The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-28

destruction OF Pharnoh.s host repeated De-
fore the eyes Of the modern world. The
BakarJang cyclone OF 1876 drove huge waves
over the large islands. and in a few hours
engulfed 10000 acres OF land, and de-
stroyec 100000 souls. At times large ships
have been swept inland upon b crest Of
great waves and deposited on the shore,
sometimes at a distance Of several miles
from the sea"
A friend OF mine who has lately re-
turned from an automobile journey around
the world, found his passage along an old
Japanese highway blocked, after a great
.typhoon, the presence OF huge schooners
on the roadway. The miracle OF the Exc
dus story Is little more OF a miracle than
what is happening every day In the lives
of believers-the opportune o~yerruling OF
natural events for proyidential purposes.
Tho Great Guidance.
A man told me last night that he did not
believe In providences. Well. I do. What
shall we say to the news that has come
from Egypt concerning an accident to DR.,
Samuel M. zwemer, the seemingly indis-
pensable leader OF Christianity's struggle
with Islam7 A minor accident compelled
DR.. WIENER to go to the operating table.
Under the knife there was found within
his body q condition which would have
meant death within q week had It not
been revealed to the eyes OF the surgeons.
Yet DR.. Zwemer was not IN slightest
degree aware Of this condition. Who VIII
say that the accident was not providen-
tiaI7 " GsEMa>
The story Of the Exodus Is bound up
with the figure OF the pillar Of cloud and
the pillar of fire that guided by day and
by night, and that ~interposed as a shield
Of confusion between the Israelites and
the Egyptians. Gods guidance 81 nons
the less real today to those who will fol-
low II han It was to these old Israelites.
The great truth OF Christianity is that the
Lord cares for His children; that He II
concerned In their lives, and tina He de-
signs for them the best things. There In
no more practical creed for LIES affairs
than that ''our times are in His hand"
The message for every day living from the
pillar OF cloud and fire Is to md out Gods
way and then to do II. Az Goethe said,
'"The great need, after eli, Is only for
ward .
The End Of the Ensmy.
After lis ,experience with the 10 plaques,
Pharaoh should have been content to let
these Israelttes alone. It II serious bust
AA~SCE W AAeAN NAS hAoA Va saO KCSRAS ~
whom God especially cares. I talked with
Q veteran minister recently about the ex-
perience Of certain congregations which
had dealt unfairly by their pastors, and
in every case those congregations had
been visited with manifest punishment.
Pharaoh could not resist the opportunity
to recover his host OF slaves when his
spies reported that they were caught In
this pocket between b Red sea and his
hosts.
The factor In the problem which Pha-
raoh ignored was God. There are many
questions which are humanity beyond solu-
ton, but when God is taken into account
they are easily settled. The destruction
of the 600 chariots OF the Egyptians in
the food, as the waters abated after tho
~Igraelites had gone over dry shod, was
an experience which stiffened the faith OF
the chosen people IN all their subsequent
experience. They looked back to this de-
~liverance from many hours Of depression
their subsequent literature.
The ~vindication Of Jehovah and OF His
servant Moses was dramatic and com
pIete. The critics were COMPOUNDED and
the goddess were put 70 rout. h old
story Is familiar OF the skeptic who put
on his wall the motto, God IL nowhere
His little child saw It and spelled out the
letters laboriously, God is now here
This Is the lesson Of the lesson. the De-
iiverer OF Israel still keeps watch over His
people. There is no oppressor of right
eousness today who is not doomed by the
strong arm OF God. With whittier we cry,
Loud and long
Lift the old exulting song,
Sing with Miriam by the sea
| 3sE He hath cast the mighty down,
Horse and riders sink and drown,
He hath triumphed gloriously.