Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-08
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universe.
Humble Weapons.
Again, my subject springs upon Us
the thought that in God S service it IS
best to uso weapons that are Particular
ly suited tous. Shamgar had, like N any
of us, been brought up on farm. He
lnow nothing about javelins and buc-
klers and helmets and breast plates and
greaves Of brass and catapults and bal
hst;n and iron scythes fastened to the
axles Of chariots. But he was familiar
with the fail of the thrashing floor and
knew how to pound with that, and the
ak of the woods and knew how to hew
with that, and the oxgoad of tho plow-
man and knew how to thrust with that
And you and will do best to use those
means that we can best handle; those
weapons with which we can make the
most execution. Some in God s service
will do best with the pen; some with
the voice; some by extemporaneous
speech, for they have the whole vocabu
larry of the English language half way
between their brain and tongue, and
others will do best with manuscript
spread out before them Some will
serve God by the pillow, raising wheat
and corn and giving literally of what
they sell to churches and missions;
some as merchants, and out of their
profits win dedicate tenth to the
Lord; some rs physicians, prescribing
for tho worlds ailments and some as
attorneys, defending innocence and OBJ
tanning rights that otherwise would not
be recognized; and some as sailors, help
ing bridge the seas; and some us teach
ers and pastors The kingdom of God
is dreadfully ret arded by so many Of us
attempting to do that whic1, we cannot
do; reaching up for broadsTord on fall
chion or bayonet or scimeter' or Enfield
rifle or Paixlan's gun, while we ought
to be COME 1t with an oxgoad. thank
God that there are tens of thousands of
Christians whom you never heard of
and never will hear of until you see
them in the high places of heaven, who
are now in y quiet way in homes and
schoolhouses and in praying circles and
by sick beds and up. dark alleys saying
the saving word and doing the saving
utNti, tAit q VI tiiSAl WIN
oyerpoweri,ig the most ambitious stats
tics.
In the grand review of heaven, when
the regir .ents pass tho Lord of Hosts.
thoro will be whole regiments of nurses
and Sabl ath achool teac hers and tract
distributors and unpretending workers,
before whom as they pass the kings and
queens of God and the Lamb viii lift
flashing corona and bow down III rec
ignition and reverence. The most Of the
Christian work for the world s II clama-
tion and salvation will be done by peo-
pie of one talent and two talents, while
the ten talent pc ople are up i'll the astro-
nomical observatories studying other
worlds, though they do little or nothing
for the redemption of this world, or are
up i'll the rarefied realms Of higher
CRITICS M" trying to find ont that Moses
did not write the Pentateuch or to prove
that the throat of the whale was not
large enough to swallow the minister
who declined the call to Nineveh aud
apologizing for the Almighty for certain
inoz plicable things they have found in
tho Scriptures. It will be found ont at
the last that the Krupp guns have not
done SO much TO capture this world for
God as the oxs Dads.