The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-15
Stout Grasp Of Faith.
DIR. TALMAGE ON THE Ne
CESSlTY OF a MORE
EARLIEST BELIEF.

CEsSlI1 Ot "A MORE
EARLIEST BELIEF.
This Age OF Iu;idclity VIII Pass
as Others Have Passed and
the Bible In It's Entirety
VIII Remain.
THE IN RING EXAMPLEI
O ELEAZAR.
BRooKlYs. Oct. l1.-AmonS the
vast audiences whish crowd the Brook
iyn Tabernacle 1T every service are
largo plumbers OF young nen, many Of
whom are theological st1dentA DR..
Talrnage's sermon this morning had a
special interest for them At this time
when % many are giving up the Bible,
or holding the truth less firmly than
before, the eloquent preacher put him
self on record 50 clearly and fordbly
that no one who beard him could have
any doubt % 10 bis attitude. HIS text
was II Samuel XIII, 10, And his
hand clave unto the sword"
A great general of King David wee
Eleazar, the hero Of the text- The
Philistines opened battle against him,
and his troops retreated The towards
hed- Eleazar and three OF his com
rades went into the battle and swept
the field, for four men with God on
their side are stronger than a whole
battalion with God against them
Fall bacA" shouted the commander
Of the Philistine army. Tho cry ran
along the host ''Fan back!" Eleazar
having swept the field, throws himself
oD the ground to rest but the muscles
and sinexs Of his hand had been 30
long bent around the HIT Of the sword
that the hils was tmbedded IN the
flesh. and the gold wire Of the hit
had broken through the skin OF the
palm Of the hand, and he could not
drop this sword which he bad 50 gal
lantly welded. His hand clave unto
the sword" That k what call mag
nihcent fighting for sne Lord God Of
Iraea, and we want moro Oh It Ipro-
pose TO show you this morning bow
EleaEar took hold Of the sword and
how the svo-d took hold OF Eieazaf. l
\ look at Eleazars hand, and I come to
the conclusion that he took the sword
with very ght grip. The cowards
who fed had no trouble In dropping
their swords AS they fly over the
rocks hear their swords changing In
every direction. 1t Is easy enough fos
them to drop their swords but Eleaz-
aFs hand clave unto the sword
HALF HKARrED CHRISTIANS.
Oh, my friends, In this Christian con
Aict We went tighter grip d the Cos
| pei weapons, a tighter grasp Of the two
edged sword of the truth It makes
me sad 10 see these Christian people
who hold only part Of the truth and
! let the rest Of the truth go. 50 that the
Philistines, seeing the looeened grasp,
wrench the whole sword away from
them. The only safe thing for Us t<
do Is TO put our thumb on the book d
Genesis and sweep oar hand around
the book until the New Testamen
comes into the palm. and keep OF
sweeping our hand around the booa
until the tips Of the Gngers clutch a
! tho words, In the beginning God Gre
ated the heavens and the earth.
,, Ike an infidel great deal better tha,
: do one Of those uArnbypamby Chris
, tians who hold a part Of ths truth AM
let the rest 90. By miracle God pre
/ served this Bfbae Just a. 4 h, and Il
l | Damascus blade.
RI The severest test 10 which o swof
: can be put In a sword factory is to win
+ the blade around q gun barrel like
{ Ribbon, and then when the sword Is k
s loose It flies back to its own shape. 8
= the sword of Gods truth has been full
tested, and 1t Is bent this way and ths
= way, and wound this way and ths
:, way, bat 1t always comes back to 4
II own shape. Think of I'll A book wri
:. ten eighteen centuries ago, and sozn
a of It thousands of years ago, and yet
v our time the average sale OF this boo
b more than twenty thousand eopa'
d every week, and more than a millfo
Y copies a year.
say now that q book which Is
le vinely inspired and divinely kept an
n divinely scattered Is a weapon wor'
n holding a tight sip OF. Bishop Colcl
70 no VIII come along and try 10 wrene
's out Of your hand the FIVE books
Moses, and Strauss VIII come along eI
y try to wrench out OF your hand Il
:; !, miracles, and Renan viii come eioi
= and try to wrench ont of your haI
the entire life Of the Lord Jesus Chri:
Il sz.d your associates h the store, Or Z
.top, or the factory, OF the bankil
house will try to wrench out Of 30
r hand the entire Bible, bot IN t
>: strength of the Lord God Of Israel, a
y With EleaxaFs grip hold on tok Il
- give up the Bible, Jon give up q
part Of it, and you give mp pardon q
peace and He and heaven
TA8 0NkSxAO A<SEA0&As
3. I see htndreda perhaps thousan'
nt of young men in this audience Do
Is. be ashamed, young man, to have :
world know that you are q friend
the Bible. This book Is the hfend
49, all that Is good and Il = the SIX
y enemy of ell that Is bad An eloqui
- writer recently gives IN incident oa
m very bad man who stood IN the ce0
All western prisen. This criminal :
nd gone through All styles Of crime, and
h. ives there waiting Tor the gallcwa =
,r- convict, stAndiag there at the WIND
n Of the cell, the writer says looked
er and declared, I am an hfdd' He
ne that 70 ali the men and women I
,se children who happened 10 be saGt1e
Ter there, 4 an an inAdel ;" and the
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