The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-05-13

God of your fathers, the God OF Abra-
ham, the God Of Isaac, and the God OF
Jacob, hath sent me unto you" 1t
that thought be divinely accurate, let
me ask, What are we doing by prayer
and by holy life for the redemption OF
the next four hundred years? Our work
is not only with the people of the lat
ter part of the nineteenth century, but
with those in the closing Of the TWEEN
tieth century, and the closing OF the
twenty-first century, and the closing or
the twenty-second century, and the
closing of the twenty-third century.
For four hundred years, If the world
continues to swing until that time,or IL
1t drops, then Notwithstanding the in
fiuence will go on in other ATTITUDES
and longtitudes OF Gods universe.
Still further, watch this spectacle or
genuine courage. No wonder when Mo-
SEES scattered the rude shepherds, he
won Zipporahs heart. What mattered
it to Moses whether the cattle of the
seven daughters of Jethro were driven
from the troughs by the rude herds
men? Sense of justice fired his cour-
age; and the world wants more of the
spirit that will dare almost anything
to see others righted. All the time at
wells of comfort, at wells of joy, at
wells of religion, and at wells Of litera-
ture there are outrages practiced, the
wrong herds getting the first water.
Those who have the previous right
come in last, if they come in at all.
Thank God we have here and there a
strong man to set things right! am
so glad that when God has an especial
work to do, he has some one ready TO
accomplish it. Is there Bible to trans
late, there is a Wickliff to translate it;
if there is literature to be energized,
there is a Shakespeare to energize 1t;
if there is an error to smite, there is
Luther to smite it; if there is to be a
nation freed, there is a Moses to free it.
But courage is needed in religion, in
literature, in craftsmanship, in all
spheres; heroics to defend Jethro's
seven daughters and their fiocks and
put to flight the insolent invaders. And
those who do the brave work will win
somewhere high reward. The loudest
cheer of heaven is to be given Ito him
that overcometh."
Oh, what fascinating and inspiring
oha MaCncf How all
other stories compared with the biogra-
ply of Moses. From the. lattice of her
bathing house on the Nile, Thermutls,
daughter of Pharaoh, sees him in the
floating cradle of papyrus leaves made
water tight by bitumen; his infantlle
cry is heard among the marble palaces
and princesses hush him with their lul-
labies; workmen by the roadside drop
their work to look on him when as
boy he passed, so beautiful was he; two
bowls put before his infant eyes for
choice to demonstrate his wisdom, the
one bowl containing rubies and the
other containing Goals of fire. Sufti-
GENTLY wise was he to take the gems,
but, divinely directed, he took the Goals
and put them to his mouth, and his
tongue was burnt, and he was left a
stammerer all his days. so that he de-
clared, in Exod 4:10, Il am slow OF
speech and of slow tongue" on and on
until he set firm foot among the crum-
bling basalt, and his ear was not deaf
ened by the thunderous III ou shalt
not" of Mount Sinai; the man who
went to the relief of the Israelites who
were scourged because without chopped
straw they were required to make firm
bricks. the story of their oppression
found chiseled on the tomb of Rochere
at Thebes; and when his armies were
impeded by venomous serpents, sent
crates of ibises, the snake destroying
birds, to clear the way so that his host
could march straight ahead, thus sur
prising the enemy, who thought they
must take another route to avoid the
reptiles; :he whole sky an aquarium to
drop quails for him and the hosts fol-
lowing; the only man in all ages whom
Christ likens to himself; the man of
whom it is written, Jehovah spoke I'M
to Moses face to face as man speaketh
to his friend" the man who had the
most wondrous funeral of all time, the
Lord coming down out of heaven to
bury him. No human lips to read the
service. No choir to chant a Psalm.
No organ to roll a requiem. No angel
alighting upon the scene; but God lay
ing him out for the last sleep; God up
turning the earth to receive the saint;
God smoothing or banking the dust
above the sacred form; God, with fare
we'll and benediction, closing the SUI
blime obsequies of law-giver, poet and
warrior. And no man knoweth of his
sepulchre unto this day" Get your
eye on him, instead of trying to initiate
some smaller example.
A great snow storm came on prairie
in Minnesota, and farmer in a sleigh
was lost, and after a while struck the
track of another sleigh, and felt cheer
ed to go on, since he had found the
track of another traveller. He heard
sleigh bells preceding him, and hasten
ed on and on and caught up with his
predecessor, who saIu: Where are you
going?" Il am following you" was