Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-20

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beard. and they spatin his iae1 An the
they called him ''this fellow. ~ 10
great enterprises in and on. sod at
Church have at times been scoi.I ,.;.,'ds
and there have been a great hlui ,.n.;ot
who have thought that Ihe e. ICES
of Gods truth would fail 10 pr.
IL it once got out OF the olo Nv
And so there are these VINO h".o ~
natience with anything IKE l"pto:;.h
ment in church architecture OF WV.
ANYTHING like good, hearty, earneS.
church singing, and they aer'"e .t ui
form of religious discussion WIZ
goes down walking among every 10y
men rather than that when n ma So. ~
excursion on rhetorical stllts. on. .".o
the church Of God would wax W
an adaptability of work! we mus. h
NIT the simple fact that tne cnu'e'. do
of Jesus Christ in TINS nay w
not reach the great masses. Anc.e 'no o
fifty thousand people in Edinoursn WY
never hear the gospel Ihere are ~.
million people in LONDON wiz go
hear the gospel: lhere aI :, the
three hundred thousand sous III Sne
CITY of Brooklyn who come not uI:oes
the llnmeOlaLe IululoIA o1AOo
truth; and the church OF God IN this
s.u instead of being a place full OF
i;c;ng en,stles. read and known OF all
n,a,, ;s more like ''dead-lettcr' post.
office. .,,
All. nv friends. there is work for you
md me to do in order to gain this
Grand accomplishment! Here is pull
nit and a clergyman breaches IN IT,
Vow nulpit is the bank. Your pulpit is
the store. Your pulpit is the editorial
cha;r Your pulpit is the anvil. Your
nulnit is the house scaffolding. Your
nulpit Is the mechanics shop. l may
stand in this place and, through
cowardice or through self-seek.
inc. NAV keep back the word
I ought to utter, while you, with
sleeve rolled up and brow besweated
with toll, may utter the word that will
lar the foundation of heaven with the
Shout of a great victory. Oh, that to-
dav this whole audience might feel that
the LORD Almighty is putting upon
them the hands of ordination. Every
one, 60 forth and preach this Gospel
You have as much right to preach al
I have, or as any man has. Only
find out the pulpit where God will.
have YOU preach. and there preach.
Hedley Wears was wicked man in thu
English army. The grace of God camt
to him. He became an earnest and emf
nent Christian. They scoffed at him
and said: "You are hypocritc: yor
are as bad as you ever were" Still HI
kept his faith in Christ, and after
awhile, finding that they coult
not turn him aside by calling
him a hypocrite, they said to him
"Oh, you are nothing but fanatic. u
That did not disturb him. He went or
performing his Christian duty until HI
had formed all his troop into, Bible
class, and the whole cncampment was
shaken with the presence of God. Sc
Havelock went into the heather temple
in India while the English army wa
there, ard put candle in the hand o
each of the heather gods that stoo,
around in the heather temple, and b,
the light of those candles, held up b,
the idols, General Havelock breaches
righteousness. temperance and judg
ment to come. And who will say o.
earth that Havelock had not the RICH
to preach?
think that before the sun of thi
century shall set the last tyranny ma,
fall, and with splendor of demonstra
ton that shall be the establishment o
the universe God will set forth tn
brightness and pomp and glory an
perpetuity of his eternal government
Out Of the starry flags and the cmbla
zoned insignia of this world. God wi
make a path for his own trium phi anC
returning from universal cong uest, h
will sit down, the grandest. strongest
highest throne of earth his footstool.
Then shall all nations sony ascend
TO thee. our Ruler Father. Erie ID.
Till heavens high arch resounds again
With peace on earth. good Will to men,
/ preach this sermon because l war
to encourage all Christian workers i
every possible department.. Hosts {
the living God. march on! march OF
His spirit will bless you. II
shield will defend you. His swor
will strike for you. March OF
.. march on. The last despo
ism will fall, and paganism will bur
its idols, and .Mohammcdanism wi
give up its false prophet. and the grea
walls of superstition will come dow
in thunder and wreck at the long, lou
: blast of the Gospel trumpet. Mare
on! march on! The besiegcment wi
soon be en- ded. Only few more ste,
on the long way: only a few more stu
dy blows; only a few more battle-crie
!, then God will put the laurel upon yo,
: brow, and from the living fountain
: of heaven will bathc off the swe;
and the heat and the dust of tt
a conflict. March on. march on. +,
: you the time of work will soon I
], passed, and amid the outfiashinCs
o the Judgment throne, and the trumpe
:. ing of resurrection angels. and the II
!, heaving of a world of graves, and IL
! hosanna of the saved and the groanir
:. of the lost. we shall be rewarded f
8 our faithfulness or punished for o.
: stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God
. Israel from everlasting to everlastin
', and let the whole earth be filled wi
- his glory. Amen and Amen.
r THE HOCFISH.