Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-07-10
"GO FOR WARD. /"
BY REV. 5. r.. cHUBB.

every regiment, and every company,
and every individual, is the com
mand Of the great Captain. 1t is
not for us to inquire how, but our
duty is to keep pressing on and He
will see to it that the way is clear
for us To walk. Never mind the
Red Seas in front, or the fortresses
on either hand, or enemies in the
rear; keep right on and the sea shall
be dried up, or thou shalt tread the
waves till the further shore is
touched. What is stupendous or
impossible to man is child's play
for God. What the aggregate
strength Of all the millions com
bined could not do, God could easily
with His little finger accomplish.
Do you want TO see how readily
God can work? See in creation.
He wanted to light up things gen
orally, so be said-did not do any
thing by force-"Let us have some
Light" Well, what then? Why,
there vas light. lie made one lamp
for day and one for nighttime 10
make things cheerful and bright,
and those lamps are as good as ever,
proof against the seyerest storm
that ever came from the Rockies or
seaward-neyer put out--neyer can
be blown out until the one who lit
them turns them off.
So in rolling the waters together
80 in giving food to all created
things. SO it appears in all his
works. Let there be this or that
and it was, aud is so. Don't you
Christian people think He can clear
your little way when lie says For
ward? He can; lie does; He has;
He will, Courage! The God who
held back the walls of water, for
the lsraeltes to pass through, with
his two great hands, SO that not
drop trickled through or between
those Almighty fingers, can do so
for you if you will march onward.
All depends Oh this. If you won't
go forward, God won't divide seas
merely for you to look at. You
step on, and before your feet touch
the water--aud only just before 1t
mag be-God will pile them up for
YOU, aud hold them Hrmer than the
rocks.
Do you say you have so many
enemies? Well, God can make
short work with a few of those. No
trouble to Him either. See in
Sennaoherib's army; all He did was
to breathe quietly in the faces Of
2T5,o00 while they slept, and from
that divine anasthetic they never
woke any more-at least not whore
they could trouble Gods people
How easy it was done So in hosts
of cases. He set fire to Sodom and
Gommorah which ended that affair.
lie confused the builders of Babel
so they did not know what 10 call a
brick any more-ended the tower
business. Filled all the mountains
with heavenly soldlery TO rotect
the prophet aud his servant from
the Syrians. Shut the Lions mouths
for Daniel so they could not get out
a prowl even. Destroyed the heat
in the furnace for the Hebrew
youths 80 entirely there was not
enough left L. SINCE their hair.
Opened the doors in the prison,
unfettered Peter, and brought him
out so nicely that Peter himself
thought it dream; but after rub
bing his eyes and staring around
for awhile, he found he was out
and no mistake, and then went to
the prayer meeting Oh, dear
friends, go forward, and nothing
can stop you.
To 90 forward is the easiest in
Christian life. Nobody applauds
coward. The runner back is
ashamed of himself, and so he
ought to be-. We don't envy the
delights of the backsIider. One
gets tired hearing about the trials,
sorrows and tubuauons of the
Christian, as though he was the only
one who ever had any. The real
thorough child of God is the hap
piest man in the world, and is not
dependent ON the riches, sc, of
the world either. He can whistle
and sing more tunes and ofteuer
than the ungodly Ii he cannot he
ought to learn. Who would not
rather be the safely beached lsraelite
than the engulfed Egyptian-the
one coming through dry-shod, the
other washed ashore2 Who would
not rather be Obediah, the Cody
steward, than Ahab, the poor, mis-
cradle, startling king?
Was not Daniel happier, III the
den even, than Nebuchadnezzar on
his bed of elder down?
Listen; it is the night wind IN
the jan. Away of IN the inner
prison lie chained to the floor two
Cbrist;an man Their hacks must