The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-01

after ali the damage that Scnnachcrib
has done shall take "a new start and
in peace And the people that remain
grow in numbers and In strength.
The zeal Of God for his word viii per-
form this.
Moreover. Isaiah assured the king,
from Jehovah, that Seunacherib
should not besiege Jerusalem. but
should return to hts own land by the
way ne came, And II came to pass
,ss Isaiah had spoken for the angel of
Jehovah i'm a way we know not
possibly by pestilenco --smote the
Assyrjan army. and when men arose
the next morning there we're iS5 900
corpscs in the camp.
The Heart of the Lesson.
We are told that when Sennacherib
FIRST threatened Judah i1ezekiah gath
cred his officers together and made
them speech, in which he begged
them not to he afraid If the king
/ Of Assyria. for with MIN is, an arm
OF flesh but with us Is the Lord our
God To help us and to Tight Our bat
ties" q Chron. - 50 And the his
torian adds that his ncarers rested
themselves upon the good rings
words
II YOU and / coulG only rest our
selves upon these same words II NC
,1s ia the Lord our God to help as and
to fight our battles But has every
ore the right 10 say IT. IF am
/ fighting against God can ! say it?
/ II / am continually turning away
/ from him can 1~Say Il" If VIII not
put myself in his hands and obey his
! orders can | say it suppose yon
are In dire extremity and q man comes
to YOU to offer his help. under V bat
conditions can he help HouH You
must have faith in him to begin with.
You must believe that he can and
viii help YOU or you Will not be will
! ing TO put yourself in position i'm
which he can HELM you. Then YOU
/ must accept him as q. rrIepd In need,
You must put yourself Under him,
and he absolutely subject to his or
ders. md defer TO him In all things.
In word, YOU must let him manage
the matter and You must let him man
age you. And SO, If you and ] want
to feel assured Of Gods help in a
time of need we must do these three
things First. We must believe that
| he can and Will help us. This seems
commonplace. but II is al this point
t that We are continually failing. Most
of us believe that God can help U.S.
and most of us have some sort of
! when We come To examine it--~that
+ he will help us. but when do we ever
/ go 10 God feeling in the depths Of
our hearts that if We will do what
| he requires he will help as az surely
| as there is a God Don't we go to
/ him lust to see iC he viii help us
And if he falls to hear our prayer
are we not sometimes tempted to say
| Located on the Santa Cruz beach,
| California, is what is known as the
/ Armstrong wave motor" devised and
/ placed in actual operation by &. IL.
! Armstrong. of Sapta Cruz county
] This wave motor is used 10 furnish
/ power with which to pump water up
| from the sea. and it does It's work in
All efficient manner 1T IS simple. and
! even crudely constructed A we'll
| about four feet in diameter aud forty
| feet in depth has been dug near the
extreme point Of the abrupt little
( hea ila nd At the bottom of the wen
I toefaH-sfa- ievet1 there IN an open
ing connecting With the ocean In
side the we'll there is placed a large
wooden float that, ny the constant
b agitation Of the waves outside. con-
tinues Ia rise and fan few feet.
This wooden float Is attached by
iron rods, to the lever of a large force
! pump firmly anchored at the bottom
>9f the we'll This constant rising and
falling motion drives the pump. and
thus the water il forced mp through
an iron tower Az the sea Is ALWAYS
troubled. the pump works constantly,
flew a<tge sgs%tsts~t tank. is ful. there
Is. contrivance by Witch the pump
ceases TO lift any more Waterbury,
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