The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-06

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| acknowl edgment of respect for his char
acter and nation. MOrdecai would. there
| fore. have sinned against his religion bad
| he made any Obeisance or dropped his
chin half an inch before Haman. When.
therefore, proud Haman attempted 70
compel an homage which was not felt. he
only did what the world ever since has
tried 70 do, when it would force our holy
| religion in any way to yield to its dictates.
Daniel. if he had been a man of religious
compromises, would never have been
thrown into the den of lions He might
have made some arrangements with King
Darius whereby he could have retained
part of his form of religion without max
ing himself so completely obnoxious to
the idolaters Paul might have retained
the favor of his rulers and escaped mar
tyrdom if ne had only been willing to
mix up his Christian faith with few
ERRORS His unbending Christian charac-
ter was taken as an insult.
Fagot and rack and halter in all ages
have been only the different ways in
which the world has demanded obeisance.
II was once away up on the top of the
temple, that satan commandeded the Holy
one of Nazareth to kneel before him. But
it is not now so much on the top Of
churches as down in the aisle and the pew
and the pulpit that satan tempts the es
pousers of the Christian faith to kneel
before him. Why was it that the Platonic
philosophers of early times as wei as To-
land, Spinoza and Bolingbroke of later
days, We're so mady opposed TO Christi
anity2 Certainly not because 1t favored
immoralities, or arrested civilization, or
dWarfed the intellect The genuine reason.
whether admitted or not, was because the
religion of Christ paid no respect to their
Intellectual Vanities. BlOunt and Boyle,
and the host of inhdes Matched out by
the vile reign Of Charles the Second, as
reptiles crawl out of marsh OF slime
could not keep their patience, because
as they passed along there was sitting in
the gate of the church such men as Mat
thew and Mark, and Luke and John who
would not bend an inch ia respect to their
PHILOSOPHERS.
Satan told our first parents that they
would become as gods If they would only
reach up and take a taste of the fruit
They tried il and failed, but their desccn-
dants are not yet satisfied with the expert
ment. We have now many desiring to be
as gods, reaching up after yet another APP
pie. Reason. scornful of Gods word may
foam and strut with the proud wrath of
Haman, and attempt to compel the hom-
age of the good, but in the presence of
men and angels, it shall be confounded
God shall smite thee, thou whited wall. 4
When science began to make it's brilliant
discoveries there were great facts brought
to light that seemed 10 overthrow the
truth of the Bible. The archaeologist
with his crowbar and the geoogist with
his hammer, and the chemist with his bat
teries, charged upon the Bible. Moses
account of the creation seemed denied by
the very structure of the earth. The as
tronomer wheeled around his telescope
until the heavenly bodies seemed to mar
shall themselves against the Bible as the
f11gTa
ra. Observatories and universities rejoiced
at what they considered the extinction of
Christianity. They gathered new cour-
age at what they considered past victory
and pressed on their conquest into the
Kingdom of nature until alas for them!
they discovered too much. Gods word
had only been lying in ambush that. in
some unguarded moment, with a sudden
bound it might tear infidelty TO pieces.
1t was as when Joshua attacked the city
of Al He selected So goo men, and con-
cealed most of them; then with few men
he assailed the city, which poured out its
numbers and strength upon Joshua's little
band. According to previous plan. they
fell back in seeming defeat, but after all
the proud inhabitants Of the city had been
brought out of their homes, and had join.
ed in the pursuit of Joshua, suddenly that
brave man halted in his fight, and with
his spear pointing toward the city, 30 600
men bounded from the thickets as pan
theirs spring to their prey, and the pursu-
ers were dashed 10 pieces, while the hosts
of Joshua pressed up TO the city. ana
with their lighted torches tossed il into
flame. Thus it was that the discoveries
OF science seemed to give temporary vic
tory against God and the Bible, and for
awhile the church acted as If she We're
on retreat; but when all the opposers
of God and truth had Joined in the pur-
suit, and were sure of The field, Christ
gave the signal TO his church, and turn
ing they drove back their foes in shame.
There was found to be no antagonism be-
tween nnture and revelation. The uni
verse and the Bible were found to be
the work of the same hand, two strokes
of the same pen, their authorship the same
God
Again; Learn the lesson that pride go
eth before a fall. Was any man ever so
far up as Hannah, who umbled so far
down? Yes, on a smaller scale every day
the world sees the same thing Against
their very advantages men trip into de-
struction. When God humbles proud men
II is usually at the moment of their great
est arrogancy. If there be a man in your
community greatly pulled up with worldly
success,you have but to stand a little while
and you will see him come down. You
say, l wonder that God allows that man
to go on riding over others heads and
making great assumptions of power. There
is no wonder about IT, Hannah has not
yet got to the top Pride is a commander,
wen plumed and caparisoned, but it
leads forth a dark and frowning host We
have the best of authority for saying that
Pride gOeth before destruction and
naughty spirit before a fall" The arrows
from the Almighty's culver are apt to
strike man when on the wing. Goliath
shakes his great spear in defiance, but the
small stones from the Brook Elah make
him stagger and fan like an OK under the
| butchers bludgeOn. He who is down
cannot fail. Vessels scudding under bare
poles do not feel the force of the storm.
but those with all sails set capsize at the
sudden descent of the tempest
Again: This Oriental tale reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepare for 9th
ers return upon ourselves. The gallows
that Haman built for Mordecai became the
prime minister's stranguation Robe
SPHERE, who sent so many to the guillo-
! tine, had his own head chopped Off by the
horrid instrument. The evil you practice
on others will recoll upon your own pate.
| SANDERS come home. Expressions come
home. Cruelties come home.
You will vet be a lacky walking beside
the very charger on which YOU expected