The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-06

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70 iaks Care Of themselves have th.s
eternal God 10 take care of them Isi
/ nations look Ogt how they tread on the
is.S1is. however small and weak. fer they
( ar Gmnipoteutiy defended They may
NOT Dc able 10 marshal laTKe armies. or 10
( send out nariss 10 sweep the sea. hut
! ptiter tn2H ttss. shey have tne cnArtots
OF heaven or their slds ami the drawn
swords OF the Aimighty. have a. tnuch
{ ial-h ia The salvation OF the smallest
island of the Falklands. of The CsnGriss.
! % the LadTOnes. % the taT0linCS, o. th-
| Fits. OF the BaTbadues. ~ tae C8pe
/ Herlies. of the Society Islands, 81 nAve
~ the salvation ~ America.
5sS S91tint ntS tA- ,liSrives are fuly
iGrsrr Islands. ana Ire N0rid In WHICH
ss I've Is on.y d still iarsrr island. AMI
tire solar system IS group "i islands,
and tie universe i an archipelago stud
ded with islands Ci worlds. surrounded
b. the great ocean of 'asnl,Sds and m
I.elssEy- 30 Yea see, wnCn God Planned
| the universe t!e diasrAnueG Il into Isl
ands. ana he VIII look after the interest
/ of each OF these issCnts. however small,
| and England. and HOi,aHu. and France.
ard Germany, and America must not
| that comes LuGer theiy sway any dlt-
| ftreat iron tne WAY they treat tGt
| strongest nation Of all The earth, Sei :nA.
chiedy deal With individuals N ta' next
/ Eorld buI He deals with nations only n
| this world, and when peTs silently a na-
| ton practices injustice against other pvd-
| pie Ii Is only a question or time Wnea
! the offender WIil md his doom. TIE pain
/ 0f time Is srrewn with the carcsssaS OF
! nations tE-t. because OF their mdltleat-
meut OF other nations. per'saed- Inc
| higher such offending empires rise, the
| haEIS- will be their fall
Guycrumert of Christ.
I believe the United States govern
| meat will last IS long as the world :&sts.
1 believe the fires of the judgment day
I will leap on the Gomes OF our St1sc and
| National CaDitOls waile yet they are II
! their full power I believe the last earth
| Quake Will put Its explosion under our
national foundations while yei they stand
| frE.. | believe that republican and demo
| cratic form of government viii be the
universal! form of government Tor all IA
| lions wnen they have been eVans -iizec,
| for ,hen the nations will be capable OF
| self-gOVpIument and will have demanded
and secured that right. Il VIII be either
that or q theocrGcy. which Will De the iii
rect government or Christ IN His personal
reign on earth, many Bible students
believe Yet that Jub,lan, expectation IS
founded not on the skill of human states
| manship or human legislation, bur upon
the belief that this nation VIII submit 10
divine guidance, and obey the diNlHe law,
and carry out its diyinely imposed mis-
sion. but If We defy the Goa u nations,
our doom is fixed
1T required the pen of an Edward Glib
ron, through four great volumes OF more
than live hundred pages eGch, 10 tel tae
story OF The Decline and Fan or the
Roman Empire concluding his Honu-
mental work with the words. 1t was
umOnE ne rains of the capitol that | first
conceived the idea of a work which has
amused and exercised near twenty years
of my life. and which, however made
quat- To my own wishes, ! hnally deliver
t. the curiosity and candor of the public
WHAT the Roman empire dead. Did she
lack warriors? No. Behold her POnpey
and her Julius Caesar. Did she lack law
makers and law-giverS? No. Think OF
the masters of Roman Jurisprudence, Our
American attorneys to-day quoting those
laws in our court rooms more than fifteen |
centuries after they were enacted. In
poetry did she not have her Virgil and !
Ovid? In history did she not have heT |
SallUst and her Livy? In eloquence did |
she not have her ScipiO and Cicero? in |
satire did she not have a Juvenal and u !
Horace? What pens were welded by |
All nations heard the cry of her war |
eagles, the voices OF her OratOry. and the |
chime OF her c2ntOS But the day of juGg- |
ment came for that nation, and Hannibal |
crossed the Apennines. and the Goths and |
Vandals swooped, ana the Carthagenian |
fleet assailed, and the Numid!an horsemen /
ga!loped, and nations combined and |
Rome sank. The tourist now on the |
banks OF the Tioer sees the ruins of her
Forum, the ruins OF her Coliseum, the |
ruins Of her art, the ruins of her adue-
ducts, the ruins of her catacombs, the |
ruins of her palaces.
The Way of the Wicked.
'Tf our nation forgets IT'S duty to other
nations and practices injustice against
other people. however insignificant. il
will not take al other Edward Gibbon
twenty years. and through four great vol
umes. TO tell the story of the decline and
fall of American Institutions BY SO
much as our opportunities have been
greater than any nation that ever lived,
and the mission to which she has been
ordained Is more stupendous than any
bestowed by the Almighty upon any peo-
pie, II we forget Our God and enact wick
edness. our overthrow will be quicker
and more tremendous, and yonder Cant
toilne Hill, with its architectural magnif-
cence, viii become a heap OF gigantic
ruins, 70 be visited by the people OF Other
times and other nations, who will read In
letters Of crushed and Gumbled marble
that which David wrote many hundred
years ago upon parchment-"The wav oF
me wicked He turneth upside down
me fact that nation has had great
- !, Sheeslty Is no sign Oh It's perpetuity The
Assyrian empire OF a thousand wears mold
ing the thrones Of Semiramis and Sarria-
h&paIus,and ShalmaHeser, empire OF twen-
ty-seVen victorious expeditions. The cities
" Pnoenlcia kneeling TO her scepter and
ALI the Worl1 planched IN her rras4nca |
What became of all the gra1deiIr3 Ask
the fallen palaces of KhOrsabad and tbe !
corpses OF her ls5,e00 soldiery slam nv tbe |
angel OF the Lord in one night, and the !
ASSyrian sculptures of the worlds mus |
Gums, ali that now remains of thar sDisn | ,
lor before which nadOns staggered ana |
:rouched. Tyre, the atmosphere of tbs !
iesert, fragrant with spices coming in |
caravans to her fairs: all seas cIeft ~ |
oam by the keels of her laden noercbart
men; her markets rich with horses ana ,
;amels from Togarmah; her bazaare 6Iled
WITH upholstery from Dedan, with emerald
,i;G ,nd cora! and agate from Syria. with
work from Ashur and Chilmad. Whsrs
low the gleam OF her towers Wnere
ne roar or her chariots? Where tho
nasts OF her ships? Let the Ashermen
y, N,o ,S uty u their nets where once she stood:
FL the sea that rushes upon the bsryer,
less where once she challenged the ad 7
niTatl0n ~ all nations: let the b9rhariape 4
Vno set their rude tents where once Nor ,
a'aces entered, answer the questions.
stHprndauS Ruins Of Th.bcs /
"Hundred-sated Thebes-for all time IN /
'e the study Of antiquarian and biero.
'iyph!st; her stupendOus ruins snread n
'Fer .tweniy-seven miles; her sculDturss :
'Tesentlng In figures Of warrior and char :
OF the victories with which the nov,-for- :
often Kings Of Egypt shook the nations :
ier obelisks and columns; Karuac and
luxor. the stupendous temples of her
ride! Who can imagine the greatness
] Inebts In those days, when The blDuo-
rome rang with her sports and foreign &.
cyalty bowed at her shrines, and her
venues rOared with the wheels OF Dro. |
tsslOHs IN the wake Of returning con. |
tefofs? What dashed down the y,isior u
ehariots and temples and thrones5 u
nat hands pulled upon the columns az Il
er slcryy What ruthlessnegs dsfacej =,
er sculptured wall and broke down on
SKIS and left her indescribable ienrIe.
Ieat Skeletons Of granite2 What s,,Iyi, |
destruction spread The lair ~ y.Tf
casts m her royal sepuichres. ana rangt, 81
le InlSeT abe cOttaEeTs Of to-day "a b115Ii
uts n the courts VI her temples ana 80, D.,
eHOlsil0n and ruin skulking behind ~ | !,
pcii5ks and dOdziTg among The ssracyEt
l. aad leaning against the columns sns | ca
topping under the arches. and 1.e,.,-. | y
: the waters which go mournfIIlg ~ ''"s IS
lough they were carrying the fesy :.
y ages Let the murnnnies brssL 80 y. | -
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