The Progress., 1897-03-20

ihe men he ordered to the field were in
toxicated and asked for the pious men
whom the Christian Havelock had under
his management, he said: "Call out Have
lock S saints. They are never drunk, and
Havelock is always ready" That Chris
tianity which gathered Its first trophies
from the 1shermen's huts on the shore Of
Galilee now has Samsonian strength
thrown upon its shoulders and has carried
Off the gates of science and worldly power.
We point not to fortresses and standing
armies and navies as the evidence OF the
church's progress. We point to the men
whom Christ has redeemed By his blood
What If arsenals and navy yards do not
belong to the church? We do not want
them. The weapons of our warfare nre
not carnal, but spiritual and mighty
through God to the pulling down Of strong
holds The world and satan have no idea
OF the strength and heroism which God
win yet let out against the forces Of dark
ness. AS yet they have had only one round
from the first regiment. The Lord Of
Hosts will soon appear in the field at the
head of his troops. Depend upon it, that
when God inspires the soul with a new life
he puts in it the principle of never give
mp" In all ages of the church there have
been those who have had a faith that was
almost equal to sight, looking through
persecution and reverses with as much ex-
pectation as through palpable achieve
ments. There have been men for Christ
who have acted as did the favorite troops
of Brien, attacked by Fitzpatrick of Ossory.
The wounded soldiers begged that they
might enter tho fight with the others. They
said, Let stakes be stuck in the ground
and suffer each of US, tied to and supported
by one Of Il csc stakes, to battle in the
ranks by the side of a sound man." 1t is
said that 700 or 500 men, pale and enact
ated from fc'.ner wounds, and thus sup
ported by the stakes, struggled through
the combat. Thus has it been that mul-
titudes of the children Of God, though feel
Ing themselves weak and wounded, perhaps
in body, perhaps in estate, perhaps in soul,
supported b. the staff of God S promise,
have warred it up to the hilt in the subju.
cation of world of wickcdness-
Tho Battlecry.
We are mighty IN this cause, for we have
the help of the pious dead. Messengers OF
salvation from high heaven, they visit the
field. They stand behind us to keep us
from ignominious retreat. They go before
as to encourage us in the strife. The Nc
Cheynes, and the Paysons, and the MIR
tynS, and the Brainerds, an amounted
multitude of the glorified, are our coadju-
tors. Have you heard the Swiss traditioni
The herdsnen say that three great leaders
of the Helvetic nation, though seemingly
dead, are only lying down under the
ground in their old time dress, refreshing
themselves with sleep, and that If at any
time the liberties of their country are in
danger they will Immediately spring to
their feet and drive back the enemy. May
l not have the thought that If ever tho
church of the blessed Christ ehall be
threatened with destruction by foes which
seem too great for her strength, the Lord
himself viii not only come to the deliver
ancc, but those great ancients who have
seemed to be sleeping among the dead
shall immediately hear the trumpet blast
of the church militant and full armed
spring back to their old positions in the
ranks of God with the battlecry, moro
than conquerors through him that loved
u.s." Although we have already much to
encourage us in the work of the worlds
evangelization, yet we must confess that
much of our time has been consumed in
planting our batteries and getting ready
for the conflict. We have not yet begun to
preach We have not yet begun to pre-,
We have not yet begun to work. On the
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