Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-05-06
-Ye.. nv Lord. TIA, I MINT uns.r

Yea. my Lord. that I might under
stand. faitered Esdrax
4 an sent unto thee TO show thee
similitadeS before thee. Wherefore.
II thou canst declare unto me one I
will show thee also the way that
thou desirest to see and I will show
thee from whence the wicked heart
come,h-
Tel on. my Lord eagerly ex.
claimed Es1ras. for the y~ezrulnK in
his heart vas after the truth Of God
Then said Uriel the angel:
Go thy way: weigh me the weight
% the Ere. or measure me the blast
OF the wind. or call back again tire
DAY that Is past
What man Is able to DO that. that
thou shoulds, ask such things Of me-
exclaimed Eslras In amarement
n I should ash thee hov many
great dwellings are IN the midst Of
the sea. or hos many springs are IN
the beginning Of the deep. or how
many springs are above the frua-
men,. or which are the outxoings %
paradise. p-ersdveuture thou wouidst
say unto ne. I neve went fown
into the deep o as yst into he'll.
neither did I ever climb up into
heaven Nevertheless. nos have 7
asked thee but only o. Ere and q
Vind and OF the day Nhere through
thou hast passed. and Of things from
which thou canst not b. separated
and yet canst thou give me no answer
Of them.
A long and painful silence followed.
in which there we're peculiar stir
rings in the heart Of Esiras and 4
prickinE OF his conscience a. hs
realired the wicked blindness OF his
own heart Then the angel asain
broke the silence and said:
Thine own things and such as are
grown up with them thou ans not
know how shouidest thou then b
able to comprehend the way OF the
Highest. and the World being no~ a
~ardiy corrupted. to understand the
corruption that Is eviden, n thy
sight
Blu; it we're better that ne ~ere
10 az all than TIA; Ne should live
still in wicke4ness ard to surer and
o to kno~ wherefore. exclaimed
ESiras
I went out into n forest. said ths
angel. and the trees ;ook counsel and
said Come. Jet Us 20 and rake ~sr
agains, the sea. that Il NAV Depart
away before a. and that Ne MAJ
make more Eoods The scofs % the
Sea also IN like ranzsr took counsel
and said Core. l@t rs 20 up and
subiue tire -oo.ls % the plain that
there also we NAV mAks Us another
country. The thought % the Eoods
uas in vain. for the Ere came azd
consumed H. The thought ot The
1oo-ls o. the SEA cane lkewfse 20
taught. for the sa1t stood ~ and
stopped them n thou ~ert i1d<e
nov b~t~txt these two. Continued
Uriel -rhOu uozl1S; thou begin to
Justify. or whom wouitst thou COZ
denim
Verify IL Is a foolish thought that
they both have devised. spoke up
ES-iras. th~ouEhffaIly. for the ground
IS given unto the ~ood. the sea also
hath rs place 10 bear ITS foods
Al replied UrteL Thoa hast
<iv~n a right Judgment. bat Wy
Iz8xest thoa not thy<eif also For
hk@ A. The Eruund Is given 70 the
.pri ant the s~a 10 his foods. even
50 they that dreu upcu tn~ Earth
zay szasr<fsaA noShiax bet tAz,
uhick i snoa TIE earth. ard - tia,
dEeHssh above The heavens -sy IN
4ers-aa4 the things TIA are above
TIRE asixht q The heaveax
Over fh~ seal % Ex4r1x there
sw~pt n God Of cunfrirso1 N1 e a
n@e3 q greater wisdom. Az4 h@ c-sss
out IN e1x~r pleading
1 hS-~ch thee. o Lnr3- let Re
have u1ierstan3izx
The more thog ~s-srrAeSt -
sqc1ied UrieL The more thea shaIs
marvel. for the world hsste,h fast 10
PASS away and cannot couprehea4
the things that are promised to the
righteous in time 10 On For this
World Is full Of unrirhteou<ness ana
innrmities- But OF the things cen
corning which thou hast asked ne
will tell thee Listen; The evil Is
sOwn. bu, the destruction thereof s
not Yet come. By measure hath Col
measured the times IND BY numh@r
hath he numbered them He doth
not o Or stir them until the said
measure be fulflled.~