The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-03

more, 10 answer for than hOHA who are
the subj eta Of lifetime inllrmitiea, H.
who can lift twice ~ much ~ you Can y,
aud walk twice ~ far, and work twice
az long, will have u double account 10
give In the judgment How often liz II
that you do not llnd physical energy in
dlcatlye Of spiritual pOwerY II u clear
head IL worth more than one dizzy with
perpetual yertigoi II muscles with the
play OF health In them are worth more
than those drawn 40 la chronic Theu'
matlemi II an eye quick 10 catch pass.
Ing obj j1ctl N better than one with via
ion dim and uncertain, then God Will
require Of ua Ell cheney Just In prOpjr.
lion 10 what he has given IN.
Physical energy ought tO ba q tYDa OF
moral power, We ought 10 have Just ~
good digestion OF moral truth as we
have capacity 10 aaalmilate food. Oar
spiritual hearing ought TO be AZ good aa
our physical hearing; spiritual taste
ought 10 be ~ clear NJ our tongue, Sam
SONS IN hOiy, we ought 10 be giants In
moral power But where you And great
many men whoreallz they ought to use
their money Alright and use their intel
ligencO Alright, how few men you ald
aware OF the fast that they ought to uae
their physical organism arlghtl With
every thump OF the heart there Ia some.
thing saying: Work. work." and lest
we should complain that we have no
tools TO work with, God gives uq our
hands and feet, with every knuchle and
with every lint and every muscle say
Ing 10 ua: Lay hold and do sOmethlngl"
But how often II Ia that men
with physical strength do not serve
chrl1tY They are like a ship full.
manned and fnll'Tigget, capable OF vast
tonnage, able TO endure all stress Of
weather, yet swinging idly at the docks
when these men ought TO be crOsaing
and recrOlaing the great ocean Of human
suffering and ain with GCd's supplies Of
mercy, How often Ia II that physical
strength Ia used In doing positive dam
rge or In luxurious ease, when, with
sleeves rolled up and bronZed bosom
fearless Of the shafts OF opposition, II
ought 10 be laying hold with all ita
might TO llft up thia ennken wreck OF q
world. II i1a most shameful fact that
much OF tho business OF the Chu Oh and
OF the world must he done by those com
paratiyely lnvalded, Richard Baxter,
by reason OF his diseases all his days
sitting In the door OF the tomb, yet
writing more than hundred volumes
and sending out an lliluence for good
tn will endure az long as the Saints
Everlasting Rest Edward PaysOn,
never knowing we'll day, yet how he
preached and how he wrote, helping
thousands Of dying souls like himself
TO swim In a sea OF glOryl And Robert
McCheyne, u walking skeleton, yet you
know what he did IN Dundee aud how
he shook Scotland with zeal for God
Philip DOddrldge, advised by his friends
because Of hia Illness, not TO enter the
ministry, yet you know what he did for
the Rise and Progress OF Religion" In
the Church and In the world. Wilber-
force, told by his doctora that he could
not live fortnight, yet ut that very
time entering upon philanthrOplc en-
terprlses that demanded the greatest
endurance and persistence, Robert Hall,
suffering excrnclatl0ns, 10 that some
times while preaching no would have
TO stop aud rest little, and then get
ting up again would preach about
heaven until the glOriea OF the celestial
city dropped on the multitude, doing
more work, perhaps, than almost any
we'll man In HIS day, Oh, how often II
In that men with great physical endnr'
anca are not 10 great In moral and splr-
itual statufel While there are achieve
ments for those who are bent oil their
days with sickness, achievements Of
patience, achievements OF prayer,
achievements Of self'denlal, achieve.
manta OF Christian endurance, | call
upon men OF health, men OF muscle, men
Of nerve men Of physical power, 10 de-.
vote themselves TO the Lord. Giants In
body, you ought to be giants In soul.
GREAT IN MISCHIEF,
Behold also In this story Of my text
Illustration OF the fact Of the amount Of
damage that strength can do II II be
misguided. II seems 10 me that this
man OF my text spent u great deal OF hls
time In doing evil. To pay debt which
he had lost by the guessing Of HIS ri die,
he rObs and kills thirty people. He was
not only gigantic In strength, but gig
antic In mischief, aud n type OF those
men Ia all ages Of tho world who, power
ful In body or mind or In any faculty Of
social position and wealth, have used
their strength IN iniqultous purposes, IL
IN not tho small, weak men OF tho day
who do the damage. Those small men
who 20 swearing and loall1g about your
stores, and shops and banking houses,
befOuling the air with their breath al d
insulting your floor with their In.
iQultous saliva, assailing Christ and the
Bible and the Church, they do not do
the damage. They have no iulllence,
Bat II Ia the giants Of the day, the mts.
guided giants-giants In physical power,
or giants In mental acument, or giants
In social position, or giants In wealth
who do the damage; the men with
sharp pens that stab religion, or who
throw their poison oil through our liter.
atnre the men who use the power OF
wealth to sanction iniquity, and bribe
| Justice and make truth and honor bow
to their golden scepter
Misguided giaDtsl Look out for them,
In the middle Of the latter part Of the
last century no doubt there were thoue.
ands OF men In Paris and Edinburgh
and London who hated God and bias
phemed the name Of the Almighty, Bat
they did but little mischief They were
all small men, But there were giants
In those days, Who can calculate the
soul hayrc OF n Rousseau going on with
n very enthusiasm Of ,lniquity, with fiery
Imagination SELLING upon oil the lmpul'
sive natures OF his day; or David Hume
who employed his life ~ n spider EN-
ploye his summer In spinning out allken
webs TO trap the unwarv; or Voltairo
marshalling great host Of skeptlcs and
leading them out In the dark lam OF In
lldelitysor Gibbon, who showed an un
Controllable grudge against religion II
his history OF one Of The most fasclnat
| ing periods Of tho worlds existence, Thu
"Elcllne md Fall Of the Roman Elm
plre," u book In which with all the splen
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