Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-12

TIA time sFerE - - .oeik tAe SAY Tie word
treats tA<a They ara - tired. and t2ef
are so Asass=d. xad taey are 81 tsIapded,
when ElsaEer al rot thiak whether oe
bad = hand, or Al sEEn o. foot Al as
wanted wss slerory-
We sse hns nsn forget themselves Ia
worldly achievements We aave often seen
nsea whs IN order 70 achieve worldly sac-
Cess viii forget all physical fatigue aud all
snneyanes ald eli obstacles. just after
the battle OF Yorktown. IN the American
Eeyola utica, = musician, wounded. MAS tod
lie muzs have his limits aRputated. and
they we're about 70 tastsn him 60 the sur
geon's tAbie-t0r Il was lsas bsiore tie
nlercifui discovery OF aEzasthe.ieS lie
said, ''Na. deaf fastsn me 10 that table:
ges me violin" A violin was brought 70
him and he said. "Ssy go 10 work as be-
gin TO play" and for forty minutes. duFiag
the awful pznss cf amputaSion, he moved
not . muscle nor dropped . note while 10
played some swees tune Oh. In Is not
strange that with the music Of the Gospel
Of Jesus Christ and with this grand march
Of the church ailitans on the way 70 be-
come the church triumphant. we cannot
forgss ourselves znd forget AL pang aud
all sorrow and all persecution and al per
turbAEion,
rHk ENDURANCE or HEROIC MEN.
We know what men accomplish under
worldly opposition Men do not shrink
back for antAgoaism or for hardship. You
have admired Prescott's "Coaquast Of
McKee," a. brilliant and beautiful a his
tory as was ever written; bus soma OF you
may not know under what Disadvantages
10 was wri,s<n-that Conquest Of Mexic .
for Prescott was totally blind. and he hid
two pieces OF wood parallel To each other
fastened. a.d totally blind. with his pen
between those pieces of wood he wrote, the
stroke against one piece OF wood telling
how Tar the pen must 10 in ono way, the
stroke against the other piece Of wood tell
ing how Tar the pen must 60 In the other
way. Oh, how much men will endure for
worldly knowledge and for worldly success.
and yet how little we endure for Jesus
ChrisA How many Christians there ara
that GO around saying, "Oh. my hand, my
hand, my hurt hand: don't you see there
Il blood on the hand, and there is blood on
the swordy while Eleaxar. with the hilt
tmhedded in the flesh Of his right hand,
does not know It
Must b carried to the skies
On dowcry beds OF ease,
While otherx fought to win the prize
Or sailed through bloody seasr
What have we suffered in comparison
with those who expired with suffocation,
or were burned. or were chopped to pieces
for the truth'z sakef We talk Of the per-
secution OF olden times There is just as
much persecution going on now in various
ways In ls49. Ia Madagascar. eighteen
men were put to death for Christ's sake.
They were to be hurled over the rocks. and
before they werc hurled over the rocks, In
order to make their death the moro dread
full in anticipation. they were put in bas-
kets and swung to and fro over the preci-
pice that they might see how many hun
dred feet they would have to be dashed
down. and while they were swinging in
these baskets over the rocks they sang:
| jesus, lovere my soul,
| Let NE to Thy bosom fly.
| While tho pillows near as roll
| While tho tempest still Is high.
| Then they were dashed down to death |!
| Oh, how much others have endured for
Christ, and how little we endure for Christ!
| We want to ride to heaven in Pullman
sleeping car, our feet on soft plush, the bed
made up early so we can sleep all the way
the black porter OF death TO wake US up
only in time To enter the golden city. We
want all the surgeons to fix our hand up
let them bring on all the lint, and all tho
| bandages, and all the salve, for our hand Is
hurt, while Eleazar does not know his
band Is hurt. His hand cIaye unto the
sword"
As 1 look at Eleaxsr's hand come to the
conclusion that he has done a great deal of
hard hitting. am not surprised when l
see that these four men-Eleazar and his
three conpanioas-droye back the army of
Philisrines that Eleazar's sword clave to
his hand, for every time he struck an
enemy with one end of the sword the other
end OF the sword wounded him, When he
| took hold Of the sword the sword took hold
OF him. On. we have found an enemy who
cannot be conquered by rose water and soft
speeches. II must be sharp stroke and
straight thrust There is in:ernperance,
and there is fraud, and there is gambling,
. and there II lust, and there are ten thou
sand battalions Of inlguity. armed Pnilis-
I tine iniquity. How are they to he captured
and overthrownf Soft sermons in mcroc-
CO cases laid down in trout of an exquisite
audience will not do it. You have got TO
call things rs their right names.
IMPERATIVE SEED OF Az AWAKENING.
We have got to expel from our churches
Christians who eat tho sacrament on Sun
day and deyour widows houses all the
week We lave got to stop our indigna-
ton against the Hlttites and the Jebusites
aud the Gergishites, and let those poor
wretches 60. and apply our indignation 20
the modern transcressions which need TO
Re dragged out aud slain. Ahabs here.
! Herods here. Jezebels hero. The nlxssa-
ere OF the infants here. Strike for God so
hard that while you slay the sin the sword
/ will adhere TO your own hand. l tell you,
my friends, we want q few John Knoxes
aud John Wcsleys in the Christian church
today. The whole tendency In to refine on
Christian work. We keep on refining on
IL until we send apologize word to iniquity
we are abous to capture it. And we must
4 go with sword silver chased and presented
/ by the ladies', and we must ride on white
palfrey under embroidered housing, pitt
tipg the spurs in only just enough To MAKE
| the charger dance gracefully. and then we
rsnst send a massive. delicate az weddiL =
card, to ask the old black giant OF sin II be
| will not surrender.
Women saved by the grace OF God and
1 on glorious mission sent, detained from
! Sabbath classes because their pew hat Is
! not dcae. Churches that shook our cities
with great revivais sending around to ssk
some demons,rative worshiper IL be will
rot please to SAP ''anen" aud "halialuja y
little softer Il seems az IL in our
churches we wanted a baptism Of cologne
end balm Of a Thousand Towers. when We
| actually need baptism OF IRE from the
! lord God of Penteoost- But we are 81
/ afraid somebody will criticise our sermons,
or critieise oar prayers. or oriticise cur re.
/ ifzioas work that our anxiety for the