Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-08

--e.lC.- ours is a bad tela
per. Che gates Of the arena have been
opened and this tiger has come out to
DESTROY your soul. 1t has ]acerated you
with many q wound You have bee4.
thrown by ii time and again, but i'll the
strength OF COD YOU have arisen to drive
1t back. verify believe YOU will con
Quer. ! think that the temptation is get
ting weaker and weaker. You have
given 1t 50 many wounds that the pros
spect is that it will die and yoa shall be
victor, through Christ. Courage, broth
er! Do not let the sands of the arena
drink the blood Of Your so@:
Your lion IS the passion for strong
drink. Yoa may have contended against
1t twenty years, bat 1t IS strong of body
and thirsty of tongue. You have tried
70 fight It back With broken bottle or
empty wine Aesk. Nay. tiat is not the
weapon. With one horrible roar be VIII
seize thee by the throat and rend thee
limb from limb. Take this weapon.
sharp and keen-reach up and get it
from Gods armory-tne sword Of the
Spirit. With that thou mayest drive
him back ana conquer.
But why specify. when every man AID
woman has lion to fight If there be
one here who has 10 besetting sin, let
him speak out; for him have offended.
If YOU have not fought the lion, il is De-
cause you have let the hon eat You up
This very moment the contest goes on
The Trojan celebration where Ten thou
sand gladiators fought aud eleven thou
sand wild beasts We're slam, was not so
terrific struggle as that which at this
moment goes on in many soul. The
combat was for the life Of the BODY
this is for the life of the soul. That was
with wild beasts from the jungle; this
is with the roaring hon of he'll.
TIE INFINITE HELPER.
Men think when they contend against
an evil habit that they have to dght it
all alone. No. They stand in the cen
ter OF an immense circle Of sympathy.
Paul had been reciting the names of
Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham. Sarah,
Isaac, Joseph, Gideon and Barak. and
tne,l says, Being compassed aboat with
20 great cloud of witnesses
Before get through viii show you
that sou fight in an arena arou2d which
circle, in galleries above each other, all
the kindling eyes and all the aympa-
thetic hearts of the ages; and at every
victory gained there comes down the
thundering applause of a great multi
tude thac-Tfo man can number, Being
:ompassed about with so-great cloud
-:SSwitnesses.
On the first elevation OF the ancient
amphitheater, on the day of celebra-
ton, sa. Tiberius or Augustus, or the
reigning king. So, in the great arena
of spectators that watch our struggles,
and in the first divine gallery, as shall
call it, sits our King, one Jesus. On his
head are many crowns! The Roman
emperor got his place by cold blooded
conqpests; but our King hath come to
his place by the broken hearts healed,
and the tears wiped away, and the souls
redeemed. The Ronal; a,sse97 Emperor or sat
y...i :: I'll foided arms Indifferent as to
whether the swordsman Or the lion beat;
but our Kings sympathies are all with
US. Nay, unheard Of condescension. /
see him come down from the gallery
into the arena to help rs in the fight,
shouting until all up and down his voice
is heard: Fear not. l will help thee.
will strengthen thee by the right hand
of my power
They gave to the men in the arena in
the olden time food 10 thicken their
blood, so that it would flow slowly, and
that for longer time the people might
gloat over the scene. But our King. X
no pleasure in our wounds, fo>
'nue of bis bone, flesh of
Mood.
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