The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-10

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us about. Whom we look within ourselves
we eXelaim, who is sufficient for this fight
OF faithl But when we turn to the word
/ OF promise we read, there is grace to help
/ in every time Of need. There is strength
which is mado perfect in human weakness
aud which is the sweetest of all motives to
diligence. God by his grace can raise us
above all the difficulties and discourage
meuts of our christian conflict and give us
sure success. The youth shall faint aud
be weary, and tho young men shall utterly
! fail, bUt they that wait on tho lord in faith
shall renew their strength and mount up
on wings as eagles, they shall run and not
bc weary. and walk ami not faint. IL we
! fight the good fight, so as to win the glo.
rious victory we must by faith look TO
! the true and ouly resources of power and
wisdom and grace. This power is treas
ured up in Christ aud ON him we must
faithfully rely. Separated from him we
are like the stream cut of from its fountain
or like the moving engine, when the pro-
polling powor is exhausted.
IL we look at what we have to do and
then at ourselves, we might be despondent,
but we must keep looking upward. The
sailor who stands upon the top-sail-yard in
a storm, becomes dizzy il he docs not look
aloft aud so the christian must be always
looking aloft and toward high hcaven.---
|" My grace shall be sufficient for them,"
cries our Captain, and thus he cheers us on
ward and upward, fighting over every foot
of ground we pass, gpinng position alter
position, line after line of the enemies ranks
b5ing broken-ono after another falling
from their dsheartened, shattered files, TN
tl our every individual enemy is conquer.
ed. 1t is thus we are to "hght the good
light and thus We must finish our
course
We must pcrseverc, must contine to fight
It'll our last great enemy is destroyed. We
must not fail, we must not put our hand to
tho pow and look back We must be pa
ticnt in tho fight, toiling faithfully until our
last battle is fought and our last victory
won, and the crown of glory gained. We
mast not draw back unto perdtion, but we
must believe aud persevere unto the
saving of tho soul" Ii any man draw back
God hath no pleasure in him. but it is to
those that overcome" that Christ will give
to sit with him on his throne. Ii we finish
the good fight OF faith, we must endure to
the end. We must not fight little now
and II little again. but constantly and per-
severingly, until we have gained our last
victory and are in possession of tho con
querors glory. We must not be satisfied
with being able to SEQ the last enemy far in
the distance and seemingly powerless, but
we must conquer nim-never stop until our
feet stand on Mount Zion, and we have
} commenced the everlasting song.
1t is long and weary way a tiresome
campaign; a long and dreary march, over
many mountain, over many sea- over
many sicky, sandy desert, and TIN ongl
much tribulation. Yet every battle must
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t and we must not feel that we have already
: obtained, but this one thing we must do
we must forget tho things that are behind
! and press toward the mark for the prize OF
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
There is probably a somewhat different
sense in which each one of us is to finish
our course. that is we are to do the APP
propriate and particular work God here
assigns u.s. Thus John the Baptist fulfil
led his course when he had prepared the
way for the Messiah
Christ finished his course when he had
done the will of mis- heavenly Father in
Q completing the plan of redemption. Pau
t did not count his life dear unto himsslf, il
" order that he might finish his course with
9 Joy and the ministry which he had received
a from his Lord.
e So VIC each have a work to do, wo are
!, all members of Christ, and have gifts oil
i talents differing according to the grace thai
I is given unto us. We must each Quo dc
a our work, whether it be phrophecy or the
6 ministry, or teaching, or eXhortng, or
ruling or whatever il is wo should dis
S charge it with fidelity, not despisiug the
o rank which God has assigned us but ac
we'll our part accordins to tue station where
l. we are placed, and the ia ents with whicl
1t We are endowed Ii this were done i
J. would put an end to discomfort, ambition
s and strife and would produce univeGsa
It peace and order. In this sense let us
finish our work or "our course and il
such manner as that we shall be able Ia
o say like Paul, 81 have fought good fight
c have finished my course, have kept th,
'. faith. "
s. al have kept the faith, " that is, he mean
d to say, he steadily maintained the true faitl
81 Of the Gospel.
IS Concerning the keeping of tho true gos
IS Eel faith the Apostle was most particular
3 In charging Timothy he calls it unfeiguei
st faith that is, uudisselnbled conf lence IN
vt God. From which he says some hav
: sweryed aud turned aside unto vain jlng
to ling.
N lie mentions the love of money as the roo
" OF all OWL winch Whlle some CoNel0u a
I'd ter, they have erred from the faith, an
81 some protesting false sciences. have errer
70 concerning the faith.
IN Alas, in how many ways do men nov
swerve from the plain simple statement G
a the truth and turn aside unto vain jans
ID ling wrestling the scriptures to their ow
destruction There are some that, de
10 spite the plainness of Gods word wi
ld "deny the Lord who bought them and brin
fe upon themselves swift destruction
in There are men in the church, crept in III
It. awares, who are ungodly, that turn til
&c grace of oar God into Nervousness, All
90 deny the Lord Christ.
he Let us watch, my frionds, and keep tn
it. faith. Let us beware lest being led ava
as by the error of the wicked we fall froi
en our own steadfastness." We must alway
at adhere TO the truths of the Gospel, "
et must be constant in our profession of fait
co and uniform in our course Of christian b
us havior.
IN We must not grow remiss and languid
d, those things to which we have already a
Id tanned; but still continue to walk by tn
IL same rule, aud mimi the same things, III;
r. we may make perpetual progress in III
od Divine lite and secure as il We're ever
ad post OF W ioh we have got possession.
IT. Beware of compromising your faith, h'
liz ware of little discrepancies OF small eyroi
m, in your faith A small leak may sink ii
"a whole sh p aud cargo, "behold what
ed groat matter little fire kindleth" DoI