Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-04-21
4 GLORIOUS GOSPEL.
TsLHAcE ELLUDES TO PASTORAL.
RESlCNkTioN-WlLL STILL PREACH.
Subject: "Hold Fast tn the Eiai+"-Irs-
sous Drawn Prom the SworJ. ~ slea4ar
-As He Grasprd His Weapon 80 should
". CIeaye To- the Old Gospel.


sword. IL samuel xiii. 10.
VIVA; glorious thing 70 nreach ths
Gospel some suppose that because !
cease 10 preach. No, 20. / expect %
preach more than / ever have. II tue
Lord viii, touT tunes a. much. though
ia manifold places. / would not dare t.
nalt with such opportunity 70 d-ylare the
ruth through the eur TO audiences and To-
the eye through the printing pres. Aud
here We have stirring theme lut before
u by the prophet.
A grea: general OF King David WIS
EicaZUr. the hero Of the text. The PILLS
tines opened battle Egains; him. and hi4
troops rctreRted. Tie towards hel.
EleaZar-and three OK his comrades Wen.
into the battle and swept the field, for
four men with Col on their side aru
stronger than wtCie regiment with God
against them. Fan back" shouted the
commander Of the Philistinc army. Ths
cry ran aioug the host, Fall back"
Eleazar, having swept the field, throws
himself on tie ground to rest, but the mus
c,es and -ineWs OF his hand had been 50
Tong bent around the hit OF his sword THAI
the nilt was imhedded in the flesh, Rud the
gold wire Of the hilt had broken through
the skin Of the palm OF the hand. and ne
could not drop this sword which he haa
so gallanly welded. HIS hand claye
unto the sword" That Is whnt / call
magnificent lighting for the Lord God oi
Israel And wc want more o: a..
propose to show you bow E,rszar took
hold Of the sword and how the word took
hold Of Elea2dr. look at Eleazars hand,
and come to the conclusion that he too;
the sword With very tight grip. The
towards who fed had no trouble in drop
ping their swords. As they Fly over the
rocks | hear their swords changing In every
direction. |. Is easy enough for them to
drop their swords. but Eleasar's hand clay-
unto the sword. In this Christian conflict
We want tighter grip of the Gospel weap-
ons. tighter grasp Of the two edged sword
Of the truth. 1t makes me sick to see these
Christian people who hold only part OF
the truth AMI let the rest OF the truth 90
20 thar tn" fliii~tueS seeing the iOoseIed
grusp. wrench tue whole sword GTay from
them. The only safe thing for ~ to dOis to
Iut our thumb on the book Of Genesis and
sweep our hand around the boo, until the
New Testament comes into tap Iiitm and
Keep on sweeping our baud around the
book until the tips Of the fingers clutch 1T
the words In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earfh.' / ike an iuf-
tei a great deal better than ! DO one Of
these numby paMby Christians who hold a
part OF the truth and let the rest 20. By
miracle God preserved thiS Bible Just as il
j. and il is Damascus blade. The sever
est test 10 which sword can he pat in q
sword factory is to wind the blad" around
u gun barrel like Il ribbon. and then when
the sword is let loose it llie- Lack to its own
shape. 50 the sword u Cots truth has
been fully tested, ana it i b"u, tni- way
and that wav and wound this way aud that
way. but it always comes back TO its own
shape. Think otit. A hool: written nearly
nineteen centuries ago, ami 4O;me Il il
thousands of years ago, mud Eet in
pur time the average sale 0t this book
is more than 2J.0DO copies every week and
more than GGo 900 copies Year! | say
now that BOOK which is dtvtueiy inspired
and Giviney kept and diyinelv scattered is
a weapon worth holding u tight grip Of.
Bishop Coleuso will cone along and try u
wrench ont Of yoac hand the FIVE books Of
Moses and strauss Till come along and try
to wreach out OF your hand the miracles,
ami Renan will come along amt try to
wrench out OF your Aaul the entire life Of
the Lurd Jesus Christ, and yo'ir associate,
in the Office or the factory or the banking
house will try 20 wrench out Oi Nour hand
the entire Biule. but in tn" strength Of the.
Lord God % Israel and with Eiea&ar's grip
mold on 10 il. lou give ~ The Hih.e. you
give NJ any part OF it. and You given par
don and u2ac4 and HE in h"av"u.
DO not ae#-AVmad, Nolh- man. Il have
the world know ihut ron ar. y riend of the
Bible. This book Is the friend O.. all that Is
good and it Is the sworn enemy Of all TIA
is bud. Al eloquent wtter recently G4ye-
an incident OF Il very bal man who stood
in n ell ct Western prison. This crimj-
nal had gone through all s.Nles OF crime,
ana be was there waiting for the cati0wS.
The coayict standing there al the window
OF the cell, thus writer says. 'iOOstd OHt
aai declared, i ain an IntIet. He said
that t. all tie Inen and women and chill
drcn who happened to be gathered there,
4 am an intdel." And the eloquent writer
says. Every man aud Woman there he
lieced him And the writer Goo; on 70
say, If he had stooi tEorc saying, ! am
a Christian every man and womGl would
have sal !, He is liar.
This Bible is the sworn enemy OF all that
j. wrong. and 1t Is the friend OF All | hat Is
good. on. hold on it, Do not take part
os it and throw the rest away. Hold on to
all Of it, There are SO many people now
who do not Know. You ask them II the
soul is immortal, and they say: Il guess it
i: don { know. Ie:AapS IT Is; perhaps
it isn't" Is the Bible true? "Wet, perhaps
it is ami perhaps 1t !sn't. Perhaps 1t may
I've, liSuratively, and perhaps 1t may be-
partly, and perhaps 1t may not ba st ALL"
They 0espise what they cali the apostolic
creed, but il their own creed were written
out it would read like this: Il believe in
nothing, the maker Of heaven and earth,
and in nothing wAira it hath sent, which
nothing was born OF nothing and whici!
nothing was dead and buried and descend
ed into nothing and rose from nothing
aud assembled to h2th'hS ana no" stteth
III lh4 fIsh hahd HI h''h!NH, rom
WLlth II VIII come 70 JudSe LoshIhs' oe-
iieye IN the no'y aShoI1ic ca'irch ana IN
the communion OF h2l"inE"rl'hS ana III
the !orSIEeh;'" OF hotniHE "nI me F7Sir-
rectioh OF nothing ana IN the NE that never
SHAH .e; Amen! IARt Is we cteed OF
tens oil thousands o. people III tNlS uaF. l..
you nave ihlhM to auot,t SuGh tu3oty; l
VIII pos' peIieEe III uo'' tAe rather Al
mighty, Maker OF i'eaNen ana eht'n' ana III
Jesus ElrSt ana III inc no'F rathohc
chUfcA an4 ~ lne cotnn. uu''h Oh SAINTS
ana III the ne 'Ner'ast,u-' \ "e". va,