The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-23


quired an iron bedstead. Giants must
rest Not approaching that fact, how
many of the giants yearly break down.
Giants in business, giants in art, giants in
eloquence giants in usefulness. They live
not out more than half their days They
try TO escape the consequence Of overwork
by a voyage across the sea or a sail in a
summer yacht. or call on physicians for
relief from insomnia or restoration Of I'M
strung nerves or the arrest Of apoplexies,
when all they need is what this giant of
my text resorted to-an iron bedstead.
Let no one think because he has great
strength Of body or mind that he can afford
TO trihe with his unusual gifts. The COM
mercial world, the literary world, the artis-
tic world the political world, the religious
world, are all the time aquake with the
crash Of falling giants. King Og no doubt
had a throne, but the Bible never mentions
his throne. King Og no doubt had n
crown, but the Bible never mentions
his crown. King Og 10 doubt had a scep-
ter. but the Bible does not mention his
scepter. Yet one of the largest verses of
the Bible is taken up in describing his bed
stead. So God all up and down the Bible
honors sleep. Adam, with his head on
pillow of Edenio roses, has his slumber
blest by "A divine gift OF beautiful compan-
hsIll. JhNQhs NAtI AlA0 AAtfaAA vi "a 1iiiOW VI
rock has his sleep glorifed with a ladder
filed with. descending and ascending
angels. Christ, with pillow made out of
the folded mp coat of a fisherman, honors
slumber in the back part of the storm
tossed boat.
The only case Of accident 10 sleep men
toned in the Bible was when Eutychus
fell from window during a sermon of
Paul. who had preached until midnight,
but that was not so much a condemnation
of sleep as "a Censure of long sermons. More
sleep is what the world wants. Econo-
mizc in everything but sleep. William
II. Seward, the renowned secretary of
state, in the midst of his overmastering
tolls longed for the capacity TO rest, writ
ing in his memorandum book, II have
never found but one invaluable recipe for
having a good nights rest and that is to
have been restless and sleepless the night
before" When President John Quincy
Adams and the distinguished Josiah
Quincy went To hear Judge Story lecture
on law 10 his students, and when invited
10 sit beside the judge and both fell asleep,
the judge appropriately pointed to them
and said 10 his students. Behold the evil
effects Of early rising"
In Bible times, when people arose at the
voice Of the bird, they retired at the time
the bird puts bis head under his wing One
of our national sins is robbery Of sleep.
Walter Scott was so urgent about this
duty Of siumber that, when arriving at
hotel where there was no room to sleep in.
except that in which there was a corpse.
inquired IL the deceased had died OF a con-
tagious disease. and, when assured he had
not, took the other bed in the room and fell
into profoundest slumber. Those of small
endurance must certainly require rest If
even the giant needs an iron bedstead.
Do NOT FEAR THE GIANTS.
Notice, furthermore, that Gods people
on the way TO Canaan need not be sur
prised if they confront some sort of a giant
Had not the Israclitish host had trouble
enough already? No Red sea not enough.
Water famine not enough. Long marches
not enough Opposition by enemies of or
binary stature not enough. They must
need OK. the giant Of the iron bedstead
Mine cubits was the length thereof and
four cubits the breadth of it," Why not
let these IsraeIites go smoothly into Canaan
without this gigantic opposition2 On, they
needed 10 have their courage and faith fur
ther 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. Donot conclude that
You are not on the way TO Canaan because
of this obstacle.
As we. might the Israelites conclude
they were not on the way TO the Promised
Land because they met Og, the giant.
Standing IN your way is some evil propcn-
sity, some social persecution. some business
misfortune. some physical distress Not
one of you but meets a giant who would
like TO hew you in twain. Higher than
eleven feet this Og darkeus the sky and
fha rge Z la nF - brrrlr 80 ba
But you are going 10 get the victory, as did
the Israelites. In the name of the God
of Moses and David and Joshua and Paul,
charge on him, and You viii leave his car
cass in the wilderness. You want a battle
shout
Take that with which David, the five
footer. assaulted Goliath, the nine foot err
when that giant cried with singing con-
tempt both in manner and information.
Come 70 me, and | will give thy flesh
unto the fowls Of the air and TO the beasts
of the field" and David looked up at the
monster OF braggadocio and dcfantly re-
piled: Thou contest 10 me with "A sword
and with a spear, and with a shield but l
come TO thee in the name of the Lord of
Hosts, the God of the armies Of Israel,
whom thou hast defed This day will the
Lord deliver thee unto mine hand; and l
Will sInite thee and take thine head from
thee, and / viii give the carcasses Of the
host of the Philstines this day unto the
fowls Of the air and 10 the wild beasts Of
the earth that all the earth may know that
there is a God in Israel"
Then David, with probably three swirls
of the sling about his head, got it into
sufficient momentum and let fly till the
Uranium Of the giant broke in and he fell,
and David leaped on his carcass, one foot
on his chest and the other on his head, and
that was the last of the Phlistine But
be sure you get the right battle shout and
that you utter it with the right spirit, or
Og viii roll over you rs easily as at night
he rolled into his iron bedstead
1T IS FIGHT ALL THE WAY.
Brethren, / have made up my mind that
we will have TO fight all the way up to the
promised land. / used 10 think that after
awhile / would get into a time where 1t
would be smooth and easy, but the time
does not come and it viii never come in
this world. BY the time King Og is used
up so that he cannot get into his iron bed
stead, some other giant of opposition looms
up to dispute our way. Let US stop looking
for an eaSs time and make 1t a thirty
years war, or a sixty years war, or hun
dred years war, if we live so long
Must be carried to the skies
On foyvery beds of ease.
While others fought to win the prize
And sailed through bloody seasl
Do YOU know the name of the biggest