Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-07-27

The church of God to-day wants more
backbone, more Defiance more consecrated
bravery. more metal. How often you see a
man start cut in some good enterprise, and
at the first blast OF newspaperdom he has
collapsed, and all his courage gone, forget
full OF the fact that If man be right all the
newspapers Of the earth, with all their coll
umns pounding away at him, cannot do him
any permanent damage! IT Is only when a
man is wrong that he can be damaged. Why,
God is going to vindicate His truth, and He
Is going to stand by, you, my friends, in
every effort you make for Christ's cause and
the salvation of men.
1 sometimes say to my wife There is
something wrong the newspapers have not
assaulted me for three months have not
done my duty against public iniquities, and
l will stir them up next Sunday" Then
stir them up, and all the following week the
devil bowls and bowls, 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 is with US, and the God OF
Jacob is our refuge. Selah."
We want more of the determination OF
Jonathan. 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
storm anything for God and for the truth.
We want something of the determination 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, if you knew where
was going to take YOU, you would shake
worse than that =
There is only one question for you to ask
and for me to ask. What does God want mo
to do? Where is the field? Where is the
work. Where is the anvil? Where is. the
prayer meeting? Where is the pulpit? And
finding out what God wants us to do 90
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 tor God. You will be dead
soon.
Put in the Christian cause every energy
that God gives you. ''What thy hand fndeth
to do, do it with all thy might, for there is
neither wisdom nor device in the grave
whittier we are all fastening" Oh, is it not
high time that we wake out Of sleep? Church
OF God lift up your head at the coming vic
tory The Philistines will so down. and the
Israelites will go up. We are on the winning
side. Herr that -on the winning side!
think just now the Kings horses are be.
ing hooked upto the chariot, and when He
does ride down the sky there will be such a
hosanna among His friends and such a wall,
ing among His enemies as will the earth
tremble and the heavens sing. / see now the
plumes of the Lords cavalrymen tossing in
the air. The archangel before the throne has
already burnisheNhis trumpet, and then he
will put its golden lips to his own. and he
will blow the long, loud blast that will make
all Nations free. Clap your hands, all We
psoplel Hark l hear the falling thrones
and the dashing down OF demolished in
iQuitieS.