The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-13


darAaes seemed 10 be pursuing Christ a.
lie fell back until the body OF Hin who
came TO DO suca wonderful things lay pulse.
less aud stripped. Mc.htnks THAI the city
ot Al was no, % emptled o. IL Inhabitants
whea they wen, 70 pursue Joshua a. per.
di,ioR was ensptled % devils when they
started for the pursuit OF Christ. and He
lei. back ana back, dowa ,over down
lower. chasm below chasn, pit below pit.
until He seemed 20 strike the bottom 90 Oh.
iGrgation and scorE aud torture. On. the
long. loud. iGbilant shout ot hell AZ the de.
feat % the Lord God Almighty
Lessoa the second. The trl1mpa o. the
wicked il short. Die you ever see an army
Ia a panicp There T. nothing So uncon.
trollab,e. 10 you had stood AZ Long Bridge.
Washington, during the opsuing ot our
sad civil War, you would kaow what II L.
10 see an army run. Aud when those men
ot Al looked out and saw those men OF
Joshua in a stampede they expected easy
work. They would scatter them a. the
equinox the leaves. oh. the g,eetul aud
iubilsut descent OF the men ot Al upoa the
men OF Ioshuai But theiF eNhtl aration was
brief for the tide OF battle turned, ana
these qgondam conquerors lett their miser-
able csrcasses. In the wilderness o. Detha-
ven. So IL always is. The triumph OF the
wicked IL short. You make $40 900 at the
gambling table. Do you expect 10 keep IL
You will die in the poorhouse. You make
a fortune by iniQuitous trafflc. Do You ex-
pect TO keep itP Nou- money will scatter,
or IL will stay long enough 10 curse your
children after you are dead,
Call over the roll OF bad men who pros
pered and see, how short was their prosper
ity. For awhile. like the men Of Al, they
went tom conquest 70 conquest. but after
awhile disaster rolled back upoa them, and
they we're divided into three parts. Mis-.
fortune took their property, the grave took
their body and the lost world took thelr
soul. lam always interested In the buili.
ing of palaces OF dissipation, | Ike to have
them built OF the best granite and have the
rooms made large and 20 have the pillars
made very ilrm. God l. going TO conquer
them, and they Will he turned into asylums
and art galleries and churches.
How long will it take your bows 20 GET
through your III gotten gains The wicked
do not live out halt their days, For awhile
they swagger and strut and make "A great
splash in the newspapers, hut after awhile
IL all dwindles down into brief paragraph
Died suddenly, April s, 1900, at thirty-nyc
years OF age. Relatives AMI friends ot the
family are inyitei TO attend the funeral GU
Wednesday at O'Clock from HIS late resi-
dence on Madison square. lnterment at
Greenwood or Oak Hin Some OF them
Jumped on the docks. Some ~ them took
prussc acid, Some OF them fell under the
snap OF "A ID Derringer pistol. Some ot them
spent their days IN iunatic asylum.
Where are William Tweed and his ASSOC
clatesl Where are James Fisk, the liber.
tine, and all the other misdemeauantsP
The wicked do not live out haii thelr days.
Disembogue, o world OF darkness Come
up. Hildebrand aud Henry III and Robes
pierre, and with blisteriag aud blasphcm
lug and ashen lips. hiss out. The triumph
OF tho wicked IL short
Lesson the third: How much may be nc
af,f nylia 40 toll In. for
:unities. Are you hypercritical OF Joshua's
maneuvorp Do you saw that It was cheat.
ing for him 10 take that city by Ambus-
cade' Was 1t wrong for Washington TO
kindle campnre1 on Jersey heights. giving
the Impression 10 the opposing force that
a great army was encampea thero whet
there was mono at all? | answer. IL th,
his stratagenr. lie violated no nag o
truce. lie broke no treaty, but by a Lawful
ambuscane captured the city ot Al.
Oh, that we all knew how 10 lie In am
bush for opportunities TO serve God Tue
best OF our opportunities do not lie on the
surface. but arc Eecreted. BY tact, BY
stratagep, by Christian ambuscade, you
may take almost any castle OF sin 10
Christ. Come up toward men with a reg
ular besiegement OF argument, and yor
will be defeated, but just wait until the
door OF their hearts IA set jar. or they are
OF their guard, or their severe caution IL
away from home, aud then drop ia on ;heu
from Christian ambuscade.
There has been many "a man up to his
chin IN scientific portfolios which proved
there was no Christ aud no divine revela
tion, his pen scimeter nuug into the
heart OF theological opponents. who never
tueless has been discomfted and captured
for God by some little three .year-old cbilt
who has got up and put her snowy armf
nI IL gtp uf.I L...l
simple question about God.
Oh, make "A nank movement Steal o
march on the devil. Cheat that man into
heavenl A s5 treatise that will stand al
the laws OF homiletics may fail 10 10 thai
which n penny tract OF Chrlstian enireaty
may accomplish.
Oh for more Christians Ia ambuscade -.
not lying IN idleuess. but waiting for a
quick spring. waiting until just the right
time comesl DO not talk 20 u mnn about
the vanity OF this world on the day when
no has bought sOrcthing nt "i2' and T.
gong to soil IL az "l5" But taiI 90 him
about the vanity 81 the world on the day
when no has bought something az 81" aaJ
is compelled TO sell II at "l2."
Do not rub mans disposition the
wrong way; do not take the imperative
mood when the subluDctlve mood Will do
Just as we'll do not Talk Ia perteryid style
to phlegmatic nor try 10 tickle "A torrid
tenn porament with an cicle. You can take
any man for Christ N you kno ~ how 10 get
~ him. Do not send word 10 him that to
morrow at 10 o'clock you propose 10 opcn
your batteries upon him. but como on hin
by skillfui, persevering, God directed
ambuscade.
Lesson the fourth The imnortancs OF
taking good ain. There ls Joshun, bgt
how are those people i'm ambush up yOndcr
10 know when they are 70 drop on the city,
and how are these men uround i o.hLa to
know when they ars TO stop tneir fight
aud advance? There must he ONE signal
IA signal 10 STOP the QUO dlyi sion and g
start the other. Joshua, with spear or
which were ordinarily hung the color. o
battle, points toward the city. Hs stands
ia such cOusI icuOns pos itlOn, aud ther,
IL 40 much of the tuUrnln light dripping
from the spear tip. that all lnnd The
horizon they see Il. II was ns mnch AZ &
say: There T. the city. Take iti"
God knows mud w. know that 4 great
deal oi Christian attack amounts 90 moth.
iUg simply because ws do not take good
aim. Nobody huow- aud wc dc not know
ourselves which point we want o. taka
wheu va ought 20 makeup our minds what
God will have "a. t. do and pOiut oGT spear
Ia that direction and theu burr our body
miud, soul, tlme, etsrrity ~ that oLc tar
get.
In our pulpt- md pews Hrl sunday.
schgols and prayer meetings wo waut 10 get
reputation for saying pretty thlngs, aud
20 We pOiut our spear toward tho flowers.
or We want reputation tor saying sublime
things, ant We point our spear tOsArl the
star, or we watt % get reputation FOR
historical knowledge. and W. point our
spear tOwRrl 'ha past Or W. want 90 get u
reputation for grea, i'bstality. 80 vssving
orr spear all around while there H. the
Oli world. proud. -cDrliious anil ARMED
against nll rigliteyusnsss, md Instead Oi
We ought 90 tnru arDIuI. plant our foot IA
the strength % 81" .terHat God, IN tIg old
rros- md point it in tAs dirsction ~ the