Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-05-13
DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST. NAPOLEON, O.. MAY 49, 1897


Hudson. on the Mississippi on the
Thames. on the Savannah, on the Rhine,
on the Nile, on the Ganges, on the Hoang-
Ho. It is battle that has been going on
for Q, 900 years. The troops engaged In it
arc 1000, ,0Oo, 900, and those who have
fallen by the way are vaster IN number
than those who march 1t is battle for
brcad.
Sentimentalists sit in cushioned chair,
In their pictured study, with their slip
pered feet on a damask ottoman, and say
that this world is a great scene Of avarice
and greed. 1t does not seem 80 TO me. II
1t were not for the absolute necessities of
the cases, nine-tenths Of the stores, fac
tories, shops and banking houses of the
land would be closed tomorrow. Who is
that man delying in the Colorado hills, or
toiling in Now England factory, or 60
ing through a roll Of bills in the bank, or
measuring fabric on the counter? He is
q champion sent forth in behalf of some
home circle that has to be cared for, in
behalf of some church of God that has to
be supported, in behalf of some asylum of
mercy that has to be sustained. Who is
that woman bending over the sewing
machine, or carrying tho bundle, or sweep
ing the room, or mending the garment, or
swelteriDg at the washtubp That is Deb
orah, one of the Lord heroines, battling
against Amalekitish want, which comes
down with iron chariot to crush her and
hers. The great question with the vast
majority of people today is not "home
rule" but whether there shall be any
home to rule; not one of tariff, but whether
1 ~ -lal lao NfN ftv hn
| great questions with the vast majority of
people are: How shall support my FAM
! lily? How shall meet my notesp How
shall L pay my rent? How shall l give
| food, clothing and education to those who
are dependent upon me?' oh, If God
would help me today to assist you in the
solution of that problem, the happiest man
in this house would be your preacherl
have gone out on cold morning with ex-
| pert spOrtsmen to hunt for pigeons. !
| have gone out on the meadows to hunt for
| quail have gone out on the marsh to
hunt for reed birds; but today am out
| for ravens.
| Notice, in the first place in the story
| of my text, that these winged caterers
came to Elijah direct from God.
| 81 have commanded the ravens that they
feed thee," we find God saying in an ad.
joining passage. They did not come out OF
some other cave. They did not just hap
pen to alight there. God freighted them,
God launched them and God told them by
what cave to swoop That is the same
God that is going to supply you. He is
your Father. You would have to make an
elaborate calculation before you could tel
me how many pounds of food and how
many yards of clothing would be necessary
for you and your family. But God knows
without any calculation. You have plate
at his table, and you are going to he wait
ed on, unless you act like naughty chile
and kick and scramble and pound saucily
the plate and try to upset things.
God the All Wise Parent.
God has vast family and everything II
methodized, and you are going to be served
If you will only wait your turn. God ha
already ordered all the suits of clothes yoI
will ever need down to the last suit il
which you will be laid out. God has al
ready ordered all the food you will eve
eat down to the last crumb that will b.
put in your mouth in the dying sacrament
1t may not be just the kind of food or ap
parel we would prefer. The sensible paren
depends on his own Judgment as to wha
ought to be the apparel and the food O
the minor in the family. The child woult
say, "Give me sugars and CONNECTIONS.
ooh, no., says the parent. "You mus
have something palmer first. f" The chill
would say, "Oh, give me these grea
blotches Of color in the garment. "No,
says the parent. "That wouldn't be suit
able"
Now, God is our Father and we ar
minors, and he is going to clothe US an
feed us, although he may not always yiel
to our infantile wish for the sweets an
glitter. These ravens of the text did nc
bring pomegranates from the glitterin
platter of King Ahab They brough
bread and meat. God had all this heaven
and the earth before him and under him
and yet he sends this plain food because
was best for Elijah to have it. Oh,
strong, my hearer, in the fact that th
same God is going to supply you! 1t
never "hard times" with him. His ship
never break on the rocks. His banks ney
er fail. He has the supply for you, an
he has the means for sending it. He ha
J not only the cargo, but the ship. If it wer
necessary, he would swing out from th
heavens flock of ravens reaching froI
} his gate to yours, until the food would b
flung down the sky from beak to beak an
from talon to talon.
} Notice again in this story Of the tex
J that the ravens did not allow Elijah
hoard up surplus. They did not brin
enough on Monday to last all the weel
They did not bring enough one mornin
J to last until the next morning. The
J came twice day and brought just enoug
| for one time. You know as we'll as 1 ths
the great fret of the world is that we war
} a surplus; we want the ravens to brin
enough for 80 years. You have more cor
, fidence in the Washington banks or Ban
, of England than you have in the roya
bank of heaven. You say: "All that
livery poetic, but you may have the blac
, ravens. Give me the gold eagles. We ha
. better be content with just enough. If i
the morning your family eats up all til
, food there is in the house, do not sit dow
and cry and say, II don't know whe1
the next meal is to come FROM" Abor
, or or o'clock in the morning jus
look up and you will see two black spot
, on the sky and you will hear the fiappin
, af wings, and instead of Edgar A. Poe
, insane raven alighting on the chambt
[ door, "only this and nothing more" 20
, will find Elijah's two ravens, or two II
vens of the Lord, the one bringing brea
and the other bringing meat-plume
/ butcher and baker.
& Prayer That Brought Water.
God is infinite in resource. When I'll
! city of Rochelle was besieged and the il
, habitants were dying of the famine, Il
, tides washed up on the beach as never b
fore, and as never since, enough shellfis
to feed the whole city. God is goot
: There is no mistake about that Histol
5 tells us that in 1866 in England there wi
, great drought. The crops failed, but
, Essex, on the rocks, in a place where the
had neither sown nor cultured, gre;
, crop Of peas grew until they filled hui