The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-22

to destroy him that had the
power Of death-that 10 the devil. =
And nom the way Christ drove the devil out
OF those poesessed by him until he was glad
to hide under the bristles OF the swine Of
Gadara and from other violent ejectmenta,
million-fold mightier than the diabolic. The
old lion Of death shall 60 down under the
stroke and roar of the "Iion Of Judnh'R
tribe" Yea, my text shows that Satan was
compelled to report to the Almighty and
give account of himself When God said to
to answer. What means that scripture
whichsays that Christ shall bruise the SER
pent's head? Ifyou have ever killed q snake
the passage ought to b plain to You. You
ace this old serpent, the devil, has crawleti
across the nations, poisoning whole genera
tions and leaving its trail on everything; but
after a while it will be corneyed, and Kissing
and writhing in rage and with crest lifted
cnd forked tongue shot out it will make a
final attack on Christ, and Christ will adj
vance upon It, and lifting up his om-
nipotent foot, that foot strong enough to
crush q world, lifting that foot right over the
head of the reptile, viii put down his heel with
a crushing power that halileave the monster
bleeding and mashed, never to hiss again or
bite again, or shake his old rattle again.
Thank God he has already received stun
ming blow. Hear you not the rumbling of the
Christian printing presses, and the whirling
of the gospel chariot wheel? As many souls
have been added to the Christian church in
the last 30 years as in the previous Is CEN
turies, and that ia a ratio Of increase acclaim
atory with gladness. The kingdom is coming,
and am so sure of it that do not propose
to fret and worry because it has not already
come, may jump to get on q boat that is
going of, but do not propose to jump for q
boat that is coming in. The sharp attacks
of infidelity and sin are good sign that
especial blessing is coming in showers over
all the earth. Flies bite sharp just before
rain.
II we do not see the full consumation our
children will see it In the time of the French,
Revolution great procession ofboys carried
through the street banner with the inscrip.
ton, .'Tremble, tyrants; we shall grow up!"
Though we may fail to do our duty there is q
rising generation being gospelized and COM
Sabbath schools and Christian homes who
might properly have on their banners,
"Tremble, We powers of darkness and sin; for.
we are growing upl" We may not amount
to much in ourselves, but If we put ourselves
in the right place We can do great exploits
Two put under two make only four; but
placed beside two make %. Yet what you
and most need is power to drive back this
Apollyon, this Asmodeus, this Ahrimades
our hearts and lives. And we can do it not
by our own strength but by divine power of
forded, for here is passage emblazoned
with encouragement which says: "Resist the
devil and he will flee from YOU" Remember
it is no sin at all to be tempted. The best and
the mightiest have been tempted. Milton
describes toad squat at the ear of Eve.
The sin is in surrendering. Do not feel SO Sc
cure in yourself as to think you cannot be-
overthrow. How do you account for the
fact that there are SO many old men in Sing
Sing and Auburn and the other penitentiaries
serving out their, protrosted sentences for
frauds committed in mid-life or advanced
ages, although their early life had been good,
and nothing had been suspected of them
until at so or 60 years of age the whole land
was struck dumb at their forgery or embez-
element. The clock in the steeple of old Trim
ity Church striking the hours did not remind
the recreant Wallstreeter OF the passage of
time that would soon bring exposure to and
doom. The explanation is that Mephisto-
pheles, Apollyon, Satan got in his work at
that tiMe. The nan was not naturally bad,
He was as good as any OF you are, but Sa-
tan with whole battalions efinferlals sYooped
upon him unawares Look out for the
wiies Of the devils, not only those Of you
Old outside of God you are not safs mo-
ment. But yield not to DISAGREEMENT.
If we put our trust in God our best days are
yet to come-days of victory, days of song,
days of heaven, and the best days of the
cause Of righteousness in all the earth are vet
to come. As the 10, 900 men of Xenophon's
army when they came to the top of Mount
Theches and saw the waters on which they
were to sail to their homes, the soldiers with
clapping hands and waving banners all to-
gether shouted: "The sea, the sea!' So We
today, in our march toward our heavenly
home, come up to the top of the mountain
of holy anticipation and look off upon
oceans of light and oceans of glory and
oceans ofjoy; and thrilled as we have never
been thrilled before we clap our hands and
wave our gospel ensigns and cry one to an
re-echoing heavens: s'The sea, the seal"