Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-28


Then there won't up shout,
LoNG ANN toUn,
NON the stout lungs and Swarthv chests
of Ahlmclcoh and his men, a. they stood
amid the ashes and the dust crying
Victory, Nlctoyi" or, a. the text has
II; "And Ablmclcch gat hinr M 10 Mount
Lalmon, he and nll the people that were
with linus and Abimelech took an az In
his hand, and cut down hough from the
trees, aud took IL, and laid 1t on his shout
der, and said unto the people that were
with him What sc have seen me do,
make haste, and do rs | have done And
all the people likewise cut down every
man his bough, and followed Nhlmelcch.
and put them to the hold, and set the hold
on lire upon them, 50 that all the men of
the tower of Shcchem died"
Now learn first from this subject, the
folly OF depending upon any one form Of
tactics IN anything we have to do for this
world or for God Look over the wca-
ponry OF oldcn times iavclins, battle
axes, hahcrgeons, and show me single
weapon VIII which Ahmrlcch and his
men could hayc gained such complete Vie.
tory. II Is 10 easy thing 60 take 4 temple
thus armed. ! saw 4 house where, during
revolutionary times. a man aud his wife
kept back whole regiment hour after
hour, because they were inside the house,
/ and t,le assaulting soldiers wcrc outside
7 the house. Yet here Ahimclech and his
army come up, they surround this tenn
/ pie, and they capture II without the loss
OF single man ON the part OF Abtmelcch,
although suppose some of the old Israel.
! itish heroes told Abimelcch: UYou ARE
| only going up there to be cut To pieces y
/ Yet you are willing 10 testify TODAY
I that by no other mode--ccrtainly moi
/ 10y ordinary modcs--coud that temple so
easily, SO thoroughly, have been taken,
Fathers and mothers, brethren and
sisters inJcsus Christ, what the church
most wants to learn, this day, Is that any
plan Is right, Is lawful, Il best, which
helps to overthrow
rliR TEMPLE on SIN
aud capture this world for Cod We ar,
very apt to stick to the old modes of at
tack We put ON the old-Stylo coat o
mail. We come up with the Sharp, keen
gllttering steel spear OF argument, cx
pectiug in.that way to take the castle, hu
they have Il Thousand spears where w,
have ten. And so the castle OF Sin stands
oh, my friends, we Will never captur,
this world for God by any keen sabre %
sarcasm, by any glittcrlng lanccs of rhct
oric, by any sapping and mining of pro
found dlsquisitlon, by any gunpowder,
explosions of indignation, by sharl
shootlngs of wit, hy howit
lers OF mental strength made TO swim,
she'll five miles, by cavalry horses gor
geously coinparisoncd paving the air. Il
vain all the attempts on the part of thes
ecclesiastical foot soldiers, light horse
! men and grenadiers.
My friends, propose this morning
different style of tactics. Let each on
20 to the forest of Gods promise an,
!. invitation aud hcw down a branch an,
, put Il ON his shoulder, and let us all com
around these obstinate lniquliies, am
!, then with this piles tisrii rhem The. fires o
q holy zeal and ,Nre may. Aud tn
n Grated iicA .YSt,Hce myself in favor of an
. sian of religious attack that succeeds
\ any plan of religious attack, howcv'
u radical. however odd, however unpol
u Mar. however hostile to ull the CONVEX
v tionalities of church aud state. II on
q style OF prayer does not do the work, Il
II ma try another style. II the church mi
II sic OF to-day does not get the victor.
?, tncn let us make the assault
y WITH A BACKwooDs CuoRCs.
ia praycr-mcetiug at half.past IN Il
=, ovcning does not succeed, let rs have OF
~ M carly In the morning as when the a
:, ocl found wrestling Jacob too much f
:, him. # sermon with the three autho
IL TOD heads does not 10 the work, then ]
NJ hayea sermon With twenty heads,
~ No head at all. We want more heart
lc onr song. more heat Ia our alms-giyin
=, more heart In our prayers, more hearl
q. our urenching. on for less Of Ablm
", lcch's sword and more of Ablmclecl
w conaauntion. haze often heard
~, .rhcrc Is fouutan Hlled with blood
fe .uno ortlstIcally by our birds pcrched
mi thcir sunday roost Ii the gallery, unit
IN thonrht of Jenny Lind, and Nilsson, Il
of Snutau. and all the other warblers; !
,ur tbere came not one ear TO my eye, D
ne onc master emotionio my heart nBui @
an ,doht went down 10 the Atric
~ Mctbodist Westinghouse Ia Phlladelph
mi and nt the close Of the service DID
Nm woman. in the midst OF the audience,
nj. r,au 10 Sing that hymn, and all the an
rds cnre toined i'm, aud sc were floated 80
'ith thrcn or four miles icarcr heaven thar
i.d hoyc oyer been sinct | saw with my o
IN, ,',,,s that .,fountainilled with blood
~ IA agonIzlng. srrlllcial, redcmptl
'on md / heard the ctmsonslplash OF
rec, wave us we all wen down nndcr u
dor FOR sinners plunge beneath that Hood
,da lose all their guilty STAINS
on, my friends, To- gospel
Is NoT NLLOGIsM
,aye II l. moi casuIs,ry; is not polemlcs,
.ud. tbe science OF squalplc, II Is blood
~ t"ct /, 4, warm-hcuied Invitations u
dne iconIna. bounding, fling good news
IN eniorescrnt with sight; II Il rnbesc
his with all glow Il IS rDorescent Win
INN sweet shade | hay seen the sun rise
With Mount Washington,ind from the TIP
"es bouse, but there va no beauty IN
IN. compared with theday-spring from
,,i,h L,gh when Christ ries light 10 q soul
.,gcy barc heard l'arcpa sag, but there wa
~. ,nn.i,. IN that compaed with the foic
o OF y ' %rist when Tie said "'rhy sins are
Nv ~ .jhce. 80 In pace" Good NJ
lne4 ~ zone cut dom u branch OF
IN an il down and s.,Jic ia I'M the
there from Mount Zah'e a ~ sm NV 4
tcche- with the tossing VI ,,."d news
II the bonhre OF The gosE shsII cnn.nnne
,lldish last tempt OF sin, "a I'm ilInr,uc
But sky with apoealyPE ;ov dad d
spark Christ care into the wGl3 "a savf.
6nut ners. An new plan that ,nakcs a
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