The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-09

draw down me blind % thos
can not be stared At" In this Gospel
campaign we have plenty to draw
down the blinds. In Gods name, /
saw. pull up the blinds, and let the
morning sun Of the coming victory
shine upon us What we want In this
campaign for God Is tho self-a bnega-
ton and courage of the men OF Sir
Colin Campbell, who. rs Lord Bishop
Cowle, of New Zealand, once chaplain
of his army, told me, said to the
troops: "Men, no retreat from this
place. Die right here" And they
shouted: "Yes, Sir Colin, we will do it"
And they did"
Temporary defeats ought not to dis
hearten. What is Bunker Hill mon
umcnt? Monument of defeat. But
from that bloody mount American in
dependence started for its grandest
achievement, and all the defeats of
the cause of God are incipient victory.
The saints In oil this glorious war
| Shall conquer though the die
| They see the triumph from afar
And seize It with their eye.
And now, standing as / do, in this
|
we want in the senate and house OF
representatives and the supreme court
is a pentecostal blessing that will
shake the continent with Divine
mercy. There recently came into my
hands the records of two congressional
| prayer meetings, on the rolls of which
were the names of the most eminent
senators and representatives who
then controlled the destinies Of this
blic-the one congressional prayer
meeting in 1857 and the other in
1866, The record Is in the hand.
| writing Of the philanthropist, VIII.
liam +. Dodge, then a member of con-
gress There are now more Christian
men in the national legislature than
ever before. Why win they not band
together in a religious movement
which, before the inauguration Of the
next president, shall enthrope Christ
in the hearts of this nation? They
have the brain, they have the elo-
| quence, they have the influence. God
grant them the grace sufficient! WAo
in congressional circles will establish
the capitoline prayer meeting in lssTp
this century be irradiated with such
religious splendor. There are the OPP
portunities for national and iuterna-
tional charge, all bridled and saddled.
Where are the riders to mount themf
Here, also, are opportunities all
ready for those who would enter the
Kingdom of God. Christ said that the
Kingdom of Heaven was 10 be taken
by violence. By one flash you may
enter. Quicker than any equestrian
ever dashed through castle gate you
may pass into the pardon and hope of
the Gospel. As quickly as you can
think Yes" or NO, as quickly as you
can, make a choice, SO quickly may
you decide the question of eternal
destiny. No one was ever slowly
converted. He may have been think
ing about it 40 years, but not one inch
of progress did he make until the mo-
ment of assent, the very second in
which he said II will" That instant
decided all. Bring out the worst :, 900
men in all the earth, and here are ., 900
opportunities OF immediate and eter-
nal salvation. Il will deliver thee
1900 horses il thou be able to set
riders upon them"
The century leads on its troop of 100
years, and the year leads on its troop
OF so5 days, and the day leads on its
it's troop of 81 hours, and the hour
leads on its troop of 90 minutes, and
all are dashing out of sight.
Perhaps there are two years in which
We are most interested-our first and
our last. Held up in our mothers
arms, We watched the flight of the
first With wondering eyes we ali
watch the coming Of the last The
name Of that advancing year we can
not call. 1t may be in the 9os OF
this century, 1t may be in the los or
eos or 4os of the next century, but il
is coming at full gallop. With what
mood will we meet it? In iocosity,
as did Thomas Hood, in his
last moment saying. II an
dying out CT charity to the undertaken,
who wishes to urn lively Hood" Or
in fear. as did Thomas Paine, saving
in his last moment: "Oh, how dread
this mysterious leap in the dsrk.- Or
in boastfulness, as did Vespasiau, say.
ing in his last moment: "Ah. Methink,
am becoming god" Or in trivolity,
as did Demonax, the infidel philoso-
pher, saying in his las, mo-
ment: You may go home; the
show Is over" Or conscience
stricken, as did Charles TX. of
France, saying in his last moment:
Nurse! Nurse. What murder. What
blood!' Or shall we meet /, in glad
ness Of Christian hope, like that of
Julius Charles Hare, who saiS In mis-
last moment: Upwards. Cpwards,-
Or like that of Richard Baxter. in his
last moment saying: Almost well. -
Or like that of Martin of Tours, saving
in his last moment: Il go TO Abra-
hams bosom" Or like that of polished
Addison, who said in his last moment:
"See with what ease Christian can
die" Or like that of George White.
field, who felt that he had said
all that he could of Christ, declar.
ing in his last moment: II shall die
silent" Or like that of Mrs Schi,n.
melpennich, who said in her last mo-
ment: do YOU not her the voicesp
And the children's are the loudes,.-