Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-10-31

bedded in the hesh OF his right haa1, dos
not know it.
Must be carried 70 the skies
On fowery beds Of case. |
While OTHERS fought to win the pl.ze |
Or sailed through bloody seas
What have we suffered in comparison
with those who expired with suffocation, or
were burned, or were chopped ID pieces for
the truths sake We talk Of the persecution
Of o!den times. There is just as much perso-
cution going on now in various ways. In
lS49, in Madagascar. eighteen men We're put
to death for Cnrists sake. They were 10 be-
hurled over the rocks, and before they were
hurled over the rocks, in order to make their
death the more dreadful in anticipation,
they were put in baskets and swung To an
tro over the precipice that they might see
how many hun1rei feet they would have II
be dashed down, and while they wera swing
ing in these baskets over the rocks they
sang:
Jesus, lover OF my sou.
Let me to Thy bosom ny.
While the pillows near m ro4.
While the tempest still Is h!gh.
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 a Pullman sleep
ing-car, our feet OH soft plush. the bel male
up early SO We can sleep all tne way, the
black porter of death to wake Us up only in
time to enter the golden citv. We want all
the surgeons to fix our hand 10. Let them
bring on all the lint, and all the bandages.
and all the salve, for our hand is hurt, while
EleaZer does not know his han shurt. His
hand c.ave unto the sword"
AS | look at Eleazar's han | coma to the
conclusion that be- has done a great deal of
hard hitting. | am not SURPRISED when /
see that these four men -E!eazar and his
three companlons-drove back the army OF
Philistines'tha Eleazar's sword clave to his
hand, for every time he struck an enemy
with one end OF the sword the other III OF
the sword wounded him. Wnen he took
hold OF the sword the sword tooS hold 0.
him. Oh, we have found an enemy who
cannot be conquered by rose water and soft
speeches. 1t must be SHARP stroke and
straight thrust. There is inten 10 rance. end
there Is. fraud, ami there is ganohng. AMI
there is lust, and there are ten thousand
battallOns OF lnlQuity, armed Phil!stine
lniquity. bow are they to be captures and
overthrowns Soft sermons in morocco
cases laid down ia front OF an exquisite au IL
ence will not do it. 1oa have got tdScail
things by their right names.
We have got to expel from our churches
Christians who eat the sacrament GA Sun
day and devour widows houses all the week.
We have got to stop our indignation against
the Hittites and the Jebusites aud the Ger
glshltes, and let those poor wratcaes go. ant
apply our Indignation to the molern trans
ACoSioIAo AAC 1CSdB Dc vi dSe-i tlI al
slain, Ahabs here. Herods here. Jez .oals
here. The massacre of thu infants here.
Strike for God 50 hari that while You say
the sin the sword will alhera to Your owa
hand. l tell you. my friends, we want a
few John knoxes AMI John Wesleys in the
Christian church today. The whole ten
dency is to refine Oh Christian work. We
keep on refining on it until W. send apollo
getic word to inlquity we are about to cap
ture it. And we must 60 with sword silver
chased and presented by the ladies', and We
must ride on white patfrey un Ter emDroil
cred housing, putting the spurs only lust
enough to make tie charger dance grtc.
fully. and then We must send a rlisslve, dali
cate as a wedding earl, t. ask tue Old blaci
giant o. SIN if he will no. s%urrenie~.
Women saved by the grace Of Goi and ol
glorious mission sent. detained from Sabbath
classes because their new nat is not done
Churches that shook our cites vita great
reHlvals sending around to ask some demon
strative worsnlper ii he will not please to say
amen and "haileinjaa' a little softer. 1t
seems as il IN our churches we wanted a
baptism OF cologne ami balm Of a thousand
flowers, when we actually nee 3 baptism of
fire from the Lord Col o.. P-atAcoS. But
We are SO afraid somebO ~ Will ~CriticlSe our
sermons, or crlticise our prayers, Or %criticisa
our religious worA that Que anxiety for tue
worlds redemption is lost il the fear we will
get our hand hure. while Eleazlr went int
the conflict, And his han cave unto the
sword
But | see in the next pace what a hard
thing IL was for Eljaz II to gee his hand ami
his sword parted. Tho ,naseles and the sin
ews had been 50 Ions grAspei arouul the
sword he could not drop 1t wlan lie proposed
to drop it, and his three comrades. | suppos5.
came up aud tried - hep him. and tnay
tathed the back part 0. the hand. hoping
the sineNs and muscles woutt relax But
no. his hani caNe unto the sword.
lhen they tried II pu.i open til fingers an /
To pul back the ttutnU. but 10 sooner wer-
they pulled back than they c.osed a-aln,
and his hand ciave unto,th- sword. But
after a willie they We're successful. then thay
noticed that the curve IN the palm of the
hand correspon lei eSact.y With tl@ cary
of the hllt. His hand ciaye uuto tneswor1.
You and | have seen 1t many a time.
There sra In the Unite / States tc-lay MANY
aged ministers OF the Gosp=l. They are too
feeble now to preach. In th- church records
the word opposita their name Is 'euler-
titus, or the words are, a minister wlthour
charge They were an heroln race Tuey
had small salaries ami but .ey books. and
they swan spring fresh-ts t. lnea1- their ap-
continents. But they did III tleir day i
mighty worE for God. They TOOK o. more a.
the heads Of Philistine iniquity than vou could
count from noon to sundoHn You pm tina
ola minister Or the Gospel now INTO 4 PRAYER
meeting. or occasional pulpit. o. a SD,
room where there is solne one t. h4 ra-nfa---
81. ana II Is the SANE oai ring II his VI. y.
and the same old story II mar ioa aua ! aaca
and Christ and hea.-n HIS hanl ha- "a
ionc ciutched the ~n.t.i IN Christian q Ill
he cannot drop i. lis kaut ciavr nuto
the sword
had IL my rari>a u Paila ieipa.a a v-ry
aged man. wEo IN h> early life ha ben thu
companion and adviser u tee earlv pr-s.-
dents. Nadison AMI Nou-oe. He baf
"ieidei vast influence. hui | onlr kr.e4 bln
asa very aged man. IL~ mos remarkable
thing about him was tbs ar!o. far hrs,
NheT@he could not Stani up ii the meeting
without pTopoln- he w1ui throw his arms
around a pillar Of tbs church, alf thaira
MS m.ui YVES partially c0ac hs iav- :o-
1EE.st was 81 great tlat all We're IN de-a r..
sp+ct ami profound admiration. and w--,
moved when he spps- was called t. -.
him die. | entered the room. ant he -ait.
Mr. iainage. / cannot speak 70 vou now >
ne was IN a very pleasant delir3gal, a, La
Z imagined he had an audience. before hlr1
he Sald, 4 must te.! tEesa pa3p!e II come
I" onrist and prepare for heaven And
Then III this pleasant ielirIum. both arm,
4nie-, ta!s oct1gsnarlau preached Chris. an [
tod o. the gio.ies q the worl! T. cone
ioSre fyinS on ois dylas PILLOW his iy!az
cana claFe to E.s sword