The Penn's Grove record., 1897-03-19
! PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1897

enthusiasm OF Oliver Cromwell. who, standing
before his sick and faninG.stricken soldier
at Dunbar, saw the sun rising out OF tht
morning mist and, pointing to, 1t witt
full of thunderbolts: tArise, Q God
Let thine enemies be scattered" witt
the ear OF faith l catch the sound OF the
latter day glory. Church Of Christ, I'M
sheath thy sword and this moment intotne
battle! In the name OF Christ, march onl
Upon every school and hospital, upon every
bankers desk and merchants counter, upon
every chemists laboratory and astronomers
tower, upon shepherds hut n woods:nan'e
cabin, upon ships deck and sailors nam
mock, far out on the sea and high up in the
mountain, before the gaze Of nations, under
the pfaudits OF heaven. sin the name OF
God We will set up our banners.
Ny subject has taught you that In this con
test we are not without ensigns md coiors.
All We want now Is men to carry them. Be-
fore 1 sit down must propose to each OF you
this great honor. Becoming o Christian il
not SO ignoble a thing as many have thought
II. at makes man stoop," you say. !
know 1t, but 1t Is only the sioop OF an heir OF
royalty who on his knees is to receive q
crown OF dominion. We want standard
bearers In all pulpits, 10 all places OF bust,
ness-everywhere. lido 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 an
cestors. Without any condition, without
any reserve, in the name OF the God Of Israel.
1 offer you the honor OF carrying the church's
ensigns. Do not be afraid Of the assaults OF
a world whose ranks you desert nor OF devils
who will oppose you with Internal might.
1t were more blessed to fall here than stand
anywhere else. 1t were n lore of an honor,
engaged with Christ, to be trampled upder-
font vyifh thtu ~ nf hapneaFa fhan- Onn0G-
ing Christ, 10 BIO buried, like Edward l., In
Egyptian porphyry.
You know in ancient times elephants were
trained to fight and that Oh one occasion.
instead OF attacking the enemy, they turned
upon their owners, and thousands were
crushed under the strokes OF their trunk
and the mountain weight iof their step.
These mighty opportunities OF work Tor
Christ may accomplish great things In over
throwing the sin of the world and beating TO
pieces its errors, bnt II we do not WELD
them Alright these very advantages Will in
ungarded moments turn terribly upon us
and under their heels OF vengeance grind us
to powder. Rejected blessings are seven
fold curses. We cannot dompromise this
matter. We cannot stand aside aadlook on.
Christ has declared 1t, 'tAll y7ho arc not with
me are against me-" Lord Jesus we sur
render.
The prophecies intimate that there shall
before the destruction of the world be one
great battle between trui 4 And unrlghteous-
ness. We shall not probably see 1t on earth.
God grant that we may see9it. bending from
the battlements Of heaven. On the side OF
sin shall be arrayed NIL forms OF oppression
and cruelty, led Cd Infamous kings and
generals; the We % of ps,ganism, led on
by their priest. the subjects OF Moham-
mechanism, y owing the command OF
their sheikG. And gIuttony and intern
-arapao on1 fniuuifu of avaFpe DhQga Gbnl he
largely represented on the field. All the
wealth and splendor and power and glory OF
wickedness shall be concentrated on that
one decisive spot and. maddened by 10000
previous defeats, shall gather themselves up
for one last terrible assault. With hatred to
God for their cause and blasphemy for he
battle cry, they spread out over the earth In
square beyond square and legion beyond
legion. while in some o~verhanging cloud oil
blackness foul spirits OF hell watch this last
struggle OF sin INC darkness for dominion.
Scattered by the blasts OF Jehovah's nos
trils, plumber and sin AMI satanic force
shall quit the field. As the roar OF the con-
fict sounds through the universe ali worlds
shall listen. The air shnTl be full OF wings
OF heavenly cohorts. The work is done, and
In the presence OF a world reclaimed for the
crown of Jesus and amid the crumbling OF
tyrapnies and the defeat OF satanic force
and amid the sound Of heavenly acclama-
Of our Lord. and with the sown Of victory
on her head aud the. scepter OF
dominion in her hand in the name of
God shall set up her bannersf Then Hlma-
lava shall become Mount Zion, ana the
Pyranees Morlah. and the oGeans the walk
Ing place Of Him who trod tbe wave cresis
Of Gailee, and the great heaSens become a
sounding board which shall strike back the
sound OF exultation to the farth till 1t re-
bound again to the throne oflthe Almighty.
Angels Of the Apocalypse, hy,}ay! For who
will stand in the way of thy might or resist
the sweep OF thy wing2