The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-02-20

break down, and that the scales OF J"oE &
went. which have been weighing SO much
and so long, should not lose their ADJUST
ment and that fancy, which hoios ga"
oprons wand. should not sometimes mail ,
ciouslv wave it, bringing into the hcart
forebodinps and hallucinations tho most
annallinol Is 1t not strange that this mlnd'
Witch homes so much in Its mighty leaps :;
for the attainment of Its Objects shoulo
not be dashed to pieces on It's dlsnpPoiii.
mentss Though SO delicatelv tuieo' 'n.s
instrument of untold harmony plays on
though fear shakes 1t, and vexat1ons rack
It. and sorrow and Joy and loss and gam
IN o,,ick succession beat out OF IL thelr
dirne or toss from 1t their anthem. Az
morning and at night, when IN your pray
en- you rehearse the causes OF your thahks-
Giving, next to the salvation by Jesus
Shrist nraise the Lord for the preserva-
ton of your reason.
Sec also in this story of Nebuchadnezzaf
the use that God makes OF bad men. Inc
actions of the wicked are useo as 1hstru
ments for the punishment OF w1ckeoness
in others or as the illustration Oh some
principle in the divine government. Neou,
chndnezzar subeerved both purposes. Even
~ I will 10 back with you to tho history
of every reprobate that the world has ever
seen. and I will show you how to a great
extent his wickedness was limited IN lts
destructive power and how God gioriheo
| himself in the overthrow and disgrace o'
his enemv Babylon is full OF abom1na'
tion. and wicked Cyrus destroys 1t. Persia
| fills the cup of its iniquity, and vile Alex
| ander nuts All end to 1t. Macedon must be
chnstised. and bloody Emilius does 1T.
The Bastille Is to be destroyed and corruP'
Napoleon accompanies 1t. Even so selnsh
and wicked men arc often made to accom-
~vlov
brethren were guilty of superlative perndy
and meanness when they sold him into
, slavery for about 81, yet how they must
have been overwhelmed with the truth
that God never forsakes the righteous
when they saw he had become the prime
minister Of Egypt! Pharaoh Expresses the
1sraelites with the most diabolic tyranny
vet stand still and see the salvation o.
God. The plaques descend, the locusts, ano
|, the hail. and the destroying angel, show
inp that there is God who Will defene
the cause of his people, and finally, afte1
o the Israelites have passed through inc N'rs
ed sea, behold, in the wreck of the drown
!, ed army, that Gods enemies are chaff In I
70 uhirlwindl In some financial panic tn
righteous suffered with the wicked
Houses and stores and shops in n nigh
foundered on the rock of bankruptcy an
healthy credit, without warning, droppe
ii dead in the street, and money ran up Tn
4. long ladder of 20 per cent, to laugh dow
40 upon those who could not climb after 1T:
k. Dealers with pockets full of securitie
IN stood shouting In the deaf cars OF BANK
r. Men rushed down the streets, with protes
no ed notes after them. Those who oetol
q. found 1t hard to spend their money WEI
en| left without money to spend. Lahore
AL went home for want of work, to see hui
d, ger in their chair at the table and upe
or the hearth. Winter blew his breath OF fro
through fingers Of icicles, and sheriff
,r- with attachments, dug among the clnoe
RI of fallen storehouses, and whole citles 1ol
no cd i'm the long funeral procession, marc
his ing to the grave of dead fortunes and
ecS fallen commerce. Verify, the righteo
ali suffered with tho wicked. but general
his the wicked had the worst of 1T. Splend
bio estates that had come together tnrou
ri. schemes of wickedness were oasheu
- 1900 liha n ,,otter,s vessel and God Wrl