San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-28
The Daily Eight.
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1898.
SINNERS HIT
Sledge- Hammer Licks by the Chris
tian Warrior Red Collard.

sinners, We're raped to order at
$3.50 o'clock. Then some singing
and reading of scriptures. The
Evangelist then read his text from
First Timothy, chap. 6-l2.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay
hold on eternal life, whereuntO
thou art also called and hast pro-
fessed a good profession before
many witnesses. He then address
ed himself first to the soldiers, who
by special invitation, were seated
in front of him, apd told them how
the c hristian heart sympathiZed
with them in their sacrifice of
home and separation from friends,
and especially from their female
relatives. Said he, there is another
army whose soldiers will give you
help and advice. This army is
not less real than your own
and in all civilized countries is as
we'll organized. Like you the
Christian soldiers now in the
ranks, and those who have finished
their warfare and gone to their
final reward, were volunteers.
There are no cOnscriptS in this
army as are sometimes in military
armies, notably in our late civil
war. He then asked what was
true patriotism and proceeded to
define it by giving the qualifica-
tiOns of true soldier and showing
the analogy between him and the
Christian warrior. He is not a
patriot simply because in the
army, he might have joined in an
hour of political excitement or on
the impulse of a moment, nor
was he patriot because
he possessed mere physical cOur-
age to fight, a cOnscript might do
that. \ patriot must sacrifice as
we'll as fight, closing this point
with the words of BOZaris, "Strike
for our affairs and our fires, etc,
Similarity of a Christian soldier
who is willing to sacrifice comfort
means popularity and personal
ambition for the success of the
cause of Christ" \ good soldier
must love his ruler, cause and gov
eminent; he must be brave man.
In the army some men were found
wanting, were physical towards,
physically intirm. He spoke of
the want Of union in the Christian
army because of moral COwardice.
Some men would face foes
armed with iron and steel or 90 to
the lannon's mouth, who were
moral towards and would drop out
or fall to the rear in the Christian
army. The Christian warrior must
wanted with man fearing spirit.
A warrior must have faith. 1t is
necessary to obedience and the
very first law of a soldiers life is
obedience. There is no liberty of
conscience or opinion in the army.
You must obey your ruler and
SuperiOrS in office without QueS-
ton, any other principle would
lead to INSTRUMENTATION. Men en-
deaVOr to show the unreasonable
ness Of scripture because they do
not understand it. There must be
no argument with the officer in
command of an army. Men talk
about the dOgmatism of the bible
and of Christianity, when nothing
is more dOgmatic than their own
course. When the Alamo was
StOrmed a cessation was ordered,
and every man ordered to cut an
armful OfwillOw switches, he knew
not for what. The army was or
dered across the river and about
two hours before day, tools We're
brought and they We're ordered to
use the switches in helping to
throw up breaStWOrkS. Questioning
the command would have result
ed in disorder and demOraliZa-
ton. Here comes the great chief of
cOmmander-in-chief and tells us
what he will do if we will obey his
commands. The sneerer complains
of the ipse diXit of the Bible.
There must be absolute obedience.
We must also be faithful to the
cause. The slightest suspicion of
want of fealty in war stains the
character so no service can wipe it
out. Even barbarians look on a
traitor with contempt. Vide the
case of Benedict Arnold, who for
feited the respect of the English
and could not return to the bosom
of Americans, and of Judas, whose
name is the synonym of everything
vile. There must be no traitors or
deserters in the army of GCd.
Another characteristic of the SOL
der is endurance and here the
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