The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-05-17

how many of us hide under -.
church pew or the communion tanl.o
There Is so much invested in il wo
are afraid to assault il. Millions ..
dollars in barrels, in watts, in spigots
in corkserews, in gin palaces with
marble floors and Italian ton table,
and chased ice coolers. and in tho
strychnine and the logwood and tbo
tartaric acid and the nux vomica that
! go 10 make up our pure" American
drinks. | looked with wondering eres
on the Heidelberg tun." 1t is the
great liquor vat of Germany. which is
said to hold 500 hogsheads of wine
and only three times in 100 wears !,
! has been filled. But as | stood and
looked at it | said TO myself: THAT
is nothing 500 hogsheads. WHY. our
American vat holds 1900. 900 barrels
of strong drinks and we keep 300. O0o
men with nothing to 40 but to see
that il is filed"
Oh, to attack the great monster nj
intemperance and the kindred mon.
sters of fraud and unclcanliuess re.
quireS YOU 10 rally all your Christian
courage. Through the press. through
the pulpit, through the platform YOU
must assault il. Would TO God that
all our American Christians would
band together, not for crack Drained
fanaticism. but for holy Christian re-
form | think il was in 1898 that
there. went out from Lucknow. India
/ under the sovereign, The greatest
hunting party that was ever project.
ed. There were 10000 armed men in
that hunting party. There were cam.
els and horses and elephants. On
some princes rode. and royal ladies
under exquisite housings, and 500
coolies waited upon the train. and
the dcSolate places of India were in.
vadcd by this excursion, and the rhi.
noceroS and deer and elephant fell
under the stroke of the Saber and
I bullet. After awhile the party
brought back trophies worth 5O.OO0
rupees. having left the wilderness of
India CHASTITY with the slain bodies OF
wild beasts. Would 10 God that in
stead of here and there a straggleI
T
sters of iniquity in our country the
millions of membership in our
churches would band together and
hew in twain these great crimes that
make the land frightful with their
roar and are fattcning upon the
bodies and souls of immortal men.
Who is ready for such party as
that? Who will be a mighty hunter
for the Lord?
remark. again. e YOU want to be
successful in spiritual archery you
need not only to bring down game.
but bring it i'm. / think one of the
most beautiful pictures of Thorwald-
sen is his Autumn" 1t represents a
sportsman coming home and stand
? ing under a grapevine. lie mas a
staff over his shoulder. and on the
other end of that staff are hung n
rabbit ana n brace of birds. Every
. hunter brings home the game. No
( one would think Of bringing down d
roehuc3, or whipping UP stream for
trout and letting them lie in the
woods. vt eventidc the cam1 is
adorned with the treasures OF the
! forest -beak and fin and antler.
If you 20 out TO hunt for immortal
souls. not only bring them down uu.
, der the arrow OF the Gospel, but bring
! them into the church of God. the
grand home and cncampmcnt we have
+ pitched this side the skies. Fetch
them in. DO not lei them lie out in
the open field. They need our
/ prayers and sympathieS and help.