Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-14

opposition2 Oh, they needed to have
their courage and faith further tested
i and Developed And blessed the man
who, in our time, in his march toward
tl,s Promised Land does not meet
more than one giant.
Do not conclude that you are not
on the way to Canaan because of this
obstacle. As well might the Israel
ties conclude that they were not on
the way to the Promised Land because
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 a 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, as did the
Israelites.
In the name Of the God of Moses
and David and Joshua and Paul
charge on him, and you will leave
his carcass in the wilderness. You
want a battle shout! Take that with
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 / 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 defantly
replied: Thou contest to me with
a sword and with spear and with a
shield; but l come to thee in the
name of the Lord of Hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel, whom thou
hast defied This day will the Lord
deliver thee unto mine hand, and I will
smite thee and take thine head from
thee, and ] will give the carcasses 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 a 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 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 bedstead.
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 to
think that after awhile l would get
into a time where it would be smooth
and easy, but the time does 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 a thirty years war, or sixty
years war, or hundred years war,
if we live SO long.
Must be carried to the skies
On fowery beds of ease,
While others fought TO win the prize
And sailed through bloody seas2
Do you know the name of the big
gest giant that you can possibly
meet-and you will meet him9 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 intidel
books and skeptical lectures and min
listers who do 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 STAY that giant Kill Doubt
or Doubt will kill you. How to over
come this giantl 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 for weapons the crutch of limp
ing Christian or the sharp pen of
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 Cog"
and it is just as big giant. "If'' the
Bible be true. eff" the soul be inn
mortal "f" Christ be God eff"
our belief and behavior here decide
our future destiny. If" eff" eff"
hate that word "If." Noah Webster
says it is conjunction; / say it is an
armed giant. satan Dreatned 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 II know"
and Pauls Il know" II know that
my Redeemer liveth." II know in
whom have believed" Down with !
the "If' and up with Il know"
Oh, that giant Doubt is such a
cruel giant 1t attacks many in the
last hour. 1t could not let my mother
alone eFen in her dying moments.
After a 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