The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-15
Stout Grasp Of Faith
Continued from First Page.


feet on soft pl'L-,i ti,e !~-i made NJ
carly 50 ~s can .Ic !, =: ~" .".y, the
bacz porter 81 de,..., - --rrr rs ny
ally "a tiiae IT, en;er 'be yr.dcH c.:y.
We vr,t al TIE ~Ir,,,J:is ~ lz DOR
haIH ~ Lit yba.nl rri'g oD -! the
IL ..l; handbags G,,f ~ tho rslye,
to- hand IL i.'.--. ri,i.- E,eezer c,cGs
nc ..~ hit hand T. L1~. lis aaad
ell ' TO III" sEor! ="
a. 5 .5ok st EleazaT's ia8d come
TO o.. Conclusion that hs hss done q
gro, al Of hard hitting. am NOS
surlf 1 when Eee thnt those four
men Eleozar and hls three COMPANIONS
--droTo back tho army 81 PidI!stines,
tina Fieazar's sword ciGva To MS hand,
fer every time he struck tn enemy W tA
one end Of the sword, the other end Of
the aaeJrd wounded him. When he
/tOols l,otd of the sword, the sword took
Lol1 u aim, Oh. ve have found ar
enemy Who cannot he conquered by
-osc wGter and soft speechos. Il must
be siDLIp stroke and straight thrust
Thers Is intemperaDoe, and there Is
tra1L, a4lc there Ia gambling, and there
IL lua., and there are ten thouGaud 1a1-
tales Of inlQuity, arm Phii.sttno
inic-icy How ere they t. be captar.
cd --2d overthrown3 Soft sermons In
mon Geo cases laid down IL front u an
ezqr's,te audience will nor DO It 70.
have got to call things ~ Their is,ut
n9mes.
Wa have gos to eSpel rom oar
ch1-cGcs Christians who ont the aaora-
ncrt on Sunday end devour WILLOWS
hcrses AL the week We have got to
stop our indignation eEalust tho lit
tites. and the Jebusites, sld tho GeTgr-
shites, and let these ponr wfotches 80.
ard apply our indignation 10 the Md
err transsTessicns which neeu to ha
dragged out and slain. AhaDa here.
Herods berp. Jozebeis here Yre
massacre OF the infants here. Strike
for God SO hard that while you slaT .l3
sin tAe sword will adhere 10 youc own
han1. tell you, my friends, we "aut
i f07 John Knoxes and John Wesieys
in the Christian church today. The
who's tendency Is to reAne On Chris
tt'lzl work. We keep on refining 1t, IN
I'll We send Apologize word to inigu'ty
We arc about to capture It, And We
must go with sword silver chased and
presented by the ladies, and we must
ride on white palfrey under embroid-
cred housings putting the spurs in only
iusS eoough to make the charger dance
gracefully, and then we must send o
Jnissive, delicate as q wedding cerd, to
aSk the old black giant OF sin If he will
NOT surrender.
THE WEAK AND SELFISH
Women saved by the grace OF God
and on glorious mission sent, detained
BON Sabbath classes because their ncy7
hat Is not done. Churches tbot SHOOK
our cities with great revivals sending
Kronnd TO ask some demonstrotive wor
slipper II he will not please TO say
"2Inen" and "hallelujah" little softer
1t g. guS as if in our churches we want
Ell a baptism of cologne and balm OF G
thou and flowers, when we actually
noe" a baptism of fire from the LoTt
Co II Pentooost. Bot wo arc 81
s.r,.i somebody will criticlse our ser
rc. or criticise our prayers, or cltti
G. nIr religious work that our anxiety
fOr t'a worlds redemption is loet in to-
ffoE '~e will get our hand hurt Will
Tloaa>r went into the conflict, 'nnt
his hand clave unto the sword"
E7r see In tho next place wtlss
bari hing 1t was for Eleazar 10 geS hi
hanl and his sword parted. The mus
clos and the sinews had been so loD
gTas2ed around the sword be could no
DROP r. when he proposed to drop II
aod bis three comrades, suppose, cam
up pnt tried to help him, and the
bethed the back part OF the hand
hoping the sinews and muscles woul
relax. But no. His hand clave unit
TIE swopd.n Then thoy tried to pa
open The fingers and to pull back tn
fhuInh; out no sooner were they puiie
back than they closed again, land nj
hand clave unto the sword." But afte
While Ghey we're successful. and the
they noticed that the carve IN the palr
of the hand coresponded exactly VIII
the curve of tho HIT. His bend clay
unto the sword"
You and have seen 1t many a tiyne
There are Il the United States toda
many aged ministers Of the 8ospo
They are too feeble now 70 preach- i
sf,e church records the word opposit
their name is ''eIneritAs, or TIC word
are, "a minister without charge. The
were an heroic race. They had sEna
salaries and but few books, and tie
wan spring freshets 70 meet their GZ
pointments But they did III their Ga
mighty work for God. They took o
more of the heads Of philistine inicuit
than you could count from noon
sundown. You put that Old lninjst&
OF the Gospel now into a prayer NEE
ing or occasional pulpit or sickroo:
where there Ia some one TO be cor
foreed, and It Is the same old ring
his voice and the same old story {
pardon and peace and Christ and hea'
sn. His hand has so long clutched Ia
sword In Christian conflict he cannt
drop It. His hand clavs unto Il
xword."
ihad in my parish In Philadelphia
very eyed man who, In bis early LII
bad been the companion end adviser
tbe early presidents, Madison and MOI
poAl He had welded vast influenza
b7s I only knew him as a vary age
man. The most remarkable thin
about him was his ardor for Chris
When he could not stand up In tn
meetings without propping he voui
throw bis arm around pillar of til
church, and though bis mind was pa
tally gone, his love fos Christ was
great that all were In deep respect an
profound admiration, and were move
VI be spoke. l was called to 81
hin cha / entered the room and i