Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-04-12

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believe in nothing. the maker OF heaven
and earth, and i'm nothing which il hath
sent, which nothing was born of moth
ing and which nothing was dead and
buried and descended into nothing and
arose from nothing and assembled TO
nothing and now stitch ut the right
hand of nothing. from which it will
come TO Judge nothing. believe in the
holy agnostic church and in the com
munion of nothingarians and in the
forgiveness of nothing, and the resur-
rrction OF nothing and in the life that
never shall be. Amcn!" That is the
creed of tens of thousands of people
i'm this day. II you have a mind to adopt
such n theory, | will not. IL believe in
God the Father Almighty, Maker OF
heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ
and i'm the holy Catholic church and
in the communion of saints and in the
life everlasting. Amen" Oh. when |
see Elcazar taking such n stout grip
of the sword in the battle against sin
and for righteousness, ! come 20 the
conclusion that we ought TO take
stoutcr grip of Gods eternal truth
the sword of righteousness.
As | look ut Eleazar's hand also no.
ticc his spirit of self forgetfIlness. He
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 go never
so deeply into the palm of his hand,
| it, could not disturb him. His hand
clavc 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 denounccs us? What do
we care for misrepresentation or abuse
| or persecution in canhict like this?
! Let us forget ourselves. That man
who is afraid of getting his hand hurt
will never kill n Philistinc. 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,
when Eleazar did no: think whether
he had a hand or an arm or n foot. All
he wanted was victory.
We see how men forget themselves in
worldly achievement. We have often
seen men who, in order to achieve
worldly success. will forget all physical
fatigue and all annoyance and all oh
stacle. Just after the battle of York
town. in the American revolution. q
musician, wounded. was told he must
have his limbs amputated, and they
were about TO fuStcn him TO the Sur
geon's table, for it was long before the
merciful discovery of anacsthctics. III,
said, mo. don't fastcn me TO that table
get me IA violin" violin was brough
to him, and he said, Now go to worl
rs | begin to play" and for 40 minutes
during the awful pangs of amputation
ne moved not n muscle nor dropped Z
note, while he played some sweet tune
| 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
triumphant we cannot forget ourselves
and forget all pang and all sorrow and
all persecution and all perturbation?
We know what men accomplish I'M
der worldly opposition. Men do not
shrink back for antagonism or for hard
ship. You have admired Prcscott's
Conquest of Mexico" as brilliant and
beautiful history as was ever writ
ten, but some of you may not know
under what disadvantages it was writ
ten4Ltat Conquest of MeNico''-for
49, totally blind and he had
pod parallel to each
d, tssasIaail lind, with