Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-10-15
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forgot himself, and that hilt mignt go
over SO deeply into the palm of his
hand, 1t could not disturb him. Ills
hand clave unto the sword o my
brothers and sisters. lot us go
into Christian ndict with the
spirit of sclr-ahnegation. Who
cares whether the world praises
us or denounces us? What
do we care for misrepresen, alton, or
abuse, or persecution in u oniiict like
this! Let us forget ourselves That
man who Is afraid Of getting his hand
hurt will never kill u fhlisliae. Who
cares whether you get hurt or not II
you get the victory! oh, how many
christians there are who are all the time
worrying about the way tie world
treats them, They are SO tired, and
they are SO abused, and they are so
tempted, when Eleaaar did not think
whether he had hind, or arm, or n
foot, All he wanted was victory,
We SEQ how men forget themselves
In worldly achievement, w have
often seen men who, In order TO achieve
worldly success will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance aud NIL OBJ
stacle just after the battle OF York
town, In the Aneric1n revolution, u
musician, wounded, was told he must
have his limits nmputatcd, ind they
were about To fastcn him To the sur
geon's table for it was long before the
mcrciful discovery OF anu s,heticS 10
said, mo, don fnstcn me To that
table; get me u Violin a violin was
brought To him, ana lac said "Now
go To work MS begin toplay," and foe
forty IN nutes, during tbs awful pangs
of nmputation, he moved not u muscle
nor dropped note, while he played
some sweet tune, Oh, is II not strange
thnJ with the music OF tho gospel OF
Jesus thrist, and with this grand
mar h OF the Oh lrch mi liant on tho
way TO become the church iumphaut,
we canno1 forget ourselves and forget
all pang and all sorrow and all persc'
cution an all perturbation?
We know what men accomplish
under worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for antngonism, or for
hardship. You have admired i'rescott's
Conquest of Mexico" ms brilliant and
beautiful n history as was ever written;
but some OF you may not know under
what disadvantages IL was written
that Conquest of Mexico for Prescott
was totally blind, and he had
To each other fastened, aud totally
blind, with his pen between those
pieces OF wood he wrote, thh stroke
against ono piece of wood telling how
far the pen must go in ono way, the
stroke against tho other pia,o of wood
telling how tar the pen must 20 In the
other way. oh, how much men will
endure Tor worldly knowledge aud for
worldly success, and yet how little we
endure for Jesus CHRIST
We ave got W cSpcl from our
churches Christians who eat the sncrn-
ment ON Sunday and dcvour widows
houses all the week, We have got TO
stop our indignation against the Hit
tites aud tho Jebusitfs and ths Gcrg'
ishitcs, and let those poor wretches
10, and apply our Indignation To tho
modern transgressionS which need To
he dragged out and sluiu, Ahabs
here, lierods here. Jc2ebels hero.
Tho massacre OF the infants here.
Strike for tod so hard that while you
slay the sin the SWORD will adhere To
your own hand.
preach this sermon AS u tome. |
want you To hold the truth with in
crudicai grip want you to strike so
hard for tod that IL will react, aud
while you take the sworc, the sword
will take you.
You noticed that the officers of tho
Northern army low years ng as
semblcd at Denver and you noticed
that the Southern army assembled mt
Lexington, Soldiers coming together
nrc very apt To recount their
experiences and to show their
sears, Here is soldier who
pulls up his sleeve and saws,
''Ihere, | was wounded in that arm"
am SHOWS the scar. And another sol.
dier pulls down his collar. and saws,
"fhere, | was wounded in the clS.
And another soldier says, II have had
no use Of that limb sin the gunshot
fracture" o my friends when the
battle of life Is over. aud tuo
resurrection has come, and GU bodies
rise from the dead, will we have on n,
any scars of bravery for Cod Chri
will DO there all covered with scars
Scars on The brow, sears on
the hand, scars on the feet, scars all
over the heart, won in the battle of re-
dcmption. Ano all heaven will sob
aloud with emotion rs they look at
those scars. lgnatius 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 .ohn liuss
will be there and lie will show where
the coal first scorchcd the foot on that
day when his spirit took wing OF flame
from Constance. M'Millan, and Camp
bell, and Freeman, American mission
aries in India, will be there the men
who W tn their wives and children
went down IN the awful massacre ut
Cawnporc, and they will show where
the daggcrs of the Sepoys struck them.
The Waldenses will be there, and they
will show where their bones were
brolS II on that day when tho
Picdmontesc soldiery Iitched them
over the rocks. And there will
be those there who took care of the
sick and who looked after the
poor, aud they will have evil
dences OF earthly exhaustion. And
Christ. with his Scared hand waving
over the Scared multitude, will shy,
"You suffered with ne on earth; now
be glorified with me in heaven. And
then the great organs OF eternity will
take up the chant, and -. John will
play: ''These are they who came out
of great tribulation ana had their
robes washed and made white in the
blood of the Lamb
But what win your chagrin ana nine
be II II shall be to d that day on the
streets of heaven that on earth we
shranlS back from all toll and sacrifice
and hardship? No scars to show tho
heavenly soIdiery. Not so much as
one ridge on the palm of the hand to
show that just once in the battle for
God and the truth, we just one,
grasped the sword so firmly, and struck
SO hard that the sword and the hand
stuck together, and the hand clave to
the sword. o my Lord Jesus, rouse us
TO thy service.
Tny saints In all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize II with the eye
When that illustrlous day shall rise
And all thy armies shine
In robes OF victory through tho skies,
The glory shall be thine.
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