Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-03-14

want a battle S0OuU! lake CndU Will
which David, the five footer, assailed
Goliath, the nine footer, when that
giant cried, with singing contempt
both in manner and information,
Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air
and to the beasts of the field,
and David looked up at the mon
ster of braggadocio and defiantly
replied: Thou contest to me with
4 sword and with spear and with q
ST. Sid; but l come to thee in the
nal-le Of the Lord of Hosts, the God
of tie armies Of Israel, whom thou
hast defed. his day will the Lord
deliver theeunto mine hand, and Twill
sncise thee and t-.-le thine head from
thee, and will So the carcasses of
the Lost Of to Philistines this day
unto t---e 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
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 Philistine. But be
sure you set 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 bedSGead.
WE WILL HAVE TO FIGHT ALL THE WAY.
Brethren, I have made up my mind
that we will have to fight all the way
up to the Promised Land. used to
think that after awhile I would get
into a time where it would be smooth
and easy, but the time Goes not come,
and it will 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 easy time and
make it thirty years war, or sixty
years war, or hundred years war,
if we live SO long.
Must be carried to the skies
On flowcry beds of ease,
While hers fought to win the prize
And sailed through bloody seas?
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. His bedstead is as
long as the continent. His name Is
Doubt. His common food is infidel
books and slxeptical lectures and min
listers who co not know whether the
Bible is inspired at all or inspired in
spots, and Christians who are more
infidel than Christian. You will
never reach the Promised Land I'M
less you slay that giant. Kill Doubt
or Doubt will kill you. How to over
come 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 Og use
not fer weapons the crutch OF limp
ing Christian on the sharp pen OF a
controversialist, but the sword of
truth, which is the word of God. The
word ''If'' is made UP of the same
number of letters as the sword 'Og, .
and it is just as big a giant. eff" the
mortal. eff Christ be God ''If''
our belief and behavior here decide
our future destiny. If. " eff. IF. f"
hate that word eff" Noah Webster
says it is conjunction say it is an
armed giant. Satan breathed upon
it a curse when he said to Christ: IF
thou be the Son of God" What a
dastardly and infamous If" Against
that giant IF hurl Jobs Il know
and Paul's I know L know that
my Radeemer liveth. Il know in
whom I have believed Down with
the IF and up with Il know"
Oh, that giant Doubt is such a
cruel giant! It attacks many in the
last hour. It could not let my mother
alone even in her dying moments.
After life of holiness and consecra-
ton such as never heard of in any
one else. she said to my father,
Father, what if, after all, our
prayers and struggles should go for
nothing" Why could she not, after
all the trials and sicknesses and be-
reavements of a long life and the in
firmities of old age, be allowed to GO
without such q cruel stroke from
Doubt, the giant? Do you wonder
have a g1udge against the monster
If [ could I would give him bigger
bounce than satan got when, hurled
out of heaven, the first thing he
struck was the bottom of perdition.
OPPOSITION CANNOT HINDER THF
CHURCH.
Another impression from my sub
iect-the march of the church can