, "
NJ was early in the morning and very TO
90 gy, and how often do we thus mistal
10 our Christian brethren"
p Just in proportion as men are wroI
tv will they be boisterous in their reli
&C ious contentious. The lamb of religi'
or is always gentle, while there is no liz
81 so fierce as the roaring lion that go
m about seeking whom he may devon
ne Let Gibraltars belch their war flame
no the sea. and the Dardanelles darken {