The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-22

sea not enough water famine not
enough. Opposition by enemies of or
binary statue not enough. They must
meet Og. the giant of the iron bed
stead, Nine cubits was the length
thereof and four cubits the breadth of
it," Why not let these Israelites go
smoothly into Canaan without this gf
gantic opposition? oh, they needed To
have their courage and faith further
tested and developed! And blessed the
man, who, i'm our time, in his march to-
ward the 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 we'll might the lsraclites con.
cludc they were not on the
way 10 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 giant who would like 10
hcw you in twain. Higher than eleven
feet this Og darkens the sky, and the
rattle of his bucltlcr stuns the ear But
you are going TO get the victory, rs did
the lsraeltcS 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 n battle shout! Take that which
David, the fvcfooter, assaulted Co
Hath, the nine footer, when that giant
cried with singing contempt both
in manner and intonation: Come to
rue and will give thy flesh unto the
fowls of the air and to the beasts of
the field" and David looked up at the
monster of braggadocio and detantly
replied: Thou contest TO me with n
sword, and with spear and with IA
shield, but | come To thee in the name
of the Lord Of hosts, the God OF the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast de-
fled. This day will the Lord deliver
thee unto mine hand, and ! will smite
thee and take thine head from thee,
and | will give the carcasscs Of the host
of the PhiliStincs this day unto the
fowls of the air and to the wild boasts
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 il
into sufficient momentum and let fly
till the Uranium of the giant broke in,
and he fell, and David lcaped on his
carcass, one foot on his chest and the
other on his head. and that was the last
of the Philstine But bc sure you get
the right battle shout and that you
utter it with the right spirit, or Og will
roll over you as easily rs at night he
rolled into his iron bcdStcad.
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 n while | would get
into time where IL would he smooth
and easy, but the time does not come,
and il will never come in this world.
by the time King Og is used mp SO that
he can not get into his iron bedStcad,
some other giant of opposition looms up
to dispute our way. Let us stop looking
for an easy time and make it n thirty
years war. or sixty years war, or n
hundred years war, if we live so long
DO You know the name of the biggest
giant that you can possibly mect-and
you will meet him? He is not eleven
feet high, but one hundred feet high.
His bedstead is rs long as the CONT
ncnt His name is Doubt. Ills com
mon food is intidcl books and sllcptical
lectures and ministers who do not know
whether the Bible is inspired at all or
inspired in spots, and Christians who
are more inhdel than Christian. You
will never reach the Promised Land UNI
less you Stay that giant Kill Doubt or
Doubt will kill YOU. How to overcome
rio al In
people who have faith, read everything
that encourages faith, avoid AS you
would ship fever and smallpox the pco-
pie who lack faith.
In this battle against King Og use
not for weapons the crutch of "a limping
Christian or the sharp pen of coutro.
vcrsionalist, but the sword of truth,
which is the word OF God. The word
"If' is made mp OF the same number of
letters as the word "Og," and il is just
rs big giant II the Bible be true, If
the soul bc immortal II Christ be
God. If our belief and behavior here
decide our future destiny. H. IT, II !
| hate that word "lf." Noah Webster
says it is conjunction. say it is an
armed giant Satan breathcd upon IL
a curse when he said to Christ; If |
thou be the Son of God" What "a das- |
tardly and infamous If" Against |
that giant "If' hurl Jobs III know" /
and Paul's Il know" IL know that |
my Rcdcemer livcth." IL know in whom |
| have believed" Down with tine "lf' |
and up with :" know" oh, that |
giant doubt is sich cruel giant! 1t |
attacks many in the last hour. 1t |
nnnlh not lnt my mother nlnnn even In |