Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

sanguine anticipation Apprehension
of misfortune will only deplete your
| body and gloom your soul and unfit
you for any trouble that may come.
On the other hand, if you expect too
much, disappointment will be yours.
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 shadow. 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.
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 what sea route he
will take. While you are in the Mar
rows of this month make up your
mind which way you will sail and
unroll your chart and set your COM
pass and have the lifeboats well
placed on the davits and be ready for
smooth voyage all the way across
or the swoop of a Caribbean whirl-
wind.
Behold also in this January month
the increasing daylight Last month
the sun went down at 4:30, but in this
month the days are getting longer.
The sunrise and the sunset are farther
apart. Sunlight instead of artificial
light, and there is for our dear old
battered earth growing light. THE
dav-spring from on high hath visited
u.s." We shall have more light for the
home, more light for the church, more
light for the nation, more light for the
world-light of intelligence, light of
comfort, light of rescue, light of evan
geliZation light from the face of God,
light from the throne. The day en-
1arges very little, and the reign of sun
light is not much increased but do
not despise the minute of increasing
light each day of this January, and
do not despise the fact that more light
is coming for the church and world,
though it come slowly. AS we are
now in this season gradually going
toward the longest day of next sum-
mer, so our world is moving forward
toward the long day of emancipation
and Christly dominion. 1t may now
in the state and the church and the
world be January cold, but we are
on the way to July harvests and Sep
tember orchards.
Do not read your almanac back
hung with icicles by January storm
whether they will ever again blossom
in May and leaf in June We are NOV
ing toward the worlds redemption.
The frozen tears will melt, the river
of gladneSS will resume its flow, the
crocus will come up at the edge of the
snowbank, the morning star will open
the door for the day, and the armies
of the world will ground arms" all
around the world. The January of
frost will be abolished. and the balm
and radiance of a divine atmosphere
will fill the nations. If you do not
see it and hear it for yourself l think
at the utmost your grandchildren will
see and hear it. The heavens will take
part in the conflict between righteous
ness and sin, and that will settle it,
and settle it Alright, and settle it for
ever.
In this very month of January, 1643,
two months after a great battle had
been fought between the army of the
king and the army of parliament.
shepherds and travellers between IL
and 1 o'clock at night heard the battle
repeated in the skies-the sound of
drums, the clash of arms. the groans of
dying men, and then the withdrawal
of the scene into complete silence.
These shepherds and travellers repeat
ed IN the neighboring towns what
they heard, and large numbers of peo-
pie, expecting that all was a decep-
ton, went out on the following night,
when they heard the same uproar and
tumult in the heavens-the two armies
in battle. The king, hearing of this
seeming combat in the heavens, sent
ambassadors to inquire into the mys-
terry. In the night they also heard the
conflict and came back to the king and
took solemn oath as to this mysterious
occurrence
Whether these shepherds and trav-
elers and ambassadors of the king
were in delusion l cannot say, but this
| I 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 vic
tory 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 tremendous issue. My only fear is
| that we will not be found in the ranks
and fully armed to do our part in this
/ cou,paiyu of the efaruifieS