Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-02

and we Keep SUU,UUU men win no5nlng TO
do but to SEQ that it Is filled" OH to at
tack this great monster of intemperance,
and the kindred monsters Of fraud and un-
cleanness, requires you to rally all your
Christian courage. Through the press,
through the pulpit, through the platform,
you must assault Il. Would to God that
all our American Christians would band
together, not for crack Drained fanaticism,
but for holy Christian reform. think it
was in 1898 that there went out from
Lucknow, India, under the sovereign, the
greatest hunting party that was ever pro-
jected There were 10000 armed men In
that hunting party. There were camels
and horses and elephants. On some princes
rode and royal Indies under exquisite
housings and 500 coolies waited upon the
train, and the desolate places of India were
invaded by this excursion, and the rhi-
noceros, the deer and elephant fell under
the stroke of saber and bullet After
awhile the party brought back trophies
worth 90, 900 rupees, having left the will
derness of India CHASTITY with the slain
bodies of wild beasts. Would to God that
instead of here and there q straggler going
out to fight these great monsters of iniq-
uity in our country the million member
ship of our churches would band together
and hew in twain these great crimes that
make the land frightful with their roar
and are fattening upon the bodies and
souls of immortal menl Who is ready for
such party as that9 Who will be mighty
hunter for the Lord?
Bring In the Game.
I remark. again, If you wanted to be
successful in spiritual archery, you need
| not only to bring down the game, but
| bring it in. I think one of the most beau
tiful pictures of Thorwaldsen is his EAU
tumn." 1t represents a sportsman CON-
| ing home and standing under a grape
vine. He has staff over his shoulder,
and on the other end of that staff are hung
rabbit and brace of birds. Every hunt
er brings home the game No one would
think of bringing down reindeer OF
whipping up stream for trout and let
ting them lie in the woods. At eventide
the camp is adorned with the treasures Oh
the forest-beak, and fin, and antler. II
| you go out to hunt for immortal souls, not
only bring them down under the arrow OF
the gospel, but bring them into the church
| of God, the encampment we have pitched
this side of the skies Fetch them in. Dc
not let them lie out in the open field
They need our prayers and sympathies and
help. That is the meaning of the church
of God-help. o We hunters for the Lord
not only bring down the game, but bring
it inl
If Mithridates liked hunting so well
that for seven years he never went indoors
what enthusiasm ought we to have who
are hunting for immortal soulsl If Domi
tianus practiced archery until he coulG
stand a boy down in the Roman amphi
theater with hand out the fingers like
that, and then the king could shoot an ar
row between the fingers without woundine
them, to what drill and what practice
ought not we to subject ourselves in ordel
to become spiritual archers and "mighty
hunters before the LordP' But, let IN,
say, you will never work any better thai
you pray. The old archers took the bow
put one end of it down beside the foot, ele
waited the other end, and it was the rul
that the bow should be just the size of tn
archer. If it were just his size, then h
would go into the battle with confidence
Let me say that your power to projec
good in the world will correspond exactly
to your own spiritual stature. In othe
words, the first thing in preparation TO
Christian work is personal conservation.
Oh, for closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lambl
A Great Hunter.
am sure that there are some here VIII
at some time have been hit by the gospe
arrow. You felt the wound of that con
viction, and you plunged into the worl
deeper, just as the stag, when the hound
are after it, plunges into Schroon lake, ez
pecting in that way to escape. Jesu
Christ is on your track today, impeniten
man-not in wrath, but in mercy. Oy
chased and painting souls, here Is tn
stream of Gods mercy and salvation
where you may cool your thirst Stop tina
chase of sin today. By the red fountain
that leaped from the heart of my Lord
bid you stop. Is there in all this hous
any one who can refuse the offer that come
from the heart of the dying Son Of God
Why, do you know that there are In tn
banished world souls that for that offe
you get today would fling the crown of tn
universe at your feet if they possessed it
But they went out on the mountains th
storm took them, and they died.
There Is in forest in Germany plac
they call the "deer leap''-two crags abou
1S feet apart, between them fearful
chasm. This is called the "deer leap" be
cause once hunter was on the track of
deer. 1t came to one of these crags Their
was no escape for it from the pursuit of tn
hunter, and, in utter despair, 1t gathered ii
self up and in the death agony attempte,
to jump across Of course it fell and wa
dashed on the rocks far beneath. Here i
path to heaven. 1t Is plain, 1t Is safe
Jesus marks 1t out for every man to wall
in. But here is man who says, II won
walk in that path. I will take my owl
way" He comes on until he confront
the chasm that divides his soul from heav
en-. Now his last hour has come, and he ne
solves that he will leap that chasm, from tn
heights of earth to the heights of heaven
Stand back now and give him full swing
for no soul ever did that successfully. LIE
him try Jump! Jump He misses tn
mark, and he goes down, depth belov
depth, destroyed without remedy" Men
angels, devils, what shall we call that plac
of awful catastropheY Let it be known for
ever as the sinners death leap.
Criminal Lines In a Mans Face.
"I used to be strong believer in phys
iognomy," said r. G. Ridley, a visitor Il
this city, "but have lost some Of my faitl
In 1t as O science In fact, q mans sur