The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06

ligidua Sp'tion and then stick TO It.
though business companions scoff, aud
wits caricature, aud the air craoklss with
the fires o; riartyrdom. Surely truths IN
behalf OF which Chfist Gied, and angels
NJ Coo trooped forth, aud the whole uni i.
verse is marshaled, are worth. living for
and worth dying for. Amidst the most
uuclean things Is this stef changing
chamelsrs Ok religious theory. Away
with the reptilei God abhors it with an
all. consuming adherence.
Once morei Take TIE suggestion of the
test and drive out the snail from your
soul. God has declared 1t unclean. 1t Is
an animal to be found everywhere be-
tween the coolest north and the hottest
south, There eT6 fifteen hundred species
81 ths snail. They have no backbone,
and they are So slow that their m Dve-
ment is almost imperceptible. You see
q snail in one place to-day; go to- mor-
row apd you will q ~ Il has advanced
only a te': Inches. 1t becomes an EN-
bi EN- of the large class Of Christian peoi
pie who go to work with slowness and
sluggishpess Ma u s6hGeTtui. They are
eppped by every little obstacle, because,
like the snail, they have no backbone.
Oilers mount upon ea2le's wings, but
they go at a snail's pace.
o child Of God. atousei We have
apc'hensi4ed Trudente and Caution long
enough Prudence is beautiful grace,
but OF oil the family Of Christian graces
I like her the least for she has been
married ~ "fter 20 t.aliness, Siotn anu
Stupidity. We have a million idlers ia
the Lords vineyard, who pride them
selves GA their prudence. "Bs prudent, "
says the disciples TO Christi ..epd stag
awet trohi jerusalem;" but He went
"Be prudent" said Paul's friends, land
look out for what you say to Felix" but
he Numbered away .nt!i tie rulers
trses Knocked together. In the eyes OF
the world the most impruIent men that
ever lived were Martin Luther md John
Odcasuo. and Weslty, aud Knox
ny opinion Is that the most impru-
dent and reckless thing is to stand
STILL 1t is we'll to hear our
Commanders voice when lie says
"Hall" but quite as important to hear it
when He says "Forwardi" This Gospel
sbir made 10 pillow the sea at fifteen knots
an hour, is not making three: Sometimes
1t Is most prudent to ride your horse
slowly and piek ont the way for his feet,
and not strike him with the spurs; but
when band of Shoshone Indians are
after you in full tilt, the most pruden
thing fur you to do is to plnn9e in the
towels and put your horse to full run,
shouting: go 'longW until the Rocky
mountains echo it. The fo,s of God are
pursuing us. The world, the fl ssh and
the devil are after us; and our wisust
course is to go ahead at swiftest speed
When ths Church OF God gsts to adj
WATCHING too Fast it will be time enough to
use ftution. No need of putting on the
brakes while going UP hill 10 not let us
sit down waiting fdr something ito turn
up" but go ahead iii the name of God
and turn it up. The great danger to the
Church now is not sensation, but stagna.
ton. Oh that the Lord God would send a
host of aroused and consecrated men to
set the Church on fire and TO turn the
world upside down. Let us go to work
and catch the last snail in our souls.
With hiyihe vehamence let Us stamp its
lie out, for my text declares: "These
also shall be unclean to you among
the creeping things that creep upon
the earth; the chameleon and the snail"
l have thus tried to prejudice these
Christian men and women against gloom
mess, and SANDER, and half land half ex-
| periences, and sloth. Our opportunities
for getting better are being rapidly swal-
lowed 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 it be
eternally too late! Whatsoever thy
hand fiudeth to do do itp