Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-31


times baen scoffei at, an | thsre have been a
great multitude who have thought that the
Chariot of Gods truth would fall TO pieces il
it once gotout o. the oil 1 ru.
And so there are those who have NJ pa
tience with ANYTHING ike improvement in
church architecture or with anything like
good, hearty, earnest church Singing, ana
they deride any form Of religious discussion
which goes down walking among everyday
mon rather than that which makes an ex-
cursion on rhetorical stills. On, tnat the
Church of God would wake up to an adapt
ability OF work. We must admit the SIM
pie fact that the churches OF Jesus Christ in
this day do not reach the great masses.
There are fifty thousand people in Edinburgh
who never hear the Gospel. There are o1s
million people in London who neyer hear tns
Gospel. There are at least three huntret
thousand souls In the city OF Brooklyn wac
come not under the immediate ministratiol'
of Christs truth, and the Church OF Go IN
this day, instead of being place full OF
living epistes read and known of all men,
is more like dead letter. postoHice.
But" say the people, 'the world Is going
to be converted You must be patient. The
kingdoms Of this world are to become the
kingdoms of Christ" Never unless the
church of Jesus Christ puts on more speed
.
ing the world, the world is converting the
church. Here is great fortress. How shall
it be takeng An army comes aud sits around
about it. cuts of the polies and says, Now
we will Just wait until from exhaustion AMI
starvation they will have to give up" Weeks
and months and perhaps year, pass along,
and finally the fortress surrenders through
that starvation and exhaustion. But, my
friends the fortresses of sin are never to
be taken in that way. IL they are taken for
God it will be by storm. You will have to
bring up the great siege guns OF the GoSpel
! to the very wall, and wheel the flying artll-
lery into line and when the armed infantry
/ Of heaven shall confront the battlements you
( will have TO give the quick command: FOR
ward Charge
All, my friends, thers is work for you to
do and for me to do in order to achieve this
grant accomplishment Here is a pulpit
ami clergyman breaches in it, Your pu'-
pit is the bank. Your pulpit is the store.
Your pulpit is the editorial chair: Your
pulpit is the anvil. Your pulpit is tho
house sclffo.diug. Your pulpit is the me-
chauic's shop. may stand in this place and,
through cowardics or through self seeking,
NAV keep back the word | ought to utter;
while you. with sleeve role1 up and brow
besweated with toll may utter the word
that will jar the foundation of heaven with
the shout of a great victory. Oh, that to-
day this whole aulencs might feel that the
Lord Almighty is putting upol them tne
hands OF ordination. Every one, go forth
and preach this Gospel You bave as much
right to preach as have, or as any man has:
Only find out the pulpit where Col VIII
have you preach, and there preach.
He1ley Wears was a wicked man IN the
English army. The grace Of God came to
him. BE became an earnest and eminent
Christian. They scoffe1 at him and said,
"You are a hypocrite. you are as bad as
ever you were" Still he kept his faith in
Christ, aud after awhile, finding that they
could not turn him aside by calling INN
hvpocrte. they said to him, "Oh, you are
rothinp but a fanatic That did not dis
turb him. He went on performing his Chris
tian duty until he had formed all his troop
int a Bible class aud the whole encamp-
ment was shaken with the presence OF God.
So Havelocl. went into the heather temple
in In iia while the English army was there,
aud put a candle into the hand OF each OF
the heather gods that stool around IN the
heather temple, AMI by the light OF those
candles, held up by the idols, General Have
lock preaclsl righteousness. temperanceahd
Judgment 10 come. And who will say, on
earth or in heaye1, that Haveioc& had hos
the right to preach?
In the minister's hOus1 where prepared
for college there was a man who WORKED, by
the nam. % Peter CrOy. He could neither
read nor write but he was man OF Goi
Often theologians would stop in the house-
grave theolcgians at family prayers
Peter Croy would be called upon % lead, AMI
ali those wise men sat around wOnderstrucX
at his religious eff ,iency. When he prayer
he rachel up and seemed to take hoia Oh
Tho very throne OF the Almighty, and NJ
,..;th (.,I fill fha very heavens Werb
bowe down into the sitting rOom Oh, II
were diving I would rather have pain Peter
Vroy stani by nv bedside and commend
INV immortal spirit to God than some helrt-
les ecclesisstic arrayel in costly canon
jca.s. e. preach this Gospel. You say you
are not Ic,nseI. In the name of the Lori
Almighty. this morning lcsnss YOU. &c
preach this Gospel-0reach 1t IN the sabbath
schools in the prayer-me9tln5 In ths hlgl-
WAYS, in the he iges. Woe be unto you Il
you preach it not.
remark. again. that in order to be quail
feel to meet your duty in this particular ag9
YOU want unboun lei faith in the triumph OF
the truth AMI the overthrow OF wickedneSs
How dare the Christian church ever get dis
couragei? Have you not the Lord Almighty
on our side? How long did it take God to
say the hosts of Sennaclerib or burn 30
dom or shake down jericho? How long VIII
it take God, when He once arises In His
strength to overthrow all the forces OF iniq
uity, Between this time and that there
may be long seasons of darSneSs-she cnar-
lot wheels of Gods Gospel may seem to drag
heavily, but here is the promise, and yonder
is the throne; and when Ominscience has
lost it, eyesight and Omnip1tence falls back
imOotent aud Jehovah Is driven from HIS
throne, then the church Of Jesus Christ can
afford to be dsspOndent, but never un.lt
then. Despots may plan and armies may
march. and the con crosses OF the natiOl may
seem to think they are adjusting all the al
fairs of the world, but ths mighty men o
the earth are only the dust OF the charlos
whees OF Gods providence.
think that before the sun OF this century
shall set the last tyranny may tal am
with a splen o. OF demonstration that Shli
be the astonshmsnt Of the universe Goi wiz
set forth the brightness and pomp and glory
and perpetuity OF His eternal government.
Out OF the starry flags and embazOne1 IN
sionia of this world Go will make path for
His own triumph. aui returning from UNI
versal conquest He will sit dowa, the grand
est, strongest, highes. throne Of earth hts
foOtstool.
Then shall all nltio IS song ascend,
To Thee our R1.er, Father. Friend,
TIL nelvsn's higl arch resounds again
Vita Peace on elrih. good will to men,
preach this sermon because want 10
encourage all Christian workers III every
po,sible department. Hosts of the living
col march on march on His spirit VIII
b.es, yoa. His shield will defend you. HIS
sword will striks for YOU March on! march
on The last desDotism will fall, and pagan
len, will burn its idols. and Mohammedanism
will give UP its false prophet and the great
walls OF superstition will come down III
thun Ter and wreck at ths long. lout blast OF
the Gospel trumpet. March on! March on!
The besiegenIent will soon be ended. Only
a few more steps on the long. way only
few more sturdy blows: only few more bat
tie cries, tn N Col will put the laurel upon
your brow, and from the living fountains OF
heaven will bathe off the sweat and the heat
and the dust OF the conflict
March on March on For you the time
for work will soon be past. and amld the
trnmnetin9 of resurrection angels and the
npheaving OF world of graves aad the
hosanna Of the saved and the groaning OF tne
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