The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-12-12
,ubiect: "The Curse Of Meroz. "

the Lord against the mighty"
Among the last kings Joshua con
quered was Jahin king of Hazor.
More than two hundred years have
passed; another Canaantish Jabin
Is king In the same place with SINH
lar allies; and Israel has for twenty
years been I'm bondage to this cruel,
heather people. But now there is in
Israel, "a praying woman, Dehora by
name. whom God calls 10 be prophet
css. She sends for Barak and tells
him 90 gather ten thousand men at
Mt Tabor and God viii lead them
to victory and deliyerance. on prom
iso that She will accompany The army
hc complies Jabiu hears of DO and
slsera. his general puts his myriad
army. with 900 death-dealing
iron chariots iu motion That Israel
succeeded against such odds can only
be- explained with am upward glance.
Everything went right Nature con-
splrcd with man. The very stars in
their courses fought against sisera'
the black rain clouds hurried TO meet
each other over the upper Kishon
valley and poured out floods that
caught thousands of Sigora's men I'm
crossing. while the impact of the
little army swept everything before
&c.. Sisera for once finds situation
which iron chariots will not meet.
I'm desperation ne leaps from his
chariot into the home of supposed
friends, but a strange spell comes
over the woman there and while he
sleeps she, with a nerve never known
TO her before drives % tent nail
through his temples pinionIng his
head TO the ground.
After the astounding victory De
bora composes q new song In which
she iecltes the achievements of the
day. giving glory to God and praises
to every quarter from which help
came. In the midst OF the song fan
these decp notes of curse Ike a FUN
eral drge Curse yc Moroz. etc. o.
for while men had flockcd from FAR
to the standard of Barak and Deho-
ra ta-n-d JchoyahlD the inhabitants
of Mcroz stayed az home and let
their brethren bear the brunt and
fight this unequal. but desisiyc. bat
tie without them
Now. coming home with this text
and incident Wa have
GODS VIEW or THE SIN or
OMISSION
some people are bad boo nothing
and good for nothing Dead folks are
worth more to God than some living
ones.
1.-The sin of Omission i perfect
IA wicked in the sight of God.
That these people were iueycusa-
bic is manifest for many reasons
They had shaord all tbc glorious his
tory OF Israel. were under the same
bonds OF allegiance. ready as others
20 enjoy the victory. near the scene
a. action. exposed to the common
peril. able TO help. knew of the aw-
ful struggle aud how they were need
ed. heard the hugIe's blast. knew
that their brethren We're ieapardiz-
ing their lives for the common good,
and that God had ordered the battle.
and ordered them Co %.
..-DoubtIc~. they studied out
some reason. with which they salts
ned themselves.
Their conduct may have been occa-
stoned by their pride They may not
have been formally and particularly
Invited some nice people require too
much and are so hard Co enlist Two
persons 90 my pastoral history have
brought letters aud handed them In
when no opportunity was EIven'
blessings on SUCH The army may
have been too small TO attract them.
tHcre the preacher told Of people
who should have Joined the Presby-
tcrian church. but Joined elsewhere
though not needed. and who later
moved away 90 points where the
Presbyterian church asa not need
them. but which they Joined. Then
ne pictured them az the Judgment
bar. saying Lord the reason did
not Join that church was they we're
In such sore need OF me: and the rea-
son . Joined the other was they did
not need me. ! vas following up the
crowd
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