St. Tammany farmer., 1906-11-17

was bearing down upon him 70 uel1o
him In It's talons and tea his body ~
pieces and devour his flesh. ana ne
shrank back and stumbled ana Wouio
have fallen had not the atten0ant
caught him. So.
.What strange. terrible God is TINS:
Who is there who knows OF TINS s1o1
Who il there who can help us! ne
cried. 80.
| "There Is a man In Pethor. Balaam.
the son of Beor, whom / have heard
tell has been greatly gifted q the
i gods and there is no gods with Wnom
he is not familiar, and doubt NOT
that he would know Of this God of the
Hebrews"
"Balaam Of Pethor?" slowly repeat
ed the king, 'is not he the one 20
whom the nations about go In time OF
trouble? Is he not the oracle VINO mas
foretold the fall of numerous cities OF
the land?''
'The very one." replied the attend-
ant.
go and fetch him." commanded the
king as he hastened down the noun
tain path and returned to his palace.
Now Balaam, although q prOrhet
and priest among the Midianites, had
a knowledge Of :, the true God ana
feared Him. On more than one occa-
sion had the true God Of Heaven given
him visions of the events which were
to come to pass, and his fame -
prophet had spread through all tnat
| country. He knew that the idols OF
the people among whom he dwelt
were things but Of wood and stone.
He realized that their forms OF wof-
ship were corrupt and meant nothing
to the true God of Heaven. Never
theless, the things OF this world were
of more value in his eyes than any
thing else, and he hattered himself
that he could not do better than to
serve the people In their ignorance
and sin and leave them TO continue In
their idolatrous ways. His knowledge
OF the true God and his ability 70 dis
Germ the events Of the future gave
him great influence and brought with
in his grasp much gold and silver and
precious stones.
h,r, -, tra,s 80 tha rsng ~ tha Moahite
s.v,ng. s..,.i 80 .ronna c,,rse thia neonle. III
they are too mighty for me: per3d-
venture l shall prevail, that we my
smite them, and that may drFe
them out Of the land, Tor wot tat
he whom thou blessest is blessed, md
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which had como ont of Eevnt were
cod,. chaeon noonla and nndej His
snaci., care E,or tiia reason halsked
that tbe maeaeneers tarrv thsnieht
wh,1. 10 sho,1d oht.fr vord y the
I.ord concorrino tha noatfer
u1,.h ha.vv hoort ho Gov ~ maa.
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-. L,r~ ~. narah,s IA nrono,,nce
h,esssns sIs Inc rathar ., +hsr cEinr nnon 1he
naor,a or1sroa,
nav oftor dav thelsort Of Kins
pa,aE - wring from hlaam a cursa
mon israel continne,and always fall
nra and disannointnAt. and at last
IN dtagnst and anpehe sent Balaam
h.cr - pethor ann banded and IN
disgrace.
IJnhapnv Balaamiho can know OF
those days that follIed. The reports
of his doir,gs camback to his own
country from KtnBalak, and scorn
and fgnominy weIheaped upon his
head.
Then It was til Balaam, troubled
and dissatisfied. Jght to counsel the
liroc - nolxo lends with Ysrno1