The Penn's Grove record., 1889-05-04

in the South Sea Islands; and Microne.
STA and Mvlanesia and Mslayan Polyne-
sia have been set in the crown of
Christ, and David Livingstone has
unveiled Africa, and the last bolted
gate of barbaric nations has swung
wide open to let the gospel In. What,
| ask, with a thousand Interrogation
points uplifted, can be a Ut, an appro-
pirate and sufficient, climax except it
be a world redeemedp
INVISIBLE C~oADJUToRs.
VIII. Yea, 1 believe 1t can be done
If we get prepared for 1t, because the
whole air and the whole heaven Is full
OF willing help. "Are they not all
ministering spirits sent forth?" We
make an awful mistake if we calculate
only on the forces we a see. Tit
mightiest army is in the air. My
brethren. so much of seldshness and
pride and rivalry and bad motives OF all
kinds get into our work here that we
are hindered. But the mighty souls
that have gone up to the flying armies
OF the sky have left all imperfectlon
behind; and these souls are with us.
and, without a fault and with perfect
natures, are on our side. You cannot
make me believe that, after t0iling here
for long years for the redemption of the
world, un II from exhaustion some of
them fell into their graves, they have
ceased their interest in the stupendOus
conflict now raging, or that they will
decline their help.
Irenaus Primei 1Ionored on earth
but now glorI1ed ia heaven, have you
forgotten the work toward which you
gave for more than half a century your
gracious life, your loving voice, and
your matchless penn Mol Then come
down and help. David Brainerdl
Have you forgotten the aborigiues to
whom you preached and for whom you
could preach and pray no more. lying
down d%elirIous amid the miasmas OF
the swamp Mol Then come down
and help. Moncrieff and Freeman
and Campbell! Have you forgotten
Lucknow and Cawnporep Mol Then
come down and help. i rub out of my
eyes the stupidity and unbelIef,
Elislias in the Gospel. see the noun
tains all around about are full of horse
of fire and chariots of fire; and they
head this way. lowered over are we by
CLOUDS OF WITH EssEs AND HELPERsl
Clouds o. apostles In the air led on by
PAUL. Clouds of martyrs In the air led
on by Stephen! Clouds of prophets in
the. air led on by Isaiah! Clouds Of
patriarchs in the air led IN by Abra-
ham! Clouds of ancient warriors in the
air led on by joshua; and that Bible
warrior at whose prayer astronomy
once hailed over AjalOn and Gideon
seems now to lift one hand toward the
descending sun of this century, and the
other hand toward the moon Of the last
decade, saying: ''Stand thou still till
the Church Of God gets the vlctoryl"
Then let US take what remains of
this decaIe to get ready for the final
decade of the Nineteenth century. You
and l may not live to see that decade
or may not live to see its close,
but that shall not hinder me from de-
claring the magnificent possibility. l
confess that the mistake OF my life has
been, not that | did not work hard
for l could not have worked harder
and lived. as God kn0w VS. and my
family knows-but that / have not
worked under the realization that the
salvation of this world was a nearby
possibility. But whether we see the be-
ginning or the closing of that decade is
OF no Importance, If only that decade C IN
get the coronation; and then all de-
cades shall kneel before this enthroned
decade. and ven the gray-grown cen
turtles will cast their crowns before it,
and it will be the most honored decade
between the time when the morning
stars sang together as the libretto Of
worlds was opened, and the time when
the mighty angel, ROBBED in cloud and
%garlanded in rainbow, shall, with n
foot on the land, wear by Him that
liveth forever and ever that time shall
be no longer. Allelujal Amenl