Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-08
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snuits OF OnriIhteousnens and Tn
belief
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NAsliINuIoN' req +. - In tuis as
course Dr. Ialmage shows how the cause
of righteousness has lost many Of its
weapons and how they are to be re-
captured and nut into effective opera
tion. tex. | Snmucl Niii. 1921. "Now
thoro is mn smith found throrrbout nh
Tho land of Israel for tho pbilistinos
said. Lost the Uchro,ys mako thom
swords mr. sneors Rnt NIL tho Isrnclitos
went down to tho pbiIistiuos. to shnrpcn
,vorv man his sbnrf and his coultcr. and
his ax. and his muttork Yct th.v had 4
file for tle mattock. and for thc coultcrs.
and for the forks. and for the aNcs. and
TO sharpen the gonds."
What n calling subiugatiou for tho Is
raclitcs! The Phihst,ncs had carried off
I'll he blacksmiths and Torn down oil H..
rlocks. riths' shops and nboli.hcl the
Nlacksmiths trade in the land Of Israel.
in, phlistinps yould NOT cvcn allow
these partic, TO work their yaluabl,
mines Of brass and iron. nor might thcy
,unl,e any sword. or surnr.. There worr
only two swords left In all the land. Yea.
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taken all the grindstoncs from the land
Of Israel so thar if nm Israoliti,h farmer
wanted to sharpen his plov or his aX
he had to 20 over TO the garrison of the
phiistines to get il done There was
only one sharpening instrument left in
inc land. and that was a flo the farmers
and mechanics having uothiu., to y,hct
rp the coulter and the goad. and the
pickaX. save n simple file. Industry was
ludorod and work nrocticoUv disrrored
rho great ilca of these Pbili.tiro. was 10
keep the Israclitcs disarmcd. They might
get iron out of tho hills to make swords
of. but they would not have any black
euiths 10 void this iron. If they got liz.
iron welded. they wouid have mo- grind
stones on which to bring the instruments.
e arricult,lre or the military ,yeapnns mn
10 nm edge.
Oh. YOU poor. weaponlcss Israclitcs. re
luccI 10 file. how pitv voul But tbosa
philisiin,. we're NOT forever to koen tbnir
lool on the neck of Gods children. Iona
ham. Oh his hand. and knees climbs nm
great rock. beyond which were the
Philistiues, and his armor bearer. on his
lands and knees. climbs up the same
-ock, and these two men, with their two
words, hew to pieces the phlistincs, the
Lord throwing great terror upon them.
so it was then: SO il is now. Two meu
If God on their knees mghtier than
Philstine host on their feet,
! learn, first, from this subject that it
8 dangerous for the church of God to
low its weapons 10 stay in the hands IF
Is enemies. These Israclitcs might again
and again have obtained supply of
swords and weapons, as for instance,
when they took the spols of the Am
monitos, bur those Israelites seemed CON
rent 20 have no swords. no spears, no
hlacksmiths, no grindstoncs, no active
iron mines. until II was too late for them
20 make any resistance. | see the farm
trs Juggling along with their rickaXes and
pillow. and ! say. Where are YOU going
With those things?" They say. ooh, We
are going over TO the garrison of the
Phil shines to get these things sharpen
cd" / say, "You foolish men, why don't
you sharpen them at home?" ooh"
hey say, the blacksmiths' shops are all
:orn down. and we have nothing left us
but a file"
Too willing to Surrender.
So If Is in tho church of Jnsus Christ
today. We are too willing to rive nm
our weanons 10 fine enemy Tho vorlI
loasts that il has gobblcd mn the schools
and the colleges and the arts and the
sciences and the literature and the print-
inc nrcss Infdelitv is making n
mighty attorr,t to get all our veapons in
II. hand and then TO La,n thon Won
know it is making this boast all the time
and after awhile. when the great battle
between sin and Righteousness has OMEN
I'd. if we do not look out we will he as
badly off as these Israolites. without any
sharpeninC instruments. | call unon the
Euperintendents Of literary institutions
10 see to it that the mon who 90 into the
classrooms to stand beside the Leyden
lars and The electric batteries and the mi
croscopcs and telescopcs be children of
God. not Philistinps.
The Typdallean thinkers Of orr times
are trying to get all the intellectual wcop.
nns in their own grasp. We want scicn-
life Christians TO capture the science.
and scholastic Christians TO cantur4 the
scholarship. and philoSophic Christians
10 capture the philosophy. and lecturin g,
Christians TO TAKE back the lccturiu.,
-latform. We want TO send ont agoiu.r
Schenkel and Strauss and Roman q The.
adore Christlieb of Bonn and against the
i,fdpl scientists of the dov n cod vor.
inning Si!limnn and Ujtchcocl, ana AZ
,.siz We want 70 cantnra ou tbn NH