Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-08-12

dcay0ra. go~tel workers AMI their friends
from All Parts .. Wisconsin and America.
saints ana sinner Nv text = elo-iolsly
atrrarrint". What g calling snhjnra;ion
the f--a"IIta * vrfrs eUfFnrinc The Thjiiefin"s
hal carried OF MI the llacksuiths and torn
down All fh"b I4ck-rIth tbs. 9hoT% AMI abolished
tho T-a~Isfnith'4 trade IN n" land ~ Israel.
Tho Fbilistinr- hal . particular C,ndge
e1afa-t blaa.-tHfth-. although ] have always
admired them AMI hav" -cmctimes thought
! o4catf - hnl- been one nlv-.lf. II" Phil
il r-- w.aIl net ven ali"w tn.ee parties 70
-warE ttefr stiH4tic fnin"- - trg-s and iron.
'lisr might t.rv uak" any swords or @Tsear~.
Ihrra &.r.Yui% tw, <xrri- l~t in all the
}aat Ye4 tbs" Phili-ttne9 went on until
thet had tH-eu FL M yrin3-tonr4 from the
lan.i1fI -rarl. : fta. II nm I-re"iiti~h farmer
wait~i - -itarf"a hi- pI". "r hi- AZ -. bal
70 =, nter To- =. garrison - the I'hiii-tir"s
H. @4f II ton. There ~ tnly one sharpen
iiG. Instrument '"ft in Finland. and that was
a Gl.. Iat ftrnPr~ AMI tn mechanics hay
ir- nothing - Fh.t IT. th,t coulter. and the
.Di !. auI The ricE4x -tv" Il ~i'npl" file. in
dn~trN wls hinierri and WORK practically
DISGRACE!
IN Great ida. a. t1c-. rAilistines was to
l..i, -" I~rteiit.- l~i-arm"!. They might
zct iron ont 9th" hills - make swords Of.
tut they would not hav" any h~lacEsmiths 70
w"tt this iron. II they cnfthe iron welded,
ta"y would have no -riItl~toncs On which to
hrlft- IT, Instruments 81 agriculture or the
military weapons NJ H. an c,IG-. On. won
poor. ~weaponl~e- Ierarlitr-. reduces to a lie.
how ! pity You But thcs,. i'hiiietinc9 We're
not forever T. keel their heel on the neck of
God children. Jonathan. on his hands and
kH"os. climhs-Up 4 great rock beyond which
w-re III" Phili-tinr@. and his arrlor tearcr.
On his hands and knees. climbs up the same
rn'k, and the3" two men, with their two
words. hcw - pieces the Ihilistines. the
Lord throwing u gr"at terror upon them. so
il was then 80 II is now. The two men OF
God on their knees mightier than Philistine
host On their feet.
| learn first from this subject how danger-
Gus il IS for thu church Of God 70 allow its
weapons 70 stay in the hands of It's enemies.
Ih"s" Israciitcs might again and again
have obtained a supply Of swords and
w"arons, AS for instance. whom they
took the sloiis of the Ammonitcs. but
tho4, I9raelitrs seemed content to have
no -woris. no spears. no blacksmiths,
no grindStoncs. no active iron minea. until it
was too late for themto make any resistance.
] 90 the farmers Juggling along with their
| pirkaXr9 anil plow-. ana | say. "Where are
yoll going with those things" They say,
oh. we ar" going oyer 10 the garrison OF
the PirlIsfince T. get these things sharp
en"i. | say, You foolish men why don't
vol sharpen them At home?' 'Oh." they
sly. the b!acksmiths' shops are all torn
Gown. and v" h1y" nothing left ia but q
iiIa
50 t is in tho church OF Christ to-day. We
ara too willing 10 give up our weapons to the
! enemy. Tn. world boasts that Ii has COB
tled mp the schools. and the colleges. and
the arts. and the sciences, and the literature,
and the printing press. Intidelity is making
u mighty attempt t. get all our weapons In
its hani and then to keep them. You know
it Is making tins boast all the time. and after
u while. when tn" great battle between sin
pnd righteousness has opened, II we do not
look ont we will be- AS badly of as these Is
.%r""ltte~, without any swords to fight with
ana without any sharp"ned Instruments.
| call upon the superintendent of literary
institutions t. see to it that the men who 90
into the ciaS4rooms to stand beside the Ley
den jars. and III. electric batteries. and the
microscopes or telescopes be children OF
God, not philistincs. Theatheistic thinkers
II this day are trying to get all the intel
irctual weapons OF this century in their own
grasp. Whit we want j. scientific Christians
TO capture the science. and scholastic Chris
tiunsto capture the scholarship, and philoso-
phi Christians to capture the philosophy.
and l"cturinG Christians to take back the
le"tl.rinC platform.
"" want 10 send out against Schenkel
an strauss and Renan Of the past men like
the i"te Theodore. Ghristliob Of Bonn, and
AGAINST the inhdel scientists n God worship
iu- SiIIiman and Hitchcock and Agassiz.
w want 70 capture all the philosophical
api ti8tus and swing around the telescopes
on til" swivel until through Thorn we can see
III prning star Of the. fe1eener. and with
meteorological hammer discover the Rock
81 f-s-. AMI amid the fora of the realms
hu.i the Rose OF Sharon and the Lily OF
tn, alley
-, want II clerEy learned enough TO dis
caut-e Ut tive human tyr. showing II To be a
lu3. : opt, ana telescope III one instrument.
VIII ~pa WONDERFUL routriyan"es and lids
,i,,'H 10. 600 or 1000 times "A iav. all its