The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26

TO get so much of what the many pro-
ducc. That Will breed revolt and ruin.
Sixty thousand million dollars in our
treasury house and one-half owned by
q 1000 persons. Babylon fell when few
were owners. Persia went down when a
plutocracy, | per cent. of its population
had gathered its riches for their little
corps. Rome when owned by 1880 could
not stand. Seventy-fve per cent. of our
wealth Is kept under the keys of a small
proportion of our nation, II will not stay
there, | assure you. o, axe. ask God for
wisdom to distribute wisely. honestly.
That these and other unsettled subjects
have not forced the nation into more
serious disturbances is season for re-
ioicinE. With such problems waiting our
mastery of them.
III. What will be the end Of the axes
boasts against the hewer? Read In this
chapter, Assyria had been his assistant
With 1t he had broken idols and pun
ished Israel for wandcrings. After these
victories the king said. "By the strength
of my hand l done this and by my wis
dom, for | am prudent" Everywhere
the credit went to himself. l was all I'm
the case. 1t was time for the overlooked
Mighty to push into view. lie came
laundering in his majesty, consuming.
until the remnant of the trees were so few
a child could smite them. Beware, q
american axe, Rome rotted. Corinth cor
rupted, phencia pcrished, Egypt ended.
Why? Wealth Increased, prde rose, lux
ury led to wickeGness and the enemy
came for his prey. Behind some alps God
hides the savage forces to desoate every
Rome that ignores Him. He will have
thanksgiving or end the reasons for self
trust. Possibly to such alarm some day
-ah, there is the sea. 1t is wide and pro-
tccts. 1t is getting warm a we shorten
the time from light to light we increase
the danger of Interference beyond the
ocean. How near Europe now! Records
of ships broken until not six days across
brigc over Behring's straits and around
the world in thirty days. Man being
packed together and then the smiters
may come from where we now say they
are too far TO trouble us. 1t Is good
sense to admit one need of God without
forcing Him to strike us to show it.
"A burning like the burning Of fire" un-
til another nation drops into the ash heap
of the ages There is not too much push
ing on, there is too little looking up.
God wants to make us Ills greatest
agent that by us He may have his great
est acknowledgment. If we quit praisng
we may stop prospering. When the At
lanta Constitution said, d,"Our republic is
too young to lose its vitality all at once
and its downfall depends on so many
contingencies that it is altogether too
early to borrow trouble on that score"
1t forgot that with governments as indi-
viduals, none are too young to die. We
must glorify God or go to our national
grave. Assyrians being sent by the Sy-
bartes to the oracle of Delphi to ask how
| long the commonwealth would last were
answered "until they reverence men more
| than the gods" our text is the echo Of
| that message. We die when God is dis
| missed and man enthroned SO we call
| upon you to sing to the Lord. Not with
! us, not unto us, but unto thee. Lord
| do we give honor. magnificent year
| crowned with merciCs throws its splendor
| about us. 1t Is a bountiful time and we
! should make the air tremulous with our
| sweet praises, as the lark when the
! sky is bright as 1t scars from it's nest,
| glistening in the sunshine and flooding
| the air with its delightful notes as it de-
| scends. We have clear skies and should
| give cheerful songs.
! | have no doubt il will be a relief to
| some If | now dismiss the figure of the
| axe ard let you 90 home to the carving
| knife, an American tool this day. 1t will
| not be bad amen to the head of the
| house If you reflect before you cut the
| fowl and enjoy the rich fare, il is God
| who made appetite and supply, so that
| the grace you often repeat formally may
| have a full heart in its as you say, "Ac-
! Cept our thanks, o God"