The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-03-25

hurried to its task.
Thus the days dragged on, and as the
walls reared themselves farther and far
Their toward the blue OF the heaven, God
seemed farther and farther away. All.
II those broken walls and scattered brick
could speak to-day, what tales they
might tell of evils triumph, and the In
Fiction Of suffering! What signs they
would give forth! What rivers Of tears
would flow from their dusty piles! But
God ever liveth in the heavens, and evils
longest day must have an ending. The
long years Of Babel's triumph must come
to close.
Under the strain Of the heavy tasks
and the heart anguish and worry. Rurig
grew thin, and pale and weak, and being
no longer able to stand the heavier work,
he was transferred to the lighter tasks
of the slime pits outside Of the city.
These were located on the main road
leading to the city, and as over 1t passed
most OF the slaves he had many oppor-
tunities of gaining bits of news Of the
outside world, and he never failed to
speak the name of Alisha and to ask for
tidings Of her. w
"Alisha? Alisha?" questioned one man
one day as the large group of fettered
prisoners came to a halt near where
Rurig was working. "That sounds
something like name heard q mere
youth give who is one Of our company.
There he is now!" he exclaimed, as he
pointed out slight figure standing at
some distance.
Rurig looked in the direction indicat-
ed, and as the prisoners moved forward
he caught glimpse of face which re-
minded him of his own fair girl. But 1t
could not be she, fettefed and wearing
the garb of youth! No! Studying close
ly the form as 1t disappeared in the dis
lance, he became convinced that it was
not she, and yet he could not forget the
incident. 1t kept rising before him with
every recurring thought of her, and as
often he dismissed It as unreasonable
and impossible
Thus time dragged on its lengths, and
the vast tower was nearly completed.
Rurig and the others working with him
collecting the slime from the pits were
transferred back to the main works. as
all efforts were being concentrated for
the completion of the project that day.
But why that feverish haste on the
part of the Babelites? Does evil have its
premonitions of impending calamity,
and. seek by anxious, nervous hurry to
defeat? Does there linger in the
heart of the ungodly the thought that
after all God may be thwarted, and hui
man plans be realized regardless of the
Divine will? Such is certainly the case,
Ind 1t marks with peculiar solemnity and
awfulness the judgment when it does
fall.
On that last day all the Babelites were
gathered at the tower. Everybody
seemed busy, and the slaves were being
driven to their tasks with special rigor.
The building neared completion.
And God looked on.
Suddenly the black clouds rolled over
the heavens, shutting out the suns light,
and the inky blackness which settled
Town upon the tower and city of Babel
was pierced by the vivid flashes of light
ming, while the awful rumble OF the
shook the structure to its foun-
cations. Is evil filed with terror in tina
presence of the mighty elements which
t cannot control? Yea, verify, trans
erosion Of Gods law and violation of
His will makes towards of the strongest
hearts in the presence of impending
loom! So 1t was at the tower of Babel
when Gods judgment fell A huge bolt
If lightning hurled from the ramparts
II Heaven came rushing down and rent
n twain the massive walls of the great
structure. In wild panic the people
'ushed hither and thither.
But there were calm souls beneath the
walls of Babel that day. devout
'ouls which looked upward and thanked
God that He had heard, and answered
'rayer, and had spoken.
In confusion of tongues; ard confusion
# spirits, too, the people were hurled In
mad haste in every direction, and they
'lackened not their speed until Babel
vas left far. far behind.
A rift in the clouds and " shaft Of light
and rested on two figures
on the ruins. AS each looked |
nto the others face there was a glad
:ry Of recognition.
"Alisha!"
"Rurig!"
The lovers were in each others arms.
Faith had triumphed. On the spot |
where evil had been hurled to Judgment,
lad been found JOY and reunion! Where |
vii had been scattered and confused
n tongue so that friends and loved ones
we're estranged from each other, and SO
hanged in speech as to be incapable of
Intelligent conversation, the friends of
Tod and those who longed to do His will
vere, by the operation Of the same Dr.
inc power, reunited.
God is love! And the expression of
hat Infinite love like a two-edged /
word cuts to the sundering of the evil.
nd to the reuniting Of the good. And
o shall 1t be again when the judgments
( God fall upon the towers of Babel
Thich evil Is constantly rearing. 1t
hall scatter them In confusion. but to
he man Of obedience and faith 1t viii
or,o a tho call IN now and cIoaor unity