Milford chronicle., 1893-07-28


ing down day by day and week by week,
must give plain warning. dare not keep
it back lest risk the salvation of my own
soul. Rover the pirate pulled down the
warming bell on Inchcape rock, thinking
that he would have a chance to despoil YES
sells that were crushed on the rocks, but one
night his own ship crashed down on this
very rock, and he 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,"
MORE METAL NEEDED.
I learn from this subject what a sad
thing it is when the church Of God loses it's
metal These Philisti- NV that If they
could only get all the l. .l -ic weapons out
Of the hands Of the Is, as all would be
we'll, and therefore tn, took the swords
and the spears The not want them
to have single met, c weapon When
the metal Of the Israc s was gone, their
strength was gone lis is the trouble
with the church of CCd today 1t is sur
rendering its courage, It has not got
enough metal. How scldom it is that You
see a man taking his position in pew, or in
pulpit, or in a religious society, and hold
ing that position against all oppression,
and all trial, and all persecution, and all
criticism.
The church of God today wants more
back bone, more defiance, more consecrated
bravery, more metal How often you see
a man start out in some good enterprise,
and at the first blast of newspaperdom he
has collapsed, and all his courage gone,
forgetfuI of the fact that if man be right
all the newspapers of the earth, with all
their columns pounding away at him, can
not do him any permanent damage. 1t is
only when q man is wrong that he can be
damaged. Why, God is going to vindicate
his truth, and he is going to stand by you,
my friends, in every effort you make for
Christ's cause and the salvation OF men.
/ sometimes say to my wife; There is
something wrong. The newspapers have
not assaulted me for three monthsl 1 have
not done my duty against public iniquities,
and l will stir them up next Sunday"
Then l stir them up, and all the following
week the devil hOwls and hOwls showing
that l have him very hard. Go forth in
the service Of Christ and do your whole
duty. You have one sphere. Ihave anoth-
er sphere. THE Lord of Hosts is with us,
and the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.n
We want more of the determination Of JON
athan. do not suppose he was a very Won
derful man, but he got on his knees and
clambered upthe rock and with the help of
his armor bearer he hewed down the Phil
istines, and a man of very ordinary intel
lectual attainment8 on his knees can storm
anything for God and for the truth.
MORE COURAGE NEEDED.
We want something Of the determine
Of llf y he
and as 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 / was going to take you,
you would shake worse than thatl" There
is only one question for you to ask and for
me to ask. What does God want me to dor
Where is the fieldg Where is the workg
Where is the anvil? Where is the prayer
meetingg Where is the pulpit? And, find
ing out what God wants us to do, 60 al cad
and do it-all the energies 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 Christian cause
every energy that God gives you. What
thy hand fndeth to do, do it with all thy
might, for there is neither wisdom nor de-
vice in the grave whittier we are all hasten
ing" Oh, is 1t not high time that we wake
out of sleepg Church Of God, lift up your
head at the coming victory The Philis-
tines will go down, and the Israelites will
20 up. We are ON the winning side. Hear
that-on the winning sidel
think just now the Kings horses are
being hooked up to the chariot, and when
he does ride down the sky there will be
such a hOsanna among his friends and such
a wailing among his enemies as will make
the earth tremble and the heavens sing. /
see now the plumes of the Lords cavalry
men tossing in the air, The archangel be-
fore the throne has already FURNISHED his
trumpet, and then he will put its golden
lips to his own, and he will blow the long,
loud blast that will make all nations free.
Clap your hands, all We peoplel Harkl I
hear the falling thrones and the dashing
down Of demolished iniquities.