The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-12

less aud stripped. Methinks that tho city
OF Al wns not so cmptied OF its inhabitants :
| when they went to Dursuo Joshua as per.
| dillon was cmptied Of devils whom tbey
| started for tho pursuit. Of Christ and Ha
Tell back ana back. down lower. down
lower, chnsm below vhasm, nit below nit.
| until He seemed to strike tho bottom OF ob.
| lurgation and scorn and torture. Oh, the
| long, loud, jubilnnt shout OF he'll at the de-.
leat Of the Lord God Almightyl
Lesson tho second: Tho trlumph OF tho
wicked is short. Did you ever see AN army
in panic? There is nothing So uncon.
trollable. II you had stood at Long Bridve
Washington. during the opening OF our
sad Civil war, you would know what il 4,
To- see an army run. Aud when those mon
Of Al looked out and saw thos" men Of
Joshua In stampede they expected easy
WORK. Ihey would scatter them IA tho
equinox tho leaves. Oh, the glceful and
llbllaut descent Of tho men Ut Al upon tho
men OF Joshual But thelr exhilaration wns
brief, for tho tide OF bn.tle turned an
these quondam conquerors lett their miser.
able carcusses In the wilderness OF Betha.
ven. SO 1t always IT,. The triumph of tho
wicked Is short. You mako $50 900 nj the
gambling table. Do you expect to keep ne
You VIII die In the poorhouse. You make
Il fortune by iniquitous traffic. DO Won ex
pect TO keep tt Your money will scntter
ort VIII stay long enough to curse your
children after you are dcad.
Call over the roll OF bad men VINO pros.
pered und see how short was their prosper.
ity' For awhile, like tho men Of AT, they
went from conquest 20 conquest. hut after
awhile disnster rolled back npuu them nnd
they were divided into three PARTS Mis-.
fortune took their property, tho grayotook
their body and the lost world took their
soul. nm always interested In the build.
ing OF pnluccs of dissipation. like to havo
them built of the best grnnitc and have thu
md 90 ht.,r.
made very frm. God Is going TO conquer
them, and they will be turned into nsyIu ma
and art galleries and churches.
How long will it tako YOUR boys To- Get
through your III gotten gains? The wicked
dc not live out half their days. Porawhile
they swagger and strut mud make Il gruat
splash IN the newspapers, but after awhile
1t all dwlndles down into brief paragraph
"DicG suddenly April \, 1900, Mt thirty-iiyc
yenrs Of age. Relatives and friends OF tho
family are invited to attend the funeral on
Wednesday at o'clock from his lato rest
dcnce on Madison square. Interment at
Greenwood or Oak Hill" Some OF them
jumped OIL the docks. Some Of them tool,
prussic Rcii Some OF them fell uudOr thu
-nap ofa Dorringcr pistol, Somc VI them
spent their days In lunatic asylum,
Where are William Tweed and his asso-
ciatesf Where arc James Fisk, the iiber.
tine, ind nll tho other mlsdemennants?
The wicked do not live out half their days
Disemboguo. y world OF darknessl Come
up. Hlldebrand and Henry III and Robes
pierre, and with blistQrine and blasphom
Ing and nshen lips, hiss out, The triumph
OF the wicked IL short"
Lesson the third How much NAV be No.
compltshed by lying Ia ambush for oppor-
;unities. Are YOU hYpercritical OF Joshua'I
mnneuver? Do You saw that II was cheat.
ing for him TO take that city by ambus-
cadef Was it wrong for Washington to
La fsftr liza I.- L..
tho impression to the opposing force that
II grent army was encHmped there when
tbore was none At ALP 4 answer il tho
war was right, then Joshua was right in
his strntagem. He violated no nng OF
truce, He broke no treaty, but by Il lawful
ambuscanc captured the city OF A.
Oh, that we all knew how to io ia am.
bush Tor opportunities 10 serve God The
best OF our opportunities do not lie on the
surface, but are secretcd. by tact by
stratagen, by Christian ambuscade. YOU
may take almost any castle OF sin tor
Christ, Come mp toward men with a reg
ular beslegement OF argument, and you
VIII he defeated, but just wait until tho
door Ot their hearts IA sot ajur, or they uro
of their guard or their severe caution Is
away from home, and then drop in on then,
from Christian ambuscade.
There has been many man up TO hlg
chin Ia scientific portfolios which proved
thero was no Christ and no divine reyela-
tton, his pom 3cimeter flung into the
heart OF theological opponents, who never
theless hns been discomnted and captured
for God by some little three-year.o child
who has got up and put her snowy arms
around his sinewy neck and asked some
simple question about God.
Oh, mako flank movement, Steal a
march on the devill Cheat that mnn into
heaven, 80 treatise that will stand All
the laws OF homiletics may fail to do that
trFlf ffh Ia 81 ts..N -
may accomplish.
Oh, for more Christians in nmbuscadc-
mob lying In idleness but waiting for -
quick spring, waiting until just tho right
time comes! Do not talk to "a man about
the vanity Of this world on the day whou
he has bought something at "l2' and is |
gong 10 sell 1t at "l5." But talk 10 him |
about the vanity OF the world on the day |
whom he has bought something at III" and |
II compelled to sell II at "l2." ]
Lesson tho fourth; Tho Importance OF |
taking good aim. There is Joshua, but |
how are those people i'm ambush up yonder |
10 know wheh they are TO drop on the city, |
and how are these men around Joshua t. |
know when they are to stop their fight |
and advanced There must be some signal |
IA signal to stop the ono division and to |
start the other. Joshua with Il spear on |
which were ordinarily hung the colors OF |
battle, points toward thn city. IIO stands
Ia such II consE icuous position, and there
IL so much OF the morning light dripping
from the spear tip, that all around tho
horizon they sec It. IL was ns much IA 70
say: There il the city. Take III"
God knows and we know that n great
deal OF Christian attack amounts to moth
ing simply because wa do not take good
aim. Nobody knows aud wo do not know
ourselves which point We want to tako
when we ought to makeup our minds what
God will have Us to do and point our speur
In that direction and then hurl our body,
mind, soul, time, eternity at that one tar
get.
In our pulpits,nn pews and Sunday
schools aud prayer meetings wo want to get
II reputation Tor saying pretty things, and
SO we point our spear toward the flowers,
or We want II reputation Tor snying sublime
things, and We point our spear toward tho
stars, or we want to get u reputation for
historical knowledge, and we point our
spear toward tho past, or wo want to get "a
for great liberalty, 40 we swing
our spear nil around, while there il the
old world, proud, reoelllous and armoh
against all righteousness and instead OF
running any further away from its pursuit
we ought to turn around. plant our foot IN
the strength OF the eternal God, lift the old
cross and point 1t IN the direction OF the
worlds conquest till, the redeemed OF
earth, marching up from one side and tho
gloriiled Of heaven marching down from
The other side, the last buttlement OF sin
IL compelled to swing out the strentners OF
church Of God, take ain and
conquerl