Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-16

4
| is the creed OF tens OF sthous.
ands Of peop'c in this day. If you
| have n mind to- adop such theory |
| wi not ~ lelieve in God the Father
| Almighty. Maker of heaven ana earth,
and i'm Jesus Christ, and in the holy
! Catholic church. and in the communion
| of saints, and in the life everlasting.
| Amen. { II, when see klea-ar TAX
| ing such a stout grip of the sword in
| the battle aga nst sin and for right
eousness. | come to the conclusion that
we ought to take stouter & IN Of
| Gods eternal truth, the sword of
| righteousness
| As 10 k ut Elea7ar's hanl l also
notice his spirit of sclf.thou rhtfulness.
| He did not no ice that the hilt OF the
sword was eating through the palm OF
his hand. lie did not know it hurt
him. AS he went cut into the con let
| he was so anxious for the victory he
forgot himself, and that hilt mig 1t 30
ever so deeply int the palm of IA
| hand, 1t could not disturb him. al
| hand clavc unto the sword o my
brothers and sisters. let us go
| Into Christian conflict with the
spirit of self-abnegation. Who
cares whether the world praises
MS or denounces us? What
| do we care for misrepresentation, or
| abuse, or persecution in "A conflict like
| this? Let us forget ourselves. That
man who is afraid Of getting his hand
hurt will never Kill u PhilIstine. Who
cares whether You get hurt or not if
you get the victory! Oh, how many
christians there are who are all the time
| worrying about the way C world
treats them. They are so tired, and
| they are SO abused, and they are so
tempted, when Flea ar did not think
whether he had a hand, or arm, or
foot. All he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves
| in worldly achievement w hive
often seen men who, in order to achieve
worldly success, will forget all physical
| fatigue and all annoyan and all OBJ
stacle. just after the bat lie of York-
town, In tie American revolution,
musician, wounded, was told he mu t
have his limbs amputated, and they
were about To fasten him To the sur
geon's table-for IL was long before the
merciful discovery OF an es hetlcS lie
said, No, don fasten me to that
table: get me VIC in " A violin was
brought to him, ana he said: Snow
go TO work as | begin to piay," and for
forty IN nutes, daring thu awful pangs
of amput alton, he moved not muscle
nor dropped a note, while he played
some sweet tune. Oh, is it not strange
thai with the music OF the gospel #
Jesus Christ, and with this grand
mar OF the ch rch mi liant on ths
way to become the chur Ia iumphap5 q,
we canaoo forget ourselves and forget
all pang and all sorrow and all persc-
cution AMI all perturb ltion!
We know what men accompli n
under worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for antagonism, or for
hardship. \ on have admired frescotts
Conquest of Mexico" as brilliant and
beautiful history as was ever written;
but some Of you may not know under
what disadvantages il was written
that Con luest OF lie leo for Prescott
was TO ally blind, and he had
two pieces of wo d parallel
to each other fastened, and totally
blind, with his Pm between those
pieces OF wood ne wrote, tn. stroke
aga MS one piece of wood telling how
Tar the pm mus go III one way, the
stroke against the other piece of wool
tie ling how tar ohe pen must go in the
other way. oh, how much men Will
endure Tor worldly knowledge and for
worldly su &c $, and yet how liC,le we
endure for Jesus Christ.
We have got to eypel from our
churches Christians who eat the sacra-
ment on Sunday and devour widows
houses all che week. We have got TO
stop our Indignation against the Hit |
titles and the Jebusites and the Gcrg- |
ishites, and let those poor wretches |
go, and apply our indignation to the !
modern transgressions which nee to |
be dragged out and slain. Ahabs |
here. Herods here. Jezebels here.
TGe massacre o. the infants here. |
Strike for uod so HARD that while you
Stay the sin the swo-a will adhere TO
your own hand.
You and have seen it many time.
There are in the | nit d States to-day
many aged ministers of the Gospel.
They are too feeble now to preach. In
the church records the word opposite
their name Is emeritus" or the word
are: "A minister without barge.
They were n her &c race. They has
small sa aries, and but few books, and
they swan spring ireshets 20 meet
their appointments. But they did
in their day a mighty work r God. |
They took IF III re of tie heads of !
Philistine iniquity than you could |
count from noon TO shutdown. on
put that old IN mister of the Gospel
now into a prayer meeting, or oc-
casional pulpit or a sick-room where
there is some one to be comforted, and
il is the anne old ring to his voice and
the same old story of pardon and
peace and Christ and Heaven. His |
hand has so long clutched the sword
in Christian conflict he cannot drop il.
Ellis hand ave unto the sword"
had in my parish in Philadelphia "A
very aged man who in his early life
had been the companion and adviser of
the early presidents. Madison and Mon
roe. lie had welded vast influence,
but / only knew him as very aged
man. The most remarkable thing
about him was his ardor for Christ.
When he could not stand up in the
meetings without propping, he wou d
throw his arm around a pillar of the
church, and though his mind was par
italy gone, his love for Christ was so
great that all were in deep respect and