Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-20


nors Tree. and searlhed II with an
ron comb just before Il was getting
,iDs as il was necessary and custom
an In that way 10 take from IL the Bit
t.Faess. lie was the son q poor shsp-
Asfa. and suffered; but before the
aammsF!ng rustic the Phllistines. and
syrians. ard PhoenIclans. and MOa-
b.tss. and Ammonites. and Etomites.
aad isY1clliez trembied.
NOSE gss a law-giyer. Danlel was
vyiaee. Isaiah a eourfieF. and David
ing: bur Amos. the author Of my text.
va peasant. and. as might be sup
psea. EeaFiy all his paralielisms are
pastoral. bis prophecy fun Of the odoF
Y zen momn hay. and the rattle Of To-
sss;s. and the rumble Of carts with
s6eayes aud the roar Of Wild beasts de-
tsErlag he aoek while the shepherd
ans or IL their defense. lie watched
ne herds ~ day. and BY nlght In
kseaed 1 booth made oat OF bushes sc
,kat through these branches be could
~ tie stars all night long. and Vas
zcge familiar with them than we who
hare tight roofs 70 our houses. and
hsIaiY eYss ere the stars except among
Re tan brick chimneys % ihs Ereai
,ssEE But at seasons u the year
Hkea ihe heFda we're In special danger.
As a0Hd stay ont in the open Geld all
tsfossh the darkness. his only shelter
gAs rlriE!a o. the night-heaYea. with
tks stellar embroldeFiea aad siiserea
iasssis 81 lamar light
Whsi = life OF solitude. all sioas
v.;h BE herds. Poor Amos' Aud NJ
iseivs 0'eioek =, night. bark 70 the
Eo,rs bark. and The iioa's roar. aud
he bears srowi. and the owls ie-uhii
is.uh1 and ths s-Fpent's bias. a. be
sau!i,3EEly steps too near while nov
ss ,hf8ggt the thiekcss. So Amas.
Hks estsg hsydamen. got tie habit Of
ssay,ns The map Of the heavens. be-
eaaas 4 uaa 20 much Of the slrae
fpssa4 ogi before him. He noticed
aszs Etara advancing and others re-
sstlns lie associated their daHa and
St;irg aith certain snaAonE % the rear
Hs Asd poetic nature. and be read
niSai ~ night. and month BY month,
tss year 81 year. the poem o. the con.
Eslla'ioas. dlSlnsiy rhythmic. but two
festiifs q stars especially attracted
~ ait~ution while seated on the
Sfosss % lying on his back under the
ora scfoi q the midnight heavens
10 rls!2den. or scSea Stars. and Orion.
Tie former group ;hia rustic prophet
assoe.sisd wiih the spring. ~ q rises
aeoc' The arat OF May. The latter be
assorSjrd with the water. ~ II comes
= ~ meridian in January. Tho Piei.
aSst. " seven stars. connected Ns,h all
'HssiDSaa and Joy: Orion. the herald
We tempest. The ancients we're the
mere ~ % study the phyaioEnomy and
ariapotItion Of the heavenly bodies.
pecaa'e they thought they had a spe-
tsl Influence upon the earth. and per-
Eaps they were right. n the moon
sttFy few hours lifts and let's tosn the
tidfs ~ the Atlantic ocean. and the
si,eiric storms in the sun. BY all sclen-
uft admission. affected the earth. why
%; ,he starr have propostionsie effect?
And there are some things which
make me think that II may not have
otfn all approximation which connect
g ihe movements and appearance Of
ne heavenly bodies with great moral
Usnls on earth. Did not meteor run
On eVhnEeilEtic errand on the frat
chr'S'inas night. and designate the
ioaEh cradle Of our Lord7 Did not the
ssrs In their course fight aEsins;
sisefa' Was q merely coinciden,al tina,
ee'ere the destruction Of Jerusalem the
moon was hidden for twelve consecutive
nish,s! Did Il merely happen so that
rev star appeared In constellation
.aaseopeia. and then disappear Just be-
lofe Charles TX. Of France. who was
.ssponslble for st. Bartholomew mass
gre diedl Was II without significance
mar IN the days Of the Roman Emperor
'asiinian war and famine were pre-
eaei ny the dimness OF the sun. which
.ef nearly year gave no more Hight
van the moon, although there were
f"AH W oUbcufo III
Anthology. after all, may have been
.ome'hing more than brilliant heath
eaisn No wonder that Amos Of the
.h., having heard these two anthems
= INC stars, put down the stout rough
,ah 81 the herdsman and took into
sIs brown hand and cut and knot!ed
aseefs the pen OF the prophet, and adj
'Sed the recreant people OF his time
" return TO God. saying: Seek him
elst maketh the Seven Stars and
oHon.' This command, which Amos
save IS5 years u. c., IL just nc appro-
plale for us 1897 A. ID.
IN the frat place, Amos saw. as We
p, nus see, that the God who made the
miado1 and Orion must be the God OF
49,. sr' II was not so much star here
aa star there that Impressed the In
80. mleu herdaman, but seven IN one
u'up' and seven in the other group.
a.. cav that night after night and sea-
"a aiter season and decade after nc-
az ~ uey had kept step Of light, each
N"t IN ltn fut. ala. . .tztafhaud never