The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
"God Is a Stronghold

We belong to God and to the
world. "The Lord is good, a strong
hold in the day of trouble and he /
knoweth them that trust in Him."
NahuA /. 7.
The prophet Nahum had for one
small moment come into calm
from an awful, stormy contest,
which shadowed Gods wrath upon
his enemies.
.'The Lord is slow to anger and
great in power and will not at all |
acquit the wicked. The Lord has
his way IN the whirwind and in the
storm and the clouds are the dust
of his feet" Such has been the end
of all wicked men in the past and
also in the present. God is good
and long suffering. 1t thrills the
heart Of man to see good, to be good
and to enjoy good. And it also de-
presses the heart of man to be lord
ed over by wicked men.
I. God is good. Good as to his
position here and hereafter. Is a
perfect God from whom eminates
all good. Good grows in any kind
of soil or climate if properly cul
tivated and encouraged. Good
even grows in the heart of bad
man or evil woman if only permit
ted to be planted there. Good, like
a gold dollar, loses none of its
value by being handled by bad
man.
If the stamp of Gods love is per-
mitted to be stamped upon the
heart of man its value is unbounded
for good. God thus gives man
courage-courage to do and dare.
Good everywhere is a sermon of
uplift. Our beloved nation now in
her feeding of her enemies is ser
mon to every nation. The fruitage
of these acts will, under Gods, guild
ance, bring JOY to all peoples, even
our enemies.
If good then is SO good it gives
every man chance to communicate
good advice, initiate good manners
and do good deeds. Our good deeds
are like bread in its beginnings,
baking to be helpful, must go thru
the oven of thought and come out
sweet and crisp.
Good, then, like God, is eternal
and unchangeable-always the same
Thus whenever you attempt to be
good you are entering the school Of
good breeding and you by it are al
ready half religious.
Enter good company for in any
journey it shortens the way. Be o.
good humor and you will be wei
dressed for the best of society
Thus being good you approach th'
will of God. The Lord then is
stronghold because he is good il
his three persons the Father
God the Son, and God the Hol
Ghost. God communicates this goo
to you all by his providence, hi
love, to give his only begotten So
to save you, and his Holy Spirit t.
direct you.
Then come, let US accept God an
show by our good sense and goo
nature that we are we'll bred an
children Of God.
II. Stronghold in the way c
trouble. A resort, retreat, hic
ing place is our God. When tn
battle waves surge as they did {
the Marne, orsat the western fror
in July, then it is that God raist
his hand and to the enemy say
''Thus far and no farther"
The cheering then assumes tt
forward Marches enemy retrea
ing, until victory crowns the labor
and battles of his beloved ones. tt
soreness of battle only teaches me
how much is in his heart and sou
1t was a great Foch; great Pc
shing, great Haig and gre
President as we'll as the great n
tions on their knees before God tn
brought our victorious army to tt
Gates of Peace and our enemies
awful disaster. The God came
us in the day # trouble and we a
victors.
Our memories will ever be swee
ened by knowing that the troubl
are past. Then let your troubl
become as light as the. thistle dow
that the more that it is chased