The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-03-19


devil of lust, or the devil of pride. Men
of the world, If you would be trans
formed and elevated by the power OF
the gospel now is the time TO come
It is no mean ensign lift this hour. IL
is a time-honored flag. 1t has been In
terrific battle. Dragged in the dust OF
Saviour's humiliation from Bethlehem
to Calvary. Rent by helrs onset. the
spears of a maddened soldiery, and the
hands of the men who said, Let him
be crucified" With this ensign in his
bleeding hand the Saviour sealed the
heights of our sin. With this he mount
ed the walls of perdition, and amid its
very smoke, and flame, and blasphemy
he waved his triumph, while demons
howled with defeat, and heaven
Thronged his chariot wheels
And bore him to his throne;
Then swept their golden harps and
sung,
The glorious work is done.
We go not alone to the Held. We
have invincible allies in the dumb ele-
ments 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, directly or indirectly, shall favor
Christianity. The stars in their courses
are marshaled for us, as they fought
| against Sisera The winds OF heaven
| are now as certainly acting in favor OF
| Christ as in reformation times the in
vincible Armada, in its pride, APP
! preached the coast of England. AS
that proud navy directed their guns
! against the friends of Christ and re-
ligious liberty, God said unto his winds,
Seize hold of them" and to the sea,
Swallow them" The Lord, with his
| tempests, dashed their hulks together
and splintered them on the rocks until
the flower of Spanish pride and valor
lay crushed among the waves of the
sea beach. All are ours. Aye! God
the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost are our allies.
The Mohammedans, in their struggle
to subjugate 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 Hosts, the God of the armies of Is
rael. whom thou has defed."
Now the Church goes forth bearing
precious seed, but after awhile it will
be the sheaf-binding, and reaper angels
shall shout the harvest home. Now it
is tents and marching ,and exposure.
but then in the ranks of PROSTATE in
Equity and on the very walls of heaven,
In the MAMIE of God we will set up our
| banners.
You know in ancient times elephants
were trained to fight, and that on one
occasion. instead of attacking the enc
my, they turned upon their owners and
thousands were crushed under the
stroke of their trunks and the mountain
weight OF their step. These mighty OPP
portunities of work for Christ may ac-
complish great things in overthrowing
the sin of the world and beating to
pieces its errors, but if we do not WELD
them Alright these very advantages will,
in unguarded moments, turn terribly
upon us and under their heels of VEN
geance grind us to powder. Rejected
blessings are seven-fold curses. We
cannot compromise this matter. We
cannot stand aside and look on. Christ
has declared il. All who are not with
me are against me-" Lord Jesus, We
surrender
The prophecies intimate that there
shall before the destruction of the
world be enc great battle between truth
and unrighteousness. We shall not
that we may see 1t, bending from the
battlements of heaven. On the side
OF sin sli II be arrayed all forms of OPP
preston and cruelty, led on by in
famous kings and generals. The vota-
ries of Pagan'sm, led on by their
priests. The subjects of Mohammed-
ism, following the command of their
shieks. And gluttony and intemper-
ance and iniquity of every phase shall
be largely represented on the field. All
the wealth and splendor and power and
| glory OF WlCkeuHeSS SNAIL De cOuCeu-
tered on that one decisive spot, and
maddened by ten thousand previous
defeats, shall gather themselves up for
one last, terrible assault. With hatred
TO God fer their cause and blasphemy
for the battle-cry, they spread out over
the earth in square beyond square, and
legion beyond legion, while in some
overhanging cloud Of blackness foul
spirits of hell watch this last struggle
of sin and darkness for dominion.
Scattered by the blasts of Jenovah's
nostrils, plumber, and sin, and Satanic
force shall quit the field. AS the roar
of the conflict sounds through the uni
verse all worlds shall listen The air
D.. shall be full of wings of heavenly CO.
horts. The work is done, and in the
presence of world reclaimed for the
crown of Jesus, and amid the crumbling
of tyrannies and the defeat OF Satanic
sNforce, ard amid the sound of heavenly
acclamations. the church shall rise up
in the image of our Lord. and with
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