Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
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the text, ano drive out the snail from
your soul. God has declared it un-
clean. II is an animal TO be found
everywhere between the coolest north
and the hottest south. There are ff-
teen hundred species of the snail.
They have no backbone, and they are
No slow that their movement is
almost imperceptible. You see a
snail in one place today. 90 tomorrow
and you will find il has advanced only
a few inches. 1t becomes an emblem
of that large class Of Christian people
who 90 TO work with a slowness and
sluggishness that is wonderful. They
are stopped by every little obstacle,
because, like the snail, they have no
backbone. Others mount up on
eagles wings but they 60 at a snail's
pace.
THE coUsINsAIP OF PRUDENCE, LAzI-
NESS, sLoTH AND STUPIDITY.
Oh, child Of God, arouse! We have
apotheosized Prudence and Caution
long enough. Prudence isa beautiful
grace, but of all the family OF Chris
tan graces | like her the least, for she
has been married SO often 10 laziness,
Sloth and Stupidity. We have a mil
lion oilers in the Lords vineyard who
pride themselves on their prudence.
BE prudent" said the disciples TO
Christ, 'and stay away from Jerusa-
lem;" but he went. BE prudent"
said Paul's friends, land look out for
what you say TO Felix" but he thun-
dered away until the rulers knees
knocked together. In the eyes Of the
world, the most %imprudent men that
ever lived were Martin Luther,
and John 0ldcastle, and Wes-
ley and Knox. My opinion
is that the most %imprudent and reck-
less thing is TO stand still. II is well
TO hear our Commanders voice when
he says HALT" but quite as important
to hear it when he says Forward"
This Gospel ship, made to pillow the
sea at fifteen knots an hour, is not
making three. Sometimes il is most
prudent TO rid, your horse slowly and
and pick out the way for his feet, and
not strike him with the spurs; but
when a band Of Shoshone Indians are
after you in full tilt the most prudent
thing for you to do is 10 plunge in the
rowels and put your horse 10 a full
run, shouting: Go long, until the
Rocky Mountains echo il, The foes of
God are pursuing us. The world, the
flesh and the devil are after us; and
our wisest course is TO go ahead al
swiftest speed.
When the church Of God gets TO ad.
vancing too fast il will be time
enough TO use caution. No need of
putting on the brakes while going up
hill. Do not let US sit down waiting
for something ito turn up" but go
ahead in the name Of God and turn il
up. The great danger TO the church
now Is not sensation but stagnation.
Oh that the Lord God would send a
host OF aroused and consecrated men
10 set the church on fire aud TO turn
the world upside down. Let us 90 to
work and catch the last snail in our
souls. With divine vehemence let us
stamp its life out, for my text declares:
These also shall he unclcan TO you
amoug the creeping things that
creep upon the earth: the cha
meleon and the snail" | have
thus tried 10 prejudice these Chris.
tian men and women against gloomi-
ness. and slander. and half-and.half
experiences. and changeableness, and
sloth. Our opportunities for getting
better are being rapidly swallowed up
in the remorseless past. This golden
Sabbath is about TO drop out Of the
calendar. This moment may we drive
out all the unclean things from our
souls-the vulture, and the bat and
the owl, and the chameleon, and the
snail; and in place thereof bring in
the Lamb Of God and the Dove OF the
Spirit The case is urgent. Arouse,
before il be eternally too latel What
soever thy hand 1ndeth TO do, do itr'