Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-18

the fowls OF the air and to the wild beasts
of the earth, that all the earth may know
that there is god in Israel"
Then David, with probably three swirlsof
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
leapei on his carcass, one foot on his chest
ana the other on his heal, and that was the
last Of the Philistine. But be sure you get
the right battle shout and that you utter it
with the right spirit, or o. will roll over
you as easily as at night he rolled into his
iron bedstead.
Brethren, have made up my mini that
we will have to fight all the way up TO the
Promised Land. used to think that after
awhile would get into a time where 1t
would be smooth and easy, but the time does
not come and it will never come III this
world. by the time King OS is usei up SO
that he cannot get into his iron bedstead,
some other giant of opposition looms to
dispute our WAYS. Let us stop looking for
an easy time and maks it a thirty years
war, or sixty years war, or a hundred
years war, if we live 50 long.
Must be carried to the skies
On fowery beds OF ease,
While others fought to win the prlzo
And sailed through bloody seas?
Do YOU know the name Of the biggest
giant that you can possibly meet-and you
will meet him? He Is not eleven feet high,
but one hundred feet high. His bedstead
is as long as the continent. His name is
Doubt. His common food is inidel books
and skeptical lectures and ministers who do
not know whether the Bible is inspired at all
or inspired in spots ami Christians who are
more infidel than Christian. You will never
reach the Promised Land unless you STAY
that giant Kill Doubt or Doubt will Kill
YOU. How to overcome this giant? Pray
for 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 against King o. use not for
weapons the crutch of limping Christian or
the Sharp pen of a controyersialist, but the
sword of truth, which is the word OF God.
The word ''if'' is made up Of the same num-
Der of letters as the word ''Og," and 1t is
Just as big a giant. If the Bible be true.
IL the soul be immortal If Christ be God.
II our belief and behavior here decide cur
future destiny If. II. II. l hate that
word "If." Noah Webster says it is con-
junction; say it is an armed giant. Satan
breathed upon il curse when he said to
Christ ''If Thou be- the Son Of Cod"
What a dastarily and infamous If"
Against that giant 1T" hurl JOBS Il
know" AMI Paups 81 know" 81 know that
my Redeemer iveth." ~ know in whom
have believed" Down with the at" and up
with 81 know"
Oh, that giant Doubt is such a cruel
giaut 1t attacks many in the last hour.
1t would not let my mother alone even in
her dying moments. After life Of hoi-
ness and conservation such as [ never heari
of in any one else, she said TO my father
Father. what if after all our prayers AMI
struggles should go for nothing" Why
could she not, after all the trials and sick
nesses and bereavements of long life and
the infirmitieS OF oil age, be allowed to go
without sucn cruel stroke from Doubt, the
giant? Do you wonder | have a grudge
against the old monster? II | could woul1
give him bigger bounce than Satan cot
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, which was kept in
q museum at Rabbath to show how tall AMI
stout he once was. SO shall the last giant
of opposition in the cdurch's march sue
cumb Not sixty cities captured, but all
the cities. 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 conquest OF the
world for God and the truth, the time Will
come when, as there was nothing left OF ",
the giant, but the iron bedstead kept az
Rabbath as a curiosity, there will be nota-
ing left of the giants of iniquity except
something for the relic hunters TO examine.
Which of the giants will be the last slain
know not but there will be museum some
where to hold the relics of what they onca
were. A Iusted sword will be hung up-the
only relic of the giant OF War. A demjohn
the only relic of the giant Of Inebriation.
A roulette ball-the only relic of the giant OF
Hazard. A pictured certificate OF watered
stocks-the only relic OF the giant OF Stock
Gambling broken knife-the only relic
of the giant of Assassination. A yellow
copy of Tom Paine-the only relic of the
giant of Unbeljef. And that museum will
do for the later ages of the world what the
iron bedstead at Rabbath did for the earlier
ages. Do you not see it makes all the differ
ence in the world whether we are fighting
on toward a miserable defeat or toward
final victory
All the Bible promises prophesy the latter,
and so | cheer you who are the troops OF
God, and though many things are DARK now,
like Alexander review the army by torch
light, ami give you the watchwor1 which
Martin Luther proclaimed, "Ihe Lord OF
Hosts" "The Lord of Hosts" and | cry
out exultingly with Oliver Cromwell at the
battle of Dunbar LET God arise: let His
enemies be scattered" Make all the prep
arations for the worlds evangelization.
Have the faith of Robert and Mary Moffatt,
the missioners, who after preaching in
Bechuanaland for ten years without one
convert when asked what they would like TO
have sent them by the way OF gilt from
England. said, "Senda communion service,
for it will be surely needed" and sure
enough the expected ingathering of many
souls was realized and tine communion ser
vice arrived in time to celebrate it. APP
propriately did that missionary write in an
album when his autograph was requested;
Ny album is the savage breast.
Where darkness reigns and tempests wrest,
Without one ray of light
To write the name OF Jesus there
And point to worlds both bright aud fair,
And see the savage bowed in prayer,
Is M supreme delight
Whatever your work and wherever YOU
work for God-forward You in your way
and | in my way. With holy PLUCK fghton
with something of the strength of Thomas
Troubridge, who at Inkermann had one leg
shot off and the foot of the other leg, AMI
when they proposed to carry him Off the
field, replied: mo. do not move until the
battle is Won" Whatever be the rocking OF
the church or STATE, have the calmnes, of the
aged woman in an earthquake that fright
enet everybody else, and VINO, when
asSei if shs was not afraid, said,
mo; [ an glal that | hava a God
VINO can shake t19 world" Wh.ther your
WORK be to teach a Sabbath Class, or nurse
all invalid, or reform 4 wanderer, or printa
tract, or train a household. or bear the
QueruousneSs Of senility, or cheer tbs dis
heartenej, or lead soul to Christ know
that toy fidelity you may help hasten the
time when the world shall be showed under
with white lily and incarnadined with red
rose.
And now bargain with you that we will
come back some day from our supersteler
aboie to see how the world looks when it
shall be fully emparadised--it last tear
wept its last wound healed, its last shackle
broken. its last desert gardenized, its last
giant Of iniquity decapitated' And when
we land, may it be somewhere near the spot
of earth where we have together toiled and
struggled for the kingdom OF God, and may
it be about this hour in the high noon Of
some glorious Sabbath, looking into the no
turned faces OF some great audience radiant
with holiness and triumph.
Iernsalem Hoafafrv.