Connecticut western news., 1892-03-17

SuulCS was OllS lOhE1 1l IhSAS1A ahu four cubics the breadth of it." Why not let these Israelites go smoothly into Canaan without this gigantic opposition2 Oh, they needed to have their courage and faith further tested and developed And blessed the man who, in our time, in his march toward 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 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 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. Yol want battle shout Take that with which David, the five footer, assailed Goliath, the nine footer, when that giant cried, with stlnging contempt both in manner and intonation, Come to me, and will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the mir and to the beasts of the field, |" and David looked up at the mon ster of braggadocio and defiantly replied: Thou comest to me with Q sword and with spear and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defed. This day will the Lord deliver thee unto mine hand, and l 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 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 craniun of the giant broke in and he fell, and David leaped on his carcass, one foot on bis 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 would get into time where it would be smooth and easy, but the time doeS not come, ana il will never come in this world. By the time King Og is used up SC that he cannot got 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 q thirty years war, or sixty years war, or a hundred years war, if we live so long.
 ,. Must be carried to the skies
 On howcry beds of ease,
 While others fought 10 win the prize
 And sailed through bloody seas7
 Do you know the name of the hig, gest giant that you can possibly meet-and you will meet himf 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 skeptical lectures and min isters who Go not know whether the Bible is inspired at all or inspired in spots, and Christians who are more infdel than Christian. You will never reach the Promised Land un. less you slay that giant. Kill Doubt or Doubt will kill you. How to over come this giant2 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 a limp ing Christian or the sharp pen of 2 controveIsialist, 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 "If" the Bible be true. "If' the soul be i'm mortal. "f'' Christ be God. If our belief and behavior here decide our future destiny. If" If" If. hate that word If" Noah Webster says it is n conjunction; I say it is ar armed giant. Satan brcathed upon it a curse when he said to Christ: "n thou be the Son of God" What q dastardly and infamous If" Against that giant If" hurl Jobs II know and Paul's II know" 'I know that my Redeemer liveth." "I know ir whom I have believed" Down with the "If' and up with T know"
 Oh, that giant Doubt is such q cruel giant! It attacks many in tho last hour. 1t could not let my mother alone even in her dying moments After life of holiness and consecra tion such as I never heard of in any one else, she said to my father Father, what if, after all, oul prayers and struggles should go fol nothing" Why could she not, after all the trials and sicknesses and be reavements of a long life and the in firrnities of old age, be allowed to e without such a cruel stroke iron Doubt, the giant7 Do you wonder have a grudge against the monster If I could I would give him a bigger bounce than satan got when, hurled
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