The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-30

) resound through all the capitals o.
Europ-, and make all tho arsenals anC
armoriss of the round world hear tina
there shall be no moro murder among
nations.
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.
Mohamnedanism and buttressed
aud enthroned Code ,sness devoted
to ambition and lust and hydra
headed, argus-eyed abomination, as
it stands with lifted fit and
mocking lips. challenging Jehovah up
on the throne of the universe to strike
il He dare. On, il is a great mountain,
as my text declares. There is no use
in denying il. The most authentic
statistics declare it. The signs OF the
times prove it. All Christian workers
realize it. Ii 10 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. Lei us look about
for. the implements we can lay
our hands on. Let US count the
mum Der on our side who are willing To
| dig with shovel, TO bore tunnel, or
blast a rock. Let US see IL there is any
foreign help that will come in TO re-
enforce us. do not want to make
myself absurd by attempting an i'm
possibility. IL it is only one spade at
the foot of Mount Blanc: ii it is only
one arm, capable of lifting but few
pounds, against a mountain that
weighs hundred million tons, let US
quit before we make ourselves the trav-
esty and caricature of the universe. If
we are 10 undertake this job, first OF all
we must have competent engineer
one who knows all about excavations,
about emuankmeuts, about tunnels,
about mounta know engineers
who have carved up mountains, cut
down mountains, removed mountains
l will do nothing unless l know who
is to be our eng u@er. Zeru bba bel led
Al the rebuilding of the ancient tenn
pie, and Matthew Henry. the greatest
Of commentators, declares that our
Zeru bbabel is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Z-rubbabel of my text was only
type of the glorious and ON
nipotent Jesus, and as look !
up into the face of thi, Divine
engineer and see it glow with all the /
spleudors of the Godhead, and see tina t |
in His arm is the almig htiness that |
hung out all the worlds that glitter n !
the midnight heavens. and that to lift I
the Himalayas would cost Him no more /
effort than for me to lit an ounce, my
courage begins 10 rally, and my faith
begins to mount, and my enthusiasm
is all ahdme, ami the words of my text (
this m meat just TT my lips and ex-
press the triumph of my soul, and /
cry out: "Who art thou. o great
mountain. before Zerubbabel thou |
shalt become a plain"
Sometime general begins battle
before ne Is ready, because tne enemy I
forces il on HIM. The general SAYS: /
the enemy are pushing US, and SO ,
open bate. We are not sufi irient 70 /
cope with them. but hope the reserve
forces viii come up in time" The !
battle RACES, aud the general locks
through his field glass at the !
troops. but ever and anon he sweeps
his field g!ass backward aud
upward toward the hill, TO see IL
the reserve forces are coming. Hard /
pushed are WEI says the general. Il
do wish those re-enf, rcsments would
come up After awhile the plumes
nj n ri u.
tossing on the ridge of the hill, and
then the flash of swords, and then the
long lines Of mounted troops, their
horses in full gailop, and the general
says: "Ail is well. Hold out, my
men, little longer. Let the
sergeants ride along the lines
and cheer the men, aud tell them
re-enforcements are coming" And
now the rulnUling OF the batteries aud
gun carriages is distinctly heard, and
soon they are in line, and at the first
roar Of the newly-arrived artillery the
enemy, little while before so iubi-
liant, fall back in wild retreat. their
way strewn with canteeus and KNAPP
sacks and ammunition, that the de-
feated may be unnindered in their
A'e ~ hat - JUDI the way now. In
TINS great battle against sin and
crime aud moral death the enemy
! seem too much for us. More
grogshops than churches. More bad
hen than good men, and they come
| up with brdvado and the force of
great numbers. Tdey have De ned
cattle upon Us before we are, in orr
own strength, ready To meet them,
and great are the discoura &c ments
But steady, there! Hold on. Keen.
iorcements are coming. Through the
glass of Inspiration l looK, and
bee the flash 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
is ON our size. and is coming TO the
rcscue. near the rumbling of the
Kings artillery, iouuer than any
thunder That ever shook the earth, and
win every roll of tho pon,erous
wheels our courage augmeuts, and
wnen these re-enforcements from
Heaven get into line with the
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