Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-03-17
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The only case Of accident to sleep men,
toned in the Bible was when Eutychus
fell from a window during sermon Of
Paul, who had preached until mid
night, but that was not so much a con-
demnation of sleep as censure of long
sermons. More sleep is what the world
wants, Economic in everything but
sleep. William II. Seward, the re-
nowned secretary of state, in the midst
Of his overmastering tolls longed for
the capacity of rest, writing in his
memorandum book; ~ have never
found but one invaluable recipe for
good nights rest, and that Is to have
been restless and sleepy the night
before" When President John
Quincy Adams and the distinguished
Josiah Quincy went to hear Judge
Story lecture on law Co his students,
and when invited to sit beside
the Judge and both fell asleep, the
Judge appropriately pointed to them,
and said to the students; "Behold the
evil effects of early rising" In Bible
times, when people arose mt the voice
Of the bird, they retired Mt tho time
the bird puts his head under his wing.
One of our national sins IL robbery Of
sleep, Walter Scott was SO urgent
about his duty of slumbcr that, when
arriving at n hotel where there was no
room 10 sleep in, except that In which
was corpse, inquired II the deceased
had died Of contagious disease, and
when assured he had not, took the other
bed In the room and fell into profound
slumbcr. Those OF small endurance
must certainly require rest II even the
giant needs an iron bcdstead,
DO you know the name of the big
gcst giant that you can possibly meet
and you will meet him? lIe is not
eleven feet high but one hundred feet
high. His bcdstcad is AS long rs the
continent His name IL Doubt His
common food IL intidel books and sltep-
teal lectures and minister's who do not
know whether the Bible IL inspired
at all or inspired in spots, and Christ.
inns who are more intidel than Christ.
ian, You will never reach the Prom
Used Land unless you slay that giant
Kill Doubt or Doubt will kill you.
How to overcome this giantP 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 n limping
Christian or the sharp pen of u contro-
vcrsialist, but the sword Of truth, which
Is the word OF God The word "lf' Is
made up OF the same number of letters
as the word Cog" and IL Is just Ms big
giant, II the Bible be true. IL tho
soul be immortal II Christ be God. II
our belief and behavior here decide our
future destiny. II. IT, IT, ! hate that
word "lf." Noah Webster says II Is
Conjunction; say II Is an armed giant.
Satan breathed upon II curse when
he said TO Christ: "If thou be the Son
OF God" What % dastardly and
Infamous III" Against that giant
ar huri Jobs III know" and
paurs II know" ~ know that
my Rcdeemer liveth." ~ know in
whom | have believed" Down with
the "lf' and up with IL know" Oh,
that giant Doubt is such n cruel giantl
IL attacks many In the last hour. IL
could not let my mother alone even In
| her dying moments. After life of
holiness and conservation such as
never heard Of in anyone else, she said
To my father: Father, what II, after
all, our prayers and struggles should
no for nothing" Why could she not,
after all the trials and siclSnesses and
bercavelncnts of u long life and the In
| hrmities of old age, be allowed To go
without such u cruel stroke from Doubt,
the giant? Do you wonder | have
grudge against the old monster? IL |
could I would give him a bigger bounce
than Satan got when, hurled out of
heaven. the first thing he struck was
the bottom Of pcrdition.
Whatever your work and wherever
you work for God-forward You In
your way and In my way. With
holy pluck fight on with something of
the strength Of Thomas Troubridge,
who, at Inkcrmann, had one leg shot
off, and the foot of the other leg, and
when they proposed 10 carry him of
the field, replied: "No, do not move
until the battle Is won" Whatvever he
| the rocking of the church or state, have
| the calmness of the aged woman
In an earthquake that frightened
everybody else, and who, when asked
II she was not afraid, said: mo, | am
glad that have a God who can shake
the world" Whether your work be to
teach q Sabbath class, or nurse an in
valid, or reform wanderer, or print
| tract, or train household, or bear the
! uuerulousness of senility, or cheer the
| disheartened or lead soul TO Christ,
know that by fidelity you may help
| hasten the time when the world shall
be showed under with white lily and
| incarnadined with red rose. And
now, bargain with you that
we will come back some day from
! our superstellar abode to see how the
world looks when it shall be fully en-
paradised-its last tear wept, its last
wound healed, its last shackle broken,
It's last desert gardenized, its last giant
of inquiry decapitated. And when we
land, may 1t be somewhere near this
spot of earth where we have together
toiled and struggled for the kingdom
of God, and may 1t be about this hour
in the high noon of some glorious Sab
bath, looking into the upturned faces
of some great audience radiant with
holiness and triumph.