The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-04-15
IN GRIP OF STEEL.
Dr.. Talmsge Draws q Lesson from
the Tenacity Of Eleazar.
NE Urges . Closer Adherence 10 the
Gospel aud Announces That
He VIII Not Cease to
Preach.

" hAalhNAgAs APAhG GefyAtA NsN
In the first notice concerning DR.. Tai
mage that Pastor Charles II. Sturgeon,
Of London. wrote the great English min
lister said he was glad TO find a preacher
that believed something. This dis
course Of DR.. Talmage is in that vein.
and urges close adherence TO the old
Gospel; text, IL. Samuel, 23:1O. And his
hand clsve unto the sword"
What a glorious thing 10 preach the
Gospel Some suppose that because l
have resigned a fixed psstorate ] Will
cease 10 preachI MOI No! Iexpectto
preach more than / wei have. II the
Lord will, four times as much, though
In manifold places. / would not dare
10 halt with such opportunity 10 declare
the truth through the q TO audiences
and to the eye through the printing
press. And here We have a stirring
theme put before US by the prophet
A great general Of King David was
Eleazar. the hero OF the text. The
Philistines opened battle against him,
and his troops retreated. The cow
ards fed. Eleazar and three OF his COM
rades went into the battle and swept
the field, for four men with God on their
side are stronger than whole regiment
with God against them. Pail baekl"
shouted the commander Of the Philis-
tine army. The cry ran along the host:
"Fall back!" Eleazar, having swept the
Geld. throws himself on the ground TO
resi-. but the muscles and sinews of his
hand had been so long bent around the
hilt Of the sword that the hilt was I'm
bedded in the flesh. and the gold wire OF
the hilt ha6 broken through the skin
OF the palm OF his hand, and he could
not drop this sword which he had 50
calamity welded. His hand clave IN.
TO the sword" That Is what / call mag
nifcent fighting for the Lord God OF
Israel. And we want more oft.
] propose TO show you how Eleazal
took hold of the sword and how the
sword took hold Of Eleazar. I look a
Eleazar's hand, and / come TO the con
clusion that he took the sword with {
very tight grip. The towards who fled
had no trouble IN dropping theil
swords. Az they fly over the roch
hear their swords changing in every di
r%eetion. II is easy enough for them e
drop their swords. But EleaEar's ham
clave unto the sword. In this Christian
conflict we want q tighter grip Of tn
Gospel weapons, q tighter grasp Of III
~two-edged sword OF the truth. Itmaks
me sick 10 see these Christian peopl
who hold only a part Of the truth, an
let the rest Of the truth 60, 50 that III
Philistines, seeing the loosened grasI
wrench the whole sword away from
them.
The only safe thing for Us to do ist
put our thumb on the book Of Geneai
and sweep our hand around the boo
until the tips OF the fingers clutch q
the words in the beginning God ere
sted the Heavens and the earth" Ink
an inAdel q great deal better than ! d
one Of these mandy PANTY Christian
who hold a part Of the truth and let III
rest go. By miracle, God preaer thi
Bible Just as 81 il, and IL 10 a Damascu
blade. The EeVereIt test 10 which
sword can be put in . sword factory
10 wind the blade around . gun barr,
like a ribbon, and then, when the swor
Is let loose, Il flies back 70 its ow
shape. So the sword of Gods truth be
been fully tested, and II 10 bent thi
way and that way and wound this wa
and that wny, but II always comes bac
10 its own shape. Think Of I'll A boo
written near 10 centuries ago. and som
Of It thousands Of years ago, and yeti
our time the average sale Of this Book
more than 10000 copies every week, an
more than q million copies g year. lisa
now that . book which IL Divinely IA
e spired, and DiTnsly kept, and Divinsl
scattered 10 q wespon worth holding
! tight grip Of. Bishop Colenso will CON
: along and try 10 wrench out OF you
hand the five books Of Moses, an
Strauss will come along and try I
wrench out of your hand the mirsoie
, and Renan will come along and try I
; wrench out Of your hand the entire III
r Of the Lord Jesus Christ, and your a
/. socialism the ONCE or the factory or n
/, banking house will try 10 wrench OF
Of your hand the entire Bible, but /
the strength Of the Lord God Of Isra'
and with Eleazar's grip hold on 10 {
) You give up the Bible, you give up an
r part Of It, and you give up pardon an
!, peace and life and Heaven.
b Do not be ashamed. young man, (
: have the world know that you are
J, friend OF the Bible. This book IL Il
A.. friend OF all that il good. and II IL Il
sworn enemy Of oil that is bad. An ell
q quent writer recently gives an incider
, OF q very bad man who stood In q ce
OF q western prison. This criminl
had gone through all styles OF Grim
: and he was there waiting for the ga
lows. The convict standing there at Il
window Of the cell. this writer say
'looked out and declared, I am an q
y hdel.' He said that 10 all the men an
: women and children who happened I
he gathered there. i am an infidel,'
and the eloquent writer says, Ever
D mar and woman there believed him
J. And the writer goes on TO say, IF I
: had stood there saying, I am q Chri
tinn,' every man and woman would hay
said, He IL o liari'"
This Bible Is the sworn enemy Of Q
that 10 wrong. and II 4 the tEispa Of .