The Penn's Grove record., 1897-01-22
PENIS GROVE, N. j., FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1897 .

taneous pharmacy blased vision given full
eyeslght, aud the ded returned from the
eternal world, minglini amid earthly scores,
SO 1t will be again.
As l read my Bible, these eupernatu fals
arctic return. Again lie eclipses, as at the
destruction OF Jerusalat, Will put red wing
under the moon and Jack wing under the
sun, and the m~ouutai will shake with ague
OF excitement and l. Nal cots be emptled
as their patients bokltytnto sudden heaitn
and the gospel OF md emphasized by most
tremendous spectacl, al "And I beheld when
no had opened the sjs3 seal, and, 10 there
was q great earthdu5 and the sun became
black as sackcloth Of Pr. and the moon De-
came as blood = nd every mountain
and island were mov put OF their places
There you have It. d tshovels now digging
away at the mountaiR4o be re-enforeed Dy
thunderbolts. The Il pei Is only partially
successful because WApreach II amid all
placlditlee, the hearers saving heard the In.
viration a tho dsand tis-b before and expect
to hear 1t a thousand imes more, but IN
coming times to be d kched amid pulver.,
ICED rocks and stellar hics and shattered
masonry OF cemeteries from which the pail
lid dead will spring inttroseate life. say
then the gospel will be universally accepted
There Is the programme First the shovels,
then the thunderbolts. Ours the shovels,
Gods the thunderboit. Tho text, wntch
before we uttered with ptnething of trepida-
ton, now We utter In laugh OF triumph;
"Who art thou, o gres mountain? Before
Zerubbabel thou shall become a plain
Sometimes a general legins a battle before
he Is ready, because tn enemy forces 1t on
him. The general say. "The enemy are
pushing us, and 50 I ooen battle. We are
not sufficient to cope with them, but hope
the reserve forces will come W In time"
TIL battle RACES, and the general looks
! fhF0nUh his nal1niaaa affhn fr0OI9. mn eyer
and anon he sweeps bis ieldglass backward
and upward toward the iil TO see II the re-
serve forces are coming. Hard pushed are
we" says the general. 4 do wish those re-
endorsements would coms up" After awhile
the plumes OF the advancing cavalry are
seen tossing on the ridg 0f the hill, and then
the lash OF swords andthen the long line OF
mounted troops, their hirses In full galIop,
and the general says. A is well. Hold
out, my men. n little longer.' Let the SER
gcants ride along the Ines and cheer the
men and tell them re-ertorcenlents are COM
ing" Aud now the rum.ling OF the batteries
and gun carriages is distinctly heard, and
soon they are in line, ahI al the first roar Of
the newly-arrlved ARTILLERY the enemy, a lir.
tie whilebefore 50 jubilant, fall back In Will
retreat. their way strewr with canteens ana
knapsacks and ammunition that the defeated
may be unhindered In their flight.
That is Just the way now. In this great
UHttie dghtuSt SID ana crfuo uuu nioEoh ooetu
the enemy seem too mich for US. More
grogShops than churches. More bad men
than good men, and they come up with BRA
q d and the force Of gselt number Ihey
have opened battle upon rs before we are in
our strength ready to met them, and great
are the discouragements.l But steady there.
Hold on! Re-enforcemsnts are coming.
Through the glass OF Inspiration I look and
see the flash OF the swordot Him who hath
on His vesture and on His thigh a name
written, King OF Kings ard Lord of Lords"
All heaven Is on our side snd Is coming to the
rescue. hear the run bling OF the Kings
artillery, louder than any thunder that ever
shook the earth, and vita every roll OF the
ponderous wheels our courage auRments,
and when these re-enforce nents from heaven
get into line with the forces OF God already
on earth all the armies al uprighteousness
will see that their hour Of doom has come
ami will waver and fall bAck and take flight
and nothing be left OF them save here and
there, strewn by tho waysde, an agnostic,5
pen, or a broken decanter ,or q torn playful
OF a debasing amusement or a blasphemous
paragraph, or a leper's scale, or a dragons
tooth, to show they ever existed. Let there
be cheering all along the lines OF Christian
workers over the fact that what the shovels
fail to do will be accomplished by the thun-
derbolts. %Who art thouiN6 great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel thouF shalt become a
plain"
The mountains LOOK on Marathon,
And Marathon look On the sea.
Shrine of the mighty, can It be
Tina. this is all remains OF thee2