Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-27

III luis ume! a great many Chrlstlan
DON'T amount to anything. You have [,
shove them out of the way when III,
Lords chariotg come along. We don
want any more Of that kind Of Christian
in the church.
The old maxim says: "Do not put nj
your t-rs into one basket" but | have &c
tell you n this matter of religion you had
better give your all to God, and then &c,
IN yourself. "Oh," says some one. my
business is 10 sell silks and cloths" Well,
then, my brother, sell silks and cloths to
tne glory Of God. And some one says.
My business IS 10 raise corn and car
rots.' Then, my brother, raise corn and
carrots TO he glory Of God. And some
one says: my business is to manufac
ture horse shoe nails" Then manufac-
lure horse shoe nails to the glory of God.
There is nothing for you 10 do that you
ought to do but for the glory Of God.
Usefulness is typified by the palm tree.
All, we don't want in the church any
more people that are merely weeping
willows, signing into the water, standing
and admiring their long lashes in the
CLASSY spring. No wild cherry, dropping
bitter fruit. We want palm trees, hold
ing something for God, something for
angels, something for man. ! am tired
and sick Of this fiat, tame, insipid, satin
slippered, namby-parnby, highly tightly
religion, l, is worth nothing for thi.
world. and il is destruction for eterritv.
Give me 500 men and women fully
consecrated to Christ, and we Will take
any city for God in three years. Give
me 10, 600 men and women fully up 10
the (NhFigfion esop1arl. - 20, aorc
D 1000 OF them would take the whole
earth for God. But when are we going
to begin?
Ledyard, the great traveller, was
brought before the Geographical Society
of Great Britain, and they wanted him TO
make some explorations in Africa, and
they showed him al the perils, and all
the hard work, and ali the exposure, and
after they had told him what they
wanted him to do in Africa, they said TO
him: Now, Ledyard, when are you
ready TO start?" He said. Tomorrow
morning" The learned men were as
tonished; they thought he would take
weeks or months to get ready. Well,
now, you tell me you want to be earnest
for Christ; you want 20 be useful in
Christian service. When are you 60
ing to begin? Oh, that you have the
decision to say, To-day, now Go
now INTO the mount and gather the
palm branches. But the palm branch
also meant victory. In all ages, in all
lands the palm branch means victory.
We are by nature the servants of Satan.
lie stole us, he has his eyes on lis, he
wants to keep us The word comes from
our father that if we will try to break
loose from this doing Of wrong our father
viii help us; and some day we rouse up
and VT look The black tyrant III the face
and We fly at him, and we wrestlc him
down, and we put our heel or his neck
and we grind him in the dust, and We
say: Victory, victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ! Oh, what "a grand thing il
IS to have SIN under foot and a wasted
life behind our backs. blessed is he
tr|anscression is forgiven and
sin is covered" But" says the
man, Il feel so sick and worn out with
be more thsn cOnqueror. But" says
sued in life" You are going 10 he more
than conqueror. -, who ave SO many
ailments and heartaches, going to be
ulVlC luhu tCIQEGIOI 1cS, uu4tsS |
you are s. self conCeited you want TO
manage al the affairs of your life your
sell instead Of letting God manage them.
you want 20 drive and have God take
a back seat? Oh, no, you say, | want God
to be my leader. Well, then, you will be
more than conqueror. Your last sickness
will come, and the physicians in the next
room will be talking about what they
mill 10 fAr lNIa4 l,Ga.n-,na ,,,11 |
It make what they do for you? You are
TO be well, everlastingly well. And
the spirit has fled the body your
will be talking as TO where they
shall bury you. What difference does it
to you where they bury you? The
angel Of the resurrection can pick you
)ut OF the dust anywhere, and all the |
cemeteries Of the earth are in Gods care.
On you are going TO be nor than cen
lueror. Don't you think we had better
now to celebrate the coming vic.
In the old meeting house at Sum
nerville, my father used to lead the sing
.ng, and he had the old fashioned tuning
fork, and he would strike ii upon his
knee, and then put the tuning fork to
his ear to catch the right pitch and start
the hymn. But, friend, don't you think
had better be catching the pitch Of
he everlasting song, the song Of victory
we shall be more than cosquerors? |
Had we not better begin the rehearsal on
They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall the
light on them, nor any heat. For
the lamb which is in the midst of the
shall feed them, and shall lead
hem to living fountains OF water; and
God shall wipe away all tears from their
City OF Eternity. to thy bridal halls
From this prison would ] flee:
All, glory tGat's for you and me.
My text brings me up one step further.
It ssTs. go forth into the mount and
, We branches, and pine branches,
and myrtle branches, and palm branches,
branches Of thick trees. Now, you
t. y very well that a booth or arbor
d. .uo Of slight branches would not stand. |
The first blast of the tempest would pros
rate it. So then the booth or orbor
must have four stout poles to hold up the
arbor o booth; and hence for the build
ing Of the arbor for this world we mus
have stout branches of thick trees. And
80 it is in the gospel arbOr. Blessed be
God that we have a brawny Christianity,
II easily upset. The storms or life
will come upon US. and we want S,c0r2
doctrine; not only love, but justice; MOI
only invitation hut warning. 1t is a
pOeDRl: il is an OmnipO'cnt COS