Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-24

| h,,' yuma said he felt gnawinK at
ms heart something like cantcr. Gin,
hke monster wild beast Of the forest.
sometimes Hicks all over its victim In order
thht the ylctiW may be more easily swai.
lowed' but generally sin rasps and gals
hh1 tears and uphraids and files. IL It not
So Ierodl lsitnot 80, Hildebrandi Isitnot
~, Nopespierrel Aycl ayei II Is so, 1t is 40.
down ~i'7''''
history tells US that when Rome was
founded, on that day there were 10 vniturcs
hyihg through the air. but when trans
greSsor dies the sky Is black with whole
Hooks Of them. Vulturesl When see sin
foDplng so many people, and SEQ them 20.
ing down day by day and week by week, /
must give plaiu warning. dare not keep
u BACK lest risk the salvation OF my own
soul Rover the pirate pulled down the
warning bell on lnchcape rock. thinking
that he would have chance to despoll yes,
sells that were crushed on the rocks, but ono
night his own ship crashed down on this
very rock, and he went down with all bis
cargo. God declares, when | saw TO mo
wicked, thou shalt surely die, and tho,,
eivest him not warning, that same man
shall die in his iniqulty, but his blood Will
require at thy hands"
MORE METAL NEEDED.
i learn from this subject what a sad
thing it is when the church OF God loses ia
metal These Philistines saw that II they
could only get all the metallic weapons ont
OF the hands OF the lsraelites all would bo
well, and therefore they took the swords
and the spears. They did not want them
to have single metallic weapon When
the metal OF the lsraolites was gone. their
strength was gone. This "a tho trouble
with the church Of God today. 1t is sur.
rendering its courage. 1t has not got
enough metal. How seldom It Is that Won
sec man taking his position in pew, or in
pulpit, or In a religious society, and hold.
ing that position against all oppression.
and all trial, and all persecution, and All
criticism.
The church OF God today wants more
backbone, more defiance, more consecrnted
bravery, more metal. How often YOU SEQ
man start out iu some good enterprise,
and at the first blast OF ncwspaperdom he
has collapsed, aud all his courage gone,
forgetful Of the fact that IL a man be right
all the newspapers OF the earth, with all
their columns pounding away at him, can.
not do him any permanent damage. tits
only when man is wrong thut he can bc
damaged Why, God is going to vindicnte
his truth, and he is going to stand By you,
my friends, in every effort you make for
Christ's cause and tho salvation OF men.
/ sometimes say to my wife: There Il
something wrong The newspapers have
not assaulted me for three monthsl | have
not done my duty against public iniquitics,
and will stir them up next Sunday. y,
Then stir them up, and all the following
week the devil howls and howls, showing
that / have him very hard. Go forth In
tho service OF Christ and do your whole
duty You have one sphere Ihnye anoth.
err sphere. "rhe Lord OF Hosts is with us,
and the God Of Jacob is our refuge. Selah."
We want more Of the determination Of jon
athan do not suppose he was n very won.
derful man, but he got on his knees and
clambcred up the rock, and with the help OF
his armor bearer he hewed down the Phil
istines, and a man OF very ordinary intel.
lectual attachments on his knees can storm
anything for God and for the truth.
MORE COURAGE NEEDED.
We want something Of the determine
ton Of the general who went into the war
and as he entered his first battle his knees
knocked together, his physical courage not
quite up to his moral courage, and he
looked down at his knees and said, "Ah, II
you knew where ] was going to take you,
you would shake worse than thatW There
is only one question for you to ask and for
me 10 max. What does God want me 10 doi
Where is the 1eldi Where is the work.
Where is the anvili Where IS the prayer
meetingl Where is the pulpit And, find
ing out what God wants us to do, 20 ahead
and do it-all the energies Of our body,
mind and soul enlisted in the undertaking
Oh, my brethren, we have but little time
In which to fight for God. You will DO
dead soon Put in the Christian cause
every energy that God gives you. what
thy hand findeth TO do, do It with NIL thy
might, for there is neither wisdom nor de-
vice in the grave whittier we arc all hasten
ing" Oh, is it not high time that we wake
out Of sleepi Church OF God. lift up your
head Mt the coming yictoryl The Philis-
tines will go down, and the Israelites will
20 up. We are on the winning side. Hear
that--on the winning side
think just now the Kings horses are
being hooked up to the chariot, aud when
he does ride down the sky there will DO
such o hosannh among his friends and such
wailing among his enemies as will make
the Garth trembe and the heavens sing
zee now the plumes OF tho Lords cavalry
men tossing in the air. The archange bs-
fore the throne has already FURNISHED his
trumpet, and then he will put it's golden
lips TO his own, and he will blow the long
loud blast that will make all nations free
Clap your hands, all ye peoplcI Harkl |
hear the falling thrones and the dashing
down Of demolished iniquities.