The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-21

NAMES ara down hero nfo on duty" Some
were afraid i would rfHd Che Hamea, foF no
that time some of them were deep iu thH
worst Kind of 90 stocks and wera ldio 81 t0
Christian w0rt. but II ministers oi Christ
to-day should bring the church records into
the pulpit and read, Oh, what q nuiier there
would BET There would NOT be- fans enough
M church 10 keep che cheeks cool. 4 DO noe
know but lt would ba a good thing 10 the
minister once in awhile should bring che
church records in The pulpit and call the
roll. for that ls what 1 consider every 0hur'h
RECORD t0 bo-merr,y a muster rol of the
Lords urmy-and ihH reading oi 30 should
reveal where every soldier IL and what ho -
doing.
Suppose On military circles on the morning
Of battle tins roll was called. and out of 1000
men only 100 men ln the regiment answered.
What excitement theirs would be- in The
eampi What would the colonel saW What
HIGH talking there would be among tbs
captains aud muIou and the adIutantH.
Suppose word came 10 headquarters thar
fbeas dellnauants excused themselves on the
ground that they had oversight themselves.
or the morning was damp and they were
afraid of getting their feet wet. or thut they
were busy cooking raiions. My friends, this
g. the morning Oi the day OF God Almightys
battle. DO you not SEES the trOopsf Hear
80 not an the trumpets OF heaven and all
the drums OF hell2 Which side are you on1
M you are ON toe right side. 10 what
cavalry troop, 20 what artillery service,
10 what garrison duty DO you belongf
In other words Ia what Sabbath school
do you teach2 In what prayer meeting
do YOU extotY To what penitentiary doyou
declare eternal liberty To what almshouse
do you announce the riches OF heaven
What broken bone Of sorrow have you ever
sHt. 81 IL u a
that man or woman sworn 20 DO follower
Of Jesus Christ Is doing nothng2 Thenhlde
the horrible secret from the angels Keep It
away from the book Of judgment. II you
are doing nothing. do not lot the world find
Il out. lest they charge your religion with
being a false face. D0nOt let your 0owardico
and treason bo heard among the martyrs
about the throne. lest they forget the sane
tity OF the place and denounce your betrayal
OF that cause for which they agonized and
died.
Nav the eternal God rouse NE all TO ac,ionl
| As for myself, I feel / would be ashamed to
| die now and enter heaven until have 40
| eompllshed something more decisive for the
| Lord THAI bought me. Oh, brethren. how
/ swiftly the time goes byl II seems % me as
/ n the wears had gained some new power OF
/ iocomotlon-a kind Of speed electric.
| The temple Of Berth Is very broad, and Il
/ IS very high. II has been going up by the
| hands OF men and devils, and no human en-
! cheering can demolish IT, but If the 10000
/ ministers OF Christ In this country should
each take a branch Of the tree Of life, and all
/ their congregations should do the same, and
we should march on and throw these
/ branches around the great temples OF sin and
/ worldliness and folly, 1t would need nc
match or coal or torch Of ours 10 touch of
the pile, for, as in the days OF Elijah, fire
would fall from heaven and kindle the bon
fire Of Christian victory over demolished sin
Still further. learn from this subject the
danger Of false refugees. As soon as these
Schechemites got into the temple they
thought they were safe. They said: BERTH
will take care of u.s. Abimelechsmay batter
| down everything else. He cannot batter
down this temple where we are now hid.
| But very soon they heard the timbers crack
| ling, and they were smothered with smoke
and they miserably died. / suppose every
person in this audience this moment Is step
ping into some kind OF refuge. Here you
step in the tower of good works. You say
II shall be safe in this refuge" The battle
ments are adorned; the steps are vanished
on the wall are pictures Of all the suffering
you have alleviated, and all the schools yoJ
have established, aud all the fine things yoI
have ever done. Up in that tower you fee
you are safe. But hear you not the tramp o
your unpardoned sins all around the tower
They each have a match. You are kindlinl
the combustible material. You feel the hea
and the sutfocation. Oh, may you leap II
time, the gospel declaring, "By the deeds
the law snail no flesh living DO justified"
SWELL" you say. II have been driven on
OF that tower. Where shall 1 gOY Ste
into this tower Of indifference You say, 81
this tower is attacked. it will be grea
while before 1t is taken" You feel at ease
But there is an Abimelech with ruthless as
sault coming en-. Death and his forces ar
gathering around. and they demand that yol
surrender everything. and they clamor 10
your overthrow, and they throw their skele
ton arms inthe window, and with their iro
fists they beat against the door, and Will
you are trying to keep them out you see tn
torches of judgment kindling, aud every FOX
est is a torch and every mountain tore
and every sea a torch. and while the Alp
and Pvrenees and HimalaYas turn into a liv
coal, blown redder and redder by the whir
wind breath of God omnipotent, what wi
become of your refuge OF lies2
"But," says some one, "you are engage
in a very mean business, driving US fror
tower to tower" Oh, no. l want to te
YOU of a Gibraltar that never has been an
never will be taken, OF wall that no satani
assault can scale, Of a bulwark that tn
Judgment earthquakes cannot budg'
The Bible refers to it when i. says, Gin Go
is thy refuge, and underneath thee are til
everlasting arms" Oh, ding yourself int
it, Tread down unceremoniously everythin
: that intercepts you. Wedge your way ther
There are enough hounds OF death and per
after YOU to make you hurry. Many ma
has persisted Just outside the tower with h
foot on the step, with his hand on the latcl
Oh, get inside Not one surplus secon
have you to spare. Quick Quick! Quick!
Badger Dog for His Pet.