Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-06-22


cause 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. aud the hosts OF infidels
Matched out by the vile reign OF Charles
the Second, as sreptiles crawl out of marsh
Of slime, could not keep their patience, be-
cause, as they passed along, there were sit
ting In the gate OF the church such men rs
Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John
who would not bend an inch In respect to
their philosophers.
Satan told our first parents that they
would become as gods II they would only
reach up and take a taste OF the fruit
They tried 1t and failed, but their descend
ment. We have now many desiring to ba
as gods, reaching up after yet another
apple. Reason, scornful of Gods Word
may foam and strut with the proud wrath
Of Haman, and attempt to eompei the
homage OF the good, but in the presence of
men and angels 1t shall be confounded
"God shall smite thee, thou whited wall"
When science began to make its brilliant
discoveries there were great facts brought
to light that seemed to overthrow the
truth Of the Bible. The archRologist with
his crowbar, and the geoioSist with his
hammer, and the chemist with his bat
teries, charged upon the Bible. Moses's
account Of the creation seemed denied by
the very structure of the earth Tho
astronomer wheeled around his telescope
until the heavenly bodies seemed to mar
shal themselves against the Bible as the
stars in their courses fought against Sisera
Observatories and universities rejoiced at
what they considered the extinction of
Christianity. They gathered new courage,
at what they considered past victory, and
pressed on their conquest into the kingdom
OF nature until, alas for themi they dis
covered too much. Gods Word had only
been lying in ambush that, In some un-
guarded moment, with sudden bound il
might tear infldelity to pieces.
1t was as when Joshua attacked the city
of Al. He selected thirty thousand men,
and concealed most of them; then with a
Few men he assailed the city, which poured
out Its numbers and strength upon
Joshua's little band. According to pravi-,
Gus 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 joined In the pursuit of Joshua,
suddenly that brave man halted in his
flight, and with his spear pointing toward
the city, thirty thousand men bounded
from the thickets as pauthers spring to
their prey, and the pursuers were dashed.
to pieces. while the hosts Of Joshua pressed
up to the city, and with their lighted
torches tossed it into flame. Thus it was
that the discoveries OF science seemed to
give temporary victory against God and
as II she were on n retreat; but when all
the Opposers OF God and truth had Joined
In the pursuit, and Were sure of the field
Christ gave the signal to His church, and
turning, they drove back their foes In
shame. There was found to be no an
tagonism between nature and revelation.
The universe 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 goeth
before fall. Was any man ever so far up
rs Haman, who tumbled so far down? Yes,
on n smaller scale every day the world sees
the same thing. Against their very ad-
vantages men trip into destruction. When
God humbles proud men it is usually at the
there be man In your community greatly
puffed up with worldly success, you have
but to stand a little while and you will see
Him come down. You say, 1 wonder that
God allows that man to go on riding over
others heads and making great assump-,
tions Of power. There is no wonder about
1t. Haman has not yet got to the top
Pride is commander well plumed and
caparisoned, but 1t leads forth dark and.
frowning host. We have the best of author,
ity for saying that pride goeth before de-
struction and a naughty spirit before a
fall. The arrows from the Almighty's
quiver are apt to strike man when on the
wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in.
defiance, but the small stones from the,
brook Elah made him staSger and fall.
like an OK under the butchers bludGeon.
He who Is down cannot fall. Vessels scud-
ding under bare poles do not feel the force
OF the storm, but those with all sails set
capsiZe at the sudden descent of the temp
est.
Again: this Oriental tale reminds us of
the fact that wrongs we prepare for others
return upon ourselves. The gallows that
Haman built for Mordecai became the,
Prime Minister'S strangulation. Robe
Spierre 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 recoil upon your own pate.
ISLANDERS come home. Expressions come
home. Cruelties come home.
You will yet be lackey walking beside
the very charger on which you expected to
ride others down. When Charles the First
who had destroyed StrafYord, was about to
unjust sentence, and the similar I'M ustice
I am now to undergo Is 3 sensible retribu,
tion for the punishment l inflicted on an
innocent man." Lord Jeffries, after in
generating many innocent and good peo-
pie in London Tower, was himself impris-
oned in the same place, where the shades
of those whom he had maltreated seemed
to haunt him, so that he kept crying to his
attendants: Keep them Off, gentlemen,
for Gods sake, keep them OFF, The chick
ems nau come nome 10 rOOst. Inc bOuV OF
Bradshaw, the English judge, who had
been ruthless and cruel in his decisions,
was taken from his splendid tomb in West
minister Abbey, and at Tyburn hung on a
gallows from morning until night In the
presence Of jeering multitudes. Haman's
gallows came little late, but 1t came
/ Opportunities fly In straight line, and
| just touch us as they pass from eternity to
| eternity but the wrongs we do others fiy
| in a circle, and however the circle may
| widen out, they are sure to come back to
| the point from which they started There
| are guns that kickl
Furthermore, let the story OF Hamar
teach US how quickly turns the wheel o
fortune. One day, excepting the king
Haman was the mightiest man In Persia
but the next day, lackey: 50 we go up
and so we come down You seldom find
any man twenty years In the same circum
stances. OF those who, in political life
twenty years ago were most prominent
how few remain In conspicutty. Poiiticu
parties make certain men do their hare
work, aud then, after using them as hacks
turn them out on the commons to die
Every four years there Is complete revo
luton, and about five thousand men wh'
ought certainly to be the next Presiden
are shamefully disappointed; while some
who this day are obscure and pOvert.
stricken, will ride upon the shoulders o
the people, and take their turn mt admira
tion and the spoils OF office. Oh, hoy
quickly the wheels turn! Ballot-boxes ar
the steps on which men come down quit
as often as they go up. OF those who wer
long ago successful In the accumulate
of property, how few have not met with re
verses, while many of those who then wer
straitened in circumstances now hold tn
bonds and bank keys Of the nation. OF a
fickle things in the world, fortune Is the
most tickle.
Again: this Humans history shows u
that outward possessions and circum
stances cannot make a man happy. Will
yet fully vested in authority and the chic
ad wiser of the Persian monarch and every
thing that equipage and pomp and splen
dor OF residence could do were his, he
! an object lesson of wretchedness. Their
are to-day more aching sorrows unde
i. crowns Of royalty than under the ragge
caps of the houseless. Much Of the world
affiuence and gaiety Is only misery In colors
MANY a woman seated in the street at he
apple-stand Is happier than the great bank
ers. The mountains Of worldly honor ar