Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-08

like an OK under the butchers blud-
geon. He who is down can not fall.
Vessels Scudding under bare poles do
not feel the force of the storm. but
those with all sails set capSizc NJ the
sudden descent of the tempest.
Again: This Orientai tale reminds US
OF the fact that wrongs we prepare for
others return upon ourselves The
gallows that Hannah built for Mordecai
became the prime minister's stranguln-
ton. Robes pierre. who sent SO many
70 the guillotine, had his own head
chopped of by the horrid instrument.
The evils YOU practice upon others
VIII rccou uTon your own pate SLAM
derS como home Expressions come
home. Crucities come home
You Will yet be laclley walking be-
side the very charger on which YOU eN-
pccted TO ride others down When
Charles l.. who had DESTROYED STAFF
ford. was about TO be bcheaded. he
said: Il basely ratified an unjust
sentence, and the similar injustice |
am now 10 undergo is sensible ret
rlouton for the punishment | in
hicted ON an innocent man" Lord
JefrieS. aftes incarceratinr many
innocent and good people in London
Tower, was himself imprisoned in the
same place. where the shades of those
whom he had naltreated seemed to
haunt him, SO that he kept crying to
his attendants: Keep them off. gen
temen; for Gods sake, keep them OFT
The chickens had come home to roost.
The body 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 Tvburn hume, ON
n gallows from morning until night in
the presence of jeering multitudes.
Haman's gallows came n little late. but
II came. Opportunities fly in straight
line, and just touch us as they pass
from eternity 10 eternity, but the
wrongs we do others fv in n circle.
ana however the circle may widen out,
they are sure TO come bacl, to the point
from which they started. There are
guns that kick.
Furthermore. let the story Of Hannah
teach us how quickly turns the wheel
OF fortune. One day, excepting the
sing, Hannah was the mighties man in
Persia; but the next day, y lackey. So
we 60 up and so We come down. You
seldom find any man 20 years in the
same circumstances OF those who. in
political life 20 years ago. were the
most prominent. how few remain in
conspicuity. Political parties make
certain men do their hard work.
and then after using them as
hacks turn them out on the commons
10 die. Every four years there is a
complete revolution. and about > 600
men who ought certainly to b. the
next president are shamefully disap-
/ pointed; while some, who are this dav
| poor and poverty-strickcn. will ride
upon the shoulders of the people and
| take their turn at the admiration and
the spoils of office. Oh. how Quickly
| the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are
the steps on which men come down
as often as they go up. OF those who
were long ago successful in the ac-
cumulation of property how few have
not met with reverses, While MANY
OF those who then were straitened
IN circumstances now hold the bonds
and the bank keys of the nation. OF
all tickle things in the world fortune
is the most tickle. Every day She
changes her mind, and woe to the man
who puts any confidence in what She
promises or proposes, She cheers when
YOU go mp and she laughs when Won 60
down. On, trust not n moment vour
hearts affections TO this changeful
world! Anchor your soul in God.
From Christ's companionships gather
your satisfaction. Then. come sorrow
or gladness. success or defeat. riches
| or poverty, honor or disgrace. health
or sickness, life or death. time or eter-
nifty, all are yours, and We are Christ's.
and Christ is Gods.
Again; this Haman's history shows
us that outward possessions and cir
cumstances can rot make a man happv.
While yet fully vested in authority
and everything that cquipage and
pomp and splendor of residence could
do were his. hc is an obicct-les,on
of wrctcheducss. There are to-day
more aching sorrows under crowns
OF royalty than under the ragged
/ caps of the hOusclcss Much of the
/ worlds atilurnce and gavetv is only
| misery i'm color>. Many woman
seated in the street at her apple stand
I is ma pier than the great bankers. The
mountains OF worldly honor ar, cover
cd with perpetual snow Tamcrlanc
conquered half the world. but could
not ~upiuc his own fears.
/ Ahab goes 90 bed sick. because
/ NahotH viii. not sell him
his vineyard. Heroj IS I'm avonv bee
cause o child {, born down fra Ecthc-
ncm. Great fclV trcmb.c, because "a
roor minister viii preach righteous.
ness temperance ami Judgment To-
come. From the timc % Louis NIL TO
I Louis XVIII tyal fI.-. a ...... ..