Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-11-09

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few hours after they came around, hop
ing to bury her. They lind only the palms
of the hands and the skull. The dogs
| that devoured Jezebel and the dogs that
devoured NabOth-oh, what a swift, wat
an awful circuit.
The Circle of Centuries.
But 1t is sometimes the case that this
circle sweeps through a century or
| through many centuries. The world
STARTED with a theocracy for government
that is. God was the president and en-
peror of the world. People got tired OF a
| theocracy. They said: I'VE don't want
God directly interfering with the affairs
of the world. Give MS monarchy" The
world had a monarchy. From mon
archy 1t is going TO have limited mon
archy. After awhile the limited mon
archy will be given up and the republic
can form OF government will be every
! where dominant and recognized Then
! the world will get tired of the republican
/, form of government, and it will have an
anarchy, which is no government at all.
| And then all nations finding out that
! man Is not capable of righteously gov
| ernlng man, will cry out again for theoc-
! racy and say, Let God come back and
conduct the affairs of the world" every
step-monarchy. limited monarchy. re-
publicanism, anarchy--only different steps
I between the first theocracy aud the last
! theocracy or segments of the great circle
| of the earth on which God sits.
But do not become impatient because
! you cannot see the curve of events and
| therefore conclude that Gods govern
! ~,
| tells MS that in the making of the pyra-
| midS 1t took 1000 men two years TO drag
one great stone from the quarry and put
| 1t into the pyramids, II men short lived
can afford TO work so slowly as that, can
not God in the building OF eternities
! afford TO wait?
What thoagh God should take 10000
| years TO draw circle? Shall we take our
little watch, which we have to wind mp
every night lest it run down. and hold it
| up beside the clock of eternal ages? If.
according TO the Bible, thousand years
are in Gods sight as one day, then, ac-
Cording to that calculations the COCO
| years OF the worlds existence has been
only to God as from Monday 10 Satur-
| day.
But it is often the case that the re-
bound is quicker, the return is much
| quicker. than that The circle is sooner
| completed. You resolve that you will do
what good you can In one week You put
| a word OF counsel in the heart Of a Sab.
| bath school child. During that same
week YOU give a letter Of introduction 10
| young man struggling in business Dur
| ing the same week you make an exhorta-
| tion in prayer meeting. 1t is all gone.
! You will never hear of il perhaps. you
| think. A few years after man comes
| up 10 You and says, You don know me,
| do you" You say, mo, | don't remem-
her ever to have seen you." why" he
| says, II was in the sabbath school class
| over which yon were the teacher One
| Sunday you invited me to Christ. | ac-
cepted the offer. You see that church
with two towers yonder:' Yes" you
say. He says. That is where / preach.
or. DO you see that governors house?
That is where l live"
The Circle Of Cool Deeds.
One day man comes to you and says,
| Good morning" You look at him and
say: why, you have the advantage of
me. | cannot place you" He says.
Don't you remember thirty years ago
giving a letter of Introduction TO young
| mana letter of introduction to William
f. Dodge?;' Yes. yes; / do He says:
II am the man. That was my first step
toward fortune. but / have retired from
business now and am giving my time to
philanthropies and public interests. Come
up to my house and see me-"
Or a man comes TO you and says: II
want to introduce myself TO you. went
into n prayer meeting some years ago.
sat back by the door You arose to make
an exhortation. That talk changed the
course Of my life, and il / ever get 20
heaven under God l will owe my saliva
ton to yon' In only ten. twenty or thir.
ty years the circle swept out and swept
back again TO your own grateful heart.
Bat sometimes IL is wider circle and
does not return for great while. / saw
bill of expenses for burning Latimcr
and Ridley. The bill of expenses has
these items among others:
Shilings. Pence
One load Of fire fagots. . 3 i
Carriage for four loads OF
wood ..-................ =.
Item, p0st............,. 4
Item, two chairs. 3 j
Item, two staples. ..... I'll
Item, four laborers ... 2 81
making in all 23s. Sd. That was cheap
hre, considering all the circumstances,
but it kindled light which shone all
around the world and aroused the mar.
tyr spirit, and out from that burning Of
Iatimer and Ridley rolled the circle
wider and wider, starting other circles,
conyolutiDg. overrunnng, circumscrbing.
overarehing. all heaven, a circle.
But what is true Of the good is jus; as
true % the bad. You utter a SANDER
against your neighbor. II has gone forth
from your teeth. 1t viii never come
back, you think You have done the man
ali the mischief you can. You rejoice to
see him vince You say. Didn't give
it to him. That word has gone out
that slanderous word-on it's poisonous