Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-02-05
so. THE way of the wicked he turneth
upside down.


upside down.
Not Enough Metal.
History tells us that when Rome was
| founded on that day there were II
vultures flying through the air, but
when a transgressor dies the sky is
black with whole fiocks of them. Vul-
lures, vultures! When | see sin rob-
bling SO many and l see them going
down day by day and week by week,
I must give a plain warning. l dare
not keep it back, lest | risk the saliva
ton of my own soul. Rover, the pirate,
pulled down the warning bell on Inch
cape rock, thinking that he would have
chance to despoil vessels that were
| crushed on the rocks, but one night
his own ship crashed down on this
very rock, and he went down with all
his cargo. God declares, "When / say
to the wicked thou shalt surely die
and thou givest him not warning, that
same man shall die in his iniquity, but
his blood will l require at thy hands"
1 learn from this subject what a sad
thing it is when the church of God
loses its metal! These Philistines saw
that if they could only get all the
metallic weapons out of the hands of
the Israeltes all would be we'll, and
therefore they took the swords and the
spears. They did not want them to
have single metallic weapon. When
the metal of the Israelites was gone,
their strength was gone. This is the
trouble with the church of God today.
It is surrendering it's courage. 1t has
not enough metal. How seldom it is
that you see man taking his position
in pew or in pulpit or in a religious So
ciety and holding that position against
all oppression, and all trial, and all
persecution, and all criticism. The
church of God today wants more back
bone. more defiance, more consecrated
bravery, more metal How often you
see man start out in some good en-
terprise, and at the first blast of oppo-
sition he has collapsed and all his
courage gone, forgetting the fact that
If a man be right all the opposition Of
the earth pounding away at him can
not do him any permanent damage.
It is only when a man is wrong that
he can be damaged Why, God is GO
ing to vindicate his truth, and he is
going to stand by you. my friends, in
every effort you make for Christ's
cause and the salvation of men.
DO Your Duty.
Go forth in the service of Christ and
do your whole duty. You have one
sphere. 1 have another sphere. 'The
Lord of Hosts is with US, and the God
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." We
want more of the determination Of
Jonathan. l do not suppose he was a
very wonderful man, but he got on his
knees and clambered up the rock, and
with the help of his armor bearer he
hewed down tire Philistines, and man
Of very ordinary intellectual attain
ments on his knees can storm anything
for God and for the truth. We want
something of the determination of the
general who went into the war, and as
he entered his first battle his knees
knocked together, his physical courage
not quite up to his moral courage, and
he looked down at his knees and said,
"Ah, If you knew where 1 am going to
take you, you would shake worse than
thatv
There is only one question for you to
ask and for me to ask: What does God
want me to do? Where is the field?
Where is the work? Where is the an
vii? Where Is the prayer meeting?
Where is the pulpit? And, finding out
what God wants us to do, go ahead and
do it, all the energies of our body,
mind and soul enlisted in the undertake
ing. Oh, my brethren, we have but
little time in which to fight for God!
You will be dead soon. Put in the
Christian cause every energy that God
gives you. What thy hand findeth to
do, do it with all thy might, for there
is neither wisdom nor device in the
grave" whittier we are all Fastening.
Opportunities of usefulness gone for
ever; souls that might have been bene
flied three months ago never again
coming under our Christian influence.
Oh, is it not high time that we awake
out of sleep?
Church of God, lift up your head at
the coming victory! The Philistines
will go down, and the Israelites will go
up. We are on the winning side. I
think Just now the kings horses are
being hooked up to the chariot, and
when he does ride down the sky there
will be such a hosanna among his
friends and such a wailing among his
enemies as will make the earth trem- |
BILE and the heavens sing. l see now
the plumes of the Lords cavalrymen
tossing in the air. The archangel be-
fore the throne has already FURNISHED
his trumpet, and then he will put it's
golden lips to his own, and he will
blow the long, loud blast that will
make all the nations free. Clap your
hands, all We people! Hank! 1 hear
the falling thrones and the dashing |
down of demolished iniquities. Halle
luiah, the Lord God omnipotent reign |