The Delta independent., 1901-05-17

ever projected. There were 10000 arm
ed men in that hunting party. There
were camels and horses and elephants.
On some princes rode and royal ladies
under exquisite housings, and 500 cool
les waited upon the train, and the
desolate places of India were invaded
by this excursion, and the rhinoceros
and deer and elephant fell under the
stroke of the saber and bullet After
awhile the party brought back trophies
worth $4,000 rupees, having left the
wilderness of India ghastly with the
slain bodies of wild beasts. Would TO
God that instead Of here and there
straggler going out to fight these great
monsters of iniquity in our country the
millions of membership of our
churches would band together and hew
in twain these great crimes that make
the land frightful with their roar and
are fattening upon the bodies and souls
of immortal men! Who is ready for
such party as that? Who will be
mighty hunter for the Lord?
remark, again, If you want to be
successful in spiritual archery you
need not only bring down game, but
bring it in. l think one Of the most
beautiful pictures of Thorwaldsen Is
his Autumn" 1t represents sports
man coming home and standing under
/ a grapevine. He has staff over his
shoulder and on the other end OF that
staff are hung a rabbit and brace of
birds. Every hunter brings home the
game. No one would think of bringing
down a roebuck or whipping up a
stream for trout and letting them lie
in the woods.
Bring Thsm to Church.
II you go out to hunt for immortal
souls, not only bring them down under
the arrow of the gospel, but bring them
into the church of God the grand home
and encampment we have pitched this
side the skies. Fetch them in: do not
let them lie out in the open field. They
need our prayers and sympathies and
help. That is the meaning OF the
church of God-help. o ye hunters for
the Lord. not only bring down the
game. but bring it in.
II Mithridates liked hunting so well
that for seven years he never went in
doors, what enthusiasm ought We to
have who are hunting for immortal
souls, II Domitian practiced archery
until he could stand boy down in the
Roman amphitheater with hand out.
the fingers spread apart. and then the
king could shoot an arrow between the
fingers without wounding them. to
what drill and what practice ought We
to subject ourselves in order to become
spiritual archers and mighty hunters
before the Lord" But let me say you
will never work any better than you
pray. The old archers took the bow.
put one end OF 1t down beside the foot.
elevated the other end. and 1t was the
rule that the bow should be Just the
size OF the archer. II 1t were Just his
size. then he would go into the battle
with confidence. Let me say that your
power to project good in the world will
correspond exactly to your own spirit
ual stature. In other words. the first
thing in preparation for Christian
| work is personal conservation.
| Oh, for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!
am sure there are some men who
at some time have been hit by the gos-
/ pei arrow. You felt the wound Of that
conviction. And you plunged into the
world deeper. just as the stae. when
the hounds are after II. plunges into
Schroon lake. expecting in that way to
| escape. Jesus Christ is on your track
today. o impenitent mani Not in
wrath. but in mercy. Dye chased and
painting souls' Here is the stream OF
Gods mercy and salvation, where you
may cool your thirst! Stop that chase
OF sin today. By the red fountain that
| leaped from the heart of my Lord,
4 bid you stop. There is mercy for you
mercy that pardons, mercy that
heals. everlasting mercy. The 12 gates
of Gods love stand wide open. Enter
| and be forever safe.