Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-02

1 AErrlu Nalc EtADffNs u
| wicked Il short DID you ever see anarmy j
a panic. There is nothing 50 uncomfortable
| II Won had stood al Long Branch, Washing
\ ton during he optnifig of our sad civil wa
you wtsuId know what Il is to scr on army
run And when those men Of Al looked on
and saw these men Of Joshua IN stan
1 petie they expected easy work. fbel
| would scatter them IS the equinox the leaves
| o, the gIe,.fnl and ubilant descent of the me-
| Of Al upon the men Of JoshBai But their ex
hilerntion was brief. for the tide Of BATH
/ turned and these quondam ronquerers iti
their miserable raFrBssss IN the wilderness O
| BethRren- So Il always is. The triumph q
| the wiekesIis short. You make 100000 q
the gaming table Do you expect To keep II
Yon will die In the pooFhonse lou made
/ fortune By inquitous traffic. DO You exisc
To keep ST. Your money win SCATTER. or !
will stay long enough TO curse your ehildrei
after you are dead Cab over the roll of bnl
men who proeIsered and see how short wa
| their prosperity. For a while like the men Q
| Al they went from conquest. bat after a Will
disaster rolled back Upon them aud they Ner
divided into thre parts; misfortune tool
| their properly. the grave took their body
and the lost world took their soul.
am always interested in the building Of thea
ters aud the building Of dissiPating saloons
] like 20 have them built % the best GRANT,
aud have the ROOMS made large and To hay'
| the pillars made very firm. God Is going q
conquer them and they win be turned iRt'
asylums, and art gallaries and churches
| The stores in which frandulent maa do bussi
ness, the sI,lendid bankingins wher
/ the president and cashier pat all theirprapert,
into their wives bnn,is and then fail for 5000
0Oe-all these institutions areto hecOme tn
/ places where honest Christian men do business
How long will it take your boys 10 se
through your iiisotieB gains7 The wicke,
| do not live out half their days. For Will
| they awasrer and strut and make a grea
| splash in the newspapers. but after Shl'
| IL all iNindles down into a brief paragraph
"Died suddenly. July %. 1883, at 30 year
| Of age Relatives and friends Of the family
| are invited - attend the funeral on Webnes
day. AT ? o'clock. from his late residence o,
| Madison square. lnterment at Greenwood.
Some Of them jumped OF the docks
Some Of them took prussic acid Some o
\ them fell under the snap Of a Derringer pistol
Some of them spent their last days IN a luna
tic asylum. Where are William Tweed ans
his associates? Whep are ksteham anc
Swartwuut, obseondiag swindlers2 Where i
James Fisa, the hberiincf Where Is Johr
Wilkes Booth. the assassin. and all the otht1
misdsmeanauts7 The wicked do not hive ou
half their days. Disembogue, o world o
darkness Come up. llildehrand and Henry
H. and RoleSpierre. and with blister
lng anu bthrpNet1thS anu ttfIts'n uls Ntro cut
s'The triumph of the wicked IL short" Ala,
for the men Of Al when Joshua stretches ou
his spear toward the ethyl
Lesson the third: How much may be ae
eomplisbed by lying in ambush for oppor
, tnnities Are you hyperCritiral Of Joshaai
vancouver? Do you say that IL WIS cheating
for him to take that city hy ambuscsIie'
Was IL wrong for Washington to kindl.
cnmpiircs ON New Jersey heights. giving tb'
impression to the opposing force that ;
gfvat army eucanPed there when there wa
none AZ aIl7 answer. ifthe war was nigh
then Joshua was right in his siraia;cem. II,
Yiulate,l no flag of truce. lie broke ~
treaty. but by lawful ambUscade captures
the rity OF Al. Oh, that We all knew how q
lie IN ambush for opportunities tU save God
Ths bsst Of our opportunities do not lie oI
the surface. but are ssrrets7l; by tact. b.
straiaEs by Christian ambusca,ley you may
take almost any castle sc sin for Christ
Come up toward men with a neghlnr beseige
ment of argument md you viii I've defeated
but just whit until the door Of their hearts i
81 ajar. or they aTe of their guard, or theil
severe caution II away from home, and th"i
drop in on them from a Christian ambuscasle
There has been many man up to bis chin IL
scicntifc portfolios which proved there wa:
no Christ and no divine reysIatiOn, his pen q
scimetar flung into the heart Of theological
opponents who. nevertheless. has bcen die
comfted aud captured for God 10y some it'll,
3-year- old ciiild who has got up and put hel
SNOW y arms around his sinewy neck, ans
asked come simple question about God ant
heaven.
Oh, make a flank movement; steal q mGrCt
ON the devil: cheat the man into heaven. 4
5-,lollar treatise that will stand all the law
Of homileties may filil TO do that which pan
ny Tract Of christian entrcaty may HorGm
plish. oh, for more Christians in ambuscade,
not lying IN idlansss, hut waitinl
for quick spring. whiting until just th'
right time comes. DO not talk TO o maj
about the vanity Of this world on the da,
when he has bought SOMETHING at "i2'' aHC
j. going to sell IL at 'i5." But talk 10 hin
about the vanity Of the world on the dal
when be has bought something ut us" AMI
IL compellssi 10 sell AT 'sI2" Do not rub
mans disposition the wrong way. DO not
takethe imperative mood when the subjunc
tive mood will do just az we'll DO not
talk in lerfervid ST she ia q plsSmatie mol
try TO tickle torrid temperament With al
ieicie. You ran take any man for Christ j
700 kRoNshow 20 get at him Do not sent
word TO him that tomorrow OF 10 1'eloel
you propose TO open your batteries upon
him, but come on him by skillful, preseYer
ing, God-directed aml'ussadr.
Lesson the fourth: The Importance o
taking good aim. There Is Joshua, but hoN
arc those people in ambush up yondrr q
know when they are to stop thsir fight iaBc
adyance9 There must be some siglis-a sigma
to stop the one division and start the other
Joshua with a spear. on which were ordinarily
hung the cOlor- If battle, points toward th,
city lie stands in such % conspicuous posi-
ton, and there Is - much Of the morning
light dripping from that speartip, that al
around the horizon they see il. II WAS q,
much as to say: There Is the city. Take il
Take IL now. Roll down from the west. Surg
up from the north. IL II Uurs, the city of Al.
God knows and we know that a great deal o
Christian attack amounts &c nothing simply
because We do not take good aim. Nobody
knows, and We do not know ourselves. whicl
point we want to take. when we ought e
make up our minds what God will have to do
and point our spear Ia that direction an,
then huri our body, mind, soul, time. eternity
at that one target. In our pulpits, und psws
and Sunday schools and prayer meetings W
want to get a reputation for saying prett,
thinss, aud So We point our spear toward th'
flowers: or we want a reputation for sayini
| sublime things, and we point our spear 20
ward the stars; or we want 20 get NJ
putatiOn for historical knowledge, and
we point our spear toward tn
past; or we want to get ryputa
tion for great hbeTality. SO we swing oul
spear all around, and il strikes all points o
Auf hofhhths bu NtAh Hmm bNH " y
whatever you please: while there is the old
world, proud, rcbellious ind armed against
OH righteousness; and instead drumming aBl
further away from its pursuit, We ought, {,
turn around. plant our foot in the strength
Of the eternal God. lift the old cross aus
point II in the direction Of the worlds con
quest til the redeemed Of earth marching uJ
FROM one side and the glGrijsd Of HEAVIER
| marching down from the other side. the last
| battlement Of sin is compelled 10 swing on
| the steamers Of Emanuel. Oh, Church OF God
take aim andconqner.
I have heard il said Look out for a NAV
who has only one idea. he is irresistible"
say: Look out for the man who has one idea
and that a determination for Euui-sayiB,s
l believe God would strike me dead il dap.t
10 point the spear in any other direction
oh, for sOIue Of the courage and enthusiasm
of Joshua. He flung two armies from the tiy
Of that spear. IL j. sinful for us 10 rt'st un
less IL u TO get stronger muscle and
fr,~lBer brain and purer heart for Gods
work. feel on my head the hands Of Chris
| in new ordination. DO yon not feel thu
same oninipUtent pressure? There II a worl
| for all Of ms. oh, that We might stand Of
side by eide and point the spear toward IN
city. II ought 60 be taken. II win bc taken
Our cities are drifting ON toward loose M
lision or what is called Liberal Christian
ity,' which Is 80 liberal thai it gives up al
| the cardinal doctrines Of tho Bible. 80 liberia
that IL surrenders the rectitude OF the throni
Of The Almighty. That is libeTality with
Vengeance. Let US beside upon the worl
whirh we. Christian men. have ~ do, and. il
tlie strength of God. go to work aud do IL
II Is comparatively easy tokeep on parad
amid shower Of bouquets aBd handicap
Ping. and the whole street fun Of enthusiasts
Iuzzas; bus IT is not 80 sasy To stand mp u
the day If battle the face blarkcned Witl
smoke. tite uniform covered with the eaTtl
IjOugbe'l up hy whizzing bullets and burst
ing shells, bali the regiment cut 20 pieces
md yet the commander CRYING "ForWar,
march, Then il requires old-fhshioned val
or. My friends. the great trouble Of tn
kingdom of God in this day il the towards
They do spleHjitily on "A parade day, and a
the communion. when they have on thei
leet clothes Of Christian profession; but psI
them out in the great battle Of life. at tn
first sharIsshooting OF skspticism they dodge
they fall back, they break ranks. We con
front the entmy, We open the battle agains
ffnud and lOl We find on our sid. a rfF,t