Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-07-29

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taken for medicinal purposes by man
who twenty years before had been re-
formed from drunkenness, hurled into
iuebriety and the grave one Of the best
friends ever had. Your retreat is ydHr
victory. Here is a converted intidel.
lie is so strong now in his faith ia the
Gospel he says he can read anything.
What are you readingi Bolingbrokei
Andrew jackson Davis tractsg Tyn-
dalrs Glasgow University addressl
Drop them and run. You will be an in
fdel before you die unless you quit
that. These men of Al will be too much
for you, Turn your back on the rank
and file of unbelief. Fly before they cut
you with their swords and transfix you
with their javelins.
There are people who have been well
nigh ruined because they risked fool
hardy expedition in the presence Of
mighty and overwhelming temptations.
and the men of A made morning meal
Of them So also there is such thing
rs victorious retreat in the religious
world. Thousands Of times the kingdom
Of Christ has seemed to fall hack. When
the blood 0f the Scotch Covenanters gave
q deeper dye to the heather Of the high
lands, when the Vaudois Of France chose
determination rather than make an un-
christian surrender, when on ST, Bar
tholomew's day mounted assGssins rode
through the of Paris crying: Kill!
Blood letting is good in August! Kill!
Death TO the Huguenots! Kill" when
Lady Jane Grey's head rolled from the
executiOner's block; when Calvin was
imprisoned in the castle; when John
Knox died for the truth: when John
Bunyan lay rotting in Bedford jail, say
ing: IF God will help me and my phys
ieal life continues will stay here until the
moss grows ON my eyebrows rather than
give up my faith" the days of retreat
for the church were days Of victory.
The Pilgrim fathers fell back from the
other side of the sea 10 Plymouth Rock,
but now are marshaling a continent for the
ChriSlianizalion Of theworld. The church
Of Christ falling back from Piedmont.
falling back from Rue St. Jacques, fall
Ing back from ST. Denis. falling L4ck
form Wurtemburg castles, falling hack
from the Brussels market place YET all
the time triumphing. Notwithstanding
all the shocking reverses which the
church Of Christ suffers, what do we see
today: Three thousand missionaries Of
the cross on heather ground; sixty thou
sand ministers Of Jesus Christ in this
land; at least two hundred millions Of
Christians on the earth. All nations to-
day kindling IN blaze Of revival. Fall
ing back, yet advancing until the old
Wesleyan hymn will prove true:
The Lion Of Judah shall break the chain.
And give us the victory again AMI again!
But there is a more marked illustration
Of victorious retreat in the life uf our
Joshua. the Jesus Of the ages. First fall
ing tack from m appalling height 70 IN
appalling depth, falling from celestial
hill, o. teri, 5triul valleys LTum throne 10
manggr; yet that did no; seem To suffice
him rs a retreat. Falling hack still
further lruu Bethlehem to Nazareth,
from Nazareth 20 Jerusalem. lack
from Jerusalem tu Ga.eoJ.a, .g5.
from Gol-ugla ,o rlg mausaIapm il
the rock. lack down o.lr the
precipiyr- q. p1y'i,iu until be-
walked amid rle clY4us ui the eternal
clWiy,s. auI drank yl the wine Of the
wrath ui Mn alv Cod amid tle.Ahal
and the Jgao0u.- and the Nu.snlEzars o,
men Of the pulpit and m,noi the rew,
ClTist's descent from heaven 10 egrlh
docs not mlr ura huE the distance. Il
was from glory to pcTlitiuu, Hs de-
sccId'l into he'll. Al the record, of
earthly retreat are as nothing cgiuWrrl
with this falling hack. Nanta Anna,
with tLu Fragments I his army tElUg
over the T4wauE Of MpNic1. ana Ng.
polgan and M army rcuafiug tIu
Moscow into DO, awful SHOWS Of RUS>i1,
.rro not worthy 10 le mentioned with
tlns utrat, WHOM al the powers oi
UaIGuoF rwm go bee pursuing Christ
a. he lDll beck, GItil the body u, him who
game TO DO ,uch woHlrriul things las
pulsclJys Jud stripped, Me.hinks that
tie city Of N WHs no, so cmptisd Oi its
Inhabitants wlg0 they went 10 pursue
Joshua. ptudi.in was cmptled oi
devils when they started fOr the pursuit
ol Chris, and lie IN back and back down
lower. down lower Cllasm below chasm,
pit below liz. until be seemed To strike
the boUdnl of uhjurgation and scOrsnnd
torture. Oh, the lolg, loud, iubilunt shout
Of he'll at the defeat Of the Lord God
Almighty!
But 1T not the power Of darkness re.
ioicc quito 50 soon. Do you her that
disturbance in the tomb II Arimatheas
I hear the sheet rending! What means
that Stone hurled down the side of the
hill? Who Is this coming outi Push
him back! Che dead must not stalk in
this open sunlight O, it is cur Joshua,
Let him come ont lie comes forth
and starts for the city. lie takes tho
spear ol tbo Roman guard and points that
way Church militant marches up Ur
one side and the church triumphant
marChC5 down on the other side. And
the powers ol dnrSnas, being caught hc,
tween these raul.s Uf celestial and ter.
'festriil ynlor nothing ia left OF them
save just enough 10 illustrate the drpluI
overthrow oil hell anl oar I,.huas
eternal victory. On his hcad ha ..l tA.
CROWNS In his hand be nlI the Fcuplcrs.
40 ll feet bo all The human hcara AL
hcIe Lord, is one oi them.
LrHuA the second; Tho triumph ui the
wicked 10 short DID y6u cy5r sre m
army Ia n p1nlu! There B p5.hiug so
uncomfortable, n you l8d stood ut
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