The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-03

Il am not going TO the AdirOndacks this
season. and you can take my equipment,
and I will send % up 10 Paul Smiths.
Well. d. was there when ] arrived IN the
Adirondacks a splendid outfit. that cost
many hundreds Of dollars. a gorgeous
tent. and such elaborate fishing apparat-
us. such guns Of all styles Of exquisite
make, and reels. and pouches and bait,
and torches. and lunch baskets, and
many more things that ] could not even
guess the use Of. And my friend OF the
big soul had even written on and engaged
men who should accompany me 20 the
forest and carry home the deer and the
trout u the mountains could have seen
and understood IL at the time, there would
have been panic among the anters, and
the fins through all the John Browns
Tract" Well. ! am no hunter. and not
a rOe-buck nor a game FISH did / lnJure-
But there were hunters there that sea-
son who had nothing put plain gun,
and rug TO sleep on. and coil Of fish
ing line, and a box of ammunition and
bait. who came in ever and anon with
as many Of the captives OF forest and
stream as they and two or three attend
ants could carry. Now, ] fear that many
Christian workers who have most elabor-
ate educational. and theological and pro-
fessional equipment, and most wonderful
weaponTy, sufficient. you would think,
10 capture "A whole community or a whole
nation for God, will in the last day, have
but little except their hne
tackling to show; while some
who had no advantages except that which
they got in prayer and conservation, VIII
by the souls they have brought 10 the
shore OF eternal safety, prove that they
have been glOriously successful as FISH,
ers Of men, and in taking many who. like
the hart, were painting after the water
brooks. What made the Amalekites run
before Gideon's army? Each one of the
army knew how much racket the break
ing Of one pitcher would make. So three
hundred men that night took three hum
dred pitchers, and lamp inside the
pitcher, and at a given signal the lamps
were lifted and the pitchers were vio-
lenty dashed down. The fash Of The
light and she racket of the three hundred
demolished pitchers sent the enemy into
wild flight Not much OF a weapon, you
would say, is a broken pitcher but the
Lord made that awful crash of crockery
the means of triumph for his people.
And there is yet to be "A battle with the
pitchers. The night of the worlds diss-
patton may get darker and darker, but
after awhile, in what watch of the night
I know not, all the ale pitchers, and the
wine pitchers. and the beer pitchers, and
the whisky pitchers of the earth will 5e
hurled into demolition by converted in
ebriates and Christian reformers, and at
that awful crash of Internal crockery the
Amalekitish hosts of pauperism and loaf
erdom, and domestic quarrel, and cru
city, and assassination will fly the eartn.
Take the first weapon you can lay your
hands on. Why did David choose the
sling when he went at Goliath and Co
Hath went at him? Brought up in the
country, like every other boy he knew
how TO manage a sling. SauTs armor was
first put on him, but the giants armor was
too heavy. The helmet was clapped on
him as an eXtinguisher. and David sail:
Il cannot go with these, for l have not
proved them" And the first wise thing
David did after putting on Sauls armor
was TO take it off. Then the brook Elah
the bed of which was dry when ! saw t.
and one vast reach of pebbles. furnished
the five smooth stones of the brook vita
which Goliath was Frustrated. Whether
1t be boys sling or a broken pitcher, or
an oX-goad, take that which you can
manage, and ask God for help, and lo
power on earth or in hell can stand be-
fore you.
Go out, then, l charge you. against the
Philistines. We must admit the odds are
against us-six hundred to one. In the
matter of dollars, those devoted to world
liness, and sim and dissipation, when COM
pared with the dollars devoted to holiness
and virtue-six hundred to one. The
houses set apart for vice, and despolia-
ton, and ruin, as compared with those
dedicated to good six hundred to one. OF
printed newspaper sheets scattered
abroad from day to day those depraving
as compared with those elevating, are six
hundred to one. The agencies for making
the world worse compared with the agen-
cies for making the world better, six hun
bred to one. But Moses in his song, chants
How should one chase thousand. and
two put ten thousand to flight" and in
my text one OX-goad conquers six hun
dred uplifted battle axes; and the day of
universal victory is coming, unless the
Bible be a fabrication, and eternity a
myth, and the ChariOts of God are I'M
wheeled on the golden streets, and the last
regiment of the celestial hosts lies dead
on the plains of heaven. With us, or
without US the work will be done Oh
get into the ranks somewhere, armed
you with needle; you with a
pen; you with a good book; you with a
loaf of bread for the hungry; you with a
vial of medicine for the sick; you with a
pair of shoes for the bare footed; you
with word of encouragement for the young
man trying to get back from evil ways;
you with some story of the Christ who
came to heal the worst wounds and par
don the blacklist guilt, and call the farthest
wanderer home. l say to you as the
Waterman of London used to say a night
to the house holders, before the time of
street lamps came: Hang out your
light!' Hang out your lightr'