The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-30

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surrenders through that starvation and
exhaustion But my friends the for
tresses Of sin are never 10 Ike taken IN
that way. If they arc taken for God it
will be by storm. You viii have to
bring up the great Siege guns Of the
gospel TO the very wall and wheel the
flying artillery into line, and when the
armed infantry Of heaven shall con-
front tho battlements you will have to
give the quick command, Forward
Charger
EVERY PLACE MAY BE PULPIT.
All, my friends, there Is work for you
TO do and for me to do In order to achieve
this grand accomplishment Here Is q
pulpit, and clergyman breaches In 1t.
Your pulpit is the bank. Your pulpit
is the store. Your pulpit is the edi-
torlal chair. Your pulpit is the anvil.
Your pulpit is the house scaffolding.
Your pulpit is the mechanics shop. !
may stand in this place, and through
cowardice or through self seeking may
keep back the word ought to utter;
while you, with sleeve rolled up and
brow besweated with toll, may utter
the word that will jar the foundation
of heaven with the shout Of o great vic
tory. Oh, that today this whole audi
ence might feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon them the hands Of or
dination. Every one, go forth and
preach this Gospel. You have as
much right to preach as | have, or as
any man has. Only find out the pull
pit where God will have you preach,
and there preach.
Hedley Wears was wicked man In
the English army. The grace of God
came to him. He became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scoffed
at him, and said: you are a hypo-
critic. You are as bad rs ever you
were" Still he kept his faith In Christ,
and after awhile, finding that they
could not turn him aside by calling him
hypocrite, they said to him, "Oh,
you are nothing bat fanatic" That
did not disturb him. He went on per
forming his Christian duty until ne had
formed all his troop into Bible class,
and the whole encampment was shaken
with the presence of God.
So HaveioTx went into the heather
temple In India while the English army
was there, and put candle into the
hand of each of the heather gods that
stood around in the heather temple,
and by the light of those candles, held
up by the idols, General Havelock
prcached rishtoouane ss, temperance ana
Judgment to come. And who will say,
on earth or in heaven, that Havelocl1
had not the right to preach2
In the minister's house where l pre-
pared for college there was man who
worked, by the name of Peter Croy.
He could neither read nor write, but he
was O man Of God. Often theologians
would stop In the house-grave theo-
logians-and at family prayers Peter
Croy would be called upon to lead, and
all those wise men sat around, wonder
struck at his religious efficiency. When
he prayed he reached up and seemed
to take hold of the very throne Of the
Almighty, and he talked with God
until the very heavens were bowed
down into the sitting room.
Oh, If l were dying l would rather
have plain Peter Croy kneel by my
bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than some heortless eccle.
siastio arrayed in costly canonicals. &c
preach this Gospel. You say you are
not licensed. In the name of the
Lord Almighty this morning license
you. Go preach this Gospel-preacl
it in the Sabbath schools, in the praye,
meetings, In the highway, in the
hedges. Woe be unto you Ii you preacl
it not.
FAITH NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVE WORK
remark again, that in order to b.
qualified to meet your duty In this par
ticular age you want unbounded faitl
, in the triumph Of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness How Gart
the Christian church ever get discour
aged2 Have we not the Lord Almighty
on our side2 How long did it take God
to Stay the hosts of Sennaeherib or burn
/ Sodom Or shake down Jericho9 How
long will it take God, when he oncz
arises In his strength, to overthrow a!
the forces of iniquitys
Between this time and that there
may be long seasons of darkness-tht
chariot wheels of Gods Gospel may
seem to drag heavily; but bere Is the
promise, and yonder Is the throne; anc
| when Omniscience has lost its eyesIght,
, and Omnipotence falls back lmpotent
f., and Jehovah is driven from his t1rono
then the church of Jesus Christ ca,
afford to be Respondent, but never unit
> then. Despots may plan and arrnie
y may march, and the congresses of tn
e nations may seem TO think they are ad
justing all the affairs of the world, bu
V the mighty men of the earth are onl
i the dust of the chariot wheels of God
providence.
g think that before the sun of this Ger
fury shall set the last tyranny may fail
and with splondor of demonstratioi
: that shall be the establishment of tn
o universe God viii set forth the brigh:
h ness and pomp and glory and perpetu
lty OF his eternal government. Out of tn
starry flag and the emblazoned insight
OF this world, God will make path 70
$ his own triumph, and, returning fror
J. universal conquest, he will sit down
the grandest, strongest, highest thron
OF earth his footstool.
Then shall all nations song ascend
10 Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend
Ttl heavens high arch resounds again
With Peace on earth. good viii to men. ~
preach this sermon because wan
u to encourage all Christian workers /
! every possible department. Hosts G
g the living God, march onl march on
Y His spirit win bless you His shiel
VIII defend you. His sword viii strik
for You March oni March oni Th