Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-05

the forgiveness OF nothing. and ),
resurrection OF nothing, and ~, ne
life that never shall be. Amenr r .he
is the creed OF tens of q, aat
ands of people in this dav ,ttnors
have q mind to adopt such n tn yoe
will not. ~ believe in God the Eo
Almighty. Maker of heaven ana nes
and in Jesus Christ, and in N.
Catholic church. and in the comn hciy
of SANTA, and in the life eyerias.oh
Amen Oh, when l see Eleayar
ing such a stout grip of the swo,S az
the battle against sin and for r;a,nI
eousness, come to the conclus;o Xnt
we ought to take a stouter ~. NAT
Gods eternal truth, the swo.I
Righteousness. "
AS look at Eleazar's hani -.
notice his spirit of self-thouphtfn,n.as e
He did not notice that the hilt ot =,
sword was eating through the nat, sas
his hand. He did n know f h.
him. AS he went out into the cons;.s
he was SO anxious for the vjc,n,n ~
forgot himself, and that hilt mirS. ~
ever SO deeply into the palm Of ~
hand, 1T could not disturb him. ..a;.
hand clave unto the sword" q ~
brothers and sisters, let No
into Christian conflict with r.
spirit of self-abnegation wv w.
cares whether the world nra %no
us or denounces us? W..
do we care for misrepresentation ~
abuse. or persecution in a conflict ill.,
this? Let us forget ourselves Th.ss
man who is afraid of getting his harS
hurt will never kill Philistine. Who
cares whether you get hurt or not Il
you get the victory? Oh, how man,
christians there are who are all the tina
worrying about the way the world
treats them. They are so tired. ana
they are 80 abused, and they ara W
tempted, when Eleazar did not tbinL
whether he had a hand. or arm. or
foot. All he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves
in worldly achievement. W. havs
often seen men who, in order to achieys
worldly success, will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all oh.
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 TABLETOP it was long before the
merciful discovery of anesthetics He
said, mo, don't fasten me to that
table; get me a violin" A violin was
brought to him, ana lie 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 a 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 tho
way to become the church triumphant,
we cannot forget ourselves and forget
all pang and all sorrow and all perse.
cution and all perturbation?
| We know what men accomplish
under worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for antagonism, or for
hardship. 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 it was written
that Conquest of Mexico-for Prescott
was totally blind, aud he had
two pieces of wood parallel
to each other fastened, and totally
blind. with his pen between those
| DlCCGS VI WUOA AC WTOlC, VIC sbEUAo
against one piece Of wood telling how
far the pen must 60 in one way, tho
stroke against the other piece of wood
telling how far the pen must 60 in the
other way. oh, how much men will
endure for worldly knowledge and tor
worldly success. and yet how little We
endure for Jesus Christ.
We have got to expel from our
churches Christians who eat the sacrs.
ment on Sunday and devour widows
houses all the week. We have got to
stop our indignation against the Hit
titles and the Jebusites and the Gerg'
ishites, and let those poor wretches
go, and apply our indignation to tho
modern transgressions which need TO
be dragged out and slain. Ahsbs
here. Herods here. Jezebels here
The massacre of the infants here
Strike for God so hard that while you
slay the sin the sword will adhere 70
your own hand.
But what will your chagrin and mine
be if it shall be told that day on tns
streets of heaven that on earth w
shrank back from all toll and sacrihcs
and hardship? No scars to show the
heavenly soldiery. Not SO much =
one ridge ON the palm of the hand V
show that just once in the battte 70.
God and the truth, We just ono
grasped the sword SO firmly, and strue1
80 hard that the sword and the mana
stuck together, and the hand ciave y
the sword. o my Lord Jesus. rouse v
to thy service.
Thy saints In all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from afar.
And seize It with the eye.
When that illustrious day shall r'se
, And all thy armies shine -
In robes of victory through the ss'oS
The glory shall be thine