The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-22

yesterday morning Company y, N. u. d.,
was In attendance at Delaware Avenue
Church. and listened attenlively to q most
excellent sermon by tho pastor, Rev. Mr..
Walllng. The.Rev. gentleman took as his
text the third and fourth verses OF tho Sec
ond chapter of second Timothy;
Thou therefore endure hardness, as
good soldier of Jesus Christ.
mo man TINT warreth entanRleth himself
with the affairs OF this life; that he may
piease him who hath chosen him TO be
soldier"
nan to be good and true soldier
must OF necessity endure hardness. Paul
knew this better than any other man. lie
was In position to know not only what
was soidleTs duty, but also what he had
to endure; -haruness- working ut his
trade all day, and writing into tDe night
when 1t was far spent, lie could see the
actions oil the 10, 600 soldiers stationed In
and about Syria. Puul knew of the hard.
ness soldiers had to endure. their march
es through mud aud nile, and cold and
heat.
The christian soldier has need to put on
the whole armour Of light, cast on the
worBa Of darkness and walk honestly, not
In rioting and drunkenness. lie must be
man OF deep faith. When the United
States government called for men to en-
list to put down the rebellion. they were
assured their wives and little ones should
suiler no priyatione, and they had that
ialth which buoyed them up through all
their trials.
There are rules which govern the Chris.
tlan soldier as well as those of the United
States. the main one of which Is Gath;
put on the whole armour OF Col. that ye
may he able to stand.
AL cnn no doubt remember the battle
OF Waterloo; how Napoleon was pushing
the enemy TO the right and left, and vic
tory for him seemed almost certain whom
he ordered up his thousands who had not
as yet been In the fight. Wellington was
IN
the Hnes. when he was accosted by ono Of
the Generals, who asked him what he
proposed TO do, when Wellington Inform.
ed him that he Intended to stand. and he
did stand and won the Victory. 1t was
not possible Tor Napoleon to win; Well.
tnRton had God on his side, to whom he
had been praying for assistance, and he
received his help just at the right mo.
ment.
Those christians who do not put on the
whole armour will no doubt be saved, but
Instead OF being made rulers over ten
cities they will only rule over five.
Faith in God was never more strongly
shown than In President Lincoln. General
Sickles was wounded and In Washington
He was very much worried, as were all the
heads Of departments about ths battle OF
Gettysburg, which was shortly to take
place. President Lincoln called on him,
and after an Informal conversation Gen.
Sickles asked the President how he felt
over the matter. when Mr.. Lincoln told
him that 1t gave him no uneasiness-that
Il Union iorces would conquer. The
General asked him why he was so san
guine.
The President hesitated about telling
him. but finally. after being bard pressed
he told the General that the night bafore
he went Into his room and prayed to God
as he had never prayed before; he told
bin that 1t was his fight that was about
to come or that he had nothing to do
with It, and he arose from his knees fully
convinced that tho Government troops
would be successful. which they were.
This was Faith In Its largest ssnse.
The reverend gentleman asked all pro.
Tossing Christians to put on the whole ar.
NOR, to stand last. and all things would
work together for good to those who love
the LORD. to keep on firing. but not into
the members Of the church instead Of
the enemy.
Another Instance OF faith was shown In
the young man who was taken to the hos.
pltal wounded In the head. He sent for
the chaplain of the regiment and after
he arrived lie requested him to cut lock
of hair off which was clotted with blood.
The chaplain saw that he could not live
long and compiled with his request. He
then asked the young man what he should
do with 1t?
"Send that" said he. "to my mother.
and tell her 1t is all we'll with me. Thank
God for such mother. who taught me to
place nil my trust In him..
The sermon was listentd to with mark
ed attention. which wasreplete withlogical
deduction, and scrlpturai proofs, showing
the carefulness OF the Rev. gentleman in
the preparation thereof.