The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-02-13
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these these delinqSsU n 4sl3k:1S15lE \
ground that they x9H.3.
Or the morning was u.qiA II
afraid of getting their feet wei. I'll
pxepa husy cooking rations. My III 3.sYsIsS|
is the morning of the day OF God AlmigiMH
nsttio M YOU not see the troops! heaT
ye not all the trumpets OF heaven anu a,1
! fhe drums of hell? Which SIDE are you on.
If you are on the right siue. Service vice
cavalry troop, to what artillery selvloe;,
to what garrison duty do you peiohg,
In other words, in what Sabbath scnooI
do YOU teach? In what prayer meellns
do YOU extort? To what penitentiary 40 you
declare eternal liberty? 10 what aiilsnous s3
What broken bone of sorrow have you ever
, set? Are you doing nothingi Is 1t possiole
that n man or woman sworn to be a 1oiiower
of Jesus Christ is doing nothingP Then hlde
. the horrible secret from the angels. Keep II
), away from the book of Judgment. IL you
9 are doing nothing. do not let the world ma
u # ont. lest they .charge your religion WIN
. being a false face. Donot let your cowarolce
5 and treason be heard among the martyrs
u about the throne, lest they forget the sane,
% tity of the place and denounce your pe.raya a
- of that cause for which they agonized ana
~ died.
=. The temple OF Berth is very broad, and II
!. Is very high. 1t has been going up by the
"a "a hands of men and devils, and no human en- en-
~ cheering can demolish it, but IL the Io'oVV
= ministers OF CuElSl III tiiiS SOUH.J
each take branch of the tree OF life and all
- their congregations should do the same. and
" we should march on and throw these
~ branches around thegreat temples OF SIN ana
y, worldliness and folly. 1t would need no
M M match or coal or torch OF ours 10 ,oucn on
M the nile for. as in the days OF Elijah, fire
'et would fall from heaven and kindle the bon
~. fire of Christian victory over demolished SIN
'u ut Still further, learn from this subject the
~ ~ danger of false refugees. AS soon as thesf
NJ, ns schechemites got into the temple thei
pa Thought they were safe. They said: "Bertf
~ ~ will take care OF us. Abimelechsm ay bate
AZ, down everything else. He cannot bate
81, down this temple where we are now Mo.
i iro But very soon they heard the timbers crack
mn ling and they were smothered with smoke
ia3 and they miserably died. suppose ever
ioo person in this audience this moment Is step
on ping into some kind Of refuge. Here yo
'n stem in the tower Of good works. You say
~ II Shall be safe in this refuge" The battle
lon lon ments are adorned; the steps are varnlshec
.os. on the wall are pictures OF all the suiferin
o 90 you have allevated, and all the schools 20
,sS have established, and all the fine things 20
, .ha have ever done. Up in that tower you fe'
~ YOU are safe. But hear you not the tramp
,roe your unpardoned sins all around the rowe
'iio They each have match. You are llindlin
.ho the combustible material. You feel the he,
. aa. and the sutfocation. Oh, may you leap
o ga time the gospel declaring, "By the deeds
h ha,, the law snail no flesh living be justified"
ty "Well." YOU say, II have been driven OF
y iau of that tower Where shall go?' Ste
10 % into this tower of Indifference. You say,
,U ,oh this tower is attacked. 1t will be gre
NJ while before it is taken" You feel at cas-
nt no, But there is an Abimeech with ruthless a
1a ny sault coming en-. Death and his forces a
i and gathering around, and they demand that "
ON surrender everything. and they clamor I
AZ your overthrow, and they throw thar ske
o ~. ton arms in the window, and with their ir
oed fists they beat against the door, and VIII
rs 10 you are trying to keep them out you see I
5ron torches of judgment kindling, and every X
IL est Is a torch and every mountain tor
,reat aud every sea torch. and while the Al
,ars and Pyrenees and Himalayas turn into ali
go ~ ~ coal, blown redder aud redder by the viii
'nia, wind breath Of a God omnipotent, what v
pars become of your refuge OF lies?
- phs "But," says some one, "you are engag
n uSn. in very mean business, driving us FRI
=. 90 tower to tower" Oh. no. l want to
. tha you Off Gibraltar that never has been a
Coz, never will be taken, of II wall that no sata
COZ, assault can scale, of a bulwark that
h 49, Judgment earthquakes cannot bud
nS u The Bible refers to it when /. says, "In
"a - is thy refuge, and underneath thee are
~, - everlasting arms" Oh, fling yourself /
~, 49, it. Tread down unceremoniously everyth
nl 't. that intercepts you. Wedge your way thu
800 There are enough hounds OF death and p
ma after you to make you hurry. Many I
$50 49, has persisted Just outside The tower with
ond foot on the step, with his hand on the La
! ana On get inside. Not one surplus sec
,rshaI have you to spare. Quick! Quick! Quic
he in rs
good The total ordinary expenditures OF
Goyarn M &nt In 1895 were 1856 1 95 208.