Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-27
transeresso- dies 1.-THE sky IL, black

transgresso- dies lthe sky i /, black
with whole focks OF them. Vpituresl
When ] see sin robbing SO many peo
pie, and sae them going. down day
by day, and week by week, i must
give plain warming L dare not keep
it back lest risk the salvation of my
own soul. Rover the pirate pulled
down the warning bell on lnchcape
rock, thinking that he would have
chance to despoil vessels that were
crushed on the rocks; but one night
his own ship crashed down this very
rock, and went down with all his
cargo. God declares: When | say to
the wicked, thou shalt surely die, and
thou givest him not warning, that
same man shall die in his iniquity: but
his blood will require at thy hands"
| learn from this subject, what n
sad thing it Is when the church of God
loses its metal. These Phi.istines saw
that if they only could get all the me-
tallic weapons out of the hands of the
lsraelites, all would be well, and.
therefore, they took the swords and
spears. They did not want them to
have ngle metallic W. apon. When
the metal of the Israelltes was gone,
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trouble with the church of God to-day,
1t is surrendering its courage. IL has
not got enough metal How seldo.L
ii is that you see a man taking his
position in pew, or in pulpit, or in n
rel gious society, aud holding that
position against all oppression, aud
all trial and all persecution, and all
criticism. The chu "ch of God to-day
| III dot
more consecratcd bravery, more metal
How often yen see man start out in
some good enterprise, and at the first
blast OF ncwspaperdom he has
collapsed, ana all his cour-
age gone forgetful of the fact
that if man be right, all The news
papers of the earth, with all Their col.
umns pounding aw 81 at him, cannot
do him any permanent damage. 1t is
only when a man is wrong that he can
be damaged. Why, God is going to
vindicate his tru h. an | he is gong to
stand by you, my friends, in every
effort YOU make for Ciirist's cause and
the saliva ion of men. ! sometimes say
to my wife, There is something
wrong. the newspapers have not as
saul ed me for three months, | have
OF done my duty. against public in
iquites, and will stir them UP next
Sunday" Then I stir them up, and all
the following week the devil howls
and bowls, showing that ! have hit
him very hard. Go forth in the serv-
vice 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,
Sclah." We want more of the deter
mination of Jonathan. 1 do not sup
pose he was very wonderful man but
he got on his knees and clambered
up the 70 TX, and with the help of his
armor- bearer he hewed down the Phil
istines; and man of very ordinary
intellectual attainmen $, 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
frs battle lis knees knocked together,
his physical courage not quite up to
his moral courage; and he looked
down at knees, and said; ''ah, if
you knew where was going to take
YOU, you would shake worse than
that There is only one question Tor
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
NEE ing Where is the pulpit? And,
finding out what God wants us to do,
go ahead and do tall theenergies of
our body, mind and soul enlisted 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 Christi ian cause
every energy that Col gives you.
What thy hand findeth to do, do it
with all thy might, for there is neither
wisdom nor device in the grave whittier
we are all has cning.' O, is it not
high time that we wake out of sleep?
Church of God, lift up your head at
the coming victory. fhc Philistines
will 60 down, and the israelites will
go up. We are on the winning side.
Hear that--on the winning side.
think Just now the kings horses are
being hooked up To the chariot, aud
when he does ridt. down the sky there
will be such hosanna among his
friends, and such a wailing among his
enemies. as will make the earth trem-
bic and the heavens sing. see now
the plumes of the Lords cava lrymen
tossing in the air. The archangel be-
fore the throne has already FURNISHED
his trumpet, and then he win put its
golden lips t, his own, aud he will
blow the long. loud blast that will
make all nations free. Clap your
hands. all We people! Hank. hear tho
falling thron :, and the dashing down
of demolished iniquities. ......s.. ..