The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-11

III NJG VI ILtuutl - Vi''I'h.'''
a certain author is made 70 say that
God has three cha,tisrrs for the hui
man race. namely Famine. pcsti-
lcncc and the hero As Il punish
mcnt for sin, or because the sons of
men are multiplying too rapidly, or to
teach a fearful object lesson, or for
some other reason so mysterious and
inscrutablc that no human mind can
grasp it, God reaches uoMl add strikes
the earth by territories. who districts
burn up and dry out from irightful
droughts. and the people Gall by
scores and hundreds starved. India
has been one Of these cursed terrific
rics. Again the %I'atcful strikes hui
mainly by the assembly. In crowded
cities disease takes its strongest hold
and dcyours its greatest number of
victims. Through contiguity and as
srciation death reaches from soul to
soul. The most awful instance we
know of this particular diSpcnsation
was the black death in the seventeenth
century which destroyed half tie
population Of England.
The chaStiscr as Il hero whips the
human race by the nation. Alcxnn-
der was born Greece, Macedonia,
Egypt and Persia gave their sons to
him. At one time in the mere begin
ming, this hero sold thirty thousand
inhabitants Of a refractory city into
slavery, and he then u youth Of barely
twenty two years. Before Christ Gaze
sar came. TO this day certain por-
tions of the earth carry the scars Of
this chastiscr-indcstructiblc roads
that he laid for the marching Of his
army. In calculating the census of
the ancient world Caesars dead made
a difference almost apprcciablc. In
our own day he whom half the world
would anne matchless, Napoleon,
took his stand at the right hand Of
Destiny. God said "Strike!' And
then there was the battle of the Pyra-
mids, Marengo, Austcrlitz. The re-
treat from Moscow, the battle Of the
Nations and Waterloo. Stupcndous
autograph Of our name! France was
forever glorificd, geography changed,
and-hundrcds Of acres Of earth en-
richcd with blood.
There are old chatcaus yet that bear
the wounds in displaced beams and
broken columns Of tho vollics this
hero directed. There are old wells
from which none draw water 10 this
day because Of the whole company of
corpscs shovclcd into them after one
Of these tragedies. Plastic humanity
sprung back after the wheel had rolled
on, and is blooming rank again over
the face of the earth, scarlcss for
the great multitude Of them that bore
this man scars in their bodies many
years after MS voyage to ST. Helena,
have long since died, rotted and dissi-
rated into dust und traditions and
the still greater host of them who bore
his deep scars in their hearts have,
likewise, long since followed those
,myriads they mourncd for. The very
form of government he would have
erected over the mind Of men has
ceased to be in France, and a republic
stands for the empire
Famine, cholera and Napoleon were
fearful scourgcs, and have left on the
history of man deep scars, but they
were adequate. Man stands meek and
must acknowledge before them that he
is beaten. lie feels the invinciblc
couch of the hand Of Fate. lie bows
beneath It, and is perhaps too over
whclmcd for awhile to sec the reason
or good in it. But after IL time he
does. TO every mans eyes sometime
or other III that finer insight which
stays with him longer or shorter, ac-
cording to the greatness of his soul
that insight into the purpose of things.
lie sees for u momcn the perfect in
y" .Mrer."ct, .ne Sooa ~ ehe CYL ana
is satisfied.
Each Of these calamities has it's
good and after the return to the
stunned senses Of serenity the good
begins to be apparent. The famine Of
India has helped India and tho world
morally. The cry Of distress that
went up from her starving districts
brought forth aid from all Christcn-
dom. Shiploads of food, whole for
tunes of gifts were sent to her by alien
countries. Those countries which re-
sponded most generously were the
civilized nations, tho Christian ma
tons. Half-civilizcd India, as she
reached her bony hands for the bread
Of life, took note that it was o eau.