Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-08-03

and earth, and in nothing which il haiti
sent, which nothing was born of moth
ing and which nothing was dead anC
buried and descended into nothing anC
arose from nothing and assembled u
nothing and now stitch at the right
hand of nothing. from which it viii
come 70 judge nothing. | believe in the
holy agnostic church and in the com.
munion of nothingarians and in the
forgiveness of nothing. and the resur-
rection of nothing and in the life that
never shall be. Amenl" That is the
creed of tens of thousands of people
in this day. If you have a mind to adopt
such a theory, l will not. II believe in
God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ
and ia the holy Catholic church and
in the communion of saints and in the
life everlasting. Amen" Oh. when
see Eleazar taking such a stout grip
Of the sword in the battle against sin
and for righteousness. / come TO the
conclusion that we ought 10 take a
stouter grip OF Gods eternal truth
the sword of righteousness.
As / look at Eleazars hand also no.
tiee his spirit of self forgetfulness lie
did not notice that the hilt of the sword
was eating through the palm Of his
hand. He did not know il hurt him
As he went out into the conflict he was
SO anxious for the victory he forgot
himself, and that hilt might 90 never
so deeply into the palm of his hand,
it could not disturb him. Ills hand
clave unto the sword" Oh. my brothers
and sisters, let us go into the Christian
conflict with the spirit Of self abncga-
ton. Who cares whether the world
praises US or Ienouuces us2 What do
we care for misrCpr or abuse
or persecution ia canfict like this?
Let rs forget ourselves That man
who is afraid OF getting his hand hurt
will never kill a Philistine. Who cares
whether you get hurt or not if you get
the victory? Oh, how many Christians
there are who are all the time worry
ing about the way the world treats
them. They are so tired, and they are
so abused, and they are so tempted. I
when Eleazar did not think whether 1
he had hand or an arm or 4 foot All 4
he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves in I
worldly achievement. We have often 4
seen men who, in order TO achieve
worldly success, will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all OBJ
staele. just after the battle of York
town, in the American revolution. a
musician, wounded, was told he must
have his limbs amputated. and they
were about TO fasten him TO the sur
geon's table, for il was long before the
discovery of anaestheties lie
said, mo, don't fasten me TO that table;
get me a violin" A violin was brought
TO him, and he said, Now go to work
MS | begin to play" and for 40 minutes,
during the awful pangs Of amputation,
he moved not muscle nor dropped
note, while he played some sweet tune. I
oh, is il not strange that with the music
of the gospel of Jesus Christ and with
this grand march of the church mill
tant on the way to become the church a
triumphant we cannot forget ourselves
and forget all pang and all sorrow and {
all persecution and all perturbation?
We know what men accomplish an
Ter worldly opposition Men do no, I
brink back for antagonism or for hard 4
hip. You have admired Prescott ]
Conquest of Mexico" as brilliant ant Z
history as was ever wit O
EN-, but solne OF you may not know I
nder what disadvantages il was writ g
conquest of Mexico'-foi 1
'rescott was totally blind. and he ha, b
wo pieces of wood parallel to each 4
Their fastened, and, totally blind, with d
is pen between those pieces of wood I
e wrote, the stroke against one piece 7
( wood telling how far the pen must c
o in one way, the stroke against the q
Their piece of wood telling how far the a
en- must go the other way Oh. how Of
Iuch men will endure for worldly tc
and for worldly success, RI
nd yet how little we endure for Jesus a
hrist! How many Christians there II
re that go around saying: "Oh. my II
and; oh, my hand, my hurt hand! m
ont you see there is blood on the 3,
and, and there is blood on the sword 2"
lille Eleazar, with the hilt imbedded NJ
the flesh of his right hand does not n
now it. =
What have we suffered in compare a,
IN with those who expired with suf- Fl,
'cation or were burned or were a,
Popped to pieces for the truths sake? al
e talk of the persecution of olden "
mes. There is just as much persecu- m
on going on now in various ways. N
/ lS49, in Madagascar, IS men were 81
ut TO death for Christ's sake. They II
ere 20 be hurled over the rocks, and -,
efore they were hurled over the rocks. =,
order 20 make their death the more =,
'eadful in anticipation, they were put nj
baskets and swung to and fro over !,
lie precipice that they might see how -
any hundred feet they would have -
be dashed down, and while they were =,
yinging in these baskets over the -
cks they sang: y,
Jesus, lover OF my soul, nj
Let me to Thy bosom fly, =
While the pillows near me roll oc
While the tempest still is high. of