New-York tribune., 1897-07-30

that years ago. l imagine that things were pretty
dark when NE pTophs maqe th M6ses snG
Wien the star was fading in ShLoh, samuel APP
ElliaH came So vita Isaac and Jeremiah. the
weeping prophet. They were sent Of God when the
days were dark. The people threw jeremiah INFO NO
prison Jeremiah offered the wonderfu! prayer from
When went West the first time. thought wha.
a wonderful. land this is. ! had gone thousand
Rockjes and the sierra Nevadas. and said. What
wonderful country we are living in. Then went
the Gospel ana the vastne's OF our Republic was
sin more impressed upon ne. Then crossed the the
wonderful IS this planet which God has made; but
Then consdered that me sn bnr Is ais @ dnG es HoG
other planets and that the light from the nearest
rate Of $4,000 miles second and ;ha, some are 50
distant that the light has not reached us which
years could say with jeremiah. "Ah Lord God
behold Thou hast made the hcaIe1 ana i & 1e eard
there - nothing too hard for Thee
NETWORK NOT AS BAD AS BABYLON.
It Is worth going to prison to hear God speak as
jeremiah did There is nothing too hard for God
When went 10 New-York last fall was told that
New-York was the hardest field in this country;
that there were go 900 Jews in the city; that the
people were all very rich or poor the well-to-
do classes having gone 10 Brooklyn o" 10 New-Jer.
sy TO live and that foregntrs ana ana WniskfY s 1ma M
talse creeds made New-York difficult field; but
ing IS too hard for our God.
When | went 10 Boston was told that .ha'
was hard field. that sccpticism and other isfns
sm1.hered the testimony OF Gods people. but
sais rs BOs harder than Egypt when Joseph
went there? Nothing Is hard for our God '
Then went 10 Chicago, and again was met WIN
me statement that Chicago was . hard Ned WIZ
~ per cent OF its population Of foreign birth oi
YOregn parentage. 40Oj9 Bohemlans In one q-arter
QUO italians in another and 10000 Germans IN
tAird. end Sunday saloons open everywhere; but
sai9: rs Chicago worse than Safnarh IN ne Gay
OF Elijah? Nothing IS too hard for our God.
We hear people nowadays talking too much about
the hardness OF the field where they labor me!
say their position is very peculiar one. TninK ol
the field in which Daniel had 10 work He was no.
held captive by a,nation that detested the Hebrews
The language was unknown 10 him There ne WI
among dolaters Yet he began AT once 10 shine ii'
took his stand for God from the very nrst ana 50
he went through his whole life He gave m
dew Of his youth TO God and he continued faithfu
right on till his pilgrimage ended. Elijah lived IN
far darker day than We do The whoic nation wa
going over TO idolatry. Ahab and his queen ant
all the royal court throwing their influence
against the worship % the true God. yet Eliza
stood frm and shOne brightly in that dark and evi
day. How his name stands out on the pages o.
history These men rested on Gods WOrd, inc,
knew that nothing too hard Tor Coo 20 o'
when lie chose 10 work through human agencies
No COMPLAINT OF HARD FIELDS WANTED
Look again in the days of Saul David knew
that nothing was TOO hard for God. and he slew
the PhfiistIne le-haDded. We want TO get ou
from the worIi and keep ourselves unspotted IRON
the world and then we shall not complain OF ou
hard fields Think Of the children OF Israel In m
desert Three millions OF people WIineu' ipJc Natc
of a change Of clothing; yei Hoo A0u i''''" i'0'