The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-08
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

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YOU" Elk. 1878.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
A close study of the history of our.
own times reveals STRANGE woTfd tides
which find their explanation in-God-
There are manifest movings or human
life and contemporary events which ne-
token to the discerning observer the
rSesence of that Spirit whose hand first
shaped the spheres, and has ever SINCE
guided the currents OF history. RMS IS
the deeper meaning of the days news;
1t is consciousness OF TINS tremendous
fact which soberss and makes reverent
many men who have been called. upon
to play an important part in the
worlds work.
That is the present day application
of the great Old Testament. story or
the Passover Jehovah is in the event.
The awesFones wonders of that stlll 81
ebrated5 night which Witnessed the birth
OF a new nation, were merely eN1dences
that then, as ever.
"Standeth. God within the shadow.
Keeping watch above his own.
Al R51rIssn saws, s'It is admitted that
the Exodus is not only historical, Out.
the true beginning OF history Tor man
kind The nation winch then so III IL a
rnaticalIy- emerged from slavery has
had the longest distinct existence of all
the peopIe that have ever lived upon
earth; and even to this hour their per
eisteneeE in undiminished identity is
witness to the providence of. the God
OF Abraham and Moses. Remove Je-
hovafit as. a factor, and who can explain
the Jew?
A. Hard. Apprenticeship.
More than 400 years had elapsed be
tween the day that Jacob and his train
left the famine scourged- ne4ds OF
Canaan for the granaries of Egypt ana
the day- when God spoke to Pharaoh
through Moses saying, Let my people
co. In those years the shepherd cia-l
OF Jacob had become a great host. num-
berings it is estimated, some Two mt
lion souls Their strength had been re-
Carded as a menace by the EgyptlauSs
who had subjected them to onerons
slavery and cruel oppression In the
furnace of afhicuon they were Weiueta
into oneness awaiting Gods hour or
r'here- are no meaningless blank spaces
in rife or history The prominence IN. an
these years of bitter cesolation is now
plain When he had prepared Israel,
and had prepared a man for the hour,
God moved for his peoples deliverance-
The divine clock may seem long lnstr1k-
ing but it always strikes Like many
3 mortal at this present moment, groan-
ing beneath a fortune which hardly can
be borne Israel cried in travail and dis
courasement, How lons2 O Lord, How
loug?FF But the dawn was surely draw
ing nigh even though the night was at
its BLACKLIST
A Stubborn Kings Hard Lesson.
Kings are usually difficult pupils, as
some of the old-world nations are finding
tOdaW Ph2E2Oh W01Ad hut AlSlS1A ~ IAS
plea of Moses, the divine ambassador,
that the overwoFked Hebrews should be
permitted to go or for a period TO Wor-
ship their Deity he who will not heed
Gods pIeadiuES and warnings must De
made fa feel hts fIIde1nents. There is no
escaping God who is incarnate and In
evitahIe Justice Great aggregat1ons or
material wealth have in these latter
days thought themselves above the law,
and fr1nuuS fr0m those Obligations
which society lays upon Individuals; but
they Rave recently been Drought 10
hook Ia a manner not dissfnailar from the
experfsnce OF Pharaoh The inevitable
ness of God should be accepted as a
basal principle by whoever seeks a lie
of peace No one can evade him or
DEFY him or ignore him. The plaques or
Egypt are but incidents in a long train
of historical events which signify thar
God is bound to have his way IN the
world
THE ten plaques which God sent upon
Egypt were natural events supernat-
urauy administered. Each OF them had
at some time or other, in a lesser meas
ure been felt by the Egyptians; go
they were fully aware of the dreadful
ness of these visitationS, which came
and went at the bidding of Jehovah's
messenger. Moses, by the way. was the
first man in the Scriptural history to
bear a commission to others, and the
first to work miracles; for miracles the
plaques undoubtedly were, although
each had its natural analogy.
Two Kings I'm Combat.
First came the turning of the water of
the sacred Nile river into blood. prooa-
bly, at the very moment that Pharaoh
was worshiping the stream. Needless OF
this there followed the Ioathson1e,
noisdgne plague of frogs Still worse,
as all who have dwelt intimately with
the Orient can attest, was the madden
Ing visitation OF lice Then followed
such a plague Of flies as caused more
suffering at the siege OF Lucknow than
the guns of the u1utineers- Still un-
teachabIe, Pharaoh had to witness. as
the fifth sign, the death of the cattle OF
his people. who depended upon these
beasts in their farming; all the while
the Hebrews escaping the plague. An
outbreak of boils came next. following
by destroying storm Of hail.
Still repudiating the pledges which
suffering exacted from him, the stony
hearted ruler had to see a devouring
storm of Iocusts arise in the east and
sWoop down upon his smttten land, de-
vouring the last vestfge OF green life
which the hail had left. Then came
the thick and palpable darkness which
kept every Egyptian covering In
place Of shelter for three days. I am
writing these lines while sailing the
Red Sea, and only yesterday we were
informed at Alden that the great ocean
liner Macedonia had been kept at
anchor outside of Suez for more than a
day because of the darkness of one of
the sand storms such as, in extreme
degree, constituted the ninth plague.
The Last Stage of the Duel.
Strong words followed, when Moses
once more faced Pharaoh. The obdu-
rate potentate haughtily cried, defy
ing the ambassador and his sovereign
"Get thee from me. take heed to thy
self, see my face no more; for in that
day thou seest my face thou shalt die.'
With equal spirit, and dark omi-
nousness. Moses replied. Thou hast