Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-28
FORT WORTH, TEXAS MONDAY SEPTEMBER IS 1885


the battle, thcy,would never have gone at
al, or II They had, Il wuuld have been
without any spirit or effective result; but
wien Ahmclcch goes with his own az
and hcws down branch, aud with Ali
melceh's arm puts IL on Ahmcluch's
shonlder and marches ON. then, my text
saws, all the people did the same. How
natural that Was. What made Gaiihaidl
and Stonewall jackson the
MOST MAGNETIC COMMANDERS
OF this century, They always rode shcad
On, the overcoming power OF example.
Here Is father on the wrong road, an
his boys 70 ON the wrong road ncrcls
a father who onliSts for Christ; his
children enlist. | saw in some of the
picture galleries OF Europe that before
many of the great works OF the masters
The old maslcrS--therc would be some
times four or ave artists taking copies of
the pictures. These copies they were
going To carry with them, perhaps to
distant lands, and | have thought that
Your life and character arn a masterpiece.
and II l. being copied and long after YOU
are gone Il viii bloom or blast In the
homes OF those who know YOU and be- a
Gorgon or i Madonna l.ook ont what
You say Look out what yOu ,ln! Eternity
will hear the echo The best sermon
ever preached Is holy ute The best
music ever chantrd l. consistent walk
II You want others to serve God, serve
him yourself. II You want others Go
shoulder their duty, shoulder yours
Where AbinclcCh goes his troops 70.
Abraham hcgat Isaac, and Isaac begat
Jacob. The father good, It was easy
enough lor The sou aud grandson to be
good. AhaNlah hegat ,luaSh, and JoaSh
bcgat Jcroboam. The father bad, Il was
easy enough Tor the son and grandson Ia
he bad. oh, start out for heaven today
and yohr family viii come after YOU. and
I your business associates viii come after
you, aud social friends will Join you.
/ With one branch OF the tree OF life for a
baton, marshal Just as many rs You can
gather. oh, the innnlte, the semi.
omnlpotent power OF good or had cN-
ample!
| saw near the beach wrcckor's
machine. II WAS cylinder with some
holes at the side made for the thrustlng
In of some long poles with strong lever.
age; and when there Is vessel In trouble
or going TO pieces out In the oilng the
wreckers shoot rope out Ia the suffer.
ing men. They grasp II aud the wrcckcrs
turn the cylinder and the rope winds
around the cylinder and those who are
Shipwreckcd are saved. SO at your feet
to-day there IL an Influence with tire.
mendous leverage. The rope attached 10
II swings far out into the blllowy
future, Your children, your ohildren's
children, and all the generation that are
To follow, VIII grip that influence, and
feel the long.Wachng pun long after til,
tl.urcs on your tombstone are SO neal
worn ont that the visitors canot tel
whether 1t was In 1873, or l155 OF lG1,
that YOU died
still further, learn from this subject
the advantage
or CONCERTED ACrIoN.
II Abimelech had merely gone out with
tree branch, the work would not hayl
> axes aiv-ri.jishhd or IL ten, twenty a
Y fall, aud all these men carry cncr ~
: tree branch down aud throw II about u
+ temple, the victory r. galncd--thc tempt
+ falls My friends, where there Is ON
+ man in the church of God at this da
c shouldcrlng his whole duty, there are
I great many who never lit an q
: or swing II bow. II seems to m
las II there were ten droncs
every hive to Que busy bees a
though there were twenty sailors soun
:, men ON the stormy deck. u seems as
there were 10000 men belonging 10 III
= reserve corps, aud only 1909 active con
!. balnnts. Oh, we all want our boat 70 q
:, over To the golden sands; but the mo-
~ fus are seated either Ia the PROV or
n the stern, wrapped In our striped shaw
J, hold a big.mndlcd sunshadc while othc
~ are blistercd In the heat, and pun nni
,. the oar-locks groan, and the blades ben
!. TN they snap. oh, religious sleepy head
wake mp! While we have IN our chur'
"A great many who are tolllng u
God, there ARE somctoo lazy 10 brush u
y, flies off their heavy cyolids. You Ia
: laid so long in one place that the ants al
~ catorpllcrs haze begun tocrHw over go
w What do you know, my brothrr, about
or living gospel made 90 storm he wofl
NC Now, my idea OF & Christian Is a m
M on Are With zeal for Go
~ aud II your pulse olillnnr
ch beats sixty times minute when You hi
,v,' of other themes, aud talk about 9th
W. themes Il Your pulse does 4
h1 70 up TO seyenty-ilvc or eighty wl'
-, you come
10 TALG ABot1 CHRIST
~, and heaven, Il Is because you do !
ne kUBM INT Dui 4tiN li'A = - if'NA N''f''
getting 90 the other
Suppose, Ia military circles, ON
morning Of battle the roll Is called, q
out of thousand men only q hnndi
men In the regiment answered. WI
or excitement there would be 10 the can
ed What wonld the colonel say What D
Is talking there would bc among the G
Is tains and ma iors and the adjuiant' NJ
INT pose word came 10 headquarters !
all these dclinqucnts had excused tbemsel
on on the ground TINT they had oycfsi
Ion thpnselyes, or That tho morning :
bnt damp and thai they were afraid pi
ON ling their feet wet, Or that they were p
/ cooking mtlons. My friends, THIS
no the morning Of the day 81 God
of mlglty's batucl DO yoH moi sec
or troopsy Hear YOU not all the trump
Ysi Of heaven and all the arums oi b
ais Which side are yoa nG II you are
ON the RICH, side, iq satairy troop
yay what nrtiicrv ~3ytee, 10 what CARR
He'd duty 30 yOa prlongi IN other wordsi
his what Sabbuth-school do you teach
The what praycr-mecting do yOn cNhort
Tho what pehitcBtiary do you declare etc
.sus libertyg 10 what alms-house 10 you
sin. nonnce the riches Of heaycny what bro
nan bone OF sorrow have you ever setl
ma wan doing uothingf u Il possible ~