St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-02-20

chimney Of psrdition: wallowing ter.
rors: fifteen acres Of threats; glooms
insufferable and DantosQue; csuldron
stirred by the champion with of Pan.
de monium; campfire of the armies Of
Dia abolus; wrath Of the mountains in
full bloom; shimmering incandesceLce;
pyrotechDics Of tho planet; furnace
blast Of the ages-Kilaueal"
There is also the long range Of noun.
tains, longer than Appalachian range.
longer than Caucasian range, longer
than Sierra Nevada range-the piled.
up opposition of bad literature. bad
homes, bad institutions, bad amuse.
ments, bad centuries. bad religion;
Paganism, Hindooism. Buddhism.
Mohammedanism. and buttressed
aud enthroned Godlsssness devoted
headed, argus-eyed abomination. rs
it stands with lifted 6st and
mockinR lips, challenging Jehovah up
on the throne of the universe to strike
if He dare. oh, it is q great mountain.
as my text declares. There is no use
In denying It. The most authentic
statistics declare it. The signs of the
times prove it. All Christian workers
realize it. 1t is . mountain. THE
mountain can never be brought down"
says worldly speculation. "The noun.
tain can never be made plain,
says small faith in the churches.
Well, let US see. Let us look about
for the implements we can lay
our hands on. Let rs count the
number on our side whs are willing to
dig with . shovel. to bore a tunnel, or
blast q rock. Let US see II there is any
foreign help that will come in to re-
enforce us. do not want to make
myself absurd by attempting an inn
possibility. If it is only one spade at
the foot of Mount Blanc; If it is only
one arm, capable - lifting but few
pounds, against : mountain that
weighs hundred ml'ion tons, let us
quit before we make ourselves the trav-
esty and caricature of the universe. II
we arc to undertake this job. first of all
we must have q competent engineer,
one who knows all about excavations.
about embankments, about tunnels.
about mountains. ! know engineers
who have carved up mountains, cut
down mountains, removed mountains.
/ wiil do nothing unless I know who
il to he our engineer. Zerubbabel led
at the rebuilding Of the ancient tenn.
pie. and Matthew Henry. the greatest
Of commentators, declares that our
Zerubbabel is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Zerubbabel Of my text was only
type of the glorious and ON
nipotent Jesus, and as l look
up into the face of this Divine
engineer and see it glow with al the
splendors of the Godhead. and see that
in His arm 10 the almightiness that
flung out all the worlds that glitter in
the midnight heavens. and that to lift
the Himalayas would cost Him no moro
effort than for me to lift an ounce. my
courage begins to rally, and my faith
begins to mount, and my enthusiasm
is all aflame, and the words Of my text
this moment just at my lips and ex-
press the triumph of my soul, and
cry out: "Who art thou, o great
mountain. before Zerubbabel thou
shalt become plain"
Sometimes = general begins = battle
before he is ready, because the enemy
forces It on hlm. The general says:
1.-The enemy are pushing u. aud SO
open battle. We are not sufficient to
cope with them, but hope the reserve
forces will come up in time" The
battle RACES, and the general looks
through his field glass at the
troops, but ever and anon he sweeps
his field glass backward and
upward toward the hill. to see if
the reserve forces are coming. lizard
pushed are wei" says the general. II
do wish those re-enforcements would
come up" After awhile the plumes
OF the advancing cavalry are seen
tossing on the ridge Of the hin, and
then the fash of swords, and then the
long lines of mounted troops, their
hortes in full gallop. and the general
says: IAN il we'll. Hold ont, my
men, . little longer. Let the
sergeants ride along the lines
and cheer the men. and tell them
re-enforcements are coming" And
now the rumbling of the batteries and
gun carriages u distinctly heard. and
soon they are in line, and 1T the i3rst
,oar of the newly-arrived artillery the
enemy, little while before SO jubi-
liant, fall back In wild retreat, their
way strewn with canteens and knap.
sacks and ammunition, that the de-
fsated may be unhindercd in their
flight That 10 just the way now. In
this great battle against sin and
crime and moral death the enemy
seem too much for MS More
grogshops than churches. More bad
men than good men, and they come
up with bravado and the force Of
great numbers. They have opened
battle upon us before we arc. in onr
own strength, ready to meet them.
and great are the discouragementA
But steady, there! Hold onl Re-en-
forcements are coming. Through the
glass Of inspiration I look, and
see the fash of the sword Of
Him Who hath on His vesture and
ON His thigh . name written. King Of
kings and Lord Of lords" All Heaven
il on our side. and il coming TO the
rescue. l hear the rumbling Of the
Kings artillery. louder than any
| thunder that ever shook the earth, and
with every roll Of the ponderoua
wheels our courage augments, and
when these re-enforcements from
Heaven get into line with the
forces Of God already on earth,
al the armies Of righteousness
(! will sec that their hour Of doom has
come, and will wsver and fall back
and tlks flight and nothing Be left o1
then save here aud there, strewn By
the wsyside. IN agnostic's pen. or .
broken dscantcr Or torn playful 81