...and matter to those for whom it was originally prepared. PART I. THE PURPOSE OF GOD AND THE GOSPEL. " Careless seems the Great Avenger ; history's pages...God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own." JAMES RUSSKLL LOWELL. " For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased...

...enthroned. Lowell says : — "Careless seems the great Avenger: history's pages but record One death grapple in the darkness, twixt old systems and the -word:...God, within the shadow, keeping watch above his own." And this is the faith that sustains us amidst the present commotions that threaten sometimes to unseat...

...Lowell says : — "Careless seems the great Avenger : history's pages but record One death grapple in the darkness, twixt old systems and the -word:...God, within the shadow, keeping watch above his own." And this is the faith that sustains us amidst the present commotions that threaten sometimes to unseat...

...death-grapple in the darkness 'twixt old systems and the Word; Truth for ever on the scaffold, Wrong for ever on the throne — Yet that scaffold sways the Future,...dimly in the Present what is small and what is great, Plow of faith, how weak an arm may turn the iron helm of Fate : But the soul is still oracular ; amid...

...prosper, yet 'tis Truth alone is strong. 'And further on : Truth for ever on the scaffold, Wrong for ever on the throne : Yet that scaffold sways the future,...God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own. But, alas ! of exhortation and invective the world seemed weary. Men soon discovered that shams could...

...: "Careless seems the Great Avenger; History's pages but record One death grapple in the darknees, 'Twixt old systems and the Word : Truth forever on...throne : Yet that scaffold sways the future ; And heliind the dim unknown Standeth God, within the shadow. Keeping watch above his o^'n." * * * I have...

...now somewhat obsolete argument, " He is an Atheist. Evce signum, he doesn't believe in the Devil." " Careless seems the great Avenger ; history's pages...the darkness 'twixt old systems and the Word. Truth for ever on the scaffold, Wrong for ever on the throne — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and...

...scaffold, wrong forever on the throne," yet, when we look more deeply, we are compelled to add : — " Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the...God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own." And this is only the natural course of human history. The " God within the shadow " is only the power...

...had given us another and nobler Washington. Lowell foresaw him when forty years ago he sang of, — " Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the...God, within the shadow, Keeping watch above his own." And yet the book-men, as a class, have not yet acknowledged him. It is here that letters betray their...

...And ever the right comes uppermost, And ever is justice done." In a similar strain sings Lowell : — "Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the...God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. It must always be so, until the world gets wise enough to know that all its best and highest thoughts...