The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-08-04
The Sure Triumph.

Tired workers are sometimes discOur-
aged by the slow progress of reforms.
They see the full strength of the hosts
marshalled against them, and for the
moment lose sight of the invisible, i'm
palpable, omhipOtent forces arrayed on
their own side. Hoary iniquities, in
trenched in the prejudices, passions and
selfishness of men and supported by vast
numbers and wealth, seem unconquera-
bic. The friends of reform seem few
and lukewarm, faith waivers. the bias
phemous Napoleonic lie that .'God is on
the side of the largest battalions seems
a verify, and for time brave and sturdy
champions of right are pessimists.
Every reformer should have profound
conviction of the righteousness of his
cause. Doubt kills faith in the help of
God and in ultimate victory. He is n
miserable defender or advocate of the
truth who is uncertain of the rectitude
of his position. The successful reform
er always has strong convictions. He
should never forget that God is on the
side of right; that He is not asleep, or
gone on a journey, or an Indifferent
spectator of the conflict with evil. God
is an ever-present and incessant Actor
in that conflict All the resources of
Omnipotence are pledged to triumph
over wrong. Though ages may elapse
before .sHe shall see of the
travail of His soul, and be sat
isfed," "He shall not fail nor
be discouraged till He hath set judg-
ment in the earth" The human cham
pion of right is in league with the
Almighty. He carries the consciousness
of Gods approval; ne yields Divine
forces: the power of the Holy Ghost
attends him and gives efficiency to his
blows. The multitude of opposing forces
must not intimidate such a man. Over
against the sheer of Napoleon he should
one man, with God on his side, is a
majority. They that be for Him are
more than they that be against Him."
He should have unwavering faith in the
triumph of his cause. If he doubts, he
has not the stuff that reformers are made
of. The man who believes that the world
is growing worse, or that any good cause
can fail, is a dead weight on the car
of progress. Settle it once and forever.
that every cause that has God on its side
is sure of victory. for
fright is right since God is God,
And right the day must win
Reformers should learn patience to
wait for results. All great reforms grow
slowly. Many years of discouraging
work must precede victory. Workers
who do and suffer most for a good cause
sometimes die without seeing the fruits
they long for, but their labor is not in
vain if it is '.in the Lord Such dying
heroes are as essential to results as are
those who give the finishing strokes and
witness the final triumph.
Take courage, then, tired worker!
"Be not weary in well-doing." God is
not dead. Conscience has not lost its
grip. The eternal principles of right
and justice have not lost substance.
Though you cannot see the fruit of your
labors, God will take care that your
toll be not frrlitless. The day of eternity
will show that it was part of the
mighty forces contributing to the final
triumph of the right. How many earn
est workers have desired to see the day
of the Son of Man and have not seen it.
During His own life, how meager were
the apparent fruits of His ministry. Yet
who can estimate the stupendous results
OF those three years OF apparently un-
successful work? Men will work on,
certain that the same God rules the
world. Those who are faithful can af-
ford to wait. They can rest with I'M
faltering confidence in the Divine prom
Use: In due time you shall reap, if you
faint not" They can trust their work
to the future without doubt, and veri-
fy the truth that "He that believeth,
shall not make haste" IN ". Christian
.AdrOcate.