Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-01-04

1lne was when Tor a ffesDyterlan, Baptist or Congregational and a Methodist minister to appear as joint advocates, in the same common cause, would have been a crying wonder, a marvellous astonishment. But, thank God, the age of secta- rlan bigotry is passing away Ephralm IS ceasing to vex Judah, and Judah Ephraim, and to em- ploy the eloquent language of an Indian chief, Let us combine to brighten the chain that binds our nations together"
 l am aware that We do not all agree, nor do think that the time has come for us t0 agree touching the doctrines of the Bible, but there may be two ways we all may agree without respect or qualification
 l mean, first, in the universal cir culation of the Holy Scripture
 The Bible is the religion of the Protestants; and it is the positive duty of all Protestant Christians 10 unite in its distribution without respect to sect or party. And sec ond, union in spirit, rather than a union in doctrine. Let each party of Protestant Christians make it's own distinctive effort in its own way, rather than in promiscuous union of the general mass. For, depend upon it, David will not fight in Saul's armor, and we can no more make men act precisely alike than We can force them to th:nk precisely alike.
 Now, sirs, borrowing the allusion, will you permit me to marshal the
 Christian army on those principles of union l have endesvortsd to sus- tain: Let then our Bible societies,
 with their auxiliaries, be line of forts established along the enemy's frontier, as bulwarks of defense. Let them be military. magazine s well stored with spiritual weapons aud gospel ammunition, general
 rallying points for the whole army and stronghold from whence our missionary rihemen may rally forth on the enemy. Let our Sabbath schools be military academies in which the young cadets may be trained for the battles of the Lord. Let the tract societies be as so many shot-houses for the manufacture of the small but useful material. Having thus disposed of the out works let us endeavor to arrange the army: Suppose, for example, we begin with the Methodist; and as they are said to be tolerable pio- neers and excellent foragers in new countries and active withal, I pro- pose that we mount them on horse back, and employ them as cavalry, especially on the frontiers. Aud as our Presbyterian brethren love an open field, and act in concert and move in solid bodies, let them con stitute our infantry; let them occu- py the centre in solid columns, and fight according to Napoleon's tac- ties, Tn military squares, ever pre- senting a firm front to the enemy. Our Baptist brethren we will sta
 ton along the rivers and lakes, which We doubt not they will gal lsntly defend, and win many laurels in the lake warfare. Our brethren of the Congregationalist church shall man the garrisons, inspect the magazines, and shall direct the bat teries. But, sirs, we want artillery men; whom shalt we employi The light field pieces and the heavy ord nance must be served. ! propose that We commit this very important to our friends of the Dutch Reformed church; and, sirs,. may they acquit themselves y,it.h a zalor worthE=1rlI rIitii esessssss5rs when the proud flag of De Witt swept the sea, and the thunder of Van Tromp shook the ocean. Now the army is arranged. We have cue great Captain, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose orders we are all bound to obey, united in spirit and design.
 Let us be distinct in movement, Let not the cavalry and infantry men mingle in one indiscriminate mass. Let each keep his proper po- sition, and adopt his peculiar uni form. Thus we shall act with con sistency and vigor without discom- posing each other, or disordering the ranks. And now let us to the field of action. May the God of battles give the victory, and the trembling gates of hell shake to their center. But before 1 sit down | have a duty to perform to that DOT tion of the army here assembled. I have to forewarn them that there IS lurking in different sections of our camp a dangerous and malig- nant spy. l will endeavor to de- scribe this diabolical spy as well as as I can. He is remarkably old, having grown gray in iniquity. He seldom travels in daylight, but in the evening shades he steals forth from his haunts of retirement and creeps into the tents of the soldiers, and with a tongue as smooth and deceptious as the serpent who de- ceived our first Mother, he endeav- ors ito SOW arrows, frebrands, and death" in the camp. His policy is to persuade the soldiers in the gar rison to despise those in open field; and again those in open field to des pise those iaPgarrison; to incite the cavalry against the infantry, and the infantry against cavalry; and in so doing, he makes no scruple to employ misrepresentations, islander and falsehood; for, like his father, he is liar from the beginning.
 Now, l trust the army will be on the alert in detecting this old scoun arel and making a public example | )f him. I hope if the Methodist l cavalry catch him on the frontiers i .hey will ride aim down and put | lim to the sword without delay. l rust the Presbyterian infantry will | receive him onthe point of the bayo- let, and should the Baptist find him ,kuiking along the banks of tie liver trust they will fairly drown lim; and should he dare to ap- ,roach any of our garrisons l hope he Congregationalist will open lpon him a double-fanked battery, md the Dutch Reformed greet him with a whole round of artillery. Let i'm die the death of spy, without military honors; and after he has ,een gibbeted for a convenient sea on, let his body be given to the luakers. and let them bury him Ieep and in silence. May God rant his miserable ghost may never