Milford chronicle., 1892-03-18

/ GiantSln business, giants IN 4 q .S@ ]
eloquenae, giants in usefulnes9 ( NE .,iy
not out mSge than half their d. ,oo'he
try to escape consequence of oyerwor
by a voyage az Toss the sea or a sail in
summer yacht, Dor call on physicians 70
relief from insomnia or restoration Of III
strung nerves or tie arrest of apoplexies
when all they need ovhat this giant O
my text resorted to esn iron bedstead
Let no one think because he has grea
strength of body or mind that he can affor,
to trifle 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 th,
crash of falling giants. King Og no doub
had throne but the Bible never mentions
his throne. King Og no doubt had
crown, but the Bible never mentions
his crown. King Og no doubt had scep
ter but the Bible does not mention hi,
scepter Yet one of the largest verses o
the Bible is taken up in describing his bed
stead So God all up and down the Bibl,
1 honors sleep. Adam, with his head on a
( pillow of Edenic roses has his slumbei
/ blest by a divine gift of beautiful compan
/ iOnship. Jacob, with his heas ona pillow oi
/ rock, has his sleep gloriied with a ladder
Q
/ angels Christ, with a pillow made out OF
the folded up coat of fisherman, honors
slumber in the back part of the storm
tossed boat.
The only ease of accident to sleep men
toned in the Bible was when Eutychus
! fell from a window during a sermon Of
Paul, who had preached until midnight,
but that was not so much condemnation
a1oay, f.esaetn rs car,,rs,e nfo,.a
sleep is what the world wants Econo-
mize in everything but sleep. William
II. Seward, the renowned secretary of
state, in the midst Of his overm, stering
tolls longed for the capao9 v to rest, writ.
ing Ia his memorandum q ok, II have
never found but one inyalt.Sble recipe for
having 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 to his students, and when invited
to sit beside the judge and both fell asleep,
the Judge appropriately pointed to them
and said to 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 his head under his wing One
Of cur national sins is robbery of sleep.
Walter Scott was so urgent about this
duty of slumber that, when arriving at a
hotel where there was no room TO sleep in
except that in which there was n eorp-e
inquired if the deceased had died of con
tagious disease, and, when assured he had
net, took the other bed in the room and fell
into prcfOundest slumber Those Of small
endurance must certainly require rest ii
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 II they confront some sort of a giant.
Had not the lsraelitish host had trouble
enough already? Mol Red sea not enough.
Water famine not enough Long marche
not enough Opposition by enemies Of or
dinary stature not enough They must
need Og, tlD giant OF the iron hedstead
"Nine CULTS was the length thereof and
four cubits the breadth of it." Why net
let these Israelites go smoothly into Canaan
without this gigantic oppositions Oh they
needed to have their courage and faith fur
ther tested and deyelopedl And blessed
the man who, N our time, in his march
toward the Promised Land, does not meet
more than one giant. Donot conclude that
you are rot on the way to Canaan because
Of this obstacle.
As well might the Israeiites conclude
they were rot on the way to the Pronisel
Land because they met Og, the giant.
Standing in your way is some evil propen-
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 thai
eleven feet tais Og darkeus the sky and
the rattle OF his buckler stuns the ear
But you are going to get the victory, as did |
the Israeitcs, In the name Of the Cod I
Of Moses and David ana~aInsh1tst and Paul
charge on him, and you win leave his car
cass in the wilderness. You want battle /
shout!
Take that with which David, the five |
footer, assailed Goliath, the nine footer; /
when that giant cried, with stinging con /
tempt both in manner and intonatioa, /
''Come to me, and will give thy flesh |
unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts
Of the field" and David looked mp at the
monster Of Lraggadocio and deiiautly re-
Dlied "Thou eomest to me with a sword, /
and with a spear, and with a shieldi hut !
come to thee in the name of the Lord Of
Hosts, the God Of the armies Of Israel,
whom thou hast defied. This day viii the
Lord deliver thee unto mine hand; and
will smite thee and take thine head from
5hee, and | will give the carcasses of the
host of the Thilistines this day unto the
owls Of the air and to the wild beasts Of
,he earth that all the earth may know that
here is a God in Israel"
Then David with probably three swirls
If the sling about his head, got it into
NaH FfrT ha
,ranium of the giant broke in and he fell,
md David leaped on his carcass, one foot
N his chest and the other on his head, and
hat was the last Of the Philistine But
De sure you get the right battle shout and
hat you utter it with the right spirit, or
)g viii roll over you as easily. as at night
Ie rolled into his iron bedstead.
IT Is FIGHT ALL TIE WAY.
Brethren, have made up my mind that
ye will have to fight all The way up to the
lromised land. I used to think that af
while l would get into q time where It
would be smooth ard easy, but the time
oes not come and It viii never come in
his world By the time King Og is used
ID so that he cannot get into his iron bed
tead, some other giant Of opposition looms
ID to dispute our way. Let Us stop looking
or an easy time and make It n thirty
ears war, or a sixty years war, OF hum
red years. war, If we live SO long.
Must Ile carried to the skies
On 1owery beds Of ease,
While others fought to win the prizo
And sailed through bloody seasg
Do you know the name Of the biggest
liant that you can possibly meet-and you
yill meet himf lie is not elevior feet liigh
mt one hundred feet high,a SIS bedstead
as long as the continent bv-is name is
)oubt His common food IS infidel books
nd slSeptical lectures and ministers who
o not know whether the Bible is inspired
{ all or inspired in spots, and Christians
Tho are more infdel than Christian. You
yill never reach the Promised Land unless
ou slay that giant. Kill Doubt or Doubt
ill Kill you, How to overcome this
liant? Pray for faith, 90 with people who
ave faith read everything that encour-
ges faith, avoid as you would ship fever
nd smallpox the people who lack faith
IN this battle against King Oguse not for
1eapons the eratch Of a limping Christian
+ the sharp pen OF controyersialist, but
he sword Of trgth, which is the word Of
lod THE word stTF' Is made nm Of the