Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-03
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out the pulpit where God will have :.
preach, anG there preach. '
Headley Wears was a wicked man
the English army. The grace OF God CO..,
to him. He became an earnest and am.
nent Christian. They scoffed at him -,
said: "You are u hypocrite, you ara
bad as ever you WERE" Still he kent ha.s
faith in Christ, and after awhile, findins
that they could not turn him aside by causs
ing him a hypocrite. they said to him,
"Oh, you are nothing but a Method;,tn
That did not disturb him. He went ",
performing his Christian duty until h.
had formed all his troops into a Pill
class, and the whole encampment No,
shaken with the presence of God. g.
Havelock went into the heather temn,a ~
India while the English army was thera
and put a candle into the hand of each ~
the heather Gods that stood around in tba
heather temple, n by the light of tboss
candles held up by the idols Gen.
eral Havelock preached righteous. |
ness, temperance and judgment to I
come. And who will say on |
earth or in Heaven that Havelock had No. |
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house where 1 prepared for college thers
was a man who worked by the name Of
Peter Croy. He could neither read nor
write; but he wa a man of God. Often
t%heologians would stop in the house.
grave theologians-and at family PRAYER
Peter Croy would be called Upon to lead.
and oil these wise men sat around, won,
der-struck at his religious efficiency,
When he prayed he reached up and
seemed to take hold of the very throne Of
the Almighty, and he talked with God I'm.
til the very heavens were bowed down
into the sitting-room. Oh, if 1 were dying
l would rather have plain Peter Croy kneel
by my bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than the greatest Archbishon
arrayed in costly canonicals. Go preach
this Gospel. You say you are not licensed,
In the name of the Lord Almighty this
morning 1 license you. Go preach tbi,
Gospel-preach it in the Sabbnth-s schools
in the prayer-meetings, in the highways,
i'll the hedges. Woe be unto you if Won
preach it not!
DARE o TO BECOME DISCOURAGED.
Iremark again that in order to be quail.
fed to meet your duty in this particula,
age you want u%nbounded faith in the fri.
umph of the truth and the overthrow Of
wickedness. How dare the Christian
Church ever get discouraged? Have wa
not the Lord Almighty on our side? How
long did it take God to slay the hosts Of
S~ennacherib or burn Sodom or shake down
Jericho? How long will it take God, when
He once arises in His strength, to over.
throw all the forces of iniquity? Between
this time and that there may be long sea.
sons Of darkness; the chariot. wheels Of
Gods Gospel may seem to drag heavily;
but there is the promise and yonder is ths
! throne, and when omniscience has lost
its eye-sight and omnipotence falls
back impotent and Jehovah id
driven from His throne, then tho
Church Of Jesus Christ can afford to bs
despondent-but never until then. Despots
may plan and armies may march, and tha
congresses Of the nations may seem ID
think they are adjusting all the affairs d
the world, but the mighty men of thl
earth are only the dust of the chariot
wheels of Gods. providence. And l thin
that before the sun of this country shall
set the last tyranny will fall, and with
splendor of demonstration that shall b
the establishment of the universe, God vii
set forth the brightness and pomp and
glory and perpetuity of His eternal gov
eminent. Out of the starry flags and en-
blazoned insignia of this world, God will
make a path for His own triumph, and
returning from universal conquest He vii
sit down, the %grandest, strongest, higheA
throne of earth, His footstool.
"Then shall all nations song ascend
To Thee, our RULER, Father, Friend,
Till Heavens high arch resounds again
With peace on earth, good will to men"
MARCH ON! MARCH ON!
Ipreach this sermon because 1 want Il
encourage all Christian workers in ever
possible department.. Hosts Of the Twin
God, march on! march on! His spri
will bless you. His shield will defend you
His sword will strike for you. March on
march on! The despotisms will fall au
paganism will burn its idols, and Mohan
mechanism will give up it's false prophet
and Judaism will confess the true Mes
siah, and the great walls of super
stition will come down in thundI
and wreck at the long, loud bsI
of the Gospel trumpet. March C1
march on! The besiegement wi
soon be ended. Only a few more steps
the long way; only a few more sturd
blows; only a few more battle cries, tha
God will put the laurel upon your brow
and from the fountains of Heaven WI
battle off the sweat and the heat and II
dust of the conflict. March on! march Of
For you the time for work will soon
past, and, amid the outfashings Of II
Judgment Throne, and the trumpetins
resurrection angels, and theu pheavins
a world of graves, and the hosanna al
the grooming OF the saved and the lost
shall be rewarded for our faithfulnes;
punished for our stupidity. Blessed be-
Lord God of Israel from everlasting
everlasting, and let the whole eartn
filed with His glory. Amen and amen
AN ELECTRIC FREAK.