The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
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away his part out Of the book OF life |
and out OF the Holy City" i.5
While, then, we watch the ravens
feeding Elijah, let the swift dove Of
Gods spirit sweep down the sky with
divine food, and on outspread wing
pause at the lip Of every soul hunger
ing for comfort.
On the banks Of what rivers have
been the great battles Of the world?
While you are looking over the map
of the world to answer that, / will
tell you that the great conflict to-day
is on the Potomac, on the Hudson, on
the Mississippi, on the Thames, on the
Savannah, on the Rhine, on the Nile,
on the Ganges, on the Hoang-Ho It
is a battle that has been going on for
six thousand years. The troops en-.
gagged in it are sixteen hundred mill
lions, and those who have fallen by
| the way are vaster in number than
those who march. It is battle for
bread.
Sentimentalists sit in cushioned
chair, in their pictured study, with
their slippered feet on damask otto
man, and say that this world is a
great scene of avarice and greed. It
does not seem so to me. If it were not
for the absolute necessities Of the
cases, nine-tenths OF the stores, facto-
ries, shops, banking houses OF the land
would be closed tomorrow. Who is
that man delving in the Colorado hills?
or toiling in a" New England factory?
or going through roll Of bills in the
bank? or measuring fabric on the
counter? He is a champion sent forth
in behalf Of some home-circle that has
to be cared for, in behalf OF some
church of God that has to be sup
ported, in behalf of some asylum OF
mercy that has to be sustained. Who
is that woman bending over the sew
ing machine, or carrying the bundle, or
: sweepir ; the room, or mendlng the
; garment, or sweltering at the wash
tub? That is Deborah, one OF the
Lords heroines, battling against
Amalekitish want, which comes down
with iron chariot to crush her and
| hers. The great question with the vast
, majority of people to-day is not home
rule" but whether there shall be any
home to rule; not one Of tariff, Dut
, whether there shall be anything to tax
The great question with the vast ma
jority of people is, How shall sup
, port my family? How shall I meet my
, notes? How shall I pay my rent:
, How shall I give food, clothing and
= education to those who are dependent
, upon me?" Oh, if God would help me-
2 to-day to assist you in the solution O
3 that problem the happiest man in TIL:
house would be your preacher! l have
gone out on cold morning with ex
] pert sportsmen to hunt for pigeons;
g have gone out on the meadows to hun
l for quail; have gone out on the marsl
r to hunt for reed birds; but to-day
Q am out for ravens.
4 Notice, in the first place in the stor.
r of my text, that these winged caterer
came to Elijah direct from God.
t IT have commanded the ravens tina
s they feed thee,' we find God saying il
4 an adjoining passage. They did no
!. come out of some other cave The
t did not just happen to alight there
r God freighted them, God Launches
t them, and God told them by what, cav
, to swoop That is the same God tina
y is going to supply you. He is you
=? Father. You would have to make a
n elaborate calculation before you coul
q tell me how many pounds Of food an
:, how many yards Of clothing would b
= necessary for you and your family
: but God knows without any calcula
v ton. You have a plate at His table
t and you are going to be waited upor
y unless you act like a naughty chile
d and kick, and scramble, and poun
u saucily the plate and try to upse
e things.
II God is infinite in resource. Whe
(! the city of Rochelle was beseiged an
the inhabitants were dying of the fan
= inc the tides washed up on the beac
: as never before and as never sine
# enough shellfish to feed the whole cit,
s God is good. There is no mistab
t, about that. History tells us that i
i. 1855 in England there was a gres
IS drought. The crops failed; but in e.
It sex, on the rocks, in place where the
IS had neither sown nor cultured. a sres
n crop Of peas grew until they filled
e hundred measures; and there we1
& poisoning vines enough. promising q
;e much more. ~
Il But why go SO far? can give yo
1t a family incident. Some generation
y back there was great drought in Cor
g necticut, New England The waite
1t disappeared from the hills, and tn
o farmers living on the hills drove thei
= cattle toward the valleys, and ha
Is them supplied at the wells and four
n tains of the neighbors. But these afte
y awhile began to fail, and the neighbo1
It said to Mr.. 5Birdseye, of whom s11a
u speak, You must not send your flock
le and herds down here any more; GU
n wells are giving OUT Mr.. Birdsey,
, the old Christian man, gathered hi
a. family at the altar, and with his fan
le lily he gathered the slaves Of the house
/ hold--for bondage was then in vogu
$ in Connecticut and on their knees b.
% tore God they cried for water; and til
IL family story is that tfare uoe uen,