Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-03-19

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 who
would like to hew YOU in twain.
Higher than eleven feet this Og dark
ems the sky and the rattle of his
buckler stuns the ear But you are
going to get the victory, rs did the
lsraelitcs.
In the name of the God of Moses
and David and Joshua and Paul
charge on him, and YOU will leave
his carcass III the Wilderness. You
want battle shout Take that with
which David. the five footcr assailed
Goliath, the nine footer. when that
giant cried, with singing contempt
both in manner and intonation,
Come To me. and | will give thy
flesh unto tho fowls of the air
and 10 the beasts of the field, "
and David looked up at the mon
ster of blSggadocio and defiantly
replied: Thou comest To me with
sword and with Il spear and with Il
shield but | come To thee i'll the
namc of the Lord of Hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel. whom thou
hast deficd This day will the Lord
deliver thee unto mine hand and will
smitc thee and take thine head from
thee, and will give the carcasScs of
the host of the Philistines this day
unto 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
swirls of the sling about his head got
it into sufficient momentum and let
fly till the Uranium of the giant broke
III and he fell, and David leaped on
his carcass, one foot on his chest and
the other OH his head. and that WAS
the last of the Philistinc. But be
sure You get the right battle shout
and that YOU utter it with the right
spirit, or Og will roll over you as
easily as at night he rolled into his
iron bedstcad.
WE WILL HAVE To 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 Il time where il would be smooth
and easy. but the time does not come.
and il Will never come i'll this world.
By the time King Og Is used up 50
that he cannot .,ct into his iron bed
stead. some other giant of opposition
looms up To dispute our way Let us
stop looking for an easy time and
make it a thirty years war, or a sixty
years war. or hundred years war.
if we live SO long
Must be carried 10 the skies
Tn howery beds of caNe.
While others fought 10 win the prize
And sailed through bloody se;,s:
Do YOU know the name of the big
gest giant that You can possibly
meet and YOU will meet him. He
is not eleven feet high, but one hun
dred feet high Ills hetfstcad is as
long as the continent His name is
Doubt. His common food is inidel
books and skeptical lectures and min
listers who do not know whether the
Bible is inspired ut all or inspired in
spots, and Christians who are more
infidel than Christian. You will
never reach the Promised Land un-
less you slay that giant. Kill Doubt
or Doubt viii kill YOU How to over
come this giant! Pray for faith, 60
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 Og use
not for weapons the crutch of Il limp
ing Christian or the sharp pen of a
cohtroversialist, but the sword OF
truth. which is the word of God The
word If is made up of the same
number Of tiers as the sword "Og. :
and it is just us big a giant IF the
Bible be true. IF the soul be i'm
mortal. If Christ be God If
our belief and behavior here decide
our future destiny. If. If. If. ="
| hate that word If +" Noah Webster
says it is conjunction; say ii is M
armed giant. Satan breathed upon
it curse when he said to Christ If
thou hc the Son uf God What a
dastardly and Infamous If" Against
that giant IF hurl Jobs Il know
and PaulS Il know II know that
my Redccmcr liveth. Il know in
whom have believed" Down with
the III" and up with II know
Oh, that giant Doubt is such a
cruel giant 1t attacks many in the
last hour II could not let my mother
alone even i'll her dying moments
After life Of holiness and consccra-
tion such as | never heard of i'll any
one else, She said To my father,
Father. what if, after all, our
prayers and struggles should 90 for
, nothing" Why could she not, after
all the trials and sicknesscs and be
rcavcmcntS of a long life and the in
firmitics of old age, be allowed to 90
without such cruel stroke from
Doubt, the giant! Do you wonder |
have a gludge against the monster
If | could would give him Il bigger
bounce than satan got when, hurled
out of heaven. the first thing he
/ struck was the bottom of perlition
/ OPPOSITION CANNOT HINDER THE
CHURCH.
Another impression from my sub
/ icct-the march of the church can
not be impcded by gigantic opposi-
! ton. That Israclitish host led on by
Moses 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
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