The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-20

CONCLUSION tnat we ought 10 take q stout
er grip OF Gods eternal truth, the sword
OF Righteousness.
As look at Eleazer's hand also no.
tlce his spirit Of self forgetfulness. He
did not notice that the hilt of the sword
was eating through the palm ofhls hand.
He did not know il hurt him. AS he
went out into the conflict he was so anx-
ious for the victory he forgot himself,
and that hilt might go never 30 deeply
into the palm of his hand 1t could not
disturb him. His hand clave unto the
sword" Oh, my brothers aud sisters,
let US 70 into Christian conflict with the
spirit OF self abnegation. Who cares
whether the world praises us or denoun-
ces us? What do we care for mlsrepre.
sentation, or abuse or persecution in u
conflict like this? Let US forget oursel-
yes. That man who is afraid of getting
his hand hurt will never kill PHilis-
tine. Who cares whether you get hurt
OF not 1t you get the victory? Oh, how
many Christians there are who are all
the time worrying about the way the
world treats them. They are 80 tired.
and they are so abused, and they are 80
tempted. when Eleazcr 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 world
ly success will forget all physical fatigue
and all annoyance and ali obstacle ;.
just alter the battle OF yorktown, in the
American Revolution, musician,
wounded, was told he must have his
limbs amputated, and they were about
to fasten him to the surgeons table
for 1t was long before the merciful dis
covery of anmsthetlcs. He said, mo,
don't fasten Lle to that table, get me q
violln." A violin was brought to him
and he said, "Now 60 to work as I be.
gin to play" and Tor forty minutes, dur
ing 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 triumph
ant, we cannot forget ourselves and for
get all pang and all sorrow and all per.
secution and all perturbation?
THE ENDURANCE OF HEROIC MEN.
| We know what men accomplish under
worldly opposition. Men do not shrinl,
back Tor antagonism or for hardship.
You have admired Prescott's Conquest
OF Mexico" as brilliant and beautiful a
history as was ever written; but some OF
you may not know under what disadvan-
tages 1T was write en-that Conquest OF
MeXico''-ftr Pres cott was totally blind,
aud 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 go in one way, the stroke against
the other piece Of wood telling how far
the pen must 90 in the other way. Oh,
how much mon will endure for worldly
knowledge and for worldly success, aud
yet how little we endure tor Jesus Christ.
How many Christians there are that 90
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 swOrd?" while Eleazar, with the hilt
imbedded in the flesh of his right hand,
does not know it.
Must be carried to the skies
On fowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
Or sailed through bloody seas?
What have we suffered in comparl-
son with those who expired with suffo-
cation, or were burned, or were chopped
to pieces for the truths sake? We talk
OF the persecution of olden times. There
| Is Justa much persecution going on no v
In various ways. In l849, in Madagas-
car, eighteen men were put to death for
| Chrlst's sake. They were TO be hurled
over the rocks, and before they were
hurled over the rocks, in order to make
their death the more dreadful IN antlci-
patton, they were put in baskets and
swung to and fro over the precipice that
they might see how many hundred feet
they would have to be dashed down, and
while they were swinging in these bask-
cts over the rocks they sang:
Jesus, ldver of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the DillOWS near me roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Then they were dashed down to death!
| Oh, how much Others have endured for
Christ. and how little we endure for
Christ! We want To ride TO heaven in
Pullman sleeping car, our lcet on soft
push, the bed made up early so we can
sleep all the way. the black porter OF
death to wake US up only in time 10 en-
ter the golden city. We want all the
surgeons TO fix our hand up. Let them
bring on all the lint, and all the banda.
ges. and all the salve, for our hand is
hurt, while Eleazar does not know his
hand is hurt. Ills hand claye unto the
sword"
AS l look at Eleazar's hand come 10
the conclusion that he has done a great
deal OF bard hitting. lam not surprised
when see that these iour mGn-Eieazar
and his three companions-drove back
tile army Of Philistines that Eleazar's
sword clave to his hand, for every time
he struck an enemy with one end of the
sword The other end OF the sword wound.
ed him. When he took hold of the
sword the sword took hold of him. Oh.
we have found an enemy who cannot be
conquered by rose water and soft
speeches. IJ must be sharp stroke and
straig ht thrust. There is intemperance
and there is fraud, and there is gambling.
and there is lust, and there are ten thou.
sand baLtalions Of iniqu,ty, armed Phil
istine iniquity. How are. they to be
captured aud Overthrown? Soft sermons
in morocco cases laid down in front of
an exquisite audience Will not do it.
You have got to call things by their
right names.
IMPERATIVE NEED OF AN AWAKEN
| ING.
We lave got TO expel from our
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