The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-05

,hat we al possesseu u, tnaV we possesseu
And some one says. my business is
to manufacture horseshoe nails Then
manufacture horseshoe nails to the glory
OF God. There is nothing for you TO do
that you ought to do but for the glory
Of God. -
Usefulness is typi6ed by the palm tree.
All, we do not want in the church any
more people that are merely weeping will
admiring their long lashes in the CLASSY
spring! No wild cherry dropping bitter
fruit. We want palm trees holding
something for God, something for angels,
something for man | am tired and sick
OF this fiat. tame. insipid. satin slippercd.
nemby Dambv. highly tightly religionl It
is worth nothing for this world. and it
is destruction for eternity. Give me 500
men and women fully consecrated 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 to begin? We
all want TO be useful. There is not
man in the pews that does not want to
be useful. When are we going 60 be-
gin?
Ledyard. the great traveller. was
brought 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 astonishcd. They
thought he 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 had the decision to say, Now;
nowp Oh. go into the mount and gather
the palm branchesi
But the palm branches also mean vic.
tory. Well, now we are. by nature the
servants Of satan. He stole us; he has
his eye on us; he wants to keep us. But
word comes from our Father that il 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.
and we wrestle him down and we put
our heel on his neck, and we grind him
in the dust and we say, Victory, vic
tory, through our Lord Jesus Christ"
Oh, what a grand thing it is to have
sin underfoot and wasted life behind
our backs Blessed is he whose trans
gression is forgiven and whose sin is
covered"
Some one says, GLOW about the fu-
turcW What, saye the man. | feel so
sick and worn out with the ailments of
life. You are going TO be more than
conqueror.- But, says the man. am so
tempted, am so pursued in life. You
are going to be more than conqueror. /,
who have so many ailments and heart
aches, going to be more than conqueror?
Yes, unless you are so self-conceited that
you want TO manage all the affairs of
your life yourself instead of letting God
| manage them. Do you want to drive
and have God take back seat? "Oh,
no. you say; II want God to be my lead
conqueror. Your last sickness will come,
and the physicians in the next room will
be talking about what they will do for
you. What difference will it make what
they do for you? You are going to be
well. everlastingly we'll And when the
spirit has fled the body your friends will
be 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 oi
the earth are in Gods care. Oh. you arc
going to be more than conQuerorl
Do you not think we had better begin
! now to celebrate the coming victory? In
the old meeting house at Somerville nv
u.
had the old fashioned tuning fork, and
he would strike it 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 we 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?
Ny text brings us one step further
II says go forth into the mount and
fetch olive branches, and pine branches
and myrtle branches. and palm branches
and branches of thick trees. Now you
know very woli--I make this remark un.
der the head of branches of thick trees
that a booth or arbor made Of slight
branches would not stand. The first blast
OF the tempest would prostrate it, So
then, the booth or arbor must have four
stout poles 10 hold up the arbor OIL
bpoth, and hence for the building Of the
/ arbor for this world we must have stout
branches of thick trees. And so it ia
in the gospel arbor.
Blessed be God that we have brawny
Christianity. not one easily upset. The
storms of life will come upor. us, and
We want strong doctrine: not only love
but justice; not only invitation. but
warning. 1t is mighty gospel it is an
omnipotent gospel These are the stout
branches of thick trees.
l remember what Mr. Finney said in
schoohousc. The village was SO bad
| it was called Sodom, and it was said ia
have only one good man in all the village
and he was called Lot, and Mr.. Finney
| was preaching in the schoolhouse. and
he described the destruction of Sodom
how the city was going to be DESTROYED
nnless they repented, and that there
would be rain from heaven of sorrow and
destruction unless they, too, repented
And the people in the schoolhouse sal
and ground their teeth in anger and
| clinched their fists in anger. but before
| he got through with his sermon they got
| down on their knees and cried for mercy
while mercy could be found. Oh, it il
mighty gospel; not only an invitation,
| but a warning, an omnipotent truth
stout branches of thick trees.
Well. my friends, you see havo
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 here are the stout branches
! of thick trees. The gospel arbor is done
The air is aromatic of heaven. The
leaves rustic with the gladness OF God
Come into the arbor. Come into thu
booth. went out at different times with
a fowler to the mountains TO catch
pigeons, and we made our booth and we
sat in that booth and watched for the
pigeons to come. And we found hoclxs il,
the sky and after awhile they dropped
into the net, and we were successful So
| come now TO the door of this gospel
booth. l look out L see hocks of