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

Part OF The Bible, OF Mon Who Doubt
Everything and OF Self Styled Ci,ristians
Who Shrink from tho Conflict.
BRooKhYN, Oct. ll.-Amopg the
vast aud"nccs which crowd the Brook
lAn Tabernacle at every service are large
numbers of yrGng men. many of whom
are Theological students. DR.. Talmage's
sermon his morning had Il special in.
tcrCSt lor thcIl. At this time when so
many C"rc giving up the Bible, or hold
ing thc'truth less firmly than before. the
eloquent preach II put himself on record
SO clearlJ and io"cibly that DO one who
heard him could have any doubt as to
his attitude. His text was III Samuel
NNii!. 10, And his hand clavc unto the
sword"
~ Sre&! %CLc!ai Of King David was
Elcazar, tie hero Of the text. The
pmiistiucs opened battle against him,
and llS troop: rctIcated. The towards
fled. E.c aH>r and three of his comrades
went into the battle and swept the field,
lOr four II Ell with God OH their side are
stronger tEan Whole battalion with
Hod against them. Fall backu shouted
the cCmn'an,lcr Of the IhillStine army,
The cry r:m a>On1 The host, Fall backu'
E!eaSr '.avHlS swept the field throws
himself "a the ground to rest, but the
muscles aud Sinews of his hand had been
SO !rn@ lent around the hllt of the sword
that the Illt was imbedded in the flesh,
ond The cod wire Of The hllt had broken
through .hr skin of the palm Of the
hand, alc Ec could not drop this sword
which he :!ad So calamity welded. His
lahh rlaVo unto the sword.D That is
what call Insignificant fighting for the
i.ord GoG Of Israel. And we want more
OF IT. propose 10 sho " you this morning
low Eleazar ,OOi hold of the sword and
how ,hc sword took hold of Elcazar. l
lock ut i.leozar's hand, and l come to
the eonClus!"n that he took the sword
with a very tight grip. The towards
Who fed haG 80 trouble in dropping their
swords. AS they fly over the rocks
hear tier swords changing in every
direction. il is easy enough for them to
hop their swords. But Elcazar's hand
clave unto the sword.
Oh, my friends, in this Christian con-
lIict we wan; 4 tighter grip OF the Cos
pei weapons. tighter grasp Of the two
edged sword Of the truth. ltmakes me
sad TO sec these Christian people who
hold oniN Il art ui the truth and let the
rest ol Tie uuth 60, so that the Philis-
tines, seeing the loosened grasp, wrench
the whole sword away from them. The
only safe thing for us 20 do is to put our
thumb on the book of Genesis and sweep
cur h"nC arCUnd the book until the New
Testament comes into the palm, and
keep on sweeping our Land around the
book uE'.l the tips Of the fingers clutch
III the words, lin the beginning God
created t!u ,Eavcns and the carth." l
like an ln!idc' q great deal better than l
do one q these namby-pamby Chris
1ians who ltold part of the truth and
let the lcsLs:O. BY miracle God pre-
solved tits Bible just as it is, and it is a
Damascus blade. The severcst test to
which Il sword can be rut in a. sword
factory IS t. wind The blade around a
gun barrel Ike u ribbon, and then when
the sword is let loose it flies back TO It's
own shape. so the sword Of Gods truth
has been fully tested, and it is bent this
way and that way and wound this way
and that way, but it always comes back
TO its own shape. Think of a book
written eighteen. centuries ago, and
some Of il thousaIdssOf years ago. and
yet III cur time the average sale Of this
book is more than twenty thousand cop
les every week. and more than million
copies Year. say now that book
which diva ely inspired and Clivincly
Fcattcled IS weapon worth holding q
tght Grir Of Bishop Coicnso will come
along and try to wrench out Of your hand
the five boots Ct Moses. ands Strauss
Will come along and try to wrench out
OF your haud the miracles, and Rcnan
Wl'l come alHnG aud try TO wrench cut
OF You Laid les entire life of tic Lord
Jesus Christ, aEl Your associates IL. Tie
store, or tbt s!cp, or the factory. or the
banking hoUFc VII try to wrench out OF
Your hard TIC entire Bible; but in The
strength Of tHc Lord God Of Israel. and
with Elcazar's Grip, hold on to it. You
H!Yc up The Bible. you give up any part
cl IT.. ana you give up pardon and peace
and life and hcartn.
TIE not O1HINUARIANS' CREED.
see hundreds, perhaps thousands, Of
e.. young men III this audience. DO not be
@"hamc", yolng man. to have the world
know that ypu are friend of the Biblo.
Ills book is the friend of all that is good
nnd 1t is tho sworn enemy OF all that is
bad. eloquent writer recently gives
i'n incident OF a worry bad man who stood
III tilc " IL vi IL WESTERN prison. / his
criminal had gone through ali styles Of
crime, and lie was there waitn for the
gallows. The convist standing there at
the window Of the cell, this writer says,
"lookod out and declared, u am an in
lidel.' lie said that to alI the mon and
children WHO happened to be gathered
there, i am Hu inGdel,'" and the eIo-
qncnL writer says, Every man and wo.
man there believed him." And the
writer gees on TO say. "If ho had stood
there Sin@, i am Il Ch,istian.' every
man and Woman would have sad, lie
is laln' This Bible is the sworn
enemy OF all this wrong, and it is tie
ncnd Of all that is good. Oh, hold or
to it. do not take part Of it and throw
the rest away. Hold on to all of it.
There are so many people now who do
not know. iou ask them if the soul
IS immortal, and they say, ~ guess il
IS, | don't know; perhaps it is, pcrh ps
IL isn't" Is the Bible true? "Wcll,
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