The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29
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the lights are struck at night. you know
that with one touch of electricity they
are all blaZed. Oh, L would to God that
the darkness of your souls might be
broken up, and that by one quick, over
Whelming, instantaneous flash of illumi-
nation you might be brought into the
light and the liberty of the sons of Cod
You see that religion is a different
thing from what some of you people
supposed. You thought ii was a deca-
dence. You thought religion was macer-
alton. You thought it was highway rob-
berry; that it struck one down and left
him half dead: that it pluclxed out the
eyes; that it plucked out the plumes of
the soul; that il broke the wing and
crushed the beak as il came clawing
with its black talons through the air.
No. that is not religion.
What is religion? 1t is dividing the
spoil. 1t is taking a defenseless soul
and panoplying it for eternal conquest
IT is the distribution of prizes by the
kings hand, every medal stamped with
a coronation. 1t is an eXhilaration, eX-
pansion 1t is imparadisatiOn. 1t is en-
thronement. Religion makes a man
master of earth, of death and hell It
goes forth to gather the medals of vic
tory won by Prince Emanuel, and the
diadems of heaven, and the glory of
realms terrestrial and celestial, and
then. after ranging all worlds for every
thing that is Respondent, it divides the
spoils.
What was 1t that James Turner. the
famous English evangelist was doing
when in his dying moments he said ::
Christ is ALL Christ is air. Why. he
was entering into light. He was round
ing the Cape of Good Hope. He was
dividing the spoils What was the aged
eighty years of age she arose i'm the
meeting one day and said: THE time
of my departure is come. My grave
clothes are falling OFF," She was divid-
ing the spoil.
She longed with wings to fly away
And mix with that eternal day.
What is Daniel now doing, the lion
TANNER. and Elijah, who was drawn by
the flaming coursers, and Paul. the rat
Ting of whose chains made kings quake.
and all the other victims of flood and
fire and wreck and guillotine-where are
they? Dividing the spoil.
Ten thousand times ten thousand,
In sparkling raiment bright,
The armies of the ransomed saints
ThrOng up the sleeps of light
Ills finished. all is finished.
Their fight with death and sin.
Lift high your golden gates
And let the victors in.
Oh. what a grand thing it is to be a
Christian! We begin now to divide the
spoil, but the distribution will not be
completed TO all eternity. There is a
poverty struck soul, there is a business
despoiled soul there is a sin-struck soul
there is a bereaved soul-why do you not
come and get the spoils Of Christian
character, the comfort, the joy, the
peace, the salvation that L am sent to
offer you in my masters name.
Though your knees knock together in
weakness, though your hand tremble in
fear, though your eyes rain tears Of I'M
comfortable weeping-come and get the
spoil. Rest for all the weary. Pardon
for all the guilty. Rescue for all the
bestormed. Life for all the dead
verify believe that there are some who
have come in here downcast because the
world is against them and because they
feel God is against them, who will go
away singing: