The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-16

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strated. as he did on other occasions ,,., ms
co,,roge Rut / am so glad that when
Saul hung that javelin, David lodged IL,
or the chief work Of his life would 4h news Is
to those who 80 into useless danger s;nns an "r
expose their lives or their, regulations ,. w
their usefulness unnecessarily. When au na
demands, go a , tnou nSe inch inc from the
r;rh. nosiron. But when nothing IL SIN, m s
volved, step back or step ASA. aslue. "ny {
stand in the way of perlls tna bo you ' to
feht windmills. You will be OF more use
re the world and the church as All ac '
Christian man than as Il target ior J"' .a,,t
There are Christians always ~ ~, a . n,me
If they 80 into churches. they fight there.
If they go into presbyterics or conferences
or associations they fight there, My aa,
vice to you is II nothing is 10 ne salm e,.
of of the javeins i. Sam xviii; II; ' l2ayh
avoided out of his presence twice. WASH
ington was as mighty III his retreats as
in his advances Ills army W1 h b seE1 not
lodged He lodged on Long lsaha ,a no
lodged on New Jersey heights; Lincoln
on his way to Inauguration at "ashll'S aoi.
was waited for by assasslns' put ne 'ooN
We have high example OF the 1 ,aiI
te2te something's Goa eest by. aissppearins
from this that place, this or tlla W. e4 ton
i
If the rocks back of Nazareth. 1hey on"
not like his preaching and they proI.oser 20
hurl him down the preclplce; but w1i.ie
they were getting ready for the maSSasi;si;
| Christ darted into the crowd an" ahiii
NO confusion escaped to Cnpernalm' anu
'n continued exercising devils and COOLING
fevcrs and filing fishnets and giving
healthy circulation of blood to paraiHSis,
and curing dementia, and turning So 1"r his lis
into living men and women. and do!'s nls
| chief work What a good thing ne dodge,
| no crowd on the rock back of NaZare'h!
likewise at Jerusalem one day, while pc
was sauntering up and down IN no'oii' naT
porch, waiting for an opportunity [" say
pl,;nd words or do a useful deed, .he people
nronosed TO pay him for his ,elf-sarrilce
bv stoning him to death. but the record Is
.sHc escaped out of their hands. ~,
See also in my subject the unr"rsona2e
attitude of the javelin toward the
harp. What had the harp IN
Davds hand done to the !a'u
cline in Saul's hand? Had the vibrating
strings of the one hurt the ken <"se OF
Tho other? Was there an old Gr'rlge be-
twoen the two families of sweet sound ah';
sharp cut? Had the triangle ever lnHr''en
t the POLISHED shaft? Why the dead
" al i'm Of the r, dsstroyns If "s s"oth.
ING. calming, healing sound? Well VIII
|, answer that if you Will tell me why 1ne
hostility of so many to tho GOSPEL, Why the
yirulent attacks against Christian re'ielon
|
the most genial, most inviting most STU
, ! tary influence under all the heavens! why
will men give their lives to WINK ana
| speaking and warning against jht!St AZ ~,
the gospel? Why the Javelin OF me w3rln
. | hatred and rage against the harp OF EeaF-
enely love? You know and know men VINO
get wrathfully red IN the face and 1oar@inG
at the mouth and use the gesture OF me
clenched fist and put down their teet WIN
Indignant emphasis and invoke all sarcasm
/ and irony and v:tuperation and scorn aad
y sp;te at the Christian religion. WHAT ms
l. the Christian religion done that II should
}. be so assailed? Whom hath it bitten and
o left with hydrophobiac virus in thel
e veins that it should sometimes be chase.
e nc though il We're a maddcned canine
e To head off and trip up and push dow
. and corner our religion was the dohliAaH
H. thought of the life OF David Hume a a."
IL Voltaire and ShafteSbury, and even tA'
X; earl of Rochester until one day IN prince
10 " house in which they h,asphcmouSlH !u
49, God on trial. and the earl of HorIeSIr
= was the attorney against G"d ana re
ligion and received the appl"4 tho 90,
~ and has the use Il hen suddenly me salr
a should use them in defying nirrt rrutor,
o. wish had been crawling leper in = .]itcl
l. Iidther than have acted toward God rs
lie nave nave done Javeln of wit. .javein o.
= irony trp JaTelln Of scurrity, javen of sopfis
d w. JaVelln or human and diabolic hostility
IS nave been flying for hundreds OF vnars :, NJ
t, are 1lyying now. But aimed n wnaty 4,
n something that has come to devastato 49,
@ World: At something that says nations
,nd ooie ee4 that would maui and tramp.
4 uiluer 1907 and eNcruciate and crush the h,,
/ nan Ii race: No, aimed at the gospel harm
I IIarp on which prophets played with SOM
. MhaC lingering and uncertain fingers. but
r~rT p inf "n' rd apostles played with sublime
fingers were ON fire. Harp that was dripn-
ing with the blood of the Christ ont IF
; whose heart strings the harp was chordcd
were ~~T IRON Enrod whose Sc dying gr9an the strings
nerves a-tremble with stories of self-sac-
rlhce. Harp thrummed l,v fiagers lon[, ago
turned turned to dust Harp that made heaven
hat r,t" so anu WI yer make earth hear Harm
'ilat sounded pardon to my sinful soul and
peace over the grave where my dead slren
Iarp that will lead the chant of the blood
washed throng redeemed around The throne
Nav a Javelin slay me before fine q iav-
elm at that. Harp which it seems almost
TOO sacred for me to touch and so 7 call
down from their thrones those who usod
% 1lnger 1t. and ask them TO touch If now.
come down. William Cowper. and run
your myers over the strings of this harp"
He says, Il will and he plays:
There The Is "a fountain filed with blood,
Drawn from 1mmanueI's veins
Come down, Charles Wesley. and toucb
the strings" He says. Il will" and he
| plays:
Jesus, lOTer of nv souI
Let me to Thy bosom fly.
Come down. Augustus Toplady. and
iH,yeen, your fingers across this gospel |
harp lie says, Il WILL and he plays:
Rock Of ages cleft for me-
Let me hide myself In thee
Come down. Isaac Watts. and take this
harp- lie says. Il will" and no plays:
Ans. and did my Savior bleed
AND did my Sovereign die.
Z. Z. Bliss come down. and thrum this
gospel harp lie says, Il will" and he
Halleujah, it's done
believe on the son
lneffable harp! Transporting harp. Harp
OF earth: Harp of heaven. Harp SANITY
ana ana :scraphic; Harp of God. On. / like
the idea of that old monument in the an
rTient church at Cllard, near Kilkenny.
ireland. The sculpture on that monument
though chiseled moro than thousand wears
ago; is as appropriate today as then tho
sculpture representing harp upon a cross
That is where hang it now, that is whero