The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-07-27

The church OF God to-day wants mora
| backbone more defiance, more consecrnted
| bravery. more metal. How often you see .
man start out In some good enterprise, and
at tho first blast OF newspaperdom he has
collapsed. and all his courage gone, forget
| ful OF the fact that N n man be right ali tho
newspapers Of the earth. with all their col
umns pounding away NJ him, cannot do him
any permanent DAMAGE II is only when =
man is wrong that he can be damaged. Why.
God h going TO vindicatc His truth. and He
is going 10 stand by. you. my friends, In
every effort you make for Chrlst's cause and
the salvation OF men.
I sometimes say 20 my wife "Thers IL
something wrong the newspapers have not
assaulted me for three months have not
done my duty against public iniqultiee. and
| will stir them up next Sunday" Then L
stir them up. and all the following week the
devil howls and howis. showing that have
him very hard. Go forth in the service OF
Christ and do your whole duty. You have
one sphere. have another sphere. The
Lord OF Hosts ~ with US. aud the God OF
Jacob IL our refuge. Selah.
We want more OF the determination OF
Jonathan. I do not suppose he was very
wonderful man. but he got on his knees and
clambered up the rock, and with the help OF
his armor bearer he hewed down the
Philistines, and a man OF very ordinary in
tellectual attainments, on his knees. can
We want something OF the determination OF
the general who went into the war. and IA
he entered his first battle his knees Knocked
together. his physical courage not quite up
10 his moral courage. md he looked down at
his knees and said, "Ah, n you knew where
| was Foing to take YOU. you would shake
worse tnan that y
There Il only one question for you to ask
and for me TO ask. What does God want me
10 do2 Where is the neld2 Where is tho
work. Where is the anvil2 Where IL the
pruyer meetingp Where Ia tho pulpit2 And
finding out what God wants us 10 do go
ahead and do it-allthe energies Of our body.
mind and soul enlisted IN the undertaking.
oh. my brethren. we have hut little time IN
which 10 fight for God. You will be dead
soon.
Put in tho Christian cause every energy
that God gives you. What thy hand flndcth
TO do do II with nil thy might. for there Is
neither wisdom nor device in the grave
whittier we are all hastening' oh, is II not
high time that we wake out of sleep2 Church
Of God lift mp your hcad at the coming vic
tory The Philistines will go down, and the
lsraetes will go up. We are on the winning
side. Hear that ON tho winning side
think Just now the Kings horses are he
ing hooked up TO the chariot. and when He
does ride down the sky there will be such n
hosanna among His friends and such n wall
Ing among His enemies ~ will make the earth
trcmble and the heavens sing. I see now the
plumcs Of the Lords cuYalrymen tossing In
the air. Tho archangel before the throne has
already FURNISHED his trumpet, and then he
will BUT its golden lips to his own, and he
will lcDw the long loud blast that will make
all Nn,ons free. Clap your hands. all We
p 'Ople Hnrk ! hear the falling thrones
and the dlshing down OF demolished in-
iqulties.