St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-30

Bactriana- Josephus says that when
the Israelites escaped from Egypt
$4,000 cavalrymen rode through the
parted Red Sea. Three hundred and
seventy-one years before Christ, Epa.
minondas headed his troops At full gal
lcp. Alexander, on . horse that no
other man could ridc, led his mounted
troops Seven thousand horsemen de-
cided the struggle at Arbela. AL.
though saddles were not invented nm.
til the time of Constantine, and stir.
rups were unknown until about $50
years after Christ, you hear the neigh
ing and snorting Of war-chargers In
the greatest battle of the ages. Aus
terlitz, and Marcngo. aud Solferino
were decided by the cavalry. The
mounted Cossacks REINFORCED the Rus
sian snow storms in the Obliteration OF
the French army. Napoleon said if
lie had only had sufficient cavalry 1t
Bautzen and Lutzen his wars would
have triunphantly ended. I do not
wonder that the duke of Wellington
had his old war horse Copenhagen
turned out in best pasture. and that
the duchess of Wellington wore .
bracelet of Copenhagen's hair. Not
one drop of my blood but tingles as !
look at the arched neck and paving
hoof aud painting nostril of Jobs cav.
airy horse: "Hast thou clothed his
his neck with thunder? He paweth in
tho valley; he goeth ON to meet the
armed men. The quiver rattleth
against him. the glittering spear and
the shield. He saith among the trum-
pets, Ha. ha; and he smelleth the bat
tie afar of, the thunder Of the cap
tains. and the shouting"
think it Is the cavalry of the Chris
tian hosts. the grand men and women
who, with bold dash and holy reckless
ness and spurred-on energies. are to
take the world for God. To this army
Of Christian service belong the evangel-
lists. 1t ought to be the business of
the regular churches to multiply
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
and some of them arc not
enough learned. and some Of them are
erratic, and some Of them are too
and some Of them pray too
loud! Oh. fold up your criticism and
let them do that which we, the pas
tors, can never do. I like all the
evangelists 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 tho
of righteousness and drilling
the Christian soldiery, and by marshal
ing anthems and sermons and
on the right side, they are
out fighting the forces of darkness
hip and thigh, with great slaughter" !"
All success to theml The faster they
gallop. the better likeit The keener
the lances they hin9, the more l ad-
nire them. We care not what conven-
they infract if they only gain
the victory. Moody, and Chapman.
and: Mills. :and Jones. and Harrison.
aud Munhall, and Maj. Cole, and Crit
tenden, and . hundred others are now
tho cavalry charge, and they
are this moment taking New York and
and Cincinnati for God.
and l wish they might take our ma
tion's capital.
Hear the tremendous facts: There
ars now in this country nearly l6d, ,0oo
church congregations, with nearly 2l.-
Doc, 600 communicants and seating ca
pacity in church for more than a, ,000.-
DO0 people; In other words, room IN
The churches for three-fourths of the
population Of this country, and about
of the population of this
already Chr;stian. In other
words, we will have only to average
bringing two souls to God during the
next three years and our country Il
Who can not. under the
power Of the Holy Ghost, bring two
souls to God in three years? And 30
many will bring hundreds and thou
sands to God, most Of you have to
bring only one soul to God and the
Gospel campaign for this continent
will be ended. II you can not bring
,ne soul to God, or two souls, or three
souls, in three years, you are NO Chris
Ian, and deserve yourself to be shut
,ut of Heaven. The religious pos
,imists Of this country are all the time
the obstacles Is 50 great
ind our forces as SO small that we half
If the time feel that We arc attempt
ng xn impossibility. Take out of your
prayers and preaching come of your
'tuffing Of groans and put in some
hing of acciamstion and triumph, and
he United States will 10 gospel
zed, and II tho United States be
America will be gospelixed,
ind America gospelized, we will take
Asia from the Pacific beach, and Eu-
.opc from the Atlantic beach, and not
ar from now the lost star VIC live ON
will take its place among the constel.
atoms that never fell. Lot the more
han 81, ,000, ,OO0 communicants, IS they
1T the sacramental cup to their lips,
AXE oath that they will not rest until
he other 10000. 600 are saved. The
are all saddled and bri-
lied. Where are tho men and women
o guide them? II will deliver thee 1000
,orses, II thou DO able to set riders
lpon them" What two mon can do for
rood or evil Is impressed upon me BY
he fact that two Scotchmen, going
o California, each took something that
would remind him of his native coun-
ry. Then one took q thistle. the ma
ional emblem Of Scotland. The other
ook . hive of bees Years went by,
md the work OF the two Scotchmen IL
widely seen. The curse Of the Pacific
lope II the thistle, and the blessing of
he Pacific slope Is the honey found
in woods and fields In
,our life are you respouaible for honey
r thistles, and il one man can do 90
much good, and another 20 much evil.
low much could bo done for the ram
om Of this country by 81 ,O0O, OU0 poo.