The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-02-04

months, perhaps year, pass alonB' anu
finally the fortress surrenders through
that starvation and exhaustion. But,
nv friends. the fortresses OF sin are
never to be taken in that way. II they
are taken for God, it will be by storm.
You will have to bring up tba great
siege guns of the gospel to the very
wall and wheel the flying artillery into
line, and when the armed infantry OF
heaven shall confront the battlements
you will have to give the quick COM
mand: forward Charged"
All, my friends, there is work for you
to do and for me to do in order to this
grand omplishment. have pulpit.
I preach in it. Your pulpit is the bank.
Your Iulpit is the store. Your pulpit is
the editorial chair. Your pulpit is the
anvil. Your pulpit is the house scatfold'
ing. Your pulpit is the mechanics
shop. I may stand in my place and
through cowardice or through self
seeking may keep back the word |
ought to utter, while you, with sleeve
rolled up and brow besweated with
toll, may utter the word that will jar
the foundations of heaven with the
shout of a great victory. Oh, that we
might all feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon us the hands of ordina-
ton | tell you, every one, 60 forth
and preach this gospel. You have as
much right to preach as l have or any
man living.
Hedley Wears was wicked man IN
the English army. The grace of God
came to him. He became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scotfed at
him and said, "You are a hypocrite;
you are as bad as ever you WERE" Still
he kept his faith in Christ and after
awhile, finding that they could not turn
him aside by calling him a hypocrite,
they said to him, "Oh, you are nothing
but Methodistp' This did not disturb
him. He went no performing his Chris
tian duty until he had formed all his
troops into Bible class, and the whole
encampment was shaken with the pres
ence of God. So Havelock went into the
heather temple in India while the Eng
lish army was there and put candle
into the hand of each of the heather
gods that stood around in the heather
temple, and by the light Of those can
dies held up by the idols General Have
lock preached righteousness, temperance
and Judgment to come. And who will
say on earth or in heaven that Havelock
had not the right to preach?
The Power of Earnestness.
In the minister's house where pre-
pared for college there worked man by
the name of Peter Croy. He could
neither read nor write, but he was a
man of God. Often theologians would
stop in the house-grave theologians-
and at family prayer Peter Croy would
be called upon to lead, and all those
wise men sat around, wonder struck at
his religious efficiency. When he prayed,
he reached up and seemed to take hold
of the very throne of the Almighty, and
he talked with God until the very heav-
ems were bowed down into the sitting
room Oh, if | were dying | would
rather have plain Peter Croy kneel by
my bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than the greatest arch
bishop arrayed in costly canonicals. 60
greach this gospel You say you are not
licensed In the name of the Lord AL
mighty, license you. Go preach this
gospel, preach il IL the Sabbath schools,
in the prayer meetings, in the high
ways, in the hedges. Woe be unto you
if you preach it notl
l remark again that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty III this par
| nnhOn nHpH fa1t
in the triumph Of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness. How dare the
Christian church ever get discouraged!
Have we not the Lord Almighty on
our side? How long did it take God to
slay the hosts of SeDnacherib or burn
! Sodom or shake down Jericho? How
long will it take God, when he once
arises in his strength, to overthrow all
the forces of iniquity! Between this
time and that there may be long seasons
of darkness aud the chariot wheels Of
Gods gospel may seem to drag heavily,
but here is the promise and yonder Is
the throne, and when omniscience has
lost it's eyesight and omnipotence falls
back impotent and Jehovah is driven
from his throne, then the church Of
Jesus Christ can afford to be respondent,
but never until then.
Despots may plan and armies may
march and the congresses of the nations
may seem to think they are adjusting
all the affairs of the world, but the
mighty men of the earth are only the
dust of the chariot wheels of God s
providence. And think before the sun
of the next century shall set the last tyr
amy will fall and with splendor of
demonstration that shall be the aston
ishment of the universe God will set
forth the brightness and pomp and glory
and perpetuity of his eternal govern
ment Out of the starry flags and the
emblazoned insignia of this world God
will make path for his own triumph,
and returning from universal conquest
he will sit down, the grandest, the
strongest, highest throne of earth his
footstool
To Encourage Christian Workers.
prepare this sermon because l want
10 encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department Hosts of the
living God, march on, march onl His