News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25

your HOW was II with the, man who lac
such fondness for money that when he VIA,
sick he ordered basin of gold pieces to b,
brought to him, and he put his equity hand
down among the gold pieces cooliut
his hands off in them, and the rattle ant
rolling Of these gold pieces were his amuse
ment and entertainment. All, the gold anc
silver, the honors, the emoluments of thi
world are poor solace for perturbed spirit
You want something better than thi
world can give. A young Prince, when thu
children came around to play with him, re
fused to play. He said: l will play only
with Kings. And it might be supposed tina,
You would throw away all other solace befor,
this regal satisfaction, this imperial joy. W
VINO are sons and daughters of the Lord Al
mighty ought to play only with Kings
The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
But my text takes a further step and i
says: 'Go into the mountain, and fetch div,
branches, and pine branches and pain
branches" Now, the palm tree was very
much honored by the ancients. 1t had three
hundred and sixty different uses The fruit
was conserved; the sap was a beverage; the
stems were ground up for food for camels
the base of the leaves was turned into hats
and mats, and baskets; and the leaves werC
carried in victorious processions and from
the root to the top of the highest leaf Their
was usefulness. The tree grew eighty-fiv,
feet in height sometimes, and it spread broac
leaves four and five yards long; it mean
usefulness and it meant victory; usefulness
for what it produced, victory because it wa!
brought into celebrations of triumph. AnC
oh, how much we want the palm branches il
the churches of Jesus Christ at this time
A great many Christians don't amount tx
anything. You have to shove them out O
the way when the Lords chariots come along
We don't want any more of that kind Of
Christians in the church.
The old maxim says: do not put all YOU
eggs into one basket. but have to tell vol
in this matter of religion you had better give
your all TO God, and then get in yourself
'.Oh," says some one, my business is to sci
sell silks and cloths to the glory of God. AND
some one says; MY business is to raise corr
and carrots Then, my brother; raise corr
and carrots to the glory of God. And some
one says: my business is to manufacture
horse shoe nails" Then manufacture horse
shoe nails to the glory of God. There isnoth
ing for you to 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 peo
pie that are merely weeping pillows, signing
into the water. standing and adniring theil
long laShes in the CLASSY spring. No wilC
cherry, dropping bitter fruit. We want palm
for angels, something for man. | am tired
and sick of this fat tame, insipid satin slip
pered, naInby-pamby, highty-tighty religion
1t is worth nothing for this world, and it is
destruction for eternity.
Give me five hundred men and womeI
fully conSecrated to Christ, and we will take
any city for God in three years. Give m'
ten thousand men and women fully up to thu
Christian standard; in ten years ten thousand
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 Brit
aim and they wanted him to make some ex-
plorations in Africa, and they showed him al
the porils, and all the hard work, and al
the exposure, and after they had told him
what they wanted him to do i'll Africa, they
said to him: Now, Ledyard, when are you
ready to startg' He said: Tomorrow
morning." The learned men were aston
months to get ready. Well, now, you tell
me you want to be earnest for Christ; you
want to be useful in Christian service.
When are you going to begin? Oh, that you
have the decision to say: To-day, nowI'
Go now into the mount and gather thd
palm branches. But the palm
branch also meant a victory. In
all ages, in all lands, the palm branch means
victory. We are by nature the servants of
Satan. He stole us, he has his eye on us, 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 will help US;
and some day We rouse up, and we look the
black tyrant in the face, and we fly at him,
and we wrestle him down, and we put our
heel on his neck, and we grind him in the
dust, and we say, Victory, victory, through
our Lord Jesus Christ! Oh what a
grand thing it is to have sin under
foot and a wasted fife behind
our backs. BLESSED is he. whose trans
erosion is forgiven, ana whose sin. Is
covered" '!But,n says the man, II feel
go sick and worn out with the ailments of
life" You are going to be more than
But" says the man, 81
life" You are going to be moro than
II, who have so many ailments
and heartaches going to be more .,1S thai
ceited that you want to manage all the
affairs of your life yourself, instead OF
letting God manage them. Do you want
to drive and have God take Il back seati
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 physi-
clans in the next room will be talking about
what they will do for you. What difference
VIII it make what they do for you? You are
going to be well, everlasingly well. And
when the spirit has fed the body your friends
viii be talking as to where they shall bury
you W ilaG QllIerenCe does IL mako 10 you
where they bury you? The angel OF
the resurrection can pick you out
of the dust anywhere, and
all the cemeteries of the earth are in Gods
care Oh you are going to be more than
Don't you think we had better
begin now to celebrate the coming victory?
In the old meeting house at Summerville,
my father used to lead the singing, and he
had the Old-fashioned tuningfork and he
would strike it 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 we had better
be catching the pitch of the ever
lasting, song, the song OF vic
Had we not better begin the rehearsal on
earth? ''They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more; neither shall the sun light
on them, nor any heat. For the lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,
and shall lead them to living fountains of
water; and God shall wipe away all tears
from their Dyes"
City of Eternity, to thy bridal halls
From this prison would fee;
All, glory! that's for you and me.
My text brings up one step further 1t
says go forth into the mount and fetch olive
and pine branches, and myrtle
branches, and palm branches, and branches of
thick trees. Now, YOU know very well that
a booth or arbor made of slight branches
would not stand. The first blast of the tenn
pest would PROSTATE it. So then the booth
or arbor must have four stout poles to hold
up the arbor or booth and hence for the
building of the arbor for this world
we must have stout branches of thick trees.
And so it is in the Gospel arbor. Blessed be
God that we have a brawny Christianity,
not one easily upset. The storms of life viii
come upon us, and we want strong doctrine;
not only love, but justice; not only invita-
ton by warning. 1t is a mighty Gospel; it is
an omnipotent Gospel. There are the stout
Der what Mr.. Finney said in
school house in this State. The village
was so bad it was called Sodom, and it was
said to have only one good man in all the vii
lage, and he was called Lot; and Mr. Finney,
preaching, described the destruction of
Sodom, and the preacher declared that God
would rain destruction upon His hearers I'M
less they, too, repented. And the people in
the school-house sat and ground their teeth in
anger, and clinched their fists in Indignation;
but before he was through with his sermon
they got down on their knees and cried for
mercy while mercy could be found. Oh, it is q
mighty Gospel; not only an invitation, but a
an omnipotent truth, stout
branches of thick trees. Well, nv friends
branch of peace, here is the pine branch of
evergreen gospel consolation, here the palm
rec branch Of usefulness and victory, and
lere are the stout branches of thick trees,
The gospel arbor is done. The air is aromatic
# heaven. The leaves rustic with the glad
less of God Come into the arbor
vent out at different times with q
owler to the mountains to catch
'igeons; and we made our booth, and we sat
n that BOOTH and watched for the pigeons
o come, and we found fOcks in the sky, and
fter while they dropped into the net and
re were successful. SO 1 come now to the
DOR of this gospel booth and Hook out. see
locks of souls flying hither and flying thither.
Oh, that they might come like clouds and as
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