The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-14

one end OF the sword the Oh end
of the sword wounded him.
oh, we have found an ener1yk can
not be conquered by rosewate i soft
speeches. II must be sharp Sd and
straight thrust. There is anper.
ance, and there is fraud, and ire Is
gambling, and there Is lust, al there
are 10000 battalions of bpuity,
armed Philistine iniquity. are
they to he captured and oyerh own!
Soft sermons in morocco ca laid
down in front of an exquisite ience
will not do il. You have gof call
things by their right name. have
got To eNpcl from our churchk hris-
tians who eat the sacrament cd sunday
| and devour widows houses all " week.
| We have got to stop our ind ation
| against the Utilities and the i asitos
aud the Girgashites and let iii poor
wr"tches go and apply our ind patton
| To the modern transgressionl thich
| need to be dragged out and slair{ habs
| here. Herods here. JeZebels II The
| massacre of the infants here. 81 for
God so hard that while you slay ie sin
the sword will adhere to yukr own
hand. | tell you, my friends, nant
a few John knoSes and John N .leyS
| in the Christian church to-dayI
The whole tendency is To rkfr on
Christian work. We keep on ,ning
/ ola IT until we send apologize \ "a To
| iniquity we are about To capA IL.
! And we must go with sword ayer
chased and presented by the Lad cand
we must ride on white palfre{ oder
| embroidered housing, putin the
spurs in only just enough to II the
charger dance gracefully, and we
| must send "A missive, delicate al ascd-
ding card, to ask the old blak ant
of sin if he will not surrender. kneu
saved by the grace of God and d nri.
Gus mission sent, detained fri b the
Sabbath classes because their Ia,
is not done. Churches that shI our
cities with great reyiyals dng
around To ask some demonstrates or-
shipper If he will not please b say
amen" and "halleluiah" "a littl&s -.
IL seems as il in our churches VI unt-
ed n baptism of cologne and b. OF
n thousand flowers when we ully
need baptism of fire from b 1rd
God Of Pcntecost. But we are S aaiu
| somebody will criticise our Irons
or criiicise our prayers or criti sour
religious work that our anxietHothc
worlds redemption is lost in raa-
we will get our hand hurt, VIII ra.
zar went into the conflict. ''and 5 nd
clayc unto the sword"
But see in the next place BIZ a
hard,thing it was for Eleazar togo bis
hand and his sword parted. lie US
clcs and the sinews had been 10 ug
graspCd around the sword he dulaot
! drop it, and his three comrade& lap
| pose, came up and tried 10 hclp m.
and they bathed the back part O. 2c
hand, hoping the sinews and M IS
would relax. But no. His BAY e
unto the sword" Then they 30
pull open the fingers and TO r TX
the thumb, but no sooner we'd sy
| pulled back than they closed al
land his hand clare unto the swo,u'
But after awhile they were succcss1
and then they noticed that The cr-v
| in the palm of the hand correSpohf
exactly with the curve OF the hit III
| hand clave unto the sword"
You and have seen It many tnt
/ There are in the United States ,olat
many aged ministers of the Gos,et
/ They are too feeble now TO preach. II
! the church records the word standing
| opposite their name is emeritus II
| the words are, "a minister without
charge" They were heroic rcd
! They had small salaries and but e
| books, and they swan spring frshcts
to meet their appointments Bu' they
did in their day a mighty work f5r Cod.
| They tool; off more of the heads of
Philistine iniquity than you could
| count from noon to shutdown. Y0l put
| that old minister of the Gospel nov into
| prayer meeting or occasional BulDit
or a sickroom where there is some one
to be comforted, and IL Is the same old
ring TO his voice, and the same old tory
of pardon and peace and Christ anal
Heaven. His hand has so long clu'ched
! the sword in Christian conflict he can
not drop it. His hand clavc unto the
! sword"
J. had in my parish in Phadel-
phia "A very aged man who in his sarly
life had been the companion GaI adj
wiser of the early presidents, MaIison
and Monroe. He had welded vast in.
fuence, but | only knew him as very
aged man. The most remarkable hing
about him was his ardor for Christ.
When he could not stand up in the
meetings without propping, he woult
throw his arm around pillar Of tn
church, and, though his mind was par.
tally gone his love for Christ wac so
great Ihat-all We're in deep respect and
profound admiration. and were moved.
when he spoke. was called 10 see
him die. | entered the room. and ne
snid: mr.. Talmage, | cannot sneak
to you now" He was in "A very pIcos.
ant dclirium. as he imagined he hal an
audience before him. He said: Unjust
tell. these people 10 come TO Chris, and
prepare for Heaven" And then IN tits
pleasant dclirium, both arms lifted. this
octogenarian preached Christ and told
OF the glories of the world to come.
There, lying on his dying pillow, his
Il Ia, a. A.