The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-31

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victory. q. that to-day this whole audi
snce might feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon them the hands of
ordination Every one, go forth and
preach this Gospel You have as much
right to preach as 1 have, or as any
man has Only ind out the pulpit
where God VIII have you preach,
and there preach Hedley Wears
was 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
& hypOcrite; you are as bad as ever yOu
were" Still he kept his faith in Christ.
and after awhile. finding that they
could not turn him aside by calling him
a hypocrite. they said unto him= 'eOh,
you are nothing but a fanatic"
That did not disturb him He went
on performing his Christian duty until
ne had formed all his troop into a Bible
class, and the whole encampment was
shaken with the presence of God So
HavelOck 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, Gen Haveiock preached
/ righteousness, temperance and judg-
ment to come. And who will say on
! earth or in Heaven that Haveloclx had
not the right to preach?
In the minister's house where I pre-
/ pared for college there was a man who
! worked, by the name of Peter CrOy.
He could METER read nor write but he
was man OF God. Often theologisns
would stop in the house-grave theolO-
gians-and at family prayers Peter
/ CrOy would be called upon to lead; and
! ali those wise men sat around, wonder
struck at his religious efficacy. When
ha he nd
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 o, if L were dying I would
rather have plain Peter CrOy lzneei
by my bedside and commend envy inn
mortal spirit to God than some heart
less ecciesiastic array in costly
canOnicals. Go preach this Gospel
You say you are not licensed. In the
name of the Lord Almighty, this morn
ing, I license you Go preach this
| GOspel-preach it in the Sabbath
schools, in the prayer meetings, in the
highways, in the hedges Woe be unto
you if you preach it not
I remark 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 wiclredness. How dare
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1 aged? Have we not the Lord Almight
on our side? How long did it take God
, to Stay the hosts of Ssnnacherib, or
burn SodOm, or shake down JerichOG
r How long will it take God, when He
/ once. arises in His strength, to over
4 throw all the forces of iniquity? Be
tween this time and that there
s may be long seasons of darSness--the
! chariot wheels of Gods Gospel may
/ seem to drag heavily; but there is the
promise and yOnder is the throne; and
. when Omniscience has lost its eyesight
/ and OmnipOtence falls back imPOtsnt
/ and Jehovah is driven from His throne
then the church of Christ can afford tc
? be Respondent, but never until then
t Despots may plan and armies may
4 march, and the congresses of the ma
e tons may seem to think they are ad
e | justing all the affairs of the world, bu
h the mighty men of earth are only the
T dust of the chariot wheels OF God.
providence
q I think that before the sun of thi.
10 century shall set the last tyranny maj
h fall, and with a splendor of demonstra
Z ton that shall be the establishment o
. the universe God will set forth tn,
3 brightness of pOmp and glory and per
n petuity OF His eternal government
= Out of the starry flags and the emblaz
q oned insignia OF this world, God viii
;, make a path for His own triumph, aud
returning from universal conquest, H
is will sit down. the grandest, strongest
e highest throne of earth His foOtstOOL
e seTh-n shall all nations song ascend
" To Thee our Ruler. Father. Friend.
"a TIL Heavens high arch rssOunds again
with Peace on earth, good viii to men.
e preach this sermon because 1 wan
e to encourage all Christian workers il
every possible department Hosts O
II the living God, march on! march on
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D. will strike for you March on! marcl
St ont The last despOtism will fall, ant
a. paganism will burn its idols, and Mo
>" hammedanism will give up its fails
r, prophet, and the great walls OF super
p stitiOn will come down in thunder an
ID wreck at the long, loud blast OF tn
p Gospel trumpet. March on! march on
IN march on! The besiegement will 500
It be ended Only a few more steps o
g the long way; only a few NOR