The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-05-11
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Or. Talmage Calls the Roll of Those
Once Antagonistic.
Shristianity Now Using to Defend
Herself Weapons Once Used
Against Her - ~iptatiOns
of the Traveller.
copyright. 1901, by Louis Klopsch. N. IL
WASHINGTON,

"oShihSSSA'
In this discourse DR.. Talmage calls
the roll of influences once antagonist
ic but now friendly to the Gospel and
encourages Christian workers. Text,
Samuel, 21:9, "rhere is n like
that; give it me-"
David fled from his pursuers. The
world runs very fast when it is chas-
ing a good man. The country is try
ing to catch David and to Stay him.
David goes into ne house of a priest
and asks him for a sword or spear
with which to defend himself. The
priest, not being accustomed to use
deadly weapons, tells David that he
cannot supply him but suddenly the
priest thinks of an old sword that
had been carefully wrapped up n
laid away-the very sword that Co.
Hath formerly used-and he k
down hat sword, and while he is I'M
wrapping the sharp. glittering, mem
orable blade it flashes upon David's
mind that this is the very sword that
was us d against himself when he
was in the fight with Goliath, and
David can hardly keep his hand on
it until the priest has unwound 1t.
David stretches out his hand toward
that old sword and says: There is
none like that; give it me-" In 9th
.er words, 81 want in my own hand
the sword which has been used
against me and against the cause OF
God" So it was given him. Well,
my friends, that is not the first OF
the last sword once used by giant
and Philistine ~iniquity which IS to
come into the possession of Jesus
Christ and of His glorious church. l
as we'll as God may help me,
miow you hat many a weapon
IN has been used against the ar
5 of God Is yet to be captured and
led on our side, and l only initiate
David when I stretch out my hand
toward that blade of the Philistine
and cry: "There is none like that;
give it mel"
| remark first that this is true in
regard to all scientific exploration.
You know that the first discoveries
f. astronomy and geology and chro-
nology were used to battle Chris
tianity. Worldly philosophy came out
OF its laboratory and out of its OBJ
~servatory and said: Now, we will
prove by the very structure of the
earth and by the movement of the
heavenly bodies that the Bible is a
lie and that Christianity as we have il
among men is a positive imposition
Good men trembled. The telescope
the Leyden jars, the electric batteries
all in the hands of the Philistines
But one day Christianity, looking
about for some Weapon with which tc
defend itself, Happened to see the
very old swor1~that these atheisti'
Philistines had been using against the
truth, and cried out; "There is nom
like that; give it mel" And Coperni
chs and Galilei and Kepler and Isaac
Ne ION apd Herschel and O. NJ. Mitch
enVgame forth and told the world tina
in their ~ransacking of the earth ant
heavens they had found overwhelm
ing presence of the God whom we wor
ship, and this old Bible began to shak'
itself from the Koran and Shaster an
Zendavesta with which it had been GOV
cred up and lay on the desk of tn
scholar and in the laboratory of tn
chemist and in the lap of the Chris
tan unframed and unanswered, Will
he tower of the midnight heaven
lck a silvery chime in its praise.
rldly philosophy said; Matte
Enal. The world always wa
ed not make it," Christian phi
on3lun3es its crowbar into rock
- Tho u.or11 MO CroI,a
NJ Rucha gradually made ther
some point Mt whic
The Holsd. Then who starte
aogod ha, objection was owe
Iii. first three words {
> that Moses stated
ms ecu when he said: 81
sioce '65, anc
among the "'phy said: "Yol
Mr.. G.. II. Cutccurate book. A
and proprietGd Testament, aga
hirhes Dos oout the army of II
49,, the 'eposterous. There
III. tue coming of the locus
an army. An army walks; locus
An army goes in order and proce
SION, ~locusts without order" "Wait
said Christian philosophy, and in is
IN the southwestern part of this cou
try Christian men went out to e
anime the march of the locusts. The
are men right before me who mu
have noticed in that very part of t
country the coming up of the locus
like an Irmy, and it was found hat
the newspapers unwittingly spoke
III as an army. Why? They see
{ o 1--we a commander. They march Ii
a host. They halt like a host. No
row ever went in s~traighter fight tn
the locusts come, not even turni
aside for The wind. If the wind ris
the locusts drop and then rise aga
after it has gone down, taking
same line of march, not varying a 70
The old Bible is right every time VIII
it speaks of locusts coming like
army; worldly philosophy wrong.
Worldly philosophy said: "All II
DIX story about the light turned as cl
~ TO the seal is simply an %absurdit.
~ Old-time worldly philosophy sa.
n 1.-THE light ONE straight" Christi
p~bilosophy saws: "Waita little Will