The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-21

Faithfully and earnestly he had de-
livered his message. 1t had come to
him from God and he had spoken II
with the confident assurance that
spoken faithfully it would accomplish
that whereunto God had sent It, He
recalled the time When the spirit Of
God first came upon him and how it
seemed as though his heart would
burst with it's message, and he had
gone out in boldness and proclaimed
the word from one end Of the land to
another.
Hear, all We people, he had cried;
"hearken, 0 earth and all that there
in is: and let the Lord God be witness
against you, the Lord firm his holy
temple. For, behold, the Lord cometh
forth out Of his place, and will come
down, and tread upon the high places
Of the earth"
AS he had spoken his message Of
pleading and warning, and threaten
ing, it had seemed to him as though
he could even then feel the tread Of
the Almighty's footsteps as he passed
through the land
HE shall tread upon the high
places"
How could the king in his place
keep from trembling? Didn't he know
that his throne would totter under
the tread Of that mighty football?
But the king had gone on his way
of pleasure and sin as before The peo-
pie had continued to follow the
strange gods Of the people about, and
were content to live in the conditions
into which sin had cast them. So
great, in fact, was their need that
they knew no need.
And Micah had marveled. 1t was
the first severe testing OF the proph
cts faith, and in the seclusion Of
the mountain fastnesses whittier
he betook himself he had learned
his lesson and had come to know that
It was for him to speak the word as
God gave 1t to him, and not for him
to become the time keeper upon the
movements Of the Almighty.
But God shall tread upon the high
places. The mountains shall be
molten under him, and the valleys
shall be cleft, as wax before the fire
and as the waters that are poured
down steep place" he had exclaimed
over and over again to himself, as
though he would nerve his fainting
heart and strengthen weakening
faith.
And SO he had gone on in his lonely
mission. How much alone he felt only
the servant Of the Lord who is faith
full in his ministry can understand
for he who walks with God wholly
lives a separated life.
And that evening as he sat there
outside Of Jerusalems gate the mem
ory of all this came back to him with
peculiar vividness and force, so much
50, in fact. that he felt utterly discon
solate and wretched.
What is there to show for all thi:
preaching Of the word? 1t is as
though one had talked to the wind
The peoples hearts are as hard a.
that stone yonder," and with vehe
mence that startled the prophet him
self, he gave It a push that sent +
rolling down the rocky hillside intC
the brook Kedron below. As i
touched the bottom there came echo
ing back to him the reverberatins
sounds Of its impact with the rock,
ground.
Hard Yea, indeed. But the hearts
Of this rebellious people shall b.
broken even as that stone hatl
crashed to its destruction. And tn
nations about will be the instrument
in Gods hands Of doing this thing
All. how they wax fat on the spoils O
battle. Nation lifts up sword agains
nation, and the one rises upon the Dc
caying heaps Of the enemy's dead"
And in vision there passed befor
him the bloody horrors Of battle a
even he in his short life had witnesse
it. He remembered the coming @
the hordes Of the Assyrians. He wi
messed their devastating work. /
the anguish of his soul he cried ou
at last:
"Oh, God, shall it always be so? Wi
there be no end to the wars that Civ
one nation power over another? Wi
the spirit Of conquest continue ever {
blight the land?"
The voice foated out upon tn
silence Of the evening darkness, an
It semed to the prophet as thoug
his spirit followed the ascendin
echoes Of the sound as they sped u
and ever upward. 1t seemed to hiI
he must seek the very presence {
God for answer, for he alone coul
answer. Suddenly the darkness SCENE
to fee away, and turning to seek. tn
reason for the change he saw away 0
in the distance a resplendent city
This can be nothing but the cit
Of Cod he whispered to himself
Then as he looked he beheld VII,
seemed an the nations Of the cart
/ marching towards the city, viii
i they raised their voices in one might
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