The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-29

among enlightened men. John Mill
ton, the poet of freedom, wrote lines
that propheticafly celebrate the
triumph of democracy.
20 how comely 1t is and how reviving
To the spirits OF just men long OPP
pressed.
When God into the hands OF their
deliverer
Puts invincible might.
To queIl the might of the earth. the
oppreSsor,
The brute and boisterous force of
violent men,
Hardy and industrious to support
Tyrannic power, but raging to pursue
The righteous and all such as honor
truth,
He all their ammunition
And feats of war defeats.
With plain. heroic magnitude of
mind
And celestial vigor armed;
Their armouries and makazines con-
TENS.
Renders them useless, while
With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance ne
executes
His errand on the wicked who. sur
prised,
Lose their defense, distracted and
amazed.
The Character OF God.
God has revealed Himself as a be-
ing worthy to he Worshipped. Glad
are we that God has so displayed His
power before the eyes of all men as
To confirm that revelation Of His
character contained In the Bible.
Like a trumpet note the justice Of
Jehovah sounds through the Scrip
-
actions of individuals with the view
Of promoting square deal between
nfan and man. In the later period of
the Judges and Kings the principles
OF these laws were broadened for
nations and applied to the rulers. He
who did that which was not right in
the sight of the Lord lost his throne
The people who followed their leaders
in the ways of wtckedness lost their
land Disaster in battle, dethrone-
ment of kings, dispersion of the tribes
were the verdict OF God upon those
who forsook His law. The first of
their kings, man who had been
f74othe,} with prophecy, committed
suicide on Giilboa amid the corpses
OF his three slain sons The only
suicide in the ola Testament was that
of an unfaithful king who remorse-
fully exclaimed II have sinned."
Long ago it was written: BE sure
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the wicked punished? Does he not
live and thriye?' Foolish man. Give
God time. a thousand years with
Him are less than day with man.
prosnar bnt II * fransifnt,, - ha,,a
seen the wicked in great mower and
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But the transeressors shall ha do
stroyed together: the end of the wick =
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