The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-04
RIGHTEOUS PRINCIPLES
THE GUIDE FOR NATIONS AS WEII
As MEN IN THESE TRYING TIMES.

Power and Success Can be DIssociated
From Earthly Pomp and the show Of
Great Armies-R ghteousness ana Jus
tice the Nations Bulwork.
At the First Presbyterian church
yesterday the pastor, Rev. r. A. M.
Brown, D. D., preached very forcible
and able sermon from the words: "A
little one shall become a thousand, and
a small one strong nation. I, the
lord, will hasten it in his time
Isaiah XII, 20.
The pastor said in part: 'It is well
for nations, as for men, in the times
OF serious demand, to have well defined
principles of action. Sad is it for
man as for a community to choose
merely material advantages and pos
sessions, in place Of righteous princi-
pie. The world had not in the time Of
the prophet Isaiah discerned the truth
that power and success could be disso-
clated from the show and magnifcence
OF large armies and walled cities and
vast territories. Jerusalem was an OBJ
ject lesson to the surrounding nations.
that the foundation principles Of DOW
er and progress were justice and
righteousness Even a little one shall
become thousand built upon these
eternal verities of God. What the
worlds rulers ought to have known
then is valuable knowledge to-day for
our kings and princes in the realms Of
thought and politics. The history Of
mankind has been one unbroken testiz
mony that God will honor those who
honor Him. Given, that nation is
righteous toward God, and just in its
dealings with other nations, insignifi-
cant it may be in the semblances Of
earthly power, it yet has solved the
problem as to the Hottest attainment
in national greatness. The Hebrew
race itself scattered as 1t is among the
nations Of earth, is a marked example
of the Influence and power that are
given to those who seek to obey the
righteous principles Of God 1.-THE soris
of them that afflicted them shall come
bending unto Them
Contrast the histories of two nations
which were SO prominent during the
El1zabethan age England was then
among the weak nations of the earth,
while Spain possessed almost unlin1it-
ed power; vet in the centuries that
have succeeded, Spain, nominally
Christian nation, has been Character
lied by its craftiness and cruelty, its
national amusement to which all class
es gave countenance, being synonym
of everything brutal and degrading.
Yet England, based upon righteous
ness, which is of God, yields mighty
power throughout the world. So it is
with our own nation, founded upon
principles of righteousness and truth.
A scheme or enterprise Of any sort
must be dominated by these principles
The law of progress and of power is
dependent not upon material advant-
ages but upon right and Justice be-
tween individuals as we'll as nations
In this hour of excitement, suspense
and possible conflict, 1t is the duty Of
all to avoid any motive that shall be
self-seeking or aggressive, any desire
for conquest or aggrandizement, but
with calm trustfulness in the Almighty
power to be solicitous only for the es-
Establishment of right and justice and
whatsoever shall be the glory Of God.
1t is this confidence and waiting up
on God in his rapid or tardy move
ments Of providence that His faithful
servants find their comfort and salts
faction. Events that are prosperous or
adverse are for His people simply the
unfolding Of the scroll of His promise
ct the ord shall hasten If in His tirnesssas