Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-12

AAiAr MtNnAs eAtu " u NAlt AAlttAh vi -
that is good Oh, hold on to It. Do nC
take part OF II and throw the re-
away Hold on to all Of it. There al
so many people now who do not know
You ask them If the soul is iInmorta
and they say, II guess Il is, | don
know; perhaps it is, perhaps II isn't
Is the Bible true7 well, perhaps
is, and perhaps 1t isn't; perhaps it ma
be figuratively, and perhaps it may b
partly, and perhaps It may not be a
ALL" They despise what they call tn
Apostolic creed but If their own cree,
we're written out it would read like this
al. believe in nothing, the maker o
heaven and earth, and in nothing
which it hath sent, which nothing wa
born of nothing. and which nothing
was dead and buried and descended
into nothing. and arose from nothing
and assembled to nothing and now
sitteth at the right hand of nothing
from which it will come to Judge moth
ing
believe in the holy agnostic church
and in the communion of fnothingarans,
and in the forgiveness of nothing, and
the resurrection of nothing, and IN the
life that never shall be. Amenr' That
is the creed of tens of thousands of peo
pie in this day II you have mind to
adopt such theory will not. II be
lieve in God the Father Almighty,
maker OF heaven and earth, and in
Jesus Christ. and in the holy catholic
church, and In the communion of
saints, and in the life everlasting.
Amen" Oh. when | see Eleazer TAX
ing such stout grip of the sword In
the battle against sin and for right
eousness, came to the conclusion that
we ought TO take stouter grip OF
Gods eternal truth the sword of right
eousness
ABSOLUTE DEVOTION TO TRUTH.
AS look at Eleazer's hand | also
notice his spirit of self forgetfulness,
He did not notice that the hilt of the |
sword was eating through the palm of |
his hand He did not know it hurt |
him. AS he went out into the conflict |
ne was so anxious for the victory he |
forgot himself, and that hit might go |
never so deeply into the palm of his
hand. 1t could not disturb him. "His
hand clave unto the sword" Oh, my
brothers and sisters, let us go into
Christian conflict with the spirit of self
abuegation. Who cares whether the
world praises us or denounces usl
What do we care for misrepresenta-
ton or abuse or persecution in a con
flict like thisl Let us forget ourselves
That man who is afraid of getting his |
hand hurt will never kill Philistine. |
Who cares whether you get hurt or
not If you get the victory3 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 SO abused. and they are
SO tempted. when Eleazar did not think
whether he had hand or an arm or a
foot. All he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves
In worldly achievement We have
often seen men who in order to achieve
worldly success will forget all physical |
fatigue and all annoyance and all OBJ
stacle, Just after the battle of York.
town, In the American Revolution, a
musician, wounded, was told he must
have his limbs amputated, and they
were about to fasten him to the sur
geon's table-for it was long before the
discovery of an@sthetics He
said, mo, don't fasten me to that Ia.
BILE; get me VIOLIN A violin was
brought to him and he said, "Now go
TO work as | begin to play" and for
forty minutes during the awful pangs |
of amputation he moved not muscle
nor dropped note while he played |
some sweet tune. oh. is it not strange |
that with the music of the Gospel OF |
Jesus Christ, and with this grand |
march of the church militant ON the
way TO become the church triumphant,
we cannot forget ourselves and forget |
all pang, and all sorrow and all perseeu.
ton and all perturbationi
We know what men accomplish un-
der worldly opposition. Men do not |
shrink back for antagonism or for hard |
ship. You have admired PreScott's
Conquest Of Mexico" as brilliant and
beautiful history as was ever written
but some Of you may not know under
what Disadvantages il was written
that Conquest OF Mexico"-for Pres.
colt was totally blind, and he had two
pieces Of wood parallel TO 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 60
In one way, the stroke against the
other piece of wood telling how far the
pen must go in the other way Oh.
how much men will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success, and
yet how little we endure for Jesus
Christ. How many Christians there
are that go around saying. "oh, my
hand, my hand. my hurt hand; don't
you see there Is blood ON the hand and
there Is blood ON the swordr while
Eleaxar, with the hilt imbedded In the
teSh OF his right hand, does not know H.
Must I be oarrloi 20 the skies
On nuWcry beis of ease,
While others fought % win the prizo
or sailed through bloody seasg
DKvorKp SUFFERERS FoR TRUTH.
What have we suffered In eolnpaH