The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-23

garden. but lst us haye It settled let us
know whether We are working on toward
success or toward @ dead failure. li there
Is a child in your house sick. and you arc
sure be g going 90 got we'll, yoa sYmpathIzo
with present palms. but all tno foroDodihsh
gone.
Now, want % know whether we arc COM
lng ON toward dlsmay, darkness and defeat,
or on toward light and bleasodness You and
1 believe tho latter and IL so every year we
spend Is one year snbtracted from che
worlds woe. and every event that passes,
whether bright Oh dark, brings us enc event
nearer Il happy c1nsummauon. and by 100
that q incX0fa1l8 in chronology and mgthe.
muiics, commend you % good cheer and
courage. 10 there Is anything it arlih-
moilc, u you subtract two from five and
leave three, then by every no Ing sun we are
coming on toward q magnificent terminus.
Then every winter passed 81 one severity
less for our poor world. Then every sum.
mer gone by brings us nearer uniading or
Ooreaceuoe. Put your algebra down on the
top OF your Bible and rejoice
10 it Is nearer morning az three O'Clock
than Il Is 10 two, Il Is nearer morning % i0ui
O'Clock than Il As at three, then we art
nearer the dawn Of the worlds delivertnce
Gods clock seems 30 90 very slowly. but Oh
pendulum swings and the hands move. and
Il will yet strike noon. The sun and the
moon stood stlll once; they will never stanf
still again until they stop forever. II you
believe arithmetic as well as your Bible, yot
must believe we are nearer the dawn. "lht
dnv Is at ham
There Is class OF phenomena WHOM
makes me think that the spiritual and
heavenly world may. after a while. make q
demonstration in this world which will
bring all mortal and spiritual things 10 a
climax. Now, / AN no spiritualisti but
every intelligent man has noticed that
there are strange and mysterious things
which indicate 70 him that perhaps the
spiritual world Is not so far of as some
times We conjecture, AMI that after awhile
from the spiritual and heavenly world
there may he "A demonstration upon our
world for its betterment. We call Il mag
netism, or we call Il mesmerism, or we call
1t electricity because we want some term
to cover up our ignorance. l do not know
what II is I never heard an audible voice
from the other world. / am persuaded OF
this. however: That the veil between this
world and the next Is getting thinner and
thinner and that perhaps after awhile, at
the call Of God-nOt at the call Of tho Dav-
export Brothers. or Andrew Jackson Davis
some OF The old scr,ptural warriors, some OF
the spirits Of other days mighty for Coda
/ Joshua, or a Caleb, or a David, or a Paul
NAV come down and help us IN the battle
against unrghteousness. Oh, how I would
| like to have them here--him Of the Red Sea,
| him OF the valley OF Ajalon, him of Mars
| Hill! English history saws that Robert Clay
| ton, of the English cavalry, NJ the close o.
| the war bought no all the old cavalry horses
| lest they should be turned out to drudgery
| aud hard work, and bought piece OF ground
| at Knavesmlre Heath and turned out thest
! old warehouses into thu thickest and richest
pasture to spend the rest OF their days n
/ compensation for what they had done II
J other days. One DAY thunderstorm came
/ up and these warehouses mlstool
| the thunder of the skies for thu
thunder Of battle-and they wheeled int
line-no riders on their backs they wheeled
into line reaoy for the fray. And / doub
me whether when the last thunder OF thi
battle for God aud truth goes booming
through the heavens, the old ScriDtural war
rlors can keep their nlaees on their thrones
| Methinks they will spring into the fight anC
| exchange crown for helmet. the pain
branch for weapon, aud come down out o
the Kings galleries into the arena. crying
"Make ROOM I must fight in this grea
Armageddon." The old war horses minglin
in the fight.
Beloved people. preach this sermon be
cause want you to toll with the sunlight i
your faces l want you old men to under
stand before YOU die that all the work yoj
did for God while yet your ear was alert an
your foot feet is going to be counted no fl
the final victories. l want all these youuge
people to understand, that when they tot
Tor God they always win the day, that al
prayers are answered aud all Christian wor
Is in some way effectual, and that the tide |
setting In the right direction, and that al
heaven Is on our sde-saintly, cherubiC
archangeHc, omnipotent, chariot and throne
doxology and procession, principalitles an
dominion, he who had the moon under HI
feet, and all the armies Of heaven on whit
horses.
Brotherl brother! all am afraid OF Is, no
that Christ will lose the battle, but that yov
and will not get into It quick enough to d
something worthy OF our blood bought i'm
mortality. o, Christ, how shall meet Thee
Thou Of the SCARED brow and the SCARE
back and the SCARED hand and the SCARE
foot and the Scared breast, II have no scar
or wounds gotten in Thy servioe2 It sha
not be so. ! step out to-day In front of th
battle. Come on. ye foes Of God, dare Yo
to the combat Come on, with pens dippe
in mallgancy Come on with tongues forkC
and viperine Come on with types soake
in scum Of the eternal pit. defy you! Con
on! bare my brow, uncover my hear
Strikel can not see my Lord until ha'
been hurt for Christ. II we do not suff
with Him on earth. we can not be glorlht
with Him In heaven. Take good heart. o.
On! On! See! the skies have brightene
See! the hour Is about to come. Pick out a
the cheerlest OF the anthems. Let the 0
chestra string tholr best instruments. "Tl
night is far spent, the day is at hand"
Has Slept in Paris Streets for Ten Year