The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-11-02

OF "Fire!" from the mountain will be
answered by the cry OF "Firei" in the
plain. The confagration will burn
ou' from the continent toward the
sea aud then burn in from the sea
toward the land New York and Lon
don with one cut OF the red scythe OF
destruction will. go down. twenty-five
thousand miles of conhagrationl The
earth will wrap itself round and
round In shroud of flame and lie down
TO perish. What then will become OF
your golden calf? Who then so poor
as to worship a.? Melted or between
the upper aud the neither milestone OF
falling mountains ground - powder
Dagon down. Moloch down. Jugger-
naut down. golden calf down.
But every day is a day Of judgment.
and God is all the time grinding to
pieces the golden calf. Some years
ago In time OF panic we learned as
never before that forgeries will not
pay. that the watering of stock will not
pay. that the spending OF $4,000 on
country seats and a palatial city resi-
dence when there are only $4,000 In
come will not pay. that the appropria-
ton Of trust funds 20 our own private
speculation viii not pay We had a
great national tumor in the shape OF
fictitious prosperity. We called "a ma
tional enlargement. Instead Of calling
10 enlargement we might better have
called IL a swelling. II was tumor.
and God cut IL out. and the nation was
sent back TO the principles OF our Ia
theirs and grandfathers. when twice
three made six instead OF 60 and when
the apples at the bottom Of the barrel
were just a. good as the apples on the
top of the barrel and a six haudker-
chief was not half cotton and a man
who wore O,e-dollar coat paid for
was more honored than a man who
wore a $50 coat not paid for.
lie modern golden calf. like the one
OF the text. is very apt TO be made out
OF borrowed gold. These lsraelites Of
the text borrowed the earrings OF the
Egyptians aud then melted them into
god. That is the way the golden calf Is
made nowadays \ great many house
keepers not paying for the articles they
get borrow OF the grocer and the baker
and the butcher and the dry goods
seller. Then the retailer borrows 81
the wholesale dealer. Then the whole
sale dealer borrows OF the capitalist.
and We borrow and borrow and borrow
until the community IL divided into two
classes, those who borrow and those
who are borrowed %. aud after awhile
the capitalist wants his money. and be
rushes upon the Wholesale dealer. and
the wholesale dealer wants his money
and be rushes upon the retailer. and
the retailer wants his money. and he
PUSHES on the customer. and we aii 90
Gown together. There il many a man
IN this day who rides ia a carriage and
owes the blacksmith for the tire and
the wheeiwright for the wheel and the
trimmer for the curtain and the driver
for unpaid wages and the harness max
or for the bride and the furricr for
the robe. while from the tip ~ the ear
riaCe tongue clear back 90 the zip 81
! the camels hair shawl nufterinv out
Of the back Of the vehicle everything
Is paid for by notes that have been
three times renewed.
l tell YOU that In this country We
shall never get things right until We
stop borrowing and pay as We 60. II Is
this temptation 10 borrow and borrow
and borrow that keeps the people ever
I iasiingly praying to the golden calf
! for help and just the minute they eN-
pect the help the golden calf treads
on them. The judgments OF God. Ike
/ Moses in the text. will rush ia and
I break up this worship. and say let the
work 90 on until every man shall
learn TO speak truth with his neigh
Dor. and those who make engagements
shall feel themselves bound 10 keep
them. and then a man who will not
repent OF his business iniquity. out
goes on wishing 10 satiate his canni-
bal appetite by devouring widows
houses. shall. by the law OF the land,
be compelled 20 exchange the brown
stone front for the penitentiary. Let
the golden calf perishl
want you TO change temples and TO
give up the worship Of this unsatisfy-
! ing and cruel god for the service of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Here Is the gold
that will never crumble. Here are the
securities that will never fail. Here
are the banks that will never break.
Here is anSltar on which there has
been one sacrifice that does for all.
/ for "by one sacrifice hath Christ per-
/ fected forever them that are sAncti-
fed" Here is a God who will COM
fort you when you are In trouble aud
soothe YOU when You are sick and save
YOU when you die. For lie has said;
when thou passeth through the wa
tiers. will be with thee. and through
the rivers they shall not overflow thee;
when thou walkest through the fire.
thou shalt not be burned, neither shall
the flame kindle upon thee
When your parents have breathed
their last and the old wrinkled and
trembling hands can no more be put
upon your head for a blessing, lie will
be "a you father and mother both,
giving you the defense of one and the
comfort of the other. For have we not
Paul's blessed hope that as Jesus died
and rose again, even 50 them also
which sleep in Jesus shall God bring
with Him." And when your children
90 away from you. the sweet darlings,