The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-03-15
FHE FIGHT ON SATAN
q. ralnage Says We Have Lost
Many Of the Weapons.
r.,ning to the Christian Church
,..tect Itself Against the As
...lfs Of Unrishteousness
and Unbelfef.
,r.nxr,eht. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.J
x tSvKs Va Shin nufnn Feb l.

and Unbelief.
1. ,cosyright, 1900, by Louis klopsch.l
Washington, Feb. 4.
1. this discourse DIR. Talmage shows
- 8 ne cause of righteousness has lost
-..x Al its weapons and how they are
!. = r,captured and put into effective
.,s,,tion: text, l. Samuel Kill, l9-21.:
sxnv there is no smith found through
- III the land of Israel, for the Philis-
t,res said: Lest the Hebrews make
..,m swords or spears. But all the
I.r,elites vent down to the Philistines,
g sharpen every man his share, and
~ coulter, and his AK, and his mat
,oek Yet they had a file for the mat
t.ek and for the coulters, and for the
ssrks. and for the axes, and to sharpen
he yoads."
I What CALLING subjugatior for the
lsraelites! The Philistines had carried
q IN the blacksmiths and torn down
I m the blacksmiths' shops and abol-
I ihpd the blacksmiths' trade in the land
: 2 israel. The Philistines would not
esea allow these parties to work their
aluahle mines of brass and iron, nor
nisht they make any swords or spears.
1here were only two swords left in
III he land. Yea, these Philisines went
. until they had taken all the grind
/ stunes from the land of Israel, SO that
IL n Israelitish farmer wanted to
lharpen his plow or his AK he had to
% over to the garrison of the Philis-
lines 10 get it done. There was only
oae sharpening instrument left in the
Ind, and that was file, the farmers
md mechanics having nothing to whet
ID the coulter, and the goad. and the
piekax, save single file. Industry was
lisdered and work practically dis
erseed. The great idea of these Philis-
iines was to keep the Israelites un-
srned. They might get iron out OF
4hs Hills to make swords of, but they
would not have any blacksmiths to
nsM this iron. If they got the iron
xe3ded, they would have no grindstones
= which to bring the instruments OF
s1lieulturc or the military weapons ur
! = - edge.
learn, first, from this subject, that
h b dangerous for the church OF God
u allow its weapons to stay in the
Aands Of It's enemies. These lsraelites
niSAt again and again have obtained
I supply Of swords and weapons. as
}oe Instance, when they took the spoil.
ef the Ammonites, but these Israelite.
seemed content to have no swords
- spears, no blacksmiths, no grind
! stoaes, no active iron mines, until il
Nas too late for them to make any re
: iiatahce. / see the farmers tuggins
alssg with their pickaxcs and plow
~ ray: "Where are you going will
eAese things?" They say: "Oh, WI
~ Boing to the garrison of the Phil
1lines to get these things sharpened.'
~: You foolish men, why dom
ysu sharpen them at home?" "Oh,
] NJ Say, 'the blacksmiths' shops ar
~ Torn down, ana we have nothing
ua but file."
e Il Il in the church of Jesus Chris
eAay. We are too willing to give u
~ weapons to the enemy. The worl
eeetes that 1t has gobbled. up tn
sseeels and colleges and the arts AM
3 eciences and the literature and tn
i1ting press. 1nfidelity is making
{ eAsy attempt to get all our weapon
iss hsnd. and then to keep then
~ Know 1t is making this boast a
~ tine, and after awhile, when th
lest battle between sin and righteou.
- Aas opened, if we do not look on
viii be as badly off as these Israe
- Without any sharpening instr,
81 20 call upon the superintend
sass Of literary institutions to see
VAT the men who go into the clas4
seons 70 stand beside the Leyden jal
= the electric batteries and the m
B scopes and telescopes be children {
-. not Philistines.
dAe 1yndailean thinkers Of our time
~ trying to get all the intellectu,
Wsspons in their own grasp. We wal
s. sntanc Christians to capture the sc
ssee. and scholastic Christians to ca
Hsssse sae scholarship, and philosoph
.esians to capture the philosoph
securing Christians to- tai
the lecturing platform. v
b to send out against Sche
ma Strauss and Renan.
uofe Christlieb of Bonn al
the infidel scientists of tod,
81 sworshiping SiIliman and Hitc
nd Agassiz. We want to ca
sA the philosophical apparatus al
around the telescopes on Il
s. n 8 until through them we can s
4 ming star of the Redeemer al
neurological hammer discoy
- ek OF Ages and amid the flo
- realms find the Rose of .Shar
sae Lily of the Valley. We wa
one able to expound the I'll
|s ef Of Genesis, bring to it the /
ana the astronomy of the VOL
!. Job suggested, "the stones
37 3 a1s shall be in league with /
8 IS. md the stars in their coul
s. aeht against Sisera. Oh, chur
80 out and recapture tn,