The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-03-31

hurled out Of Heaven, the first thing
he struck was the bottom Of perditi0u.
Another impression from my subject:
The march2of the church cannot be i'm
peded by gigantic opposition. That
Israelitish host led on by Moses was the
church, and when Og, the giant (Eim Of
the iron bedstead). came out against him
with another host fresh host against
one that seemed worn out-thfngs must
have looked bad for Israel No account
IS given OF the bedstead of Moses. except
that one in which he first slept-the
cradle of aquatic vegetation on the Nile,
found the floating babe and, having no
child of her own. adopted him. Moses
of ordinary size against Og OF extraor-
binary dimensions. Besides that OK
was backed up by sixty fortified cities.
nothing but the desert that had worn
him and his army into group OF undis-
ciplined and exhausted stragglers. But
the Israelites triumphed. II you spell
the name Of Og backward, you turn it
into the word go" and Og was turned
backward and made TO 90.
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 and stout he once was.
So shall the last giant Of opposition in
the church's march succumb. 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 il. all We 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 Og,
the giant. but the iron bedstead kept at
Rabbath as a curiosity, there will be
nothing left of the giants of iniquity ex-
cept something for the relic hunters to
examine.
Which Of the giants will be the last
slain know not. but there will be
museum somewhere to hold the relics
Of what they once were. A rnsted
sword will be hung up-the only relic Of
the giant of War. A demijohn-the only
relic of the giant of Inebriation. A rou-
lette ball-the only relic of the giant of
Hazard. A pictured certificate Of
watered stock-the only relic of the giant
of Stock Gambling. A broken knife
the only relic Of the giant Of Assassina-
ton. A yellow copy Of Tom Paine-the
only relic Of the giant OF Unbelief. 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 1t makes all the difference In
the world whether we are fighting on
toward q miserable defeat or toward .
final victory?
All the Bible promises prophesv 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 torchlight, and give you
the watchword which Martin Luther
proclaimed. ''Tho Lord of HOsts!" 1.-THE
Lord Of Hosts!'' and cry O0t exultinglY
with Oliver Cromwell at the battle of
Dunbar. LET God arse; let His enemies
be scattered" Make all the prepara-
tions for the worlds evangelization.
Have the faith of Robert and Mary Moi
fatt, the missionaries. who after preach
ing in Bechuanaland for ten years with
out one convert when asked what they
would like to have sent them by way of
gift from England, said, ''Send COM
muniOn service. for it will be surely
needed" and sure enough the expected
lngathcring Of many souls was realized
and the communion service arrived in
time to celebrate it.
Whatever your work and wherever
you work for God-forward! You in
your way and in my way. With holy
pluck fight on with something of the
strength Of Thomas Troubridge. who at
had one leg shot off and the
M M MI 1nn nd ,hnv hnv
posed to carry him off the field, replied:
mo. do not move until the battle is
wOn." Whatever be the rocking Of tho
church or state, have the calmness Of
the aged woman in an earthquake that
frightened everybody else, and who,
when asked if she was not afraid, said,
mo: am glad that 1 have God who
can shake the world" Whether your
work be to teach Sabbath class, or
nurse an invalid, or reform q wanderer,
or print tract, or train q household, or
bear the querulousness of senility, or
cheer the disheartened, or lead soul to
Christ, know that by fidelity you NAV
help hasten the time when the world
shall be showed under with white lily
and incarnadined with red rose.
And now l bargain with you that we
will come back some day from our
abode TO see how the world
looks when 1t shall be fully empara-
dised-its last tear wept its last wound
healed, its last shackle broken, its last
desert gardenized, its last giant of in
iQuity decapitated. And when we land
may it be somewhere near this 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 upturned faces Of some great
audience radient with holiness and tri-
lmph.
When the Shah of Persia begins to
suspect that one of his mobiles is grow