The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-18

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thou be the Son of God" What q
dastardly and infamous IF" Against
that giant IF" hurl Jobs Il know
and Paul's II know Il know that
my Redeemer liveth. " Il know in
whom | have believed" Down with
the IF" and up with Il know"
Oh that giant Doubt is such a
cruel giant! 1t attacks many in the
last hour. 1t could not let my mother
alone even in her dying moments.
After a life of holiness and consecra-
Ion such as | never heard Of in any
Dne else, she said to my father,
Father, what if, after all, our
prayers and struggles should go for
nothing" Why could she not, after
all the trials and sicknesses and be-
reavements of a long life and tho in
lirmities of old age, be allowed to go
without such a cruel stroke from
Doubt the giant? Do you wonder l
have a g1udge against the monster}
If | could I would give him bigger
bounce than satan got when, hurled
out of heaven, the first thing he
struck was the bottom Of perdition.
OPPOSITION CANNOT HINDER THE
CHURCH.
Another impression from my sub
joct-the march of the church can
not be impedod by gigantic opposi-
ton That I3raelitish host led on by
Noses was the church, and when Og
the giant, him Of the iron bedstead,
came out against him with another
hOst-a fresh host against one that
seemed worn out-things must have
looked bad for Israel. No account is
given of the bedstead Of Moses eX-
cept that one in which he first slept
the cradle of aquatic vegetation on
the Nile, where the wife of Che
nephres, the king, found the floating
babe, and having no child of her
own adopted him. Moses of ordi-
nary size against Og of eXtraordi-
nary dimensions.
Besides that Og was backed up by
sixty fortified cities. Moses was
backed up seemingly by nothing but
the desert that had worn him and
his army into a group Of undisci-
plined and exhausted stTaGglers. But
the Israelites triumphed. If you spell
the name of Og backward you turn
it into the word go, and Og was
turned backward and made to go.
With Og's downfall all the sixty cities
surrendered. Nothing was left Of
the giant except his iron beds5ead,
which was kept in a museum at Rab-
bath to show how tall and stout he
once was.
So shall the last giant of opposition
in the churots march succumb. Not
sixty cities captured, but all the cit
les. Not only on one side of Jordan,
but on both sides of all the rivers.
The day is coming Hear it all ye
who are doing something for the con-
quest of the world for God and the
truth, the time will come when, as
there was nothing left of Og the
giant, but the iron bedstead kept at
Rabbath as a curiosity, there will b"
left Of the giants of iniquity
except something for the relic hunt
9rs to examine.
Which of the giants will be the last
slain know not, but there will be a
museum somewhere to hold the relics
If what they once were. A rusted
sword will be hung up-the only relic
If the giant of war. A demijohn-
5he only relic of the giant of Ine5ria-
ion. A roulette ball-the only relic
If the giant of Hazard. A pictured
certificate of watered stock-the only
'elic of the giant of Stock Gambling.
A broken knife-the only relic of the
giant of Assassination. A yellow
,opy of Tom Paine--the only relic Of
he giant of Unbelief And that mu-
cum will do for the later ages Of the
world what the iron bedstead at Rab-
oath did for the earlier ages.
Do you not see it makes all the diff
ererce in the world whether we are
lighting on toward miserable defeat |
II toward u final victory? All the
Bible promises prophesy the latter,
nd so | cheer you who are the troops |
f God, and though many things are
ark now, like Alexander l review
he army by torchight, and give
,ou the watchword which Martin
luther proclaimed, THE Lord of
Iostsl" THE Lord of Hosts!' and
cry out exultingly, with Oliver
'romwell at the battle of Dunbar,
Let God arise; let his enemies be
catered"
Make all the preparations for the
rorld's evangelization. Have the
aith of Robert and Mary Moffat, the
who, after preaching in
for ten years without
ne convert, when asked what they
'ould like to have sent them by way
gift from England, said, Send a
service for it will be
rely needed" and sure enough the
xpected ingathering of many souls
as realized and the communion serv-
% arrived in time to celebrate it.