The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
THbuAoE's SERMON
II will deliver thee two thousand Moses,
if thou be able on thy part to set riders
upon then."-II kinge xviii, %.

reservoir of Jerusalem, the generated
the besieging army and the generals OF
besieged Jerusalem are now iii consult |
alton. Though Gen. Rab-shakeh nad
been largely paid to stop the siege, he
kept the money and continued the
siege-the military miscreant- Rab-
shaken derides the capacity of the
city to defend itself, and practically
says: 'You have not 1000 men who
{; n manage horses. Produce 1000 cav
alrymen, and I will give you a present
of 1000 cavalry horses. You have not,
in all your besieged city of Jerusalem,
1000 men who can mount, and by Dlt
and bride, control a horse. Rab-sha-
keh realized that it is easier to ind
horses than skillf1.l riders, and hence
he makes the challenge Of the text:
II will deliver thee 1000 horses IT
thou be able to set riders upon them
Rab-shakeh, like many another bad
man, said very suggestive thing.
The world is full Of great opportuni-
ties, but few know how to bride them
and mount them More spirited horses
than competent riders! The fact is
that in the church of God we have
plenty of fortresses we'll manned, and
plenty of heavy artillery, and plenty
Of sold columns of brave, Christian
soldiery but what we most need is
cayalry-mounted troops Of GOd-for
sudden charge that seems almost des-
perate II Washington, if New York,
if London are ever taken for God, it
will not be by slow bombardmeat of
augmentation, or by regular unlnsbe"-
ing of great theological guns from the
portfolios Of the churches; but by s.ll-
lop Of sudden ass ult and rush OF holy
energy that will astound and throw
into panic the long lines of drilled OPP
position, armed to the teeth. Nothing
so scares the forces of sin as a revival
that comes, they know not whence, to
do that which they cannot tell. to
work in a way which they do not I'M
derstand. They will be overcome by
flank movement. The church of God
must double up their right or left
| wing. II they expect us from the
north, we will take them from the
south. II they expect us at II oclock at
noon, we will come upon them at II
| o'clock at night The opportunities for
! this great assault are great and nu-
| merOuS, but where are the men? Il
will deliver thee 1000 horses. it thou
be able to set riders upon them
The opportunities of saving America
! and saving the entire planet We're new
| er so many, never so urgent never so
| tremendous as now. Have you not no.
ticed the willingness Of the printing
press of the country to give the subject
of evangelism full swing in column af-
ter column? Such work was formerly
confined to tract distribution and relig-
iOuS Journalism. Now the morning and
evening newspapers, by hundreds and
thousands of copies, print all religious
intelligence and print most awakening
discourses. Never since the world has
stood has such a force been offered ito
all engaged in the worlds evangeii1:l
ton. OF the more than $4,000 newspa-
pers on this continent, do not know
one that is not alert to catch and dis
tribute all matters of religious inform
alton. Oh. now [ see q mighty sug
gestiveness in the fact that the first
book of any Importance that was ever
published after Johann Gutenberg in
vented the art of printing, was the
Bible. Well might that poor man tot
on, polishing stones and manufactur
ing looking glasses, and making eX
periments that brought upon him the
charge of insanity, and borrowing
money, now from Martin Brother anC
now from Johann Faust, until he Sc
on foot the mightiest power for thu
evangelization Of the world. The stat
ue in bronze which ThorWaldsen erect
cd for Gutenberg in 1887, and the stat
ue commemorating him by Davi(
Dangers, in 1910, and unveiled annie
all the pomp that military professions
and German bands of best music coult
give the occasion. were inSignifican
compared with the fact, to be demon
strated before all earth and all heaven
that Johann Gutenberg, under God, in
augurated forces which will yet &C
complish the worlds redemption. TIL
. newspaper press will report Christ
sermons yet to be delivered, and dc
scribe his personal appearance, if, a
some think, he shall come again t
, reign on earth. The newspaper pres
may yet publish Christ's proclamatio
OF the worlds emancipation from 81
and sorrow and death Tens of thor
sands of good men in this and othe
lands have been ordained by the lay
ing OH of hands to preach the gospe
but it seems to me that just now, b
) the laying on of the hands of the Lor
=. God Almighty, the newspaper presse
: are being ordained for preaching til
gospel with wider sweep and mightie
l resound than we have ever yet ina:
t ined. The iron horses of the printin
:, press are all ready for the battle; br
I where are the men good enough an
strong enough to mount them an
$ guide them? 81 will deliver thee 200
I horses, if thou be able to set rider
: upon them.
e Go out to the soldiers hoGe and tai
I to the men who have been in the war
4 and they will give you right appreci
/ ton of what is the Importance OF I'll
e cavalry service in battle. You he;
V the clatter of the hcnfs and the wifi
of the arrows and the clash of ii
S shields and the bang Of the carbine
as they ride up and down the cent
ries. Clear back in time Osymandy:
led 10000 mounted troops in Bactl
ana. .Josephus says that when the
= raelites escaped from Egypt. 50.Ot
cavalrymen rode through the partt
. Red sea. Three hundred and sevent
: one years before Christ, Epa,ninond;
headed the troops at full gallop. A
: exander, on a horse that no other IN: