Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-25

} Walter Scott was 50 urgent about this duty
! OF siumber that, when arriving at a hotel
I where there was no room TO sleep in except
/ that in which there was a corpse, inquired il
the deceased ha 4 die I OF a conta gious disease
and. when assured he had not, took the other
he'd in the room and fell into pro!oun1est
slumber. Those OF small endurance must
certainly require rest if even the giant needs
an iron bedstead.
Notice, furthermonN, tlat Go1's people on
the way 10 Canaan neet not be surprised il
they confront some sort OF a giant. Had not
the Israelitsh host hal trouols enough al
readyi No! Red sea not enough. Water
famine not enough. Long marches not
enough. Opposition by enemies OF ordinary
stature not enough. They must need Og,
the giant Of the iron beistea1. Mine
cubits was the length thereof and four
cubits the breadth OF it," Why not let these
Israelites 20 smoothly into Canaan without
this gigantic opposition On, they nceied
to have their courage and faith further
tested and developed And blessed the man
who, in our time, in his march toward the
Promised Land, does not meet more than
one giant. Do not conclude that you are not
on the way TO Canaan because OF this OBJ
stacle.
As we'll might the Isr lelites conclude they
were not on the way 70 ths Promised Land
because they met Og, the giant. Standing
in your way Is some evil propensity, some
social persecution, some business misfortune
some physical distress. Not one of you but
meets giant VINO would like to hew you in
twain. Higher than eleven feet this Og
darkens the sky and the rattle OF his buckler
stuns the ear. But you are going to get the
victory, as did the Israelit IS. In the name
OF the God OF Moses and David and Joshua
and Paul, charge on him, and you will
leave his carcass in the wilderness. You
want battle shout!
Take that with which Davi1 the five
footer, assailed Goliath, the ninefooter;
when that giant cried, with singing con-
tempt both in manner and intonation,
Come to me and | will give thy Il ,sh unto
the fowls OF the air and 10 the beasts OF the
field" and David looked up at the mouster
OF braggadoclo and detlantly replied: Thou
comeSt TO me with a sword, and with a
spear, and with a shield; but 1 come to thee
in the name OF the Lord Of Hosts, the Go1 OF
the armies of Israel whom thou has dejied.
This day will the Lord deliver thee unto mine
hand, and | will smlte thee and take thine
head from thee, and will give the carcGsses
Of the host Of the Pniistlnes this day unto
the fowls OF the air AMI TO the wild beasts
OF the earth, that all tle earth may know
that there is goi in Israel
Then David, with PROBABLY three swirls of
the sling about his head got it into sun celt
| momentum AMI let fly till the cranlu IL o:
leapet on his carcass one foot on his chest
ami the other on his hea !. and that was the
last of the Philistlue. But be sure you get
the RI Sht battle shout and that you utter II
with the right spirit or o. viii rol! over
! you easily as at night he rolled into his
iron bedstead.
Brethren, have male up my mind that
we will have 10 d;bt all the way up to the
/ Promised Land. | used to think tnat after
I | NglulI rrpt a " l
| would BE- smooth and easy, but the time does
| not come ana 1t will never come in this
| world. BY the time King Og is used up so
that he caunot get into mis- iron bedstead,
some other giant Of opposition looms up to
! dispute our WAYS. Let Us stop looking for
/ an easy time and make it a thirty years
war, or a sixty years war, or a hundred
| years war, If we live 50 long.
Must be carried to the skies
ON howery beds OF ease,
While otlers fought 10 win the priz3
And sailed through bloody seas?
Do YOU know the name of the biggest
! giant that you can possibly meet-aud you
/ will meet himt He Is not eleven feet high,
but one hundred feet higl. His bedstead
/ is as long as the continent His name is
| Doubt, His common fool is inddel books
and skeptical lectures and ministers who do
not know whether the Bible is inspired at all
more intidel than Christian. You will never
reach the Promised Land unless you siay
that giant. Kill Doubt or Doubt will xiii
you. How to overcome this gianti Pray
Tor faith, go with people who have faith,
read everything that encourages faith, avoid
as you would ship fever and smallpox the
people who lack faith.
In this battle salnst King Og use not for
weapons the crutch of a limprny Christian or
the sharp pen of controversialct but the
sword of truth which is the word OF God.
| The word "lfh is made up OF the same mum.
ber of letters as the word "Os," and it is
just as big giant. II the Bible be true.
IL the soul be immortal. II Christ be God.
II our belief and behavior here decide our
future destiny II. II. II. l hate that
word "If." Noah Webster says it is a con-
junction; [ say it Is an armed giant. Satan
breathed upon it clrSs when he said to
Christ, "lt Thou be the Son of God. p"
What q dastarily and infamous IF"
Against that giant At" hurt Jobs Il
know an Paurs II know II know that
my Redeemer iveth." II know in whom
have believed" Down with the "lf' and up
with II know"
Oh, that giant Doubt is such a cruel
giant! 1t attacks many in the last hour.
IL would not let my mother alone even in
her DYING moments. After a lie Of hoh-
ness and conservation such as never heard
of in any ono else, she said to my father
Father, what il after all our prayers and
struggles should 90 for nothing" Why
could she not after all the trials aud sick
nesses and bereavements of long life aud
the intirmities OF oil age, be allowed to go
without such cruel stroke from Doubt, the
gianti Do you wonder l have a gru1ge
against the old monsterl II could would
give him a bigger bounce than Satan got
when, hurled out OF heaven. the first thing
he struck was the bottom of perdition.
With Og's downfall all the sixty cities
surrendered. Nothing was left Of the giant
except his iron bedstead, whica was kept in
museum at Rabbath to show how tall and
stout he once was. SO SHALL the last giant
of opposition in the church's march sue
cumb. Not sixty cities captured, but all
the cities. Not only on ono side of Jordan,
but on both sides OF all the rivers. The
day is coming. Hear it. all ye who are
dong something for the conquest of the
world for God and the truth, the time viii
come wnen, as there was nothing left of Og
the giant, but the iron bedstead kept a,
Rabbath as a curiosity, there will be moth
ing left Of the giants OF iniquty except
something for the relic hunters 10 examine
Which OF the giants will be the last slain
know not, but there will be a museum some
yhere to hold the relics of what they onc'
were. rusted sword will be hung up-th
only relic OF tbs giant of War A dem: johr
the only relic Of the giant of lnebriatioD
A roulette ball-the only relic Of the gian, o
Hazard. A pictured certificate of watoreC
stocks-the only relic OF the giant OF Stool
Gambling. A broken knite--the only reli
Of the giant of Assassination. A yello'
copy OF Tom Paine-the only relic of tn
giant Of Unbolief. Aud that museum wi
do for the later ages of the world what tn
iron edstead at Rabbath did for the earle
ages. Do you not sec it makes all the differ
ence in the world whether we are fightin
on toward miserable defeat or toward