The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-02-12

light of the morning was SO grand
and awful that the veterans Of the
past were not prepoitl.t to greet it,
yet it was the rising Of the lumina-
| ry of all, most tggand and spiritually
momentous. The terror-stricken
did not divine the object nor faith
ON these depths of light, and that
that should have filed their hearts
with sacred joy and great comfort
struck terror through their souls.
The frantic, widespread and amaz-
ing terror of the enemies of, Christ
only published the peaceful, terror
removing reign of Jesus love and
Heavens blessing. The Reform
went on. Though the roar of its
foes made the day terrible and the
night hideous, still, like the rising
of the majestic tide, onward it
came until it carried back into the
ocean depth thousands who, as
Paul, seemed to resist until the last
and marvellous force took hold upon
him and bore him on the bosom of
the flood. The jails were made houses
OF song and the prison cells cham
bers of praise. The iron doors
were opened and the gates of cities,
unlocked. The tall sons Of Satan.
trembled before the touch of apos-
tolic eloquence, and the Eastern
world bowed before the holy cruci-
fix. All the thunders Of terror, as
it spread its smoke and fire along
the way, could not stop the truth Of.
God, for Jehovah must be the final
Conqueror.
The same tall form of terror ever
rises at the dawn of every new era
or development of sacred progress.
The same steeds Of war are rode,
the same canons unlimbered
and the voice of the scions
of the past and the spirit of the
Gods invoked lest the dawn of re-
form should succeed. The old
guards of sacred precincts are ever
ready to fly to the front whenever
a revolution in the Church appears
or the rise of other men appear
who independently declare new
order of thing or a restoration of
long-forsaken landmarks.
Thus, to-day, the brazen foes of
Union may be seen and heard on
almost every side, lifting high their
hands and voices, declaring that
Union cannot and must not be. 1t
will unsettle the long established
bodies whose names are written on
centenary monuments and chroni-
cled in the archiyes of history past.
1t will strike down the favored pan
ophy Of priestly array and bring
to the dust the harpings ola discord-
dant army. Hard will they toll, and
long will they fight to check and pre-
cent the work of restoration and the
consumation of union among the
people Of God, but as victorious
Christ has decided that we must be
one, and stands as Captain at
our head, we need not fear all the
terror-tones a sectarian host may
fling upon the air. We have at
places many, met this dragon OF
terror and prescription, and felt
how hard he used his weapons to
spread CONSERVATION throughout
the ranks Of Union soldiers, but
have never known his missile to
effectually route single soldier.
AS the Cause of Jesus must un-
questionably succeed at all times
and in all its developments, so will
it prosper in this, our work of
Union. Let the enemy howl. Let
the croaker croak, and all the host
of sin and satan make terror, vet
above it all will be heard the battle
cry of call one in Christ that the
world may-believe.''sa-rs-