Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06

preach this gospel-preach it in the Sab
bath schools, in the prayer meetings, in the
highways, in the hedges. Woe be unto
you if you preach it not
L remark, again, that in order to be
| qualified to meet your duty in this partic-
ular age you want unbounded faith in the
triumph of the truth and the overthrow
OF wickedness. How dare the Christian
church ever get discouraged? Have we not
the Lord Almighty on our side? How long
did 1t take God to Stay the hosts of SIENNA
cherib or burn Sodom or shake down
Jericho? How long will it take God, when
he once 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 Cos
pei may seem to drag heavily, but here i
the promise, and yonder is the throne: and
when Ominiscience has lost its eyesicht
and Omnipotence falls back impotent and
Jehovah is driven from his throne. then
the church of Jesus Christ can afford to be
respondent, but never until then. Despots
may plan and armies may march, and the
congresses of the nation may seem to think
they are adjusting all the affairs of the
world, but the mighty men OF the earth are
only the dust of the chariot wheels of God s
providence.
| think that before the sun of this CEN
tury shall set, the last tyranny may fall,
and with a splendor of demonstration that
shall be the establishment of the universe
God will set forth the brightness and pomp
I and glory and perpetuity of his eternal
government. Out of the starry flags and
the emblazoned insignia of this world God
will make path for his own triumph, and
returning from universal conquest he will
sit down, the grandest, strongest, highest
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,
THERE Is GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT
preach this sermon because | want to
encourage all Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts of the living
God, march oni march oni His spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend YOU
His sword will strike for you. March on.
march on! The last despotism will fall,
and paganism will burn its idols, and Mo.
hammedanism will give up its false proph-
ct and the great walls of superstition will
come down in thunder and wreck at the
long, loud blast of the Gospel trumpet
March on! March onl The besiegement
will soon be ended. Only a few more steps
on the long way; only a few more sturdy
blows; only few more battle cries, then
God will put the laurel upon your brow
and from the living fountains of heaven
will battle off the sweat and the heat and
the dust of the conflict.
March onl March onl For you the time
for work will soon be past, and amid the
outfashings of the judgment throne and
the trumpeting of resurrection angels and
the upLeaving of a world of graves and
the hosanna of the saved and the grooming
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