The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-11-12

individuals and homes and nations
l tell you. Paul was right when he
suggested that we wrestle not with
pigmieS but with giants that will
down rs unless the Lad Almighty Is
our coadjutor. Blessed be God that
we have now, aud further on viii have
in mightier degree. that divine help,
The time IS coming-I know Il will
quicken your pulses when I mention il
when the last mighty evil Of the
world will be grappled by righteous
meas and thrOwn Which Of the great
evils will survive all the others l know
not whether war or revenge, or fraud.
or lust or intemperance, will not be
'the survival Of the ittest" II will
not be 'the survival OF the dttest," but
the survival Of the worst II will be
the evil most thoroughly entrenehed,
most completely reinforced. most
~patronlsed by wealth and fashion and
ponp, most applauded BY all the prin-
eipalities and powers and rulers Of
darkness II will stand, with grim
visage. looking down upon the
graves Of all the other slain abomi-
Dations-graves dug by the hot
shovels Of despair and snrmounted
BY such epitaphiology ss this; ut
biteth like q serpent and stingeth like
an adder" "The wages of sin Is
death @Her house inclineth unto
death aud her paths unto the dead"
"There Is = way that seemeth right TO
= man. but the end thereof Is death"
Yesl ! Imagine we have arrived at
the time when we may say, yonder
stands the last and only great evil of
all the world TO be wrestled down. 1t
stands, not only looking upon the
graves OF all the entombed and epi.
taphed iniquities Of the world, but
ever aud amor gazing upward IN def
anee Of the heavens and shaking lts
fist at the Almighty, saying: Moth
ing can put me down. Ihave seen all
the other enemies Of the human race
wrestled down and destroyed, but
there Is no arm or foot human or an
gelic or deifc, that can throw me. I
have ruined whols generations. and l
swear by all the thrones Of diabolism
that win ruin this generation. Come
on, all ye churches. and all ye reform
atory institutions. and all ye legisla-
lures, and all ye thronesi / challenge
you'll l plant my feet on this red.hot
rock Of the worlds woe. l stretch
forth my arms for the miehtiest
wrestle any world has ever seen. Come
onl Come onp Then righteousness
will accept the challenge, and the two
mighty wrestlers will grapple, while
all the galleries Of earth and Heaven
look down from one side. and all the
fiery chssms of perdition look up from
the other side. The two wrestlers
sway TO and fro, and turn this way
and that, and now the monster, evil,
seems the mightier Of the two, and
now righteousness seems about
TO triumph. The prize is worth 4
struggle, for 1t is not q chaplet or
laurel or palm, but the rescue of q
world, and u wreath put on the brow
by Him who promised. BE thou faith
full unto death and | will give thee q
crown" Three worlds-earth, Heaven
and hell-hold their breath while wait
ing for the result Of this struggle,
when with one mighty swing Of an
arm muscled with 0mnipotence, right
eousness hurls the last evil first on it's
knees and then on its face, aud then
rolling of and down, with a crash
wilder than that with which Sampson
hurled the temple OF Dagon when he
got hold Of Its two chief pillars
II all the realms OF demonology are
on the other side, all the realms Of
angelology are on our side, among
them Gabriel, and Michael the arch
angel, and the angel OF the new GOV.
enant, and they are now talking over
the present awful struggle and final
glorious triumph; talking amid the
alabaster pillars and In the ivory pal.
aces, and along the broadways and
grand avenues OF the great capital Of
the universe, and amid the spray OF
fountains with rainbows like the rain.
bow round the throne" and a.
they take their morning ride in
the chariots with white horses
bitted with gold, that were seer by
John In vision apocalyptic, and while
waiting In temples for the one hum
dred and forty and four thousand to
chant, accompanied by harpers and
trumpeters, and thunderings and
hallelujahs like the voice Of many
waters Yes, all Heaven is on our side,
and the "high places Of w~ickednessp
spoken OF in my text are not so high
a 8 the high places OF Heaven, where
there are enough reserve forces, IL our
earthly forces should be overpowered,
or in cowardioe fall back, TO sweep
down some morning at daybreak
and take all this earth for God before
the city clocks could strike twelve"
for o on And the Cabinet Of Heaven,
the most august Cabinet In the uni
verse, made up OF thrss-God the
Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost--are now In session in the
Kings Palace, and They are with US,
and They are going 10 see US through,
and They invite US, as soon as we have
done our share of the work, 10 20 up
and see Them and celebrate the final
Victory, that is more sure to come than
to-morrow's sunrise