Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-08-28

destruction Of Pharaoh.s host repeated -
fore the eyes os tho modern world. The
Bakarjang cyclone of 1876 drove huge waves
over the large islands, and In q few hours
engulfed 10000 acres Of land. and de-
stroyed 1000. 900 souls. Al times large ships
have been swept inland upon the crest OF
great waves. and deposited on the shore.
sometimes at q distance OF several miles
from the sea"
A friend OF mine who has lately re-
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 han
what is happening every day in the lives
OF believers-the opportune overruling OF
natural events for proyidential purposes.
The 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 IN accident to DR..
Samuel NJ. Zwemer. the seemingly indis-
pensable leader of Christianity's struggle
''.SA SAsAAA1 "A lAiAO SSlllPCAlSA
DR.. Zwemer to go to the operating table.
Under the knife there was found within
his body q condition which would have
meant death within a week had 1t not
been revealed to the eyes OF the surgeons.
Yet DR.. Zwemer was not in the slightest
degree aware of this condition. Who will
say that the accident was not providen-
tial7
The story OF the Exodus Is bound up
Nr{f thu 49,. 10 49, - 49,
the pillar OF fire that guided by day and
by night, and that i~nterposed as a shield
OF confusion between the Israelites and
the Egyptians. Gods guidance is none
the less real today to those who will fol-
low 1t than It was to these old Israelites.
The great truth Of Christianity is that the
Lord cares for His children: that He il
concerned in their lives, and that He de-
signs for them the best things. There 10
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 find out Gods
way and then to do 1t. AS Goethe said.
"The great need. after all, II only for
ward
The End Of tho Enemy.
After his experience with the 10 plaques,
Pharaoh should have been content to let
these 1sraelites alone. It Is serious bust
ness to fight the man or the people for
whom God especially cares. / talked with
a veteran minister recently about the ex-
p%erience 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 the 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 1 n
the food, az the waters abated after the
1sraelites 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-
l~liverance from many hours OF depression
and danger. The event colored much OF
their subsequent literature.
The v~indication Of Jehovah and OF Els
servant Moses was dramatic and COM
plete. The critics were COMPOUNDED and
the goddess were put to rout. The old
story ID familiar OF the skept!c who put
on his wall the motto, God is nowhere
His little child saw 1t and spelled out the
letters laboriously, God is now here
This is the lesson OF the lesson, the De-
~liverer OF Israel still keeps watch over His
people. There is no soppressor of right
eousness today who As 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.
He hath cast the mighty down,
Horse and riders sink and drown.
He hath triumphed gloriously.