The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-08-07

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as much right to preach as / have,
or as anyone has. Only find out the
pulpit where God will have you preach
a wicked man in the English army
The grace of God came TO him. He be
came an earnest and eminent Christian.
They scoffed at him and said: You are
a hypocrite; you are as bad as ever you
were" Still he kept his faith in Christ,
and after awhile, finding that they coulo
not turn him aside by calling him q
hypocrite, they said to him: oh
you are nothing but a fanatic
That did not disturb him. He
went on performing his Christian
duty until he had formed all his
troop into a Bible class, and the whole
encampment was shaken with the pres
ence of God. So Havelock went into
the heather temple in India while tho
English army was there, and put a
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 idles Gen.
Havelock preached righteousness, tenn
perance and judgment to come And
who will say, on earth or in Heaven,
that Havelock had not the right to
preach?
In the minister's house where [ pre-
pared for college there was a man who
worked, Ivy the name of Peter Croy.
He could neither read nor write, but he
was a man of God. Often t~heologians
would stop in the house-grave theolo-
gians-snd at family prayers Peter
Croy would be called upon to lead;
and all those wise men sat around,
wonder-struck at his religious eff
cheney. 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, i'll
were dying / would rather have plain
Peter Croy kneel by my bedside and
command my immortal spirit to God
than some heartless ecclesiastic ar
rayed in costly c~anonicals. Go preach
this Gospel. You say you are not
licensed. In the name of the Lord Al
mighty, this morning. I license you.
Go preach this Gospel-preach it in
Sabbath-schools, in the prayer-meet-
ings, in the highways, in the hedges.
Woe be unto you if you preach it not.
Iremark, again, that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this par
ticular age you want unbounded faith
in the triumph of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness. How dare
the Christian church ever get d~tscour-
aged? Have we not the Lord Almighty
on our side? How long did it take God
to slay the hosts of Se~nnacherib or burn
Sodom or shake down Jericho? How
long will it take God, when He ono
arises in His strength. to overthrow all
the forces. of iniquity? Between this
time and that there may be long seasons
of darkness-the chariot-wheels of
Gods gospel may seem to drag heavi-
ly; but there is the promise. and yonder
is the throne; and when 0mniscience
has lost its eyesight, and 0mnipotence
falls back impotent, and Jehovah is
driven from His throne, then the church
of Jesus Christ can afford to be de-
spondent, but never until then. DespotS
may plan and armies may march, and
the congresses of the nations ii seem
to think they are adjusting all the af.
fairs of the world, but the mighty men
of the earth are only the dust of the
chariot wheels of Gods providence.
1 think that before the sun of this
century shall set the last tyranny may
fall, and with a splendor of demonstra-
ton that shall be the establishment of
the universe God will set forth the
brightness and pomp and glory and per-
~14.s4~ IS H.. 4A-1n r1rvar-,roanf Ont
of the starry flags and the ~emblazoned
insignia of this world God will make a
path for His own triumph, and, return
ing from universal conquest, He will
sit down, the grandest, strongest, high
est throne of earth His footstool.
Then shall all nations song ascend
To Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend,
Till Heavens high arch resounds again
With Peace on earth, good will to men,"
l preach this ermon because / want
in every possible department. Hosts
of the living God, march on! march
on! His spirit will bless you. His
shield viii defend you. His sword will
strike for you. March on! March on!
The last despotism will fail, and pagan
ism will burn its idols, and Moham-
mechanism will give up its false prophet,
and the great walls of superstition will
come down and wreck at the long, loud
blast of the Gospel trumpet. March
onl march onl The besiegement will
soon be ended. Only a few more
steps on the long way; only a few
more sturdy blows; only a few
more battle-cries, then God will put the
laurel upon your brow, and from the
living fountain of heaven will battle
off the sweat and the hea and the dust
of the copfict. March on! march on!
For you the time for work will DOR
be passed, and amid the outfashings of
the Judgment throne, and the trumpet
ing of resurrection angels, and the
upheaving of a world of graves, and
the hosanna of the saved and the groan-
ing of the lost, we shall be rewarded
for our faithfulness or punished for our
stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting to everlasting,
and let the whole earth be filed with
His glory. Amen and amen.
.Tauauesa English.