Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-10
A WARNING SOUNDED.
REV. Or. TALMAGE AOVISEStaThI
CHURCH OF CHRIST. t.


Its Talent Is iuueNcIOped ann At
Energy Dormant - Mennwhil.a th'
Enemy Mikes the Most OF Hin OD
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Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1902,
WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-ln thisl dis
course DR.. Talmage shows how, th'
cause of righteousness has lost IAN.
Of its weapons and how they a !. t
be recapturcd and put into elf,ntly'
operation: text Samuel xiii. lt2l
Now there was no smith tfunC
throughout all tie land of Israel. fol
the PhillStines said. Lest the Hehiew'
make them swords or spears. BIZ al
the lsraeliieS went down 10 the L 'iilis
tines. to sharpen every man his 5 ,are
and his coulter. and his TX. auGi ln:
mattock. Yet they had il lile foIs the
mattock. and for the cOulters, anC, foI
the forks. aud for the axes. anf tC
sharpen the soadS."
What calling subjugatiOn foFlthe
Israclites. The PhiliStlncs had cai cied
off all the blackSmithS and torn down
all the blackSmths' shops and abolish
cd the blackSmiths' trade in the land
Of Israel. The PhilStincs would not
even allow these parties to work tneir
valuable mines of brass and iron. nor
might they make any swords or spears.
There were only TWO swords left in all
the land. Yea. these Phiistines went
on until they had taken all the grind
stones from the land Of Israel. SO that
If an ISraclitiSh farmer wanted to
sharpen his plOW or his aX he had {, 20
over TO the garrison of the PhilSt les
TO get it done There was only "ne
sharpening Instrument left in the ldfld.
and that was a file. the farmers and
mechanics having nothing 10 whct up
the coulter and the soad and the pick
aX save u simple l..c Industry was
hindered and wcrk practically dis
graced. The great idea of t.irSr Hlilis-
tines was To keep rli IsrarNt,,. G,sa:n.
ed They mi-hl grt iron oHt OF TIE
hills 10 maze swords e. hHl they
would not have ANY I 'ar' ...:ES TO
weld this iron II they ~ol he lieon
welded. they woull hasr no gr'nl.
stones on which To Ifin. ihr in'rfu.
mentS of a~ricrliurc or the military
weapons up 10 an cG''"
Oh. You poor wc"r'nl"sS lr""clitrs.
reduced TO u file. how / ptv YOU. But
these phliStinrS were not forever to
keep their heel on the neck OF Gods
children. Jonathan on his hands and
which were the PhilistincS. and his
armor bearer. on his hands and Knees.
climbs up the same rock and these
two men. with their TWO swords hew
to pieces the PhiliSiincS the Lord
throwing a great terror upon them. 80
it was then SO it is now Two men II
God on their knees mightier than n
PhiliStine host on their feet.
Dangerous For the Church. 4
learn first. from this SubjCet-|..e:ai
II is dangerous for the church Of God
TO allow It's weapons to stay in the
hands of its enemies These lSraclitcs
might again and again have obtained
= supply OF swords and weapons as.
for instance. when they took the SpoilS
Of the Ammonitcs but these lsraelites
seemed content to have no swords. no
spears. no blackSmithS. no grindStoneS.
no active iron mines until ii was too
late for them to make any resistance.
| see the farmers tugging along with
their pickaXes and plow. and say.
''Where are you going with those
They say. "Oh. we are going
over to the garrison of the Philistines
to get these things sharpened" | say:
''You foolish men! Why don't you
sharpen them at homcY "Oh," they
say. the blacksmiths' shops are all
torn down. and we have nothing left
Us but Il file"
So it is IN the church Of Jesus Christ !
today. We are too willing to give up !
our weapons to the enemy. The world |
boasts that 1t has gobbled up the
schools. and the colleges. and the arts,
and the sciences. and the literature, |
md the printing press. lniidclity Is |
making mighty attempt 10 get all our !
in its hand and then To keep |
-hem. You Know il is making this |
)OaSt all the time. and after awhile. |
when the great battle between sin and |
righteousness has opened. II we do not |
ook out we will he as badly on as |
hcse lSIaplitcS. without any *"ordS to |
light with and without any Sharprning |
! call upon The Sup'rin-
endcnts Of literary institutions to see
o il that the men who 20 in;o the
,laSsrOomS to stand beside the Lrydcn
ars. and the electric batteries. and the
and telescopes. be chil
lrpn Of Cod not PhilsliurS
The Tyndalean thinkers of our times
ire trying TO get all the intellectual
Weapons in their own grasp We want
Christians TO capture the sci
nee. and scholastic Christians TO cap
ure the scholarship. and philOSophic I
Christians to capture the philosophy.
md lecturing Christians to take back
he lecturing platform. We want to
end out against Schenkel and Strauss
nd Renan a Theodore Christlieb OF
Bonn and against tue lnfdel scientists
# the day a God wOrshiping Silliman
nd Hitchcock and AgassiZ. We want
O capture all the philosophical appa.
atus and swing around the telescopes
II the swivel until through them we
an see the morning star Of the Re-
prmpr aud with mincra!Ogical ham
npr discover the Rock of Ages and
ma he flora OF all realms lind the
.oSr ul Sharon und the Lii oi the Val.
~. We want some one able 10 eX'
,ound the trSt chapter VI Genesis.
ring to il the geology and the aStron-
my Of the world u;i'iI rs Job Nug
cSicd. "the stones Of the field shall be
u league" with the truth and the stars
u their course shall lighi against Sis
ra Oh church Of God. 20 ont and