The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-19

haustion. But, my friends, the fort
resses of sin are never to be taken in
that way. If they are taken for God it
will be by storm; you will have to
bring >ap the 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 con-
front the battlements you will have to
give the quick command: Forward!
Charger
All, my friends, there is, work for
you to do and for me to do in order to
this grand accomplish l have
pulpit 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
mechanics shop. l may stand in my
place and, through cowardice or
through self-seelsing, may keep back the
word l 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 great victory. Oh, that we
might all feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon US the hands of ordi-
nation! tell you, every one, go forth
and preach this Gospel. You have as
much right 10 preach as have or any
man living.
Hedley Wears was a wicked man in
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 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 hypocrite,
they said to him: "Oh, you are moth
ing but Methodistp This did not dis
turb him. He went on performing 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 Havelock
went into the heather temple in India
while the English 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 candles held up by
the idols Gen. Havelock preached
righteousness, temperance, and judg-
ment to come. And who will
say on earth or in Heaven that Have
lock 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 u man of
God. Often theologians would stop in
the house-graye theoogians land at
family prayer Peter Croy would be
called upon to lead; and all those wise
men set around, wonder-stluck at his
religious efficiency. When he prayed
he reached up aud seemed to take
hold of the very throne of the AL
mighty, and he talked with God until
the very heavens were bowed down in
to The sitting room. Oh, if l were dy-
ing l would rather have plain Peter
Croy kneel by my bedside and COM
mend my immortal spirit to God than
the greatest archbishop arrayed in
costly canunicals, Go preach this Cos
pei. You say you are not licensed. In
the name of the Lord Almighty, Ii
cense you. Go preach this Gospel,
preach it in the Sab bath schools, in the
prayer meetings, in the highways, in
the hedges. Woe be unto you if you
preach it not!
remark again that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this
particular age you want unbounded
faith in the triumph of the truth aud
the overthrow of wickedness How
dare the Christian church ever get dis
couraged? Have we not the Lord AL
mighty ON our side? How long did it
take God to Stay the hosts of
Sennacherib or burn Sodom or
shake down Jericho? How long
will it take Cod. when he
once arises in His strength, to over
throw all the forces of inquiry? 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 aud yonder is the throne, and
when onniscience has lost its eye
sight aud omnlpoteuce 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 ma
| lions 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 be-
| fore tue sun of the next century
| shall set the last tyranny will fall,
and with splendor of demonstra-
the universe God will set forth the
brightness aud pomp and glory and
perpetuity of His eternal government
Out of the starry flags and EN- Dlazoned
insignia of this world God will make a
| path for His own triumph, and return
ing from universal Conquest lie 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 onI
His spirit will bless you. His shield
will defend you. Ills sword will strike
for you. March on! Tue besiegement
will soon be ended. Only few more
steps on the long way; only few more
| sturdy blows; only few more