Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-15

Then their vrathful king issues ar
edict with as little sense as mercy, or
dering the staying of all the learned
men Of The country. But Daniel the
prophet cones i'll with the Interpretation
just in time to save the wise men and
the Jewish captives.
Pride and Ruin.
My friends, do you not see that pride
and ruin ride in the same saddle? See
acknowledgements on the proudest throne
of all the earth, and then see him grsze
with the sheep and the cattle! Pride is
commander, well plumed and caparison-
ed, but it leads forth dark and frown-
ing host The arrows from the Al
mighty's culver are apt to strike a man
when on the wing. Goliath shakes his
great spear in defiance, but the smooth
stones from the brock make him stag
ger and fall like an OK under "a butch
er's bludgeon He who is down cannot
fall Vessels scudding under bare poles
do not feel the force Of the storm, while
those with all sails set capsize at the
sudden descent of the tempest.
Remember that we can be as proud OF
our humility as of anything else An.
tisthenes walked the streets of Athens
with ragged cloak to demonstrate his
humility, but Socrates declared hecOuld
see the hypocrisy through the holes in
his cloak We would all see ourselves
smaller than we are if we were as phil
osophic as Severus, the emperoro of Rome,
who said at the close of his life, 81
have been everything and everything is
nothing = And when the urn that was
80 contain his ashes was at his COM
mand brought to him he said, Little
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 what a
terrible thing is the loss of reasons
There is no calamity that can possibly
befall US in this world SO great as de-
rangement of intellect; to have the
body of man and yet TO fall even below
the instinct of brute In this world OF
horrible sights, the most horrible is the
idiots stare. In this world Of horrible
sounds, the most horrible is the maniac's
laugh. A vessel driven On the rocks,
when hundreds go down never to rise
and other hundreds drag their mangled
and shivering bodies upon the winters
beach, is nothing compared to the foun-
dering Of intellects full of vast hopes
and attachments and capacities.
Christs heart went out toward those
who were epileptic, falling into the fire,
or maniacs cutting themselves among
the tombs We are accustomed to be
more grateful for physical health than
for the proper working of our mind We
are apt to take it for granted that the
intellect which has served us so we'll
VIII always tie faithful. We forget that
an engine of such tremendous power,
where the wheels have such vastness OF
circle and such swiftness of motion, and
the least impeachment might put it cut
of gear, can only be kept in proper bal
ance by divine hand. No human hand
could engineer the train Of immortal
faculties. How strange it is that our
memory, on whose shoulders all the
and successes and occur
rences of lifetime are placed, should
not oftener break down, and that the
scales of Judgment, which have been
weighing SO much and SO long, should
not lose their adjustment, and that fancy,
which holds a dangerous wand, should
not sometimes maliciOusly wave it,
bringing into the heart forebcdings and
Authorizations the most appallingt Is it
not strange that this mind, which hopes
so much in its mighty leaps for the at.
tainment CT it's objects, should not be
dashed to pieces on it's disappointmentsi
Though so delicately tuned, this instru-
ment Of untold harmony plays on,
though fear shakes it and vexations rack
it and sorrow and joy and loss and gain
in quick succession beat out of it their
dirge Or toss from it their anthem. AT
and at night, when in your
prayer you rehearse the causes of your
next to the salvation by
Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the
of your reason.
He Served Purpose.
See also in this story of Nebuchadnez-
Ear the use that God makes of bad men.
The actions of the wicked are used as
for the Punishment of wick
edness in others or as the illustration of
some principle in the divine. govern
ment. Nebuchadnezzar snbserved both
purposes. Even so I will go back with
you to the history of every reprobate
that the world has ever seen. and 1 will
show you how to great extent his
was limited in it's destructive
power and how God glorified himself
in the overthrow and disgrace of his en-
envy. Babylon is full of abomination,
and wicked Cyrus destroys it. Persia
fills the cup of its iniquity, and vile AL
exander puts an end to it. Macedon
must be chastised, and bloody Emilius
does it. The Bastille is to be destroyed,
and corrupt Napoleon accomplishes it.
Even SO selfish and wicked men are Of
ten made to accomplish great and glori-
Gus purposes Joseph's brethren were
guilty of superlative perfidy and mean
ness when they sold him into slavery
for about 81 vet how they Inust have