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

day by the throat and make them bite the
dust II human eloquence were consecrated
to the Lord Jesus Christ, II could in few
years persuade this whole earth to surrender
to God
There is enough nndeveloped Christian
energy Ia the United States to bring the
whole world 70 Christ. but Il Is buried I'M.
der strata Of Indifference and under Whole
mountains OF sloth Now, /, 1t not time
for the mining to begin, aud the pickaxes to
plunge, and for this buried metal to be
brought out mud put into the furnaces and be
turned into howitzers and carbines for the
Lords hostl The vass majority of Chris.
tians in this day are useless The most Of
the Lords battalion belong to the reserve
corps' The most OF the crew are asleep In
tue hammocks. Whe most OF the metal Is
under the hills
oh, Is 1t not time for the church OF God
to rouse up and understand that we want
all the energies, all the talent and ali the
wealth enlisted for Christ's sakey / Hko
theniclSname that the English soldiers pave
to Butcher, the commander. They called
him Old Forwards We have had enough
retreats in the church Of Christ, let us have
glorious advance. And say to you now
as the general said when his troops wero
ahrighted. Rising up in bis stirrups, hi.
hair lying in the wind, he lifted up lis
voice until 10000 troops heard him crying
out, Forward, the whole liner
PAUL, THE PHILOSOPHER.
Again, learn from this subject TINT wa
sometimes do well to take advantage Of
the worlds sharpening instruments, These
lsraeltes were reduced to file, and so they
went over TO the garrison Of the Philistinrs
to get their axes and their goads and their
plows sharpened. The Bible distinctly
states in the context that they had no other
instruments now with which TO do this
work, and the IsrGelites did right when
they went over to the philiIines to use
their grindstones. Ny friends, IS It not
right for us to employ the worlds grind.
stonesi II there be art, il there be logic, II
there be business faculty on the other side,
let us go over and employ 1t for Christ's
sake. The fact IL, we fight with too dun
weapons, and we work withtoo dull nipple
ments. We hack and we maui when we
ought to make clean stroke.
Let us go over among shnrp business men
and among sharp literary mon and find out
what their tact is and then transfer it to
the cause Of Christ II they have science
and art It will do us good to rub against 1t.
In other words, let us employ the worlds
grindstones We viii listen to their music,
and we will watch their acumoii, and we
will use their grindstones, andwc will Dor
row their philosophical apparatus 10 make
our experiments, and we will borrow their
printing presses TO publish our Bibles, and
we will borrow their rail trains to carry
our Christian literature, and we will bor-
row their ships TO transport our missiona-
ries.
That was what made Paul such master
in his day. He not only got all the learn
ing he could get Of DIR. Gamallel, but after
ward, standing on Murs hill and in a crowd.
ed thoroughfare quoted their poetry, al i
graspod their logic. and welded their elo.
quence, and employed their mythology un-
til Dionysius, the Areopagite, learned in the
schools Of Athens and Heliopolis, went
down under his tremendous powers Tint
was what gave Thomas Chalmers his power
IN his day, He conquered the worlds us.
tronomy and compelled IL to ring out the
wisdom and greatness Of the Lord until for
the second time the morning stars sang to.
gether and all the sons Of God shouted for
joy.
THE LEARNED EDWARDS.
That was what gave to Jonathan Edwards
his influence in his day. He conquered the
worlds metaphysics and forced IL into the
service Of God until not only the old meet
ing house in Northampton, Mass, but all
Christendom felt thrilled by his Christian
power. Well, now, my friends, we all have
tools Of Christian usefulness Do not let
them lose their edges We want no rusty
blades in this fight, We want no Golfer
that cannot ripup the glebe, We want no
ax that cannot fell the trees We want no
eoad that cannot start the lazy team. Let
" get the very best grindstones we can find
though they be in the possession of the
philistine, compelling them to turn the
crank while we bear down with all our
might on he swift revolving wheel until all
our energies and faculties shall be brought
up to bright, keen, sharp, glittering edge,
Again my subject teaches us on what
small allowance philistine iniquity puts n
man. Yea, these Philistlnes shut up the
mines, and then they took the spears and
the swords, then they took the blncksmiths,
then they took the gripdstones, and they
took everything but file. Oh, that is the
way sin works, IL grabs everything II be-
gins with robbery and it endSwith robbery.
1t despoils this faculty and that faculty and
keeps on until the whole nature Is gone.
Was the man eloquent before it generally
thickens his tongue. Was he fine in per-
sonal appearance, IL mars his visage. Was
he affluent, II sends the sheriff Co sell him
out. Was he influential, II destroys his
popularity. Was he placid and geninl aud
loving, It makes him splenetic aud cross,
and so utterly is he changed that you can
sec he Is sarcastic and rasping and that the
Philistines have left him nothing but file.
Oh. "the way OF the transgressor is hard"
His cup is bitter His night is dark. His
pangs are deep. His end Is terrific. Philis-
tine iniquity says to that man, Now, sur
render to me, and / will give you all you |
want, music for the dance swift steeds for |
the race, imperial couch to Stun Der on, and |
You shall be refreshed with the rarest fruits,
In baskets OF golden nligree" He lies.
The music turns out TO bSa groan. The
fruits burst the rind with RAM poison. The
filigree Is made up OF twisted snakes. The
couch is grave. Small allowance OF rest
small allowance OF peace, small allowance Of
comfort. Cold, hard, rough-nothing but
file. So it was with Voltaire, the most ap-
plauded man Of his day;
The Scripture was his textbook. whence he
drew
Bonmots TO gall the Christian and the jew.
An infdel when well, but what when aoh
Oh. then text would touch him 10 the quick
THE DEATH OF voITAIRE.
Seized with hemorrhago Of the lungs In |
Paris. where he had gone TO be crowned in |
the theater as an idol OF all France, he sends
a messenger TO get priest that he may be |