Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-27
worked by the name of Peter Croy

worked, by the name of Peter Croy.
He could neither read nor write, but he
was a man of God Often theologians
would stop in the house-grave thee
Iogians-and at family prayers Peter
Croy would be called upon to lead, and
all those wise men sat around, wonder
struck at his religious efficiency. When
he prayed he reached up and seemed
to take held of the very throne of the
Almighty, and he talked with God
until the very heavens were bowed
down into the sitting room.
Oh, if l were dying | would rather
have plain Peter Croy kneel by my
bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than some heartless eccle-
siastic arrayed in costly canonicals Go
preach this Gospel. You say you are
not licensed In the name of the
Lord Almighty this morning l 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.
FAITH NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVE WORK.
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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 discour-
aged2 Have we not the Lord Almighty
on our side? How long did it take God
to slay the hosts of Sennacherib 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 iniquity2
Between This time and that there
may be long seasons of darkness-the
chariot wheels of Gods Gospel may
seem to drag heavily; but here is the
promise, and yonder is the throne; and
when Omniscience has lost it's eyesight,
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
nations may seem to think they are adj
justing all the affairs of the world, but
the mighty men of the earth are only
the dust of the chariot wheels of Gods
providence.
[ think that before the sun of this CEN
fury shall set the last tyranny may fall,
and with a splendor of demonstration
that shall be the astonishmepS of the
universe God will set forth the bright
ness and pomp and glory and perpetu-
ity of his eternal government. Out of the
starry flag 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,"
| preach this sermon because | want
to encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department. Hosts Of
the living God, march onl march on!
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 Mohammedan-
ism will give up its false prophet 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 on! The besiege-
ment will soon be ended. Only few
more steps on the long way; only 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 on! March
on! For you the time for work will
soon be passed. and amid the outf1ash-
ings of the judgment throne, and the
trumpeting of resurrection angels, and
the upheaving of a world of graves,
and the hosanna of the saved, and the
grooming of the lost we shall be re
warded for our faithfulness or punished
for our stupidity. Blessed be the Lord
God of Israel from everlasting to ever
lasting, and let the whole earth be filled
with his glory. Amen and amen.