The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-03-19

Liz 1OEl, ut Is ltlti StAI IhO AO+N'
he is the GodF'
We go not alone 70 the field We have
invincible allies in the dumb elements
of nature AS Job said, we are in league
with the very stones Of the field The
sun by day and the moon by night, dl-
rectly or indirectly, shall favor Chris
tianity. Tho stars in their courses are
marshaled for u.s. as they fought against
Sisera. The winds Of heaven aEe now as
certainly acting in favor q. C.rist as III
reformation times the i -.tib.e arma-
da in its pride approached the coast OF
England As that proud I.2Vy directed
its guns against the frieu"& Of Christ
and religious liberty, God I'd unto ms
Winds 'Scl2e hold of thcn.. and to
the sea, Swallow them. " The Lord,
with his tEmpests, dashed tacir hulls
together and spliLtfTtG Ton on tho
rocks until the flower of parish prl"0
and valor lay crushed amCj 2 the waves
of the seabeach. All a'c cars. Aye,
God the Father, GCd tbs lcn and GOD
the Holy Ghost are cur alllesl
The MChalnmcuana, i'll their struggle
to subiugue the world, had passages
from the Koran inscribed on the blades
of their scimiters, and we have nothing
to fear if, approaching the infidelity
and malice that oppose the Kingdom Of
Christ, we shall have glittering on our
swords the words of David to the giant,
81 come to thee in the name Of the
Lord of Eoe;s, the God Of the armies OF
Israel, whom thou hast defiCd.
Effect Of tho Conquest.
Now the church goes forth bearing
precious seed, but after awhile it viii
be the sLeaf binding, and reaper angeia
shall shout the harvest htMc, Now II
is tents AID marching and exposure, brit
then, in the ranks Of PROSTATE iniquity
and en- the very walls Of heaven, I'm TIE
name of God we will set up our ban
ners.
The earth sends up its long, deep
groan Of. pain and cIanks the great
chains ofHts bondage and cries by the
voice efrysea and land and sky, "How
long, o EGrd, how lorg?" There was a
traditiep,on the other side OF the water
that tho datghter Of Lir was transform
ed into a bird of the air and that she
wanderddHOr hundreds of years over
river and lake until the arrival Of Chris
tianity andEthat at the stroke Of the
first cathedral bell her s. rit was freed
UncOuntcd millions Of Car race by the
power Of sin and satan have been trans
formed into a state of WI tChedness,
and they wander like the poor daughter
of Lir, but they shall after awhile be
released. When the great church OF
Christ shall in these daTkened lands
from its tower ring out the glad tidings
of the gospel, then millions Of wander
ing souls shall find rest in a Saviour 8
pity and a Saviour's love, transported
from the kingdom Of satan into the
kingdom of GCd's dear Son.
By and by you would hardly know
the earth if yOd saw it. The world as a
whole shall be as greatly improved as
the individual heart by conversion.
Fraud, leaving it's trickery, will go to
work for an honest living. Knavery
shall begin to make righteous bargains.
/ Passion shall answer to the control OF
reason. Scoffers shall be changed into
] WOISul ItIS anu SAGDbiNS INV DlDlb wv
ers. Christ shall begin his reign on
earth. Whether he shall descend on ia
the earth in person and establish gov
ernment at Jerusalem, cannot say, but
it will he an era of more than Augustan
splendor, I hat is enough. Knowing
this, we can never despair. But as we
see the church Of Christ putting on her
boo,+if,,1 comments o,,5 u1iCino tO China
we will say, with the enthusiasm Of
Oliver Cromwell, who, standing before
his sick and famine stricken soldiers at
Dunbar, saw the sun rising out of the
morning mist and, pointing to it with
his sword, uttered a prayer which hurled
his men upon the crushed foe like sky
full of thunderbolts: arise, o Godl
Let thine enemies be scattered. With
the ear of faith / catch the sound of the
latter day glory. Church of Christ, I'M
sheath thy sword and this moment into
the battlel In the name of Christ, march
oni Upon every school and hospital,
upon every bankers desk and mer-
chants counter, upon every chemist 8
laboratory and astronomers tower, upon
shepherds hut and woodman's cabin,
upon ships deck and sailors hammock,
far out ON the sea and high up i'll the
mountain, before the gaze of nations,
under the applaudits of heaven, gin the
name of GOD we will set up our ban
ners y
Ny subject has taught you that in
this contest we are not without ensigns
and colors. All we want now is men to
carry them. Before | sit down | must
propose to each of you this great honor
Becoming a Christian is not SO ignoble
a thing as many have thought it. 1T
makes man stoop," you say. know
it, but it is only the stoOp Of an heir OF
royalty who on his knees is to receive a
crown of dominion. We want standard
bearers in all pulpits, i'll all places Of
business-everywhe do not ask you
how old you are nor how young, how
weak or how strong, how dull or how
sharp, nor what your home, nor who
your ancestors Without any condition,
without any reserve, in the name of the
God of Israel, | offer you the honor Of
carving the cburch's ensigns. Do not