The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-29

An, we do not want In the church any
more people that are merely weeping will
lows. signing INTO the water. standing and
odmirng their long lashcs in the CLASSY
spring! No wild cherry dropping bitter
irult. We want palm trees holding
something Tor God, something for angels
something for man. ] am tired and sick
OF tins Hat. tame. insipid. satin shppercd
mandy pambv highly tightly religion IL
rs worth nothing for this world and 10
Is destruction for eternity Give me 500
men and women fully cousecrated to
Christ, and we will take this CITY for
God IN three years; give me 10000 men
and women fully up TO the Christian
standard in ten years 10000 OF them
would take the whole earth for God.
But when are we going 10 begin? We
all want TO be useful. There is not n
man IN the pews that does not want TO
be useful. When arc VIC going to be-
gin?
Lcdyard. the great traveller. was
trough; before the Geographical Society
of Great Britain. and they wanted him
to make some explorations in Africa, and
they showed him all the perils and all
the hard work and ali the exposure. and
after they had told him what they want
ed him to do in Africa they said to him,
Now. Ledyard when are YOU ready to
start" He said, Tomorrow morning"
The learned men were astonished. They
thought ne would take weeks or months
TO get ready. Well, now, YOU tell me
You want to be useful in Christian service
When are You going to begin? Oh, that
YOU mad the decision to say Nov;
now! Oh, go into the mount and gather
the palm branches!
But the palm branches also mean vic
tory Wen, now, we are by nature tho
servants OF satan He stole us; he has
his eye on us; he wants to keep us. But
word comes from our Father that if we
Will try TO break loose from this doing of
wrong our Father will help us, and some
day we rouse up, and we look the black
tyrant IN the face, and we fly at him,
ana We wrestle him down, and we put
our heel on his neck and we grind him
IN the dust, and we saw "Nictorv VIC
tory, through our Lord Jesus Christi"
On what. grand thing it is to have
our backs Blessed is he whose trans
covered"
Some one says, Glow about the fu-
ture" What says the man. | feel so
sick and worn out with the ailments of
lie. You are going to be more than
conqueror. But, says the man. | am so
tempted, | am so pursued in life You
are gong TO be more than conqueror. /,
VINO have so many ailments and heart
aches, gong TO be more than conqueror?
es, unless you arc so self-conceited that
You want to manage all the affairs of
your lie yourself instead OF letting God
manage them. DO you want to drive
and. have God take bacl1 scat? ooh.
no.. you say; Il want God to be my lead
er. Well, then, you will be more than
conqueror. Your last sickness will come.
and the physicians in tho next room will
he talking about what they will do for
YOU. What difference will il make what
they do for you? You are going to be
well. everlastingly well. And when the
spirit has fled the body your friends will
ne talking as to where they shall bury
You. What difference does it make to
YOU where they bury you? The angel of
the resurrection can pick you out of the
DUST anywhere, and all the cemeteries of
the earth are in Gods care Oh. Won are
going to be more than conouerori
DO you not think we had better begin
now to celebrate the coming victory? In
the old meeting house at Somerviile nv
father used to lead the singing. and he
hau tne ola fashioned tuning fork, and
ne would strike 1t upon his knee and then
put the tuning fork to his car to catch
the right pitch and start the hymn But
friend, do you not think VIC had better
be catching the pitch of the everlasting
song, the song of victory, when we shall
be more than conquerors? Had we not
better begin the rehearsal on earth?
MY text brings us one step further
1t says go forth into the mount and
fetGh olive branches, and pine branches,
ana myrtle branches. and palm branches
and branches of thick trees Now YOU
know very well-I make this remarI, mn
der the head of branches of thicI, trcor--
that a booth or arbor made of SLIGHT
branches would not stand. The first blast
OF the tempest would PROSTATE it. So,
then, the booth or arbOr must have four
stout poles. to hold up the arbor or
booth, and hence for the building of the
nrbor Tor this world we must have stout
branches of thick trees. And so IL is
IN the gospel arbor
=, Blessed be God that we have n brawnv
Christianity. not one easily upset The
storms of life will come upon us and
we want strong doctrine not only love.
but Justice: not only invitation. but
warning. 1t Is a mighty gospel; it is an
44nnlPotent gospel. These arc the stout
branches of thick trees
remember what Mr. Finney said in
a schoolhouse. The village was so bad
IT was called Sodom, and il was said To
nave only one good man in all the village.
and he was called Lot and Mr. Finnev
was preaching in the sohoolhouse. and
nc described the destruction of Sodom
now the city was going to be DESTROYED
unless they repented, and that there
would be rain from heaven Of sorrow and
destruction unless they, too. reDented
And the people In the schoolhouse sat
and ground their teeth in anger. and
ciinched their fists in anger. but before
nc got through with his sermon they cot
down on their knees and cried for mercy
while mercy could he found Oh II is
but a warning. an omnipotent truth.
stout branches of thicl, trees
Wei. my friends, YOU sec have
omitted one or two points not because
! forgot to present them but because
! have not time to present them.
have shown YOU here IS the olive branch
OF peace, here is the pine branch of
evergreen gospel consolation. here the
palm tree branch of usefulness and Of
victory and hero are the stout branches
OF thick trees. The gospel arbor is done
The air Is aromatic of heaven The
leaves rustic with tho gladuess of God
Come into the arhor. Come into tho
booth. l went out at different times with
a fowler TO The mountains TO- catch
pigeons, and we made our booth and ,ye
sat IN that booth and watched for the
pigeons TO come. And we found nocks in
the sky and after awhile they dropped
into the net and we were successful So
J come now 10 the door of this gospel
booth. I look out / see Gocks of
souls flying hithcr and thither oh. tbat
they might come like clouds and ae doves
to the window Come into the booth.
Como into the booth.
Gcru1pr Army and rr~fvr