The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-16


mower! II clear head is worth morf
than one dizzy with perpetual vertigo,
II muscles with the play Of health In
them are worth more than those drawn
no In chronic "rheumatics," II an eye
quick 10 catch passing objects is better
than one with vision DIN and uncertain,
then God will require OF us efficiency
lust in proportion 90 what lie has given
us. Physical energy ought to be a
type of moral power. We ought 10 have
as good digestion Of truth as we have
capacity to assimilate food. Our spir-
itual hearing ought TO be as good as
our physical hearing. Our spiritual
taste ought 10 be rs clear as our tongue.
Samsons In body, we ought TO be giants
in moral power.
II Is most shameful fact that much
OF the business Of the church and Of the
world must be done by those compara-
lively invalid. Richard BaNter, by rea-
son Of his diseases. an his days sitting
In the door Of his tomb. vet writing
more than 100 volumes and sending out
an influence for God that win endure
aslonras the saints Everlasting Rest"
Edward Payson. never knowing well
dav. vet how he preached ard how he
wrote. helping thousands Of dying
souls like himself 10 swim In the sea OF
glory. And Robert McChevne. walk
ing skeleton. yet YOU know what be did
In Dundee and how he shook Scotland
with zeal for God. Philip Doddridrc.
advised hy bis friends because ~ his H.
ness not 10 enter the ministry. yet YOU
know what he did for the Rise and
Progress % Religion" in the church 81
the world.
II Is not the small. weak men OF the
day who do the damage. These small
men who &C swearing and loafing about
your stores and shops and banking
houses. assailirg Christ and the BIBLE
and the church--they do not do the
damage. They have no influence. They
are vermin that you crush with your
foot But "a Is the giants Of the day.
the misguided giants. giants In physic-
al power. or giants In mental acumen,
or gients in social position. or giants In
wealth. who DO the damarc-thc men
with sharp pens that stab religion and
throw their poison an through our lit
erature. the men who use the power OF
wealth 20 sanction iniquity aud bride
Justice. ard make truth and honor bow
% their golden sccptcr. Misguided gi-
auts-look out for theml In the middle
and latter part Of the last century no
doubt there were thousands ofnnen IN
Paris and Edinburgh ard London who
hated God and biasphemed The name Of
the Almighty; but they did but little
were small men. insig-
men. Yet there were giants On
those days Who can calculate he soul
havoc % "a Rousseau. going on with
very enthusiasm % iniquiiy. with fiery
Imagination sewing upon an the impui-
kive natures OF his dav. or DasAssuHt.
who employed his life ~ n spider err
ploys its summer. IN spinning ont silk
en- webs 10 trap The unwarv. or No'taire.
the most learned man Of his day. mar
shaling q great host 81 skcp;ics ard
leading them out in the dark land 81 in
fidelity. or Gihbon. who showed IN un-
comfortable rrudge against religion in
HIS history q one Of the most flscirat-
ing periods Of the worlds existence
The Decline and Fall Of the Roman
book On which. with an the
sp'endor Of his genius. he mapu fed the
errors % Christian disciples. while with
a sparseness Of notice that nevercau be
forgiven he treated Of the Christian he
roes % whom the world was not
worthy?
Oh. men Of stout physical health.
men Of great mental stature. men ~
high social position. men OF great pow
er OF any sort. want you 90 under
stand your power. and ] want you 90
know that that power devoted 80 God
will be a crown on earth, 10 YOU typical
OF a crown in Heaven. but misguided.
bedraggled in sin. administrative Of
evil. God will thunder against you
with His condemnation IN the day when
millionaire and pauper. master and
slave, king and subject. shall stand
side by side in the Judgment and
money bags and judicial ermine and
royal robe shall be riven with the light.
nings.
You who are seated In your Christian
homes, comprised by moral and reli-
gious restraints. do not realize the
gulf OF iniquity that bounds you on the
north and the south and the east and
the west. While I speak there are
tens OF thousands Of men and WON
en- going over the awful plunge % an
impure life. and while cry TO God for
mercy upon their souls / cry to YOU 90
marshal in the defense Of your homes.
your church and your nation. There rs
a banqueting hall that YOU have never
heard described. Noulnow an about the
feast Of Ahasuerus, where 1000 lords
sat. You know all about Belshazzar's
carousal. where the blood of the muir.
dered king spurted into the faces Of
the bauqueters. You know of the scene
Of riot and wassail where there was
set before Aesopus one dish Of food that
cost 100000 But ! speak now Of
different banqueting hall. lis roof IS
fretted with fire. It's floor Is tessel.
lated with fire. It's chaliccs are chased
with fire. Its song is song Of fire.
It's walls are buttrcsses Of fire. Solo
mon refers 10 il when he says. "Ier
guests are in the depths Of hell"
Our American communities are SUI.
feting from the gospel OF free loyism
which 30 years ago was preached on
the platform AMI in some Of the
churches Of this country I charge