St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-20


in time to save the wise men and the
Jewish captives.
Ny friends, do you not see that pride
Nebuchadnexxar ON tho proudost
throne Of all the earth. and then zee
him graze with the sheep and the
cattle! Pride II commander, well
plumed and eaparisoned, but II leads
forth . dark and frowniDg host The
arrows from the Almighty's quiver are
apt to strike man when on the wing.
Goliath shakes his great spear In de-
flance. but the smooth stones from she
brook made him stagger and tall like
an OK under butchers bludgeon. He
who Is down can not fall. Vessels
scudding under bare poles do not feel
the force Of the storm, while those
with all sails set oapsise 1t the sudden
descent of the tempest
Remember that We can b as proud
Of our humility ~ Of anything else.
Antisthenes walked the streets Of
Athens with ragged cloak to demon
strate his humility, but Socrates de-
clared he could see the hypocrisy
through the holes In his cloak. We
would all see ourselves smaller than
we are II we were ~ philos0phic a
Severus. the emperor Of Rome, who
said 1t the close Of his lifl: II have
been everything. and everything 10
nothing" And when the urn that was
to contain his ashes was at his COM
mand brought to him. he said: "Lit-
tie urn, thou shalt contain one for
whom the world was too little.
DO you not also learn from the mis-
fortune Of this king Of Babylon whst
. terrible thing IL the loss Of reason.
There IL no calamity that can possibly
befall NJ In this world SO great - de-
rangement Of intellect, to have the
body of man and yet to fall even BE-
low the instinct Of brute. In this
world of horrible sights. the most
horrible II the idiots stare. In this
world Of horrible sounds, the most
horrible II the maniac's laugh. A
vessel driven on the rocks. when hum
dreds 70 down never to rise and other
hundreds drag their msngled and
shivering bodies upon the winters
beach, II nothing eomprred to the
laundering Of intellects full Of vast
hopes and attainments and capacities.
Chsist's heart went out toward those
who were epileptic, falling into
the hre. or maniacs cutting
themselves among the tombA
We are accustomed to be more
grateful for physical health than for
the proper working OF our mind. We
arc apt to take II for granted that the
intellect which has served us 50 we'll
will always be faithful We forget
that an engine Of such tremendous
power, where the wheels have such
vastness of circle and such swiftnesa
Of motion, aud tho least impediment
might put it out of gear. can only be
kept in balance By Divine hand No
human hand could engineer the train
Of immortal facultieA How strange II
h that our memory, on whose shoul-
ders all the misfortunes and successea
and occurrences Of . lifetime are
placed, should not oftener bread down,
and that the scales Of Judgment.
which have been Weighing % much
and 90 long, should not lose their I'd,
justment. and that fancy, which holds
. dangerous wand. should not some
times maliciously wave It. bringing
into the heart forebodiDgs and hallu-
cinations the most appalling! II Il
mot strange that this mind. which
hopes 20 much In its mighty leaps for
the attainment Of its objects, should
not be dashed to pieces on it, dfsap'
pointmsnts7 Though 90 delicatsly
tuned, this instrument Of untold har.
money plays on, though fear shakes II
and vexations racks it and sorrow and
Joy and loss and gain In quick success.
sion beat out Of it their dirgo or t0sa
from II their anthem At morning
and at night, when In your prayer you
rehearse the causes Of your thanks.
giving, next to the salvation Of Jesus
Christ, praise the Lord for the pres
ervation Of your reason.
See also in this story Of Nebuchad-
uexxar the use that God makes Of bod
men. The actions Of the wicked ara
used - instruments for the punish
ment of wickedneAs In others or - thu
illustration Of some principle in thu
Divine government. Nebuchadnezxal
subserved both purposes Even 30
will 70 back with you 70 the histor,
of every reprobats that the world ha,
ever seen, and l will show you how
TO . great extent, his wickedness VA
limited In it, distructivs power
and how God glori6sd Himself
in the overthrow and disgracs o
His enemy. Babylon II full Of abom'
inssion, and wicked Cyrus destroys It
Persia hlls the cup Of its iniquity. and
vile Alexander puts IN end 70 II
Macedon must b chastiSed. and
bloody Emilius doss It The Bastils
Il TO b destroyed, and eorrupt Nspo
leon accomplishes It Even 50 sslfsl
and wicked men are often made =
accomplish great and glorious pur
poses. Joseph's brethren were guilty
Of supsrlative perAdy and meannes
whom they sold him into SLAYER!
for about seven dollars, Jet HOY
they must have been overwhelme'
when the truth that God neve
forsakes the righteous when they ssv
he had become the prime minister 9
Egypt Pharaoh oppesssss the Israel
itss With the most disbolie tyranny
ret stand still and ses the salvation 9
God. The plaguss dsseend. the i
Gust, and the hail. and the dsstroyia
angel, showing that there 10 Go
who will defend the cause Of His PEI
ple, and finally, sfter the lsrselite
have pasosd through the parted 81
behold, IL, the wreck Of the drowns
army, that Gods ensniss aro cha1
n vhirlwind5 In some 1naDeial pan
the riehtapus suffered With q
wicked. Hqasss and stores and shoI
In q niRht 1ounderod On the rock I