The Iola register., 1891-10-23

his pen between those pieces Of wood
he wrote, the stroke against one piece
of wood telling how far the pen must
go in one way, the stroke against the
other piece Of wood tell how far the pen
must 60 in the other way.
o, how mu b men will endure for
worldly knowledge and for worldly sue
cess, and yet how little we endure for
Jesus Christ. How many Christians
there are that 60 around saying, "Omy
hand, my hand, my hurt hand, and
there is blood on the sword:" while
Eleazar, with the hilt imbedded in the
flesh OF his right hand, does not know
il.
Must be carried to the skies
On fowtry beds of ease.
While others fought TO win the prize
Or sailed through bloody seas:
Then they were dashed down to
death. o, how much others have en-
dured 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 the bandages, and all the
salve, for our hand hurt, while Eleazar
does not know his hand is hurt. His
hand clave unto the sword"
As look at Eleazar's hand I come to
the conclusion that he has done great
deal of hard hitting. | am not surprised
when | see that these four men-Elea-
Ear and his three companions-droye
back the army OF Philistines, that Flea
zar's sword clave 20 his hand, for every
time he struck au 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.
o, We have found an enemy that can
not be conquered by rosewater and soft
speeches. 1t must be sharp strokes and
straight thrusts. There is iutemper-
ance and there is fraud and there is
gambling and there is lust and there
are ten thousand batalions OF lniGuitv.
armed Philistine iniquity. How are
they TO be captured and overthrown?
Soft sermons in morocco cases laid
down in front of an exquisite audience
will not do it. You have got to cali
NllHSS DN blSlT Tl8nJ n1llSS.
We have got to eXpel from our church
eS Christians who eat the sacrament on
Sunday and devour widows houses all
the week. We have got to stop our in
dignation against the Hittites and the
Jebusites and the Gergishites, and let
those poor wretches go, and apply our
Indignation TO the modern transgres-
sions which need to be dragged out and
slain. Ahabs here. Herolds here
,Iezebels here The massacre of the in
fants here. Strike for God so hard tn At
while you slay the sin the sword will
adhere to your own hand. | tell YOU.
my friend, we want q few John KnOxes
and John Wesleys in the Christian
church to-day. The whole tendency is
TO refine on Christian work We keep
on refining on it until we send apologet-
ic word to iniquity We are about to cap
ture it. And we must 60 with sword
silver chased and presented bv the Ia
dies. and we must ride on white palfrey
under embroidered housing. putting the
spurs in only just enough to make the
charger dance gracefully. and then we
must send missive, delicate as wed
ding card, TO ask the old black giant of
sin If he will not surrender.
had in my parish in Philadelphia a
very aged man, who in his early life
had been the companion and adviser OF
the early presidents, Madison and Mon
roe. He had welded vast influence.
but 1 only knew him as a very aged
man. The most remarkable thing about
him was his ardor for Christ. When
he could not stand up in the meetings
. ha l. D.,
arms around pillar of the church and
though his mind was partially gone his
love for Christ was so great that all
were in deep respect and profound ad-
miration and were moved when he
spoke. l was called to see him die.
entered the room and he said: Mr. Tai
mage, cannot speak to you now"
He was in a very pleasant delir-
ium. as he imagined he had an audience
before him. He said: Il must tell these
people TO come to Christ and prepare
for heaven" And then in this pleasant
dellrium, both arms lifted. this octoge-
marian preached Christ and told of the
glories OF the world to come There.
lying on his dying pillow, his dying
hand clave to his sword.
O., ii there ever was any one who had
a right to retire from the conflict it was
old Joshua Soldiers come back from
battle have the names of the battles on
their flags, showing where they distin-
guished themselves, and it is very ap-
propriate inscription. Look at the flag
of old General Joshua. On it, Jericho.
Gideon, HaZar, City Of Al and instead
of the stars sprinkled on the flag the
sun and the moon which stood still.
There he is 1l0years old. He is living
fiat on his back, but he is preaching
His dping words are a battle charge
against idolatry, and rallying cry for
the Lord of Hosts as he says: behold
this day 60 the way of all the earth,
and God hath not failed to fulfill his
promise concerning Israel" His dying
hand clave unto the sword.
There is the headless body of Paul
on the road to Ostea. His great brain
and his great heart have been severed.
The elmwood rods had stung him fear
fully. When the corn ship broke up
he swan ashore, coming up drenched
with the brine. Every day since that
day when the horse reared under him
in the suburbs of Damascus, as the SUI
pernstural light fell. down to this day
when he is 68 years of age and old and
decrepiJ from the prison cell of the Ma
mertine, he has been outrageously
treated, and he is waiting to die.
o, my friends, when the battle of life
is over, and the resurrection has come,
and our bodies rise from the dead, will
we have on us any scars of bravery for
God? Christ will be there all covered
with scars. Scars on the brow, scars on
the hand, scars on the feet, scars all
over the heart won in the battle of re-
demption. And all heaven will sob
aloud with emotion as they look at
those scars. Ignatius will be there,
and he will point out the place where
the tooth and the paw of the lion seized
him in the Coliseum, and John Huss