Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-02

day.
Seized with a hemorrhage of the
lungs in Paris. where he had gone to
be crowned In the theater az the idol
of all France. he sends messenger to
get priest. that he may be reconciled
to the Church before no dies A great
terror falls upon him He makes the
place all round about him so dismal
that the nurse declares that she would
not for all the wealth of Europe see
another infidel die. Philistipe iniquity
had promised him all the worlds gar
lands. but in the last hour of his life.
when ne needed solacing, sent tearing
acToss his conscience and his nerves a
flea file. So il was with Lord
Byron, his uncleanness IN England
only surpassed by his uncleanness in
Venice. then going on TO end his bril-
liant misery at Missolonghi, fretting az
his nurse Fletcher. fretting at himself.
fretting at the world. fretting at God.
and he who gave 20 the world ''Childe
Harold" and "Sardanapalus, and
THE Prisoner of Chillon'' and The
Siege of CoEinth," reduced TO nothing
but a filci Oh sin has great facility
for making promises. but it has just
as great facility for breaking them A
Christian life is the only cheerful life,
while u life of wicked surrender il re-
morse, pain and death Its painted glee
is sepulchral ghastliness- In the bright
est days of the Mexican empire Monte
yuma said he felt gnawing at his heart
something like canker Sin, like
monster wild beast of the forest. some
times liclos all over its victim In order
that the victim may be more easily
swallowed; but generally sin rasps.
and gals, and tears, and upbraids, and
files. Is it not SO, Herod? Is 1t not so,
Hildbrand? Is it not so. Robespierre?
Ayel aye! it is SO; it is so. The way
of the wicked he turneth upside down.
learn from this subject, what a sad
thing IL is when the Church of God
loses its metal. These Philistines saw
that il they could only get all the
metallic weapons out of the hands of
the lsraelites, all would be well, and,
therefore. they took the swords and the
spears They did not want them to
have a single metallic weapon. When
the metal of the Israelites was gone,
their strength was gone. This is the
trouble with the Church of God to-day.
1t is surrendering its courage. It
has not got enough metal How sell
his position in pew, or In pulpit.
or in religious society, and holding
that position against all oppression,
and all trial, and ali persecution, and
all criticism. The Church of God to
day wants more backbone, more def
ance, more consecrated bravery, more
metal How often you see man start
out in some good enterprise, and at the
| first blast of newspaperciom he has coll
lapsed, and all his courage gone. for
getful of the fact that il n man be right.
all the newspapers of the earth, with
all their columns pounding away az
him, can not do him any perrna-
nent damage. 1t is only when a
man is wrong that he can be dam
aged. 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 news
papers have not assaulted me for three
months! / have not done my duty
against public iniquities, and I VIII stir
them up next sunday Then ] stir
them up, and all the following week
the devil howls and bowls, showing
that have hit him very hard Go forth
in the service of Christ and do yonr
whole duty. You have one sphere.
have another sphere The Lord OF
hosts Is with us, and the God of Jacob
Is our refuge. Selah." We want
more of the determination of jon
athan. do not suppose he was
very wonderful man, but he got on
his knees and clambered up the rock.
and with the help of his armor-bearer
he hewed down the Phiiistines; and a
man of very intellectual attachments.
on his knees, can storm anything for
God and the truth We want something
of the determination of the general
who went into the war and. as he en-
tered his final battle, his knees knocked
together, his physical courage not
quite mp to his moral courage.
and he looked down at his knees and
said: "Ah, if you knew where
was going to take Won Won
would shake worse than thatin There
is only one question for you TO ask and
for me TO ask. What does God want
me TO do? Where is the fieldP where
is the work? Where is the apvilq
Where is the prayer meeting? Where
is the pulpit? And, finding out what
God wants US 10 do, go ahead and dot
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 Won.
What thy hand fndeth to do. do Il
with all thy might, for there is neither
wisdom nor device in the grave whittier
we arc AL fastening" Oh Is Il NO,
high time that we wake ont Of
sleep? Church OF God lift nm
your head at the coming vie.
tory The Philistines will 90 down
and the lsraelites win 90 up We are
on the winning side. Hear that--on
the winning side. I think lust now
the kings horses are being hooked up
TO the chariot, and when he does ride
( down the sky there will be such a no.
sanna among his friends, and such a
wailing among his enemies, as viii
make the earth tremble and the
heavens sing. I see now the plumes al
the Lords cavalrymen tossing IN the
air. The arch-anRcl before the throne
has already Furnished his trumpct ard
then he viii put its golden lips to ria
own. and hc will blow the long. loud
blast that will un1ro all ,.af....- a.