The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-05-25

turtles, taxing them to DEATH riding in
gilded chariot over the necks OF n beggared
population?
Another alleviation Is that the war opens
With great victory for the United states.
In the most jubilaDt manner lot the victory
OF our navy be celebrated. With the story
OF the destroyed battlcship fresh in the
minds oil, the world II would require no or
dinnry courage to sail into the harbor of
Manila and attack the Spanish shipping.
ponry OF death, to enter It was running n
risk enough to make all nations shlver.
But Manila Is ours. and tho blow has
shaken to the foundation the palaces OF
Madrid, and for policy's sake the doubtful
nations nre on our side. For Commodore
Dewey md oil who followed him let the
whole nation utter its most resounding
husza; and morn than that, let us thank
the Lord Of hosts for his guiding and pro-
tected power. praise We the Lordl Let
everything that hath breath praise the
Lordl'
this war the might Is on the side of tho
right. Again and again have liberty and
justice and suffering humanity had the
odds against them. IL was so when Ben
hadad'sI Syrian hosts, twho, were in the
wrong, mt Aphek, came upon the small
regiments OF Israel, who were In the right,
the Bible putting II In one of those graphic
sentences for which the book is remark
able-"The children OF Israel pitched be-
fore them like two little fiocks OF kids, but
the Syrians filed the whole country" It
was so In the awful defeat Of the Lords
people ut Gilboa and Megiddo. 1t was so
recently when gallant and glorious Greece
was In conflict with gigantic nIohammc-
danism, aud the navles OF Europe lowering
about the Bosphorus we're In practical
protection of the Turkish government.
fresh from the slaughter OF one hundred
thousand Armenians. II was so when, In
177G, the thirteen colonies, with little war
shipping and II few undrilled and poorly
clad soldiers, were brought into q contest
with the mightiest navy OF all the earth
and an army that commanded the admiral
tion OF nations. IL was so when Hungary
went under. Ii has been 50 during all the
struggles heretofore for Cuban indepen-
dence. But now It is our powerful navy
with enough guns to send the opposing
fleet as completely under as when the Red
Sea submerged Pharaohs army.
Another alleviation Is the fact that we
have God to go to In behalf of all those
OF our countrymen who may be in especial
exposure ut the front, for we must admit
the perils. 1t Is no tritling thing for 100,-
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; 60 be
placed under influences calculated to make
one reckless: to have no Sabbath, except
such Sabbath ms In most cncampments
amounts to no sabbath Mt all; to go out
from homes where all sanitary laws are
observed Into surroundings where uues-
tions of health are never discussed; to In
wade climes whore pestilence holds possess
sion: to make long marches under blister
q Ina. IN CTR Innts .,I tn
fields under fire, Mt the mercy of shot and
shell--we must admit that those thus ex.
posed need especial care and to the Omni-
present God we have right to commend
them, and will commend them. Postal
communication may be interrupted, and
letters started from camps or homes may
not arrive ut the right destination but
however far away our loved ones may be
from us, and however wide and deep the
seas that separate us, we may hold COM
munication with them via the throne OF
God.
A shipwrecked sailor was found floating
on q raft, near the coast OF California.
While In the hospital he told his expert.
ence, and said that he had a companion on
the same raft for some time Whilo that
companion was dying OF thirst he said to
him: George. where are you going?'
and tho dying sailor said; 81 hope / am
going to God" "If you do" said the res
'ucu SuhOt, VIII you USk HIN TO Stnu
some water2" After the death OF his coma
panion, the survivor said, tho rain came in
torrents, and slaked his thirst and kept
him alive until he was taken to safety.
The survivor always thought 1t 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 beGotten Son, andi
that faith we may secure tho rescue OF our
imperiled kindred. Is not that u mighty
allevationl
Morning, noon and night lot us commend
this beloved land to the care OF n gracious
God. That He answers prayer Is so GER
tain that your religion Is an hnllucination
IL He does not answer 1t. Pray that in re-
ply to such suppllcation the farmers boys
may get homo again In time to reap the
harvest or next July; that our business
men may return In time to prepare for q
fall trade such rs has never yet filled the
stores and factories with customers, and
that all the homes in this country now sad
dencd by the departure OF father or brother
or son may months before tho Thanksgiy-
ing and Christmas holidays be full of Joy at
the arrival OF those who will for the rest OF
their lives have stories to tell of double
quick march, and narrow escape, and
charges up the parapets, and night set on
fire with bombardment, and our flag
hauled up to plncei from which other flags
were hauled down.
At Plymouth, England, on the 10th OF
July, the prominent officers OF the navy
were In bowling alley, bowling with great
glee-Lord Howard, tho High Admiral;
Sir Martin Frobisher, the daring explorer,
and Sir Francis Drake, the first circum-
navigator of the world-when word came
to them that the Spanish Armada was I'D
vaAcing. Tho officers continued Mt tho
game OF the bowling alley until tho game
was finished. and then went out to investi-
gate the tidings, and, sure enough, that
mighty ileet, which was considered irwin
clble, and which was to lombard and over.
throw England. was approaching. but the
invading navy was destroyed, for the Lord
Almighty appeared in the fight.
A storm such as 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 helplessly along
to be splintered on the coasts OF England,
Ireland. Scotland, and Norway. Another
Spanish Armada Is crossing the Atlantic,
and we ore ready to meet them. The same
God who destroyed the Armada In 1898
reigns In 1898. May He In His might,
either through human arm or dumb ele-
ment. defeat their squadron, and give VIC
tory to tho old flag.
Yet what the world most wants Is Christ,
who Ia coming to take possession of all