The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-22

| pclleFc III the molly a9nOStic church and
III the communion of nothing-garians,
and in the forgiveness Of nothing, aud
the resurrection Of nothing. and in the
Lille that never shall be. Amen" That
Is the creed Of tens Of thousands of peo-
pie in this dav. Ifyou have mind to
adopt such theory l will not. Il be-
lleve in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ, and in the holy catholic church,
and III the communion of saints. and IN
the life everlasting. Amen" Oh.
when sec Eleazar taking such stout
grip OF the sword in the battle against
SIN and for righteousness, 1 come to the
conclusion that wo ought TO take a stout
or grip OF Gods eternal truth, the sword
OF righteousness.
| AS L look at Eleazer's hand | also no.
tice his spirit of self forgetfulncss. He
dld not notice that the hilt of the sword
was eating through the palm of his hand.
lie did not know it hurt him. AS he
went out into the conflict he was so anx-
lous Tor the victory he forgot himself,
and that hilt might go never so deeply
into the palm Of his hand it could not
disturb him. Ills hand clave unto the
sword" Oh. my brothers and sisters,
let us go into Christian conflict with the
spirit OF self abneyation. Who cares
| whether the world praises us or dcnoun-
ces us? What do we care for mlsreprc-
sentatlon, or abuse or persecution in
conflict like this? Let us forget ourscl-
yes. That man who is afraid of getting
his hand hurt will never kill a Philis-
tine. Who cares whether you get hurt
Oh not it you get the victory? Oh, how
many Christians there are who are all
the TIME worrying about the way the
world treats them. They are so tired.
and they are 80 abused, and they are so
tempted. when Eleazcr did not think
whether he had hand, or an arm, or q
loot. AL he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves in
worldly achievement. We have often
seen men who in order TO achieve world
lY success will forget all physical fatigue
and all annoyance and all obstacles !.
Just alter the battle OF Yorktown. in the
Amerlcap Revolution, musician,
wounded, was told he must have his
limbs amputatcd, and they were anout
TO lasten him to the surgeons table
Tor 1t was long before the merciful dis
coVery OF anTsthetics. lie said, mo,
don't tasten ,nc to that table, get me a
Vioiln.' a violin was brought to him
and he said, Now 90 to work as / be-
gin TO play" and ior forty minutes, dur
'ng the awful pangs of amputation, he
moved not muscle nor dropped note
While he played some sweet tune. Oh,
ls 1t not strange that with the music of
The Gospel of Jesus Christ and with tins
grand march of the church militant on
The way TO become the church triumph
ant, we cannot forget ourselves and for
get all pang aud all sorrow and I'LL per-
secution and all perturbation?
THE ENDURANCE OF HEROIC MEN,
| we know what men accomplish under
| worldly opposition. Men do not shrink
back for antagonisn or for hardship.
L ou have admired Prescott's "Conoucst
or Mexico" as brilliant and beautiful a
history as was ever written; but some of
you may not know under what disadvan-
tages 1t was written-that Conquest of
MeXlco"-tcr Pres ,ott was totally blind.
and he had two pieces of wood parallel
10 each other fastened, and totally blind,
with his pen between those pieces OF
WOOD he wrote, the stroke against one
piece of wood telling how far the pen
must 80 in one way, the stroke against
TIC other piece of wood telling how far
"A'S PSAi ihuoO W III IllC OluCE way. Oll,
how much mon will endure for worldly
KNOWLEDGE and Tor worldly success. aud
yet how little we endure Tor Jesus Christ.
How many Christians there are that go
around saving, "Oh, my hand, my hand,
my hurt hand; don't you see there Is
blood on the hand, and there is blood ON
the sword?" while Eleazar, with the hilt
lmbcdded in the flesh Of his right hand,
does not know it.
Must DC carried to the skies
On ilowery beds Of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
Or sailed through bloody seas?
What have we suffered in compare
son with those who expired with sullJ-
cation, or were burned or were chopped
to pieces for the truths sake? We talk
OF the persecution of Olden times. There
IL Just as much persecution going on no v
IN various ways. In lS49, in Madagaa-
car, eighteen men were put TO death for
| Christ's sake. They were to be hurled
over the rocks, and before they were
hurled over the rocks, in order to make
their death the more dreadful IN antlcl-
pStlon, they were put in baskets and
swung to and fro over the precipice tina
they might see how many hundred feet
they would have to be dashed down, and
while they were swinging in these bask-
cts over the rocks they san2:
jesus, lover of my soul,
| Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the bill0ws near me roll
While the 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
Il Pullman sleeping car, our ieet on soft
push, the bed made up early 80 we can
sleep all the way. the black porter of
death 20 wake us up only III time TO en-
ter the golden ciLv. We want all the
surgeons TO fix our hand up. Let them
bring on all the lint, and all the banda.
Ses, and all the salve, for our hand is
hurt, while Eleazar docs not know his
hand IL hurt. His hand clave unto the
sword"
AS look at Elcazar's hand come to
the conclusion that he has done q urcat
deal OF bard hitting. 1 am not SURPRISED