The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-03

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ton. But, my friends. the fortrssses
Of sin are never to be taken In that
way. II they are taken for God. 1t will
be by storm: you will have to bring up
the great siege guns of the gospel to
the very wall and wheel the flying ar
tillery into line. and when the armed
Infantry Of heaven shall confront the
battlements you will have to give the
quick command, Forward! Charge!"
All, my friends, there is work for you
to do and for me to do In order to this
grand accomplishment. have q pull
pit. preach in It. Your pulpit
Is the bank. Your pulpit is the store.
Your pulpit is the editorial chair. Your
pulpit is the anvil. Your pulpit Is the
house scaffolding. Your pulpit IL the
mechanics shop. I may stand In my
place. and. through cowardice or
through self seeking. may keep back
the word I ought to utter. while you.
with sleeve rolled up and brow be-
sweated with toll. may utter the words
that will jar the foundations Of heaven
with the shout Of great victory. Oh.
that we might all feel that the Lord Al
mighty Is putting upon US the hands Of
ordination! l tell you. every one. 60
forth and preach this gospel. You
have as much right to preach as have
or any man living.
Hadlav Viro ,ya. - ,,,;o,rol
the English army. The grace of God
came to him. He became an earnest
and eminent Christian. They scoffed
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 a Methodist" This did
not disturb him. He went on perform
ing his Christian duty until he had
formed all his troops into Bible class.
and the whole encampment was shaken
with the presence of God. So Have
lock went into the heather temple In
ndia while the English army was there
and put candle into the hand OF each
)f the heathen gods that stood around
the heather temple, and by the light
of these candles held up by the idols
General Havelock preached righteous
ness, temperance and judgment to
come. And who will say on earth or
in heaven that Havelock had not the
right to preach? In the minister's
house where prepared for college there
worked man by the name Of Peter
Croy. He could neither read nor write,
but he was q man Of God. Often theo-
Iogians would stop in the house-grave
theologians-and at family prayer Pc
ter Croy would be called upon to lead. =.
and all those wise men sat around,
wonder struck at his religious efiicien-
~. 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 heavens were
,owed down into the sitting room.
remark again, that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this par
ticular age you want unbounded faith
in the triumph of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness. How dare
the Christian church ever get discour-
,ged? Have we not the Lord Almighty
On our side? How long did 1t take God
to slay the hosts Of Sennacherib or
burn Sodom or shake down Jericho? /?
How long will 1t take God, when he
once arises in his strength, to over
throw all the forces OF iniquity? Be
tween this time and that there may be
long seasons of darkness, and the
chariot wheels OF Gods gospel may
seem to drag heavily, but here is the
promise and yonder Is the throne. and
when ominiscence has lost its eyesight
and omnipotence falls back impotent
and Jehovah is driven from his throne,
then the church Of Jesus Christ can
afford to be despondsnt, but never until
then.
Despots may plan and armies may
march and the congresses Of the na-
tions may seem to think they are ad-
justing all the affairs Of the world.
but the mighty men Of the earth are
only the dust of the chariot wheels of
Gods providence. And think before
the sun Of the next century shall set
the last tyranny will fall. and with a
,plendor Of demonstration that shall be
the astonishment Of the universe God
will set forth the brightness and pomp
and glory and perpstuity Of his eternal
government. Out Of the starry flags
and the emblazonsd insignia Of this
world God will make path for his
own triumph and returning from uni
versal conquest he will sit down. the
grandest. the strongest, highest throne
Of earth his footstool.
prepare this sermon because want
to encourage all Christian workers In
every possible department. Hosts of
the living God. march on. march on,
march on! His spirit will bless you.
His shield will defend you. His sword
will strike for you. March on. march
on! The despotisms will fail and pa