The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-02-21

the winds, and with this, too, he ope
ates for the benefit of his peopl,
After the children of Israel had bee
for months living upon the mamma /
the wilderness they began to crav
meat. They cried unto Moses: Civ
us flesh to eat! Give us fiesh!' Wha
happened? The Bible says: ether
went forth wind from the Lord an
brought quails from. the sea and lie
them fall by the camp /" as tt wer
two cubits high upon the face of tn
earth" This does. not mean, as Mr.
Hastings declares, that the Lord b,
an east wind piled up dead quail
about the Israelite camp two cubit
high. But 1t does mean that the cas-
wind blew the quAils, against thei
WILL straight toward the IsraelitcS
The wind was so powerful that the
birds, heavy of body and short OF
wing, had to fly low ON account Of the
| tornado. And as they few low the
men killed them. God answered the
prayer of Moses. He answered it in
the shrieking Of winds.
Some Modern Miracles.
But why go back" In Biblical history
to find how God has aided his children
in the voice Of the winds? What about
the Spanish armada under the golden
duke" Admiral Sidonia, with its 129
ships, defeated from invading British
harbors not by the English cannon,
but by the tornado which swept the
English channel in 1888? What about
the storm which prevented Napoleon
attacking wellington at Waterloo in
the early morning and which delay
was a great factor in the triumph of
the English? What about the dense
and impenetrable fog which settled in
New York harbor in the early morning
of the day on which Washington and
his troops escaped from Long Island
and made 1t possible for the American
boats to row to safety under the very
guns of the British fleet, which could
have annihi)ated them? What about
the frost which came In answer to
Americas prayer just at the right time
after a thaw which destroyed the To-
Gusts by the millions few years ago
in our western states, where they were
destroying the crops everywhere?
Were not those storms and those frosts
the voice of God in answer to prayer
coming to the aid Of his children?
tell you we have to realize that there
are atmospheric answers to prayer as
well as astronomical answers to pray
er. God speaks to us in times Of
drought when we pray as he answered
Elijah's prayer Of old when Ahab fed
to Jezreel to escape the deluge-"Hath
not the rain father?" Gods rescu-
ing voice Is heard in the growl Of the
storm; Gods smile is seen in the in
sunshine. and il it Is best
for us Gods storm and Gods sunshine
are seen and felt in answer to our be-
lieving prayers.
But find the mighty forces not only
and atmospheric. but also
socialistic. subscribing Gods children.
use the word socialistic not in its
narrow sense. allude to it in its
broad sense Of mans relationship to
man.. In the triumphs and defeats Of
nations, in the supremacy and the
overthrow Of thrones, find that the
great onward movements of the world
aaTe been employed for the rescue and
salvation Of Gods peoples for all time.
In the FuIlness of Time.
What is the meaning Of that verse
Galatians iv, 4, when the fullness of
ime was come, God sent forth his Son,
made of woman, under the law to re-
leem them that were under the law,
nat we might receive the adoption Of
ons| Was not one time In the sight /
Il God just as favorable as any other |
line? Oh, no. There were certain |
prophetic conditions which had to be
UTILIZED. Not the least ct these was |
hat Jesus had to be born In Bethlehem |
f Judaea. How was this to be accom- /
'lished? After the whole civilized
World was brought under the domain /
t the Roman scepter God prompts
,aesar to order that a Jewish census
e taken. What was the result? In
rider to obey that command, Joseph,
be. carpenter, who was married to
fairy, had to take trip to Bethlehem. +
Re was one Of the descendants Of
David, and all his family had to be
ounted In the village where the royal
hepherd boy once lived. Then through
oseph, through Caesar, through for
ign command, Jesus was born where
rophecy said Christ should be born.
Is folly for you and to say, God
light have fulfilled prophecy in diff
erent way" Yes, he might. But T
Iod's way was a true way. And iii
rder to accomplish that way Caesar
lust conquer and Rome must rule. /
Can we not IN the same way see the
niger Of God in the discovery of Amer
a, In the birth of our constitution, in
ne awful tragedy Of the civil war, In
IL strange acquisitions OF Porto Rico
nd of the Sandwich and Philippine Is
lnds? Can we not feel that the BOOM
lg guns at Port Arthur and the sue
ass Of one political party over another
re the voice of God heard I'm the same
,ords that Paul spake when he said
nat God Is working out his plans +,
trough the movements Of the nations!
ecause with our nearsighted vision we
annot see the end from the beginning