The Progress., 1898-05-21

SHREVEPORT, LA
uiIuu utter one word OF PRAYER were
| dashed into the eternal world, tho doom
OF the roigning house of Spain was pro
| nOunced in tones louder than the thunder
| which that night rolled out over the sea.
God Is with Us.
Another ALIENATION Is the fact TINT wa
have God to 20 to In behalf of all those
| OF our cOuntrymen who may be in especial
exposure at tho front, for we must admit
the perils. 1t is no trifiing thing for 1OO,-
| 900 young men to be put outside Of home
restraints and sometimes into evil com
partnership. Many of tho brave of tho
| earth are not the good Of the earth. To he
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 ono
reckless, to have no Sabbath except such
Sabbath as In most encampments amounts
to no Sabbath at all, to go out from homes
where all sanitary laws arc observed into
surroundings whore questions Of health
arc never discussed, to invade climes where
pest1lence holds possession, to make long
marches under blistcring skies, to stand
on deck and in the fields under fire at the
mercy of shot and shell-we must admit
that those thus exposed need especial caro-,
and to the omniprescnt God we have 4
right to commend Thorn and will COM
mend them. Postal communication may
be interrupted and letters started from
camps or homes may not arrive at tho
right destination. but, however far away
our loved ones may be from us and how
ever wide and deep the that separate
US, we may hold communication with
them via the throne of God.
"A Shlpwrecked sailor was found floating
on raft near the coast of California
While In hospital he told his experience
and said that he had a companion on the
same raft for some time. While that COM
panion was dying of thirst no said to him,
"George, where are you goinRp' and the
dying sailor said, 81 hope l am going to
God. - IF you do, - said the rescued sail
or, Twill you ask him to send some wa
terp" After the death of his companion,
the survivor said, the rain came In torronts
and s1aked his thirst and kept him alive
until he was taken to safety. The survivor
always thought 1t was In answer to tho
message no had sent to heaven asking for
water. Thank God we may have direct
and instantaneous communication with
the Lord Almighty through Jesus Christ,
his only begotten Son, and in that faith
we may secure the rescue Of our imperiied
kindred. Is not that n mighty alieviationr
Pray For Our Country.
Until this conflict is ended let us be
much In prayer for our beloved country.
Do not let us depend upon the friendship
Of foreign nations. Our hope is in God.
Out Of every misfortune no has brought
this nation to better moral and financial
condition, and 80 let us pray that he will
lift us out OF this valley of trouble unto q
higher mountain of blessing.
1t Is mystery that just as this country
was recovering from n long season of hard
hines SO many of our Industries should
now be halted; that business men who
thought they could SEQ their way to pay
their debts and build up more prosperous
and endow their homes with
more advantages should have to halt and
wait until the perfidious opraessor of Cuba
shall be turned back But individual and
rational life is always lothed with mys-
teries, and we may mak' ourselves miser-
abIe by stabbing ourselves with sharp in
points and plying the everlast-
ing questions of "WhyT' and "Uow?" and
WHAT and ''WhenP" While We ~ uSt Of
BOT Try to be intelligent on all public
affairs, it is n glorious thing to do our
duty, and then fully and confidently trust
all in the hands of God, who has proved