The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-09-02

went on doing his Christian duty until
he had formed mis- troop into BlDle
class. and the whole encampment was
shaken with the presence OF God. 30
Havelock went into the heathen temple
in India while the English army was
there, and rut a candle into the hand
of each of the heathen gods that stood
around in the heethen temple, and by
the light of those candles, Gen. Have
lock preached righteousness, temperance
end Judgment to come And who VIII
saw, on earth or in heaven, that Have
lock had not the right to preachY In
the preachers house where | prepared
for college, there was a man who worked
by the name of Peter Croy. He could
neither read nor write; but he was
man Of God. Often theolOgians would
stop at the house-grave theologians-
and at family worship Peter Croy would
be called upon to pray; and all those
wise men sat around, wonder struck at
his religious efficiency. When he pray
ed he reached up, and seemed to take
hold of the very throne Of the almighty
and talked with God until the very hea'
vens were bowed down into the sitting
room. Oh, if | were dying would pre-
fer having plain Peter Croy kneel by my
bedside and commend my immortal soul
to God, than the greatest Archbishop,
arrayed in costly Canonical 20, preacn
this gospel; the gospel Of simplicity, and
vet the gospel of grandeur, power and
might. You say you are not Licensed
In the name of the Lord Almighty l IL
cense you. You say you are not ordain
ed. Hath not Christ given you heavens
commission and ordination, by saying:
"Go, We therefore, into all the world and
preach my gospel" Go preach in the
Sabbath school, in the prayer meeting,
in the highways and hedges. Wo be
unto you if you preach it not. 80 ,
remark that, in order to be qualified
to meet your duty in this particular age,
YOU want unbounded faith in the tri-
umph of the truth and the overthrow of
wickedness. How dare the Christian
church ever get discouraged? Have we
not the Lord Almighty on our side? How
loEg did it take God to slay the hosts OF
Sennacherib, or burn Sodom, or shake
down Jericho2 How long will it take
God, when he once arisesin his strength.
to overthrow all the forces of iniqulty?
Between this time and that, there may
be long seasons of darkness; the chariot
wheels of Gods gospels may seem to
drag heavily, but here is the promise
and wonder is the throne; and when om'
nisCience has lost it's eye sight, and om'
impotence falls impotent, and Jehovah
is driven from his throne, then Christ's
church can afford to be despodent, but
never until then. Despots may plan
and armies may march, and the Con-
crosses of the nations may seem to think
they are adjusting all the affairs of this
world, but the BismarCks and the Popes
of the earth are only the dust of the
chariot wheels of Gods providence, and
l think that before the sun of this cen,
tury shall have set, the last tyranny will
fall, and with splendor Of demonstra.
ton that will astonish the universe, God
will set forth the brightness, and pomp,
and glory and perpetuity of His Eternal
Government. Out of the starry flags
and emblazoned insignia Of this world,
God will make path for his own tri'
umph, and returning from universal
conquest, He will sit down, the grand
est, strongest, highest throne of earth
his tootstool.
preach this sermon because l want
to encourage all Christian workers in
every department of Christian labor.
Hosts of the living God, march on!
March onl His spirit will bless you! His
sword will strike for you. March onl
The despotisms will fall, and paganism
will burn its idols, and Mohammedan-
ism will give up it's false prophet, and
Judaism confess the true Messiah, and
the great walls of superstition will fall
down in thunder and in wreck at the
long, loud blast of the Gospel trumpet
March on The besiegement will soon
be ended; only few more steps on the
long way; only few more sturdy blows;
only few more battle cries, and then
God will put the laurel upon your brow;
and from the living fountains of heav'
en- you will bathe off the sweat and heat
and dust of the conflict. March on
For you the time for work will soon be
past, and amid the out hashings OF the
judgment throne, and the trumpeting Of
resurrection angels, and the upheaving
ofa world Of graves, and the hosanna
of the saved and the groaning of the lost,
we should be rewarded for our fidelity
and our iDfdelity. Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel, from everlasting to ever.
lasting, and let the whole earth be filed
with His glory.