Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-01-23


they heard, and large numbers of people,
expecting that all was q deception, Went
out on the following night, and they heard
the same uproa- and tumult in the heay-
ens-the two armies in battle. The king,
nearing OF tins seeming combat in the
heavens, sent ambassadors to inquire into
the mystery. In the night they also heard
the conflict, and came back to the king
and took solemn oath as to this mysterious
occurrence.
Whether those shepherds and travellers
and ambassadors of the king were in de-
lusion l cannot say, but this 7 know-that
the forces of God and the forces of Satan
are now in combat, the heavens as well as
the earth in struggle as to who shall win
this world for blessedness or woe, and as
the armies OF God are mightier than the
armies. diabolic, we know who will
triumph, and we have a right to shout the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
=, The King OF Kings, the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Joshua and Havelock, leads in
the conflict. / have no fear about the tire.
msndous issue. My only fear is that we
will not be found in the ranks and fully
armed to do our part in this campaign Of
the eternities.
Again, l remark that the month of Jam
uary has seen many of the most stupen-
dous. events in the worlds history and q
rocking. OF cradles and the digging Of
graves that have affected nations. In this
month American independence was de-
eIared, followed by Lexington and Bunker
Hill and Monmouth and Valley Forge and
yorktown. January saw the proclamation
that, abolished American slavery. Though
at the time there were two mighty opiI1-
ions and they were exactly opposed-those
who liked the document and those who dis.
hked lt--there is but one opinion now, and
II 1T were put to vote in all the States Of
the South, shall slavery be reinstatedw
there would be an overwhelming vote of
Mo- The pen with which the document
was signed and the inkstand that con-
tanned the ink are relics as sacred and val
liable as the original Declaration of Inde-
pendence, with all it's erasures and inter
lineations. The institution which for sew
enty or eighty years kept the nation in
angry controversy has disappeared, and
nothing is left to fight about. The North
accord as ever were flute and cornet in the
same orchestra.
The North has built its factories on the
banks of the Chattahoochee and the Roa-
noke, and the South has sent many of its
ables attorneys into our northern court
houses, its most skilful physicians into our
SICK rooms. its wisest bankers into our
exchanges, its most consecrated ministers
into our pulpits-all this the result of the
proclamation of January l, 1863.
Furthermore, l notice that January has
been, honored with the nativity of some
OF the greatest among the nations. Ed
mund Burke was born this month, the
marvel and glory of the legal world; Fene-
lon OF the religious world, Benjamin Frank
lin of the -philosophic world, William H.
Prescott of the historic world, Sir John
Moore Of the military world Robert Burns
OF the poetic world, Polycarp of the mar
tyr world, Peter the Great of the kingly
world, Daniel Webster of the statesman
world
But cannot read the epitaphs of one out
of a hundred illustrious graves in this first
month OF the year Many of those well
known gained half their renown and did
half their work through the help of those
OF whom we, know little or nothing. Lord
Rerschel is known all the world over and
will be known through all time, but little,
is said of her who was born this first
month of the year, and without whose
help he never could have been what he
was-his sister, Caroline Lucretia Angus
ia. She helped him hunt the worlds
She repaired and adjusted his telescopes.
lens. She was his amanuensis. She
planned for him his work. She discovered
seven comets and made "a Catalogue of
Nebulae and Star Clusters" The month
of January introduced her to the observa-
tories, but she has never been properly in
troduced to the world
Cultivate faith in God and the feeling
that He will do for you that which is best,
and you will be ready for either sunshine
or shadoy. The other eleven months of
the year 1902 will not all be made up of
gladness or of grief. The cup that is all
made up of sweetness is insipid.
Between these just opened gates of the
year and the closing of those gates there
will be many times when you will want
God. You will have questions to decide
which will need supernatural impulse
There may be illnesses of the body or per-
pleXities Of mind or spiritual exhaustions
TO be healed and comforted and strength
ened. During the remaining twenty-siX
days of this month lay in supply of faith
and hope and courage for all the days of
the eleven months. Start right, and you
will be apt to keep right.
Before the ship captain gets out of the
New York Narrows he makes up his mind
are in the narrows of this month make up
your mind which way you will sail and
unroll your chart and set your compass
and have the lifeboats we'll placed on the
davits and be ready for smooth voyage all
the way across or the swoop of a Carib-
bean whirlwind
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for some
time in poor health, and to while away the
time he wrote a preposterous religious ro-
nance One Joseph Smith somehow got
hold Of that book before it was printed
and published it as revelation of heaven,
calling 1T the Book of Mormon" and
from that publication came Mormonism,
the monster abomination of the earth.
Rev. Solomon Spaulding might have been
better engaged than writing that hook of
falsehoods. However much time we have,
we never have time to do wrong. Harness
January for usefulness, and it will take the
following months in its train. Oh, how
much you may do for God between now
and the 3lst of next December!
The beautiful weeping willow" tree
was introduced by Alexander Pope into
England from a twig which the poet found
in Turkish basket of figs. He planted
that twig, and from it came all the weep
ing willows of England and America, and
your smallest planting OF good many un.
der God become an influence continental
and international.
Now that the train of months has
started, let it pass, January followed by
February. with longer days, and March,
with its fierce winds; and April, with its