Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-12

the city. He stands In such conspic-
nous position. and there is so much OF
the morning light dripping from that
spear tip, that all around the horizon
they see 1t. 1t was as much as to say:
There Is the city. Take it,"
God knows and We know that a
great deal Of Christian attack amounts
to nothing simply because We do not
take good aim. Nobody knows and we
do not know ourselves which point we
want to take when we ought to make
up our minds what God will have us
to do and point our spear in that d.
rection and then hurl our body, mind.
soul, time, eternity at that one tar
get,
The Need of Courage.
have heard 1t said: Look out for a
man who has only one idea: he is ir-
resistible." say look out for the
man who has one idea. and that a de-
termination for soul saving. believe
God would strike me dead II dared
to point the spear In any other direc-
ton. Oh for some OF the courage
and enthusiasm of Joshua! He flung
two armies from the tip of that spear.
II is sinful for us to rest unless It is
to get stronger muscle and fresher
brain and purer heart for Gods work.
l feel on my head the hands of Christ
in new ordination. Do you not feel
the same omnipotent pressure? There
Is work for all Of us. Oh, that we
might stand up side by side and point
the spear toward the city! II ought
to be taken. 1t will be taken. Our
cities are drifting of toward loose
religion or what Is called liberal
Christianity" which Is so liberal that
IL gives up all the cardinal doctrines
OF the Bible; so liberal that 1t surren-
ders tho rectitude of the throne of the
Almighty. That Is liberality with
vengeance Let us decide upon the
work which we as Christian men have
to do and In the strength of God so
to work and do 1t.
A Year OF Mercies.
| believe that the next year will be
the most stupendous year that heaven
ever saw. The nations are quaking
now with the coming of God. 1t will
be year Of success for the men of
Joshua, but of doom for the men OF
Al. You put your ear to the rail
track, and you can hear the train COM
Ing miles away. So | put my ear to
the ground, and hear the thunder
Ing on of the lightning train of Gods
mercies aNd judgments. The mercy
Of God Is 1rst to be tried upon this
nation, 1t will be preached In the pull
pits, In theaters. on the streets ev-
erywhere. People will be invited to
accept the mercy of the gospel, and the
story and the song and the prayer will
be mercy" But suppose they do not
accept the offer of mercy--what then?
Then God will come with his judg-
ments, and the grasshoppers will eat
the crops, and the freshets will devas-
tate the valleys. and the defalcatlons
will swallow the money markets, and
the fires will burn the cities, and the
earth will quake from pole to pole.
Year of merclhs and of judgments;
year OF invitation and of warning:
year OF jubilee and of woe. Which
side are you going to be on-wlth the
men of Al or the men of Joshua? Pass
over this Sabbath into the ranks OF Is
rael. ! would clap my hands at the
JOY of your coming. You will have
poor chance for this world and the
world to come without Jesus. You
cannot stand what Is to come upon
you and upon the world unless you
have the pardon and the comfort and
the help Of Christ. Come over! On
this side are your happiness and safe
ty; on the other side are dlsquietude
and despair. Eternal defeat to the men
of Al! Eternal victory to the men OF
Joshua!
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