The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07

had his Old War-hOrSe, COpenhagen TX
turned out in best pasture, and that |
the Duchess of Wellington wore a
bracelet of Copenhag ems hair. Not one |
drop, of my blood but tingles as / look
at the arched neck and paving hoof
and painting nostril Of Jobs cavalry
horse: ssHast thou clothed his neck
with thunder? He pa,w,eth in the val
ley: he gOeth on to meet the armed
i men. The CULVER attleth against him,
the glittering spear and the shield. He
Saieth among the trumpets, Ha hal
and he smelleth the battle afar off, the
thunder Of the captains and the shout
ing
think it is the cavalry of the Christ
ian hosts. the grand men and women
( who, with bold dash and holy reck-
lessness and spnrred-on energies, are
to take the world for God. TO this
army Of Christian service belong the
eyangelists. 1t ought to be the bust
ness OF the regular churches to multi-
ply them, to support them, to cheer
them, to clear the way for Them
Some of them YOU will like, some of
them you do not like. You say some
are too sensational. and some of them
are not enough learned. and some Of
them are cratic, and some of them are
too vehement, and some of them pray
too loud! oh, fold up your criticism,
! and let them do that which we, the
| pastors, can never do. like all the
| evangelists I have ever seen or heard.
| They are busy now; they are busy
| every day Of the week. While we, the
| pastors, serve God by holding the fort
ress of Righteousness and drilling the
Christian soldiery, and by marshalling
anthems and sermons and ordinances
on the right side, they are fighting the
| forces Of darkness, ship and thigh,
with great slaughter" All success to
them! The faster they gallop the bet
ter like it. The keener the lances
! they fling, the more l admire them.
We care not what conventionality they
infract if they only gain the victory.
Moody, and Chapman, and Mills. and
Jones, and Harrison and Munhall, and
Maj. Cole, and Crittenden, and a huns
dred others are making the cavalry
charge, and they are this moment tax
ing New York and Philadelphia and
Cincinnati for God and I wish they
might take our nations capital.
And now, standing as I do in this
national capital, let me say that what
we want in the senate and house Of
Representatives and the supreme court
is 4 Pentecostal blessing that will
shake the country with divine mercy.
There recently came into my hands
the records of two congressional pray
er meetings, on the rolls of which
We're the names of the most eminent
senators and representatives who then
controlled the destinies of the republic
the one congressional prayer meeting
in 1857 and the other in 1866 The
record is in the handwriting of the
philanthropic William e. Dodge. then
a member Of congress- There are now
more Christian men in the national
legislature than.ever before. Why will
they not band together in religious
, movement which, before the Inaugural
ton of the next president, shall en-
throne Christ in the hearts Of the na
ton? They have the brain, they have
, the eloquence. God grant them thu
, grace sufficient Who in gressiona
circles will establish the Capitoline
prayer meeting III 1897? Let the even
ing of the last decade of this centur,
be irradiated with such a religion!
:. splendor There are the opportunities
for q national and international
charge, all bridled and saddled
Where are the riders to mount them?
Here: also, are opportunities al
: ready for those who would enter th
!, kingdom of God. Christ said that tn
: Kingdom of heaven was to he taken b,
violence. By one flash you may entel
: Quicker than any equestrian eve
: dashed through castle gate you ma,
: pass into the pardon and hope Of tn
: gospel. AS quickly as you can thin]
: ''Yes'' or NO. as quickly as you ca
make choice, so quickly may you d.
!; eide the question Of eternal destiny
: No one vase slowly converted. H
:. may have been thinking about it fort
years, but not one inch Of progress d
: he make until the moment of Assem-
7 the very second in which he said g
!, WILL That instant decided it al
u Bring out the worst 1000 men in a
q the earth, and here ere 1000 opportr
: : mites of immediate and eternal salv;
u ton. II will deliver thee 1000 horse
= if thou be able to set riders upo
L them.'
y The cavarly suggests speed. Whe
+ once the reins are gathered into tn
hands of the soldierly horseman, an
= the spurs are struck into the flank
. you hear the rataplan of the hoof
= velocity" is the word that describe
- the Observation-Disclosures ton, mome1
~ tum-and what we want in getting int
IS the kingdom of God is celebrity. 70
- see. the years are so swift. ard til
- hours are so swift. ana the minutes al
y so swift, we need to be swift. For lac
= of this appropriate speed many do NJ
y get into heaven at all. Here we are
= the last Sabbath of the year. Did yo
:, ever know a twelfth month quicker
~ be gone? The golden rod Of autumn
- speaks to the golden rod of the he,
~ autumn, and the crCcus Of one sprin
:. time to the crocus Of another sprin
8 time. and the snowbankS Of adjoinir
= years almost reach each other in u
~ =. broken curve We are in too MUG
=, hurry about most things. Busine
~ ~ men in too much hurry rush into spe
~, ~ ulation that ruin them and ruin other
- People move from place to place in t.
II, great haste. and they wear out the
-. - nerves and weaken the hearts actio
3 But the only thing in which they a:
-, afraid of being too hasty is the matt
~ Of the souls salvation Yet did an
~. one ever get damaged by too quick |
10 10 pentance or too quick pardon or t
- quick emancipation? The Bible recol
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