News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-07-27
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T aso sin roDbing sA e. vaEaFesl When
see sst them zen going d 30 many people, and I
we by week, l mu wn day by day and
ing. dare not keep + give e a plain warn arm
the salvation of my : own W back lest risk
the pirate, pulled down Vn ~ soul. Rover sTi
ON Inchcape rock, thint;1 ne warning BEL
crushed cnpS on the G roe5e
own ship crashed do Uuu one night MS
rock, and he Went down on ont. TINS s., very Try
cargo. God declares. U "yn, with all nus $
the wicked thou shalt When ! say TO
thou givest him not wo, surely die ana
blood will require at tbv9 b Du' Ills
I learn from this suh;ol nands.
thing it is when the cbur5Cehc w 6 a s saa
its metal. These Philistinn OF Goa loses 8
they could only m get all the e'T metallic en
weapons out 81 The hands of the Israel
ties all would be we'll and ~, '4 tbe .9s u
they took the swords and It ~ tle 800 erua0
They did not want them 70 t Ine Sp p;maic
metallic weapon. When ~ n'lVe d sliis 30
the Israelites was gone 4s Sne ineI Oa1o.t ~,
was gone. This is the trouble e Sv the
church of God today. ItiS upie VIZ INC :,
its courage. 1t has not gotenoll leh ,,atai
How seldom it is that Won no "pe L n non
taking his position in Dew -, se =, n,,lI,it
or in religious society o vi ~ b pu5P,
that position against all Oppression, and
all trial, and all Persecution TS' and all all
criticism.
The church of God TO-DAY von+s moro
backbone, more defiance wa, van U.s. no
Grated bravery, more metal. How often
you see man start out in some good
enterprise, and at the first blast Of news
paperdom he has collapsed and all his
courage gone, forgetful Of the fact that
if a man be right all the neU,Snanors Of
the earth, with all their colnmnS Wound
ing away at him, cannot do him anv ner-
manent damaged 1t is only when a man
is wrong that he can be damaged. WHY,
God is going to vindicate b;S +,.,,+1, 81
he is going to stand by You NV ~ Erie friends Ids
in every effort you make fo,. Cbrist,s
cause and the salvation of man
1 sometimes say to my wife. ..There
something wrong; the newsnanors have
not assaulted me for three montbsl Ibave
not done my duty against public inioui,
ties, and I will stir them IN newt SIM
day." Then l 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 on
sphere. !. have another sphere. ..The
Lord of Hosts is with Us, and the God oe
Jacob is our refuge. Selah."
We want more of the determination
of Jonathan. / do not suppose he was a
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 intellectual attain
ments. 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 az
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 Twas going to
take you, you would shake worse than
thatr'
There is only one question for YOU to
ask and for me to ask. What does God
want me to do? Where is the field?
Where is the work? Where is the anvil?
Where is the prayer meeting? Where is
5he pulpit? And finding out what God
wants us to do go ahead and do it-all
the energies of our body, mind and soul
in the undertaking. Oh, my
brethren, we have but little time in
which to fight for God. You will be
dead soon.
Put in the Christian cause every ener-
gy that God gives you. ''What thy hand
hndeth 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 sleepf Church of God, lift up your
head at the coming victory! The Philis-
tines will go down, and the Israelites
VIII go up. We are on the winning
side. Hear that..on the winning 81 aias!
being hooked up to the chariot, and
when he does ride down the sky there
will be such hosanna among his
friends and such a wailing among his
as will make the earth tremble
and the heavens sing. see now the
plumes of the Lords cavalymen toss
ing in the air. The archangd before the
throne has already burnished his trum-
pet, and then he will put its golden lips
to his own, and he will blow the long,
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