The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-11-18
ALL IN GODS HANDS
d. ralnags sa Divine InssrPssidsa
In Human Affairs
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g. Forever, Q Lord Thy word Il set
Tied In HeArsa-
This world has eeo IN pcccea o.
change ever Sn0 IL nj cratet-
mountains bow noaztsihs diving, snS
they have both cradle s16 grave
orce this planet was al fuiS, and no
heing such a. you or have ever seeE
could have hved On Il a minute Our
hemisphere turns It's face To The sun
and thea turns rs back ne axis q
the eartks revOlgne1 has SHIFTED The
earth's ceztez 81 gravity is changed
Onos flowers Frew in the Arous and
there wal snow In the t.oPieS nsR
has bees a redistribution Of hand ana
ga, the land erunhing into the 80.
TIE sea swAll0wiRE the land Ice and
FIRE have f0Ighi for the PoSsesloE %
this planet The chemical conpoS-
doz q it is 6iEsrezi from what
il once WAS Noic1zoes o1ce se-noy
alive are DEAD. ro; oze SAroA q 6sry
pulss. not Ozs h-eEsA q Spr-tAs
oessa eAKaEzE It's EzSult Il aEas
suAEa1e& he internal Sres e the
sartA are gradually eating tAsr vsy
10 The surfaces-uPAsxvL szG szA
GSezos q US realms q eo1aHslt
High up il the PALACE ot the S1n al
least Ave things arr ss1ls2-ShAt Ka-
uouS which 90 coEnEUcaSly and psr-
Eistertly Wrorg perish; tAAt kAPPi-
ness IS the result OF spiritual ooaEi-
tic. and rot Of earthly ezvirozneut;
that this world Is q seAooIhoEse for
splendid o. 6~isgzostul graduation;
that with OF without Is the world Is TO
Be made over into q scene Of 4rborss-
osnee and purity; that al who are adj
joined 10 the unparalleled One Of Beth
lehsm Snd Nazareth and GolgothA will
be the subjects Of : supernsl felicity
without any taking OF.
Do you doubt my first proposition
that nations which 60 wrong perikh2
We have in this American nation all
the elements Of permansnce and de-
struction- We need not borrow from
others any trowels for upbuilding or
torches for demolition. Elements Of
ruin-nihilsm, infdelity, agnoSticism.
Sabbath deseerstion. inebriety. sensual
ity, extravaganza, fraud; they are all
here. Elements Of sStety-Go6-wor-
Shipping men and women by the scores
Of millions, honesty, b~enevoleuce, truth
fitness, self sacrifice, industry, sobri-
ETY. and more religion than has char
ac,erized any nation that has ever ex-
listed; they are all here. The only
question is as TO which Of the forces will
gain dominsncy-tbe one class ascend
ant, and this United States government,
] think, will continue as long as the
world exists; the other class ascend
ant. and the United States goes into
such small pieces that other govern
ments would hardly think them worth
picking up.
Have you ever noticed the size OF the
cemetery Of dead nations. the vast
Greenwood and Pere le Chaise, where
mighty Kingdoms were buried? Open
the gate and walk through this Gem
etery and read the epitaphs. Here lies
Carthage, born 100 years before Rome,
great commercial metropolis on the
bay Of Tunis, a part Of an empire that
gave the alphabet 10 the Greeks and
their great language to the Hebrews;
her arms the terror Of nations, COM
~~-snaiTw nj, --~-stu.- ~ 49, --s,-a-
coast; her Hamilcar leading forth 80
myriads, or 3O0,O 900 troops; her Hanni-
bal carrying out in manhood the oath
he had taken in boyhood to preserve
eternal enmity TO Rome, leaving costly
and imposing monuments at Agrigen-
tum a CHASTITY heap Of ruins; Carthage,
her colonies on every coast, her ships
blowing every sea; Carthage-where
are her ~splendors now? All extin-
guished. Where are her swords? The
last n broken. Where are her tow
ers and long ranges Of magnificent
architecture? Buried under the sands
Of the Bagradas. AS ballast of foreign
, ships much Of her radiant marble has
been carried away to build the walls
Of trans-Mediterranean eathedrals
while other blocks have been blasted
in modern times by the makers Of the
Tunis railway. And all of that great
and mighty city and kingdom that tn,
tourist finds to-day is here and Their,
: q broken arch Of what was once q 50
mile aqueduct. Our talented ant
e genial friend, Henry NJ. Field, in on,
: Of his matchless books Of travel, la
bors hard to prove that the slight ruin
Of that city are really worth visiting
e Carthage buried in the cemetery o
dead nations. Not one altar to tn
true God did she rear. Not one Of tn
Ten Commandments but she conspicu
ously violated. Her doom wal settle
in Heaven when II was decided far bacI
In the eternities that the nation an
kingdom that will not serve God shai
perish.
5. Our own nation will be judged by tn
same moral laws by which all othe
q. nations have been judged. The judl
ment day for individuals will probabl
come far on in the future. Judgme1
day for nations is every day, every da
weighed, every day approved or ever
day condemned. Never before in n
history Of this country has the Ame
d. lean nation been more surely in u
s. balances than II Is this minute. L
right, and we go up. Do wrong, an
ct we go down. / am not so anxious
e know what this statesman or that wa
~ Nor thinks we had better do with Cul
r. and Porto Rico and the Philippines
be j sm anxious TO know what God thinl
Y { hSd better d. The destiny Of u
eapitoline hill or at Manila or at Il
presidential ballot box, for ID viii
settled in Heaven.
Another thing decided in the hi
places OF the universe is that this worI
with or without us, will be made ov
into a scene Of arborescence and purit
q, DO not think that such a consummatil
depends upon our personal fidelity.
will be done anyhow. Gods cause do
,e not go a-begging. II all the soldiers
"A Jesus Christ now living should becor
IN deserterS and 20 over TO the enemy, III
a would not defeat the cause. A lar
part Of the 2ible Is taken up with te
!, ing US what the world win be. There
q large army, human and angelic, nc
/. in the field, but Gods reserve forces a
more numerous and more mighty tn
those now at the front, and II He cou
IN Gideon'S time rout the Midianit
with q crash Of crockery, and II J
couldin Shsmgar's time overcome a he
st with an OK goad, and If In Samson
l. time He could defeat an army with
~ bleached jawbone, and II the walls
10 Jericho went down under a blast
ut perforated rams hcrn, Snd Hin Chris
% day blind eyes were ccred by oil
ment OF spittle. then God can do an
thing lie says lie will do. As yet ]
has taken only one sword out Of a who
srmory Of weapons. Do not get nervol