Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-05-27

AsAF.N anu NAA MAW AhAA0MFA naNA lNL tue
whole nation utter it, most rrsuundiuE
huEEa; and more than that. let a. thank
the Lord % hosts for his guiding and pro-
tected power Praise " the Lord Let
everything that hath breath praise the
Lordi'
Another alienation Is the fact tina; in
this war the might J. on the side OF the
right. Again and again have liberty aud
Justice aud suffering humanity had the
odds against them. II was so when Ben
hadad'sl Syrian hosts, who. were in the
wrong, at Aphek, came upon the small
regiments Of Israel who were ia the right,
the Bible putting il in one Of those graphic
sentences for which the book j. remark
able-"Ihe children Of Israel pitched be-
fore them like two little flocks OF kids. but
the Syriaus filled the whole country IL
was 50 in the awful defeat Of the Lords
people at Gilboa aud MegiddO. IL was so
recently when gallant aud glorious Greece
was in conflict with gigantic Mohamme-
danism. aud the navies OF Europe lowering
about the BOsphOrus were in practical
protection OF the Turkish government.
fresh from the slaughter OF one hundred
thousand Armenians. Ii was so when, In
1910, the thirteen colonies, with little war
shipping and few undrilled and poorly
clad soldiers. were brought into a contest
with the mightiest navy Of all the earth
and an army that commanded the admira-
ton OF nations. II was so when Hungary
went under. 1t has been So during all the
struggles heretofore for Cuban indepen-
dence. But now it is our powerful navy
with enough guns to send the opposing
fleet as completely under as when the ked
Sea submerged PharaOh's army.
Another alienation is the fact that we
have God to 20 to in behalf of all those
of our countrymen who may be in especial
exposure at the front, for we must admit
the perils. II is no trifling thing for l00,-
600 young men to be put outside of home
restraints and sometimes into evil COM
partnership. Many of the brave of the
earth are not the good Of the earth. To
be in the same tent with those who have
no regard for God or home; to hear their
holy religion sometimes slurred at; to be
placed under influences calculated TO make
one reckless; to have no sabbath, except
such sabbath as in most encampments
amounts to no sabbath at all; to go out
from homes where all sanitary laws are
observed into surroundings where ques-
lions of health are never discussed; to in
wade climes where pestilence holds posses
sion; to make long marches under blister
ing skies: TO stand on deck and In the
fields under fire, at the mercy of shot and
shell-we must admit that those thus ex
posed need especial care, and to the Omni-
present God we have a right to commend
lutul, anu VIII lutul. lOSldi
communication may be interrupted, and
letters started from camps or homes may
not arrive at the right destination, but
however far away our loved ones may be
from us and however wide and deep the
seas that separate us, we may hold com
municaton with them via the throne OF
God.
A ship"'recked sailor was found floating
on Il raft, near the coast of California
While IN the hospital he told his expert
ence. and said that he had companion on
the same raft for some time. While that
companion was dying of thirst he said to
him: George, where are you going?
and the lying sailor snid II hope | am
going to God If you do" said the res
cued sailor, will you ask Him to send
some water?' After the death of his COM
panion, the survivor said, the rain came in
torrents. and slaked his thirst and kept
him alive until he was taken to safety.
The survivor always thought it was in an
swer TO the message he had sent to heaven
asking for water. Thank God we may
have direct and instantaneous communt-
cation with the Lord Almighty through
Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, and in
that faith We may secure the rescue OF our
imperled kindred. Is not that a mighty
alienation?
Morning. noon and night let us commend
this beloved kand to the care Of gracious
God. That He answers prayer is so GER
tain that your religion Is an halluciuation
If He does not answer it. Pray that In re-
ply to such supplicatiOn the farmers boys
may get home again in time to reap the
harvest of next July: that our business
men may return in time to prepare for Il
fall trade such as has never yet filled the
stores and factories with customers, and
that all the homes in this country now sad
dened by the departure Of father or brother
| or son may months before the Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas holidays be full of Joy at
the arrival of those who will for the rest of
| their lives have stories to tell OF double
! quick march. and narrow escape. and
charges up the parapets, and night set on
fire with bOsnbardment, and our flag
! hauled up to places from which other flags
were hauled down.
At Plymouth, England. on the 18th Of
July the prominent officers OF the navy
were in bowling alley, bowling with great
| glee-LOrd Howard, the High Admiral;
| Sir Martin Erohisher, the daring explorer
and sir Francis Drake, the first circum-
navigator Of the world-when word came
to them that the Spanish Armada was ad-
yancinC. The officers continued ut the
| game OF the bowling alley until the game
was finished. and then went out to nvesti-
! gate the tidings, and, sure enough, that
| mighty fleet which was considered irwin
chile, and which was to lombard and over.
throw England. was approaching. but the
! invading navy was destroyed, for the Lord
Almighty appeared in the fight.
A storm such as had never swept the
! coast of England or aroused the ocean
swoOped upon the Spanish Armada. Most
OF the ships soon went down under the sea.
while Others were driven helplessly along
to be splintered on the coasts of England,
Ireland, Scotland. and Norway. Another
mi 81, IL, lA n ft.4
aud we are ready to meet them. The same
God who destroyed the Armada in 1888
reigns in 1898. May He in His might,
either through human arm or dumb ele-
ment, defeat their squadron, and give VIC
tory to the old flag.
Yet what the world most wants is Christ,
who is coming to take possession OF all
hearts, all homes. all Nations; but the
world blocks the wheels of His chariot.
would like to see this century, which is now
almost wound up, find its peroration i'll
some mighty overthrow of tyrannies and Il
| mighty huiliing up of liberty and justice
| Almost all the centuries have ended with
! some stupendOus event that transformed
| Nations and changed the map of the world
1t was so NJ the close of the fourteenth cen
; tury: it was so at the close of the fifteenth
century: it was so ut the close of the six
i teenth century; it was so at the close OF the
seventeenth century: it was so at the CLOSE
Ofthe eighteenth century. May it be more
glorously so at the close of the nineteetl
century, blessed be the Lord God Of Is
rael from everlasting to everlasting, ant
let the whole earth be filled with Hi
glory" Amen and amen.
On the walls of Paris to-day are OF
fetal plfcards announcing that an il
dlirY Is to be hold concerning the nrc