Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
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God directly interfering with the affairs
Of the world. Give us monarchy" The
world had a monarchy. From mon
archy it is going TO have Il limited mon
arehy. After awhile the limited mon
arehy will be given up. and the republi-
can form of government viii be every
where dominant aud recognized Then
the world will get tired Of the republican
form of government. and it viii 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 theoe-
| racy and say. LET God come back and
conduct the affairs of the world" every
step monarchy, limited monarchy, re-
pubicanism, anarchy-only different steps
between the first theocracy and the last
theocracy or segments of the great circle
of the earth on which God sits.
But do not become inpatient because
you cannot see the curve of events and
therefore conclude that Gods govern
ment is going to break down. History
tells us that in the making OF the pyra-
mids it took 1000 men two years to drag
one great stone from the quarry and put
it into the pyramids. If men short lived
can afford to work so slowly as that, can
not God in the building of eternities
afford to wait?
What though God should take 10000
years TO draw circle: Shall We take ouf
little watch, which we have to wind up
every night lest it run down, aud 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 calculation, the 5000
years CT the worlds existence has been
only to God as from Monday to 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
word OF counsel in the heart of a Sab
bath school child. During that same
week you give letter of Introduction to
a young man struggling in business. Dur
ing the same week you make an exhorta-
ton in prayer meeting. 1t is all gone.
You win never hear of it perhaps, you
think. A few years after a man comes
up to you and says, You don't know me,
do your You say, mo, don't remem-
Der ever to have seen you" Why" he
says, Il was in .the Sabbath school class
over which you were the teacher. One
Sunday you invited me to Christ. l ac-
ceptnd the offer You see that church
with two towers yonderT' YES" you
say. He says, THAT is why're preach"
or, do you see that governors house
That is where l live"
The Circle of Good Deeds.
One day a 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
e. Dodge??" "Yes, yes; do" He says:
Il 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 IL, rests. Con g
up to my house and see III
Or a man comes TO you and says: Il
want to introduce myself to you. / went
into a 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 If ! ever get to
heaven under God | will owe my saliva
tion to You" In only ten, twenty or thir-
ty years the circle swept out aud swept
back again to your own grateful heart
But sometimes it is a wider circle and
does not return for a great while. l saw
bill of expenses for burning I.atimer
and Ridley. The bill of expenLes has
these items among others: