The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-10

trusts; they have schemed to absorb
to themselves the worlds wealth, and
the world has stood amazed at the
holiness of their schemes. But let us
have care. Not in daring, not in
grandeur of conception, but in right
eousness is the strength of an under
taking
Higher Than the Hills.
Come with me and look off upon
some of the famous mountains of the
world. Do you see Mount Shasta loom
ing up there? Do you see Pixies peak
and the Matterhorn? Do you see those
Alpine heights? Do you see Mount
Ararat, where the old ark was strand
ed? Well, these men of Shinar looked
off upon the mighty mountains and
said: I'VE will build our tower of
Babel higher than any of these hills.
We will build it up and up until it
reaches the skies We will build it up
and up until it touches the throne of
God. We will build up so high and so
strong that we can defy God and defy
man and defy everything" All, yes,
those men of Shinar were no pygmies,
Their scheme looked great; It seemed
feasible. Those who have gazed on
the pyramids of Egypt can easily be
lieve that great tower might have
been built that would have been
refuge from flood. But their scheme
was to thwart God, Ito defy him. to
fo1I m hat I,o
another flood they were prepared for
him. They did not realize his re
sources; they had yet to learn how
easily he could Illustrate their plans
He has infinite resources still, and
they who resist him will surely fail.
Oh, ye men of Shinar, beware how
you sin against God! Oh, We builders
of Babel towers, know you not that
your sins are so far reaching they are
seen over the length and the breadth
of the land? 1t does not make very
much difference when poor ignorant
drunken private soldier tries to do
wrong. But when great military gen
ius like Benedict Arnold becomes
traitor it may mean the betrayal of
West Point, the loss of the stra teglc
fortress and the utter collapse of the
American cause. 1t may not mean
much when an ordinary social outcast.
who for years has been tramping the
country begging for food, lands III
jail But when man of genius defies
all the laws of domestic purity and
right and starts forth to establish
social colony of licensed libertinism It
may mean the moral, spiritual and
physical destruction of thousands ana
tens of thousands. oh, We merchants
with many clerks in your employ; oh,
we leaders of the bar, the pulpit and
the medical profession; oh, We men of
wealth, social position and political
prestige, beware how you rear yonr
tower of Babel Great men when they
sin destroy thousands by their open
sins. Myriads of feet follow their feet
wherever they go
Not Always Voice of God.
But there is another lesson taught by
this sermonic theme. Vox populi must
never he mistaken for Vox Del. Some
always the voice of God Sometimes
it pays in life to be with the minority.
That minority may be trying to carry
out Gods will. Could any picture in
all the Bible prove this better than the
one of my text?
"And the whole earth was of one
language and one speech" "Unanimi-
ty is nothing considered strictly In
ITSELF" says the author already quoted
Men may do wrong things unanimous
ly as well as things that are right
Twelve directors may be of one Ian
guage and one speech. but the meaning
Of this unity may be self seeking al
the expense Of unsuspecting men "iI'
lave put their little all into their keep
ing and direction. We must in al
things put the moral question: VIVA; i
the unanimlty about? Is it moving i!
the wrong direction? People may @as
Peace when there is no peace I'cn,3..
may say that 81 church i; tIH2fgnnd
and at peace when Il correct iItc:it'e
tation would be that it WAS the III.
nimity of the grave. the peace of s!r;;
So here put in II word of caution ~,
explanation. The whole earth va: q
one language and Of one speech. -Ei"f
is point of unsnimity. yet ,la;c ;
a unanimous movement in Il wong ii!
rection. The voice of The people il
always the voice Of God
Let us enter for little vhi,,' n;is' Il
these assemblages of the people a. e.,
lard of Shinar. They had perila.'= Ia.
in popular assemblage as the .t!ii2r
can patriots gathered III the old "tnE;'
meeting halls of New England Ee:.,r,
the Revolutionary war. And one maj,
would rise and say: II wonder vh;
we should do If we had another Zoos!
You remember how, when the last one
came, it drowned all the people, thu
horses, the cattle and the sheep Last
night in that thunderstorm thought
another flood was on and we were all
going to be drowned as the people
were hundred years ago" And while