Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-01

That harbor, crowded with sunken wel-
ponry of death, to enter 1t was running
risk enough to make all nations shiver.
But Manila is ours, and the blow has
shaken to the foundation the palaces OF
Madrid, and for poiicy's sake the doubtful
nations are on our side. For Commodore
Dewey and all who followed him let the
whole nation utter its most resounding
huzza; and more than that. let US thank
the Lord of hosts for his guiding and pro-
tected power PRAISE ye the Lord! Let
everything that hath breath praise the
Lord,'
Another alleviation Is the fact that in
this war the might is on the side OF the
right Again and again have liberty ana
justice and suffering humanity mad the
odds against them. II was so when Ben
hadad's. Syrian hosts, who. were IN th9
wrong, at Aphek, came upon the small
regiments of Israel, who were in the right,
the Bible putting it in one Of those graphic
sentences for which the book is remark
able-''The children of Israel pitched be-
fore them like two little hocks of kids, but
the Syrians filed the whole country" 1t
was so in the awful defeat of the Lords
people at Gilboa and Megiddo. 1t was so
recently when gallant and glorious Greece
was in conflict with gigantic Mohamme-
danism. and the navies of Europe lowering
abo 1t the Bosphorus were in practical
protection of the Turkish government,
fresh from the slaughter of one hundred
thousand Armenians. 1t was so when, in
l776 the thirteen colonies, with little war
shipping and few undrilled and poorly
clad soldiers, were brought into contest
with the mightiest navy OF all the earth
aud an army that commanded the admtra-
ton of nations. 1t was so when Hungary
went under. 1t has been so during all the
struggles heretofore for Cuban indepen-
dence. But now it is our powerful navy
with enough guns to send the opposing
fleet rs completely under as when the Red
Sea submerged Pharaoh's army.
Another alienation is the fact that we
have a God to 90 to in behalf of all those
of our countrymen who may be in especial
exposure at the front, for we must admit
the perils. 1t is no trilling thing for 1OO,-
900 young men to be put outside OF home
restraints and sometimes Into evil COM
panionship. Many of the brave of the
earth are not the good of the earth. To
be in the same tent with those who have
no regard for God or home; to hear their
holy religion sometimes slurred at; to be
placed under Influences calculated to make
one reckless; to have no sabbath, except
such Sabbath as in most encampments
amounts to no Sabbath Mt all; to 60 out
from homes where all sanitary laws are
observed into surroundings where queS-
tions of health are never discussed: to in
wade climes where peStience holds possess
sion; to make long marches under Blister
ing skies: to stand on deck and in the
fields under fire, at the mercy of shot and
shell-we must adnit that those thus eX-
posed need especial care, and to the Omni-
present God we have Il right to commend
them, and will commend them. Postal
communication may be interrupted, and
letters started from camps or homes may
not arrive at the right destination, but
however far away our loved ones may be
from US, and however wide aud deep the
seas that separate US, we may hold COM
tnunication with them via the throne of
God.
shipwrecked sailor was found floating
on a raft, near the coast OF California.
While in the hospital he told his expert
ence, and said that he had companion on
the same raft for some time. While that
oom panion was dying of thirst he said to
him: "George, where are you going?'
and the dying sailor said: 81 hope L am
| going to God" "If you do" said the res
cued sailor, "will you ask Him to send
| some water?" After the death of his COM
! paHion, the survivor said, the rain came in
| torrents, and slaked his thirst and kept
| him alive until he was taken to safety.
! The survivor always thought il was in an
! swer to the message he had sent To heaven
asking for water. Thank God we may
! have direct and instantaneous communi-
| cation with the Lord Almighty through
Jesus Christ, His only begottcn Son, and in
| that faith we may secure the rescue OF our
! imperiIed kindred. Is not that mighty
| alienation?
Morning, noon and night let US commend
| this beloved land TO the care of Il gracious
| tIDi. Ilal III ans NtFS prayer Is 50 Ger
| tain that your religion il an halluctnatiOn
| ii He does not answer it. Pray that i'm re-
| ply TO such supplicatiOn the farmers boys
! may get home again in time to reap the
harvest of next July; that our business
men may return in time to prepare for
| fall trade such as has never yet nlled the
stores and factories with customers, and
that all the homes in this country now sad
dened by the departure of father or brother
or son may months before the Than tsgiv-
ing and Christmas holidays be full OF joy Mt
the arrival of those who will for the rest of
their lives have stories to tell of doublc-
quick march, and narrow escape, and
charges up the par1pets, and night set on
| fire with bombariment, and our dag
hauled up to places from which other flags
were hauled down.
At Plymouth England. on the 18th Of
July, the prominent officers of the navy
were in Il bowling alley, bowling with great
glee-Lord Howard, the High Admiral;
Sir Martin Frobisher. the daring explorer,
and Sir Francis ID rake. the first circum-
navigator of the worli-when word camc
to them that the Spanish Armada was ad-
vancing. The officers continued Mt the
game of the bowling alley until the game
was finished. anl then won't out to investi-
gate the tidings. and. sure enough, that
mighty fleet, wnirh was considered irwin
| cible, and which was to lombard and over
| throw Engiani. was approaching. but the
! invading navy was destroyed, for the Lord
Almighty appeared in the rght.
storm such rs had never swept the
! coast of England or aroused the ocean
swooped upon the Spanish Armada. Most
| of the ships soon went down under the sea,
while others were driven hclplessly along
| to be splintered on the coasts of England,
! Ireland, Scotland, and Norway. Another
! Spanish Armada is crossing the Atlantic,
| and we are ready to meet them. The same
/ Go who destroyed the Armada in 1858
! -reiGus in 1898. May lie in His might,
either through human arm or Cumb ele-
ment. defeat their squadron. and give vic
I tory to the Old dag.
Yet what the world most wants is Christ
| who is coming to take possession of all
| hearts, all homes, all Nations: but tho
| world blocks the wheels of His chariot. L
| would like to see this century, which is now
! almost wound up, fini its peroration in
! some mighty overthrow of tyrannies and a
mighty buiIdinSup of liberty an1 justice.
| Almost all the centuries have ended with
| some stupendous event that transformed
| Nations and changed the map OF the world.
! 1t was so at the close Of the fourteenth ecu
/ Jury: it was so Mt the close Of the fifteenth
/ century; it was so at the close OF the six
| iecnth century; it was so at the close OF the
| tseventeenth century; ii was 50 at the close
! of the eighteenth century. May IL be- more
! a.loriously so at the close of the nincteeth
century! blessed be the Lori God Of Is
! ,-ael from everlasting to everlasting, auI
1T the whole earth be filed with His
! glory" Amen and amen.
y base ambition makes the man that
| chcrisheS it base"
Great wealti amI high station never
made man happy.
Labor is great Sulsta tial interest
on which we All stand.