St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-04-15

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| V/yE/WM troll, which is no
| &A<ISZ understood, and i
W- superior to human
influence or dicta
ton, the man who knows not ant
cares not for God is not only puzzled
but is exasperated thereby. There il
nothing which is so disconcerting an.
tantalizing to the one. given to evi
thoughts and purposes and who'll,
worldly ambitions as to see the inne
calm of the godly and their unwaver
| ing obedience to a higher spiritua
| power
1t was for this reason that tn.
mighty Nimrcd. the fearless hunter
the powerful. ruler, the intrepid leader
the all-conquering warrior, wa:
troubled in spirit. Never before hat
he met an issue that would not
yield to his unbending will and his
fierce spirit; never before had he beer
so baff1ed and defeated in his plans
and purposes; never before since he
was youth and lad domineered with
a high hand over his associates, had he
found one he could not mold to his
will and control to the carrying out
OF his purposes, until he had met the
man Eber.
People all through the country count
ed him as prophet of God, and wide
and deep and strong was his influ-
ence. With no apparent attempt at
leadership, with no evident ambitions
for wealth or power, with no desires
present ruling his life but those of
unselfish devotion to his fellow men,
he exercised control over the af-
fairs of men, and possessed a power
of which any pOtentate of ancient or
modern times might well be proud.
But his power and influence were not
of that character which nodded king
doms and organized armies and di-
rected mighty energies of human skill
and industry, but were rather of that
spiritual character which permeated
the deeper currents of human life and
directed their flow and determined
their ultimate destiny as the will of
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men. Such was the man Eber.
In cool retreat by the riverside,
under the giant palms that spread
their canopy of great leaves and shell
tered from the hot rays of the sun, a
group of men we're gathered. Like a
low rumble of thunder came the voice
of the leader as he excitedly exclaimed
between his clenched teeth:
Il swear by the waters of this great
Euphrates. whose flow no power can
check, that will no longer be
thwarted! This night this trusty spear
which has never failed me yet shall
drink the blood of Eber These hands
shall wiring from him the last faint
gasp of his dying breath These eyes
shall gloat over the fall of the one man
in all the earth who has dared to defy
my will and thwart my plans"
While Nimrod was speaking. he
paced back and forth like Gagged lion
waiting for the opportunity to burst
the bars that fettered it and leap upon
it's helpless victim, and the ground
fairly trembled under the impatient
tread of the giant frame. His fierce
looking warriors followed every move
of their great leader, and marveled at
this uncontrolled outburst of passion.
Never before had they seen him so
wrought up, and never had they known
him to fail of carrying out an avowed
purpose.
All power and wealth and honor
from human standpoint were his. the
earth was subdued before him, and yet
he was not satisfied. There was one
man he had not conquered. there was
one purpose which had been foiled.
The man Eber would not swerve a
hairs breadth from his allegiance to
his God, or from following what he,
Eber, called the revelation of God to
him. AS prophet of the Lord he had
dared to cry out against Nimrods god
less and fierce rule, and had prophe-
sled his destruction. And now had
come the latest offense, that of declar-
Ing a division of the earth according
to a revelation from God and which
was in entire contravention of MINI
rods plans; and such was the influence
Of Eber over large part Of the people
that powerful as he, Nimrod, was he
could not overcome it.
Time and time again had Nimrod
planned Eber's destruction. and as
often had the latter miraculously es-
capped him His secret messengers
sent to take him had always suf-
tered the humiliation and disappoint-
ment of having their quarry slip
through their grasp. On one occasion
they had entered the house where Eber
was stopping and swere binding the
prophet with letters to bear him back |
% their chief when some unseen power |
oalsied their arms and sundered the
letters and they had helplessly
watched the prophet depart and dis
appear. This incident lad increased
he influence Of Eber, and had intensi-
led Nimrod's hatred and dread Of
lin. L. was not long after this that
Cher had received the revelation from
Tod in reference to the division of the
and among the people Of the earth,
md that Nimrod sould not much
onger Cypress the earth. When MINI
cd heard thereof, he was mad with