The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

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mates that that was a very rich land
this land of Israel. II says: ''Thc
stones are iron, and ont of the hills
thou shalt dig BRASS" and yet hun
drcds of thousands Of dollars worth of
this metal was kept under the hills.
Well. that il the difficulty of the church
of God at this day. Its talent is not
developed. II onc-half of its energy
could he brought out IL might take the
public iniquities of the day by the
throat and make them bite the dust.
II human cloqucncc were consccrated
To the Lord Jesus Christ il could in n
few years pursuade this whole earth to
surrender to God. There is enough un-
developed Christian energy In the Uni
ted States to bring the whole world to
Christ; but il Is buried under strata of
Indifference and under whole mount
aims of sloth. Now, is it not time for
the mining to begin. and the pick-axes
TO plunge. and for this buried metal to
be brought out and put into the fur
naces, and be turned into lhowitlcrs
and carbincs for the Lords host? The
vast majority of Christians in this day
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battalion belong To the reserve corps.
The most of the crew are asleep in the
hammocss. The most of the metal is
under the hills. Oh, is IL not time for
the church of God to rouse up and un-
derstand that we want all the energies,
all the talent, and all the wealth en-
listed for Christ's sake?
Again | learn from this subject, that
we sometimes do well to take advan-
tagc of the worlds sharpening instru-
ments. These lsraclites were reduced
to II file, and So they went ovcr to the
garrison of the Philistincs to get their
axes and their goads and their plows
sharpcned. The Bible distinctly states
in the context that they had no other
instruments now with which to do
this work. and the lsraelites did right
when they wen over to the Philis-
tines to use their grindstones. My
friends, is IL not right for us to employ
the worlds grindstoncs? II there he
art, IL there bc logic, II there he bust
ness faculty on the other side, let us
go over and employ it for Christ's
sake. The fact is. we fight with
too dull weapons, and we work with
too dull implements. We hack and
maui when we ought to make IA
clean stroke. Let us go over among
sharp business men, and among sharp
literary men. and find out what their
tact is, and then transfer IL To the cause
of Christ. II they have science and art
IL will do us good to rub against il. In
other words, let us employ the worlds
grindstones. We will listen to their
music, and we will watch their acumen.
and we will use their grindstoncs, and
we will borrow their philosophical APP
paratus To make our experiments, and
we will borrow their printing-presses
To publish our Bibles, and we will bor-
row their rail trains to carry our Chris
| tian literature, and we will borrow
| their ships to transport our mission
aries. That was what made Paul
such n master in his day. lie not
only got all the learning he could
get of DIR. Gamaliel. but afterward,
standing on Mars Hill, and in crowded
thoroughfarc, quoted their poetry and
grasped their logic, and welded their
%cloqucnce and employed their mythol-
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learned in the schools of Athens, and
lleliopolis, went down under his ire
mcndous powers. That was what gave
Thomas Chalmers his power in his day.
lie conquered the worlds astronomy
and compelled it to ring out the wis
dom and greatness of the Lord, until,
for the second time, the morning stars
sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy. That was what gave
to Jonathan Edwards his influence IN
his day. lie conquered the worlds
metaphysics and forced it into tn,
service of God, until not only the OLD
meeting house in Northampton. Mass.
but all Christendom felt thrilled by his
Christian power.
Again, my subject teaches us on wha'
II small allowance Philistine iniquity
puts n man. Yes, these Philiotine
shut up the mines, and then they tool
the spears and the swords, then they
took the blacksmiths, then they tool
the grindstoncs. and they took every
thing but II file. Oh, that is the wa,
sin works, it grabs everything, 1t be
gins with robbery and it ends will
robDeTN. ~ y WIS iucuitN am
that faculty, and keeps on until tn,
whole nature IS gone. Was the MAJ
eloquent ~,efore, Il generally thicken
his tongue. Was he fine in persona
appearance il mars his visage. Wa
hc attrNnt, it sends the sheriff tn sci
hfAn out. VAS he influential, it de
stroys his popularity. Was he placid
and genial, and loving, il makes hin
/, splcnctic and cross. i'hilistine iniquit.
, says to tnat man: ''Now, surrende
, To me, and | will give yo'
| all you want-music for the dance
swift steads for the race, imperia
, couch To slumber on, and you shall b,
refreshed with the rarest fruits, i
I baskets of golden %flagree." lie lies
I The music turns out to be Il groan. Tn
fruits burst the rind with rank poison
The iilagree is made up of twiste,
snakes, The couch is u grave. Small
II allowance of peace, small allowance q
comfort. Cold, hard, rough-nothini
n but II file. So it is with Noltaire, tn
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