Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-09-04

Ihe learned men were astonished. They
thought he would take weeks or months
10 get ready. Well. now. you tell me you
want To be useful in Christian service.
When are you going to begin? oh. thar
you had the decision TO say, Now, now,
Oh, go into the mount aud gather the
palm branches,
he Victory Over Satan.
Bat the palm branch also meant vie
tory. You all know that. In all ages. i'll
all lands. the palm branch means victory.
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 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, and we
wrestle him down. and we put our heel
on his neck and we grind him in the dust,
and we say, Victory, victor, through
our Lord Jesus Christ" Oh, what a
grand thing it is to have sin under foot
and wasted life behinG our backs.
Blessed is he whose. transgresson is for
given and whose sin is covered
Some one says, How about the flu
tureE' What, says the man, feel so sick
and worn ont 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. L. who have so
many ailments and heartaches, going to
be more than eonqueror: Yes, unless you
are so self-conceited that you want TO
al tI,D
self instead of letting God manage them.
Do you want to drive and have God take
back seat? oh. no. you say, Il want
God TO be my leader" Well, then, you
will be more than conqueror Your last
sickness will come, and the physicians i'll
the next room will be talking about what
they will do for you. What difference
will it make what sney GU ior you? You
are going to be well, everls stingIy well.
And when the spirit las fed the body.
your frien2s viii be talking as to where
they shal. bury you. What difference does
it 4lakc to you where they bury your The
an -. of the resurrection can pick you
out of the dust anywhere, and all the
cemeteries of the earth are in Gods care.
Oh, you are going to be more than con-
uueror.
Do you not think we had better begin
now to celebrate the coming victory? In
the old meeting house at Somelvilc = !
father used to lead the singing and he
had the old-fashioned tunirs FORK, md he
would strike il upon his knee, and then
put the tuning fork to his ear 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 be-
gin the rehearsal on earth? They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor
any heat. For the Lamb which is in the
midst OF the throne shall feed them and
shall lead them to living fountains OF
waters; and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes
City of eternity, to thy bridal halls
From this prison would fee
All glory, That's for you and me!
Finishing the Arhor.
My text brings us one step further. 1t
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 WE'LL make this remark under the
head of branches of thick treesthat 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 Grbor must have four stout
poles to hold up the arbor or booth. and
hence for the building of the arbor for
this world we must have stout branches
of thick trees. And so it is in the gospel
arbor. Blessed be God that we have a
brawny 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 warn
ing. 1t is a mighty gospel; it is an ON
nipotent gospel. These are the stout
bran hes of thick trees.
Well my friends. you see | have omit
ted one or two points not because | for
got 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 COS
pei consolation, here the palm tree branch
of usefulness and q. victory. and here are
the stout branches of thick trees. The
gospel arbor is done The air is aromatic
gladness of God. Come into the arbor.
Come into the booth. ! went ont at diff
ferent times with Il fowler to the noun
tains to each pigeons. and we made our
booth. md we sat in that booth and
watched for the pigeons to come. And
we found focks in the sky, and after
awhile they dropped into the net, and we
were successful. so | come now to the
door of this gospel booth. | look out. |
see focks Of souls flying hither and flying
thither. Oh. that they might come like
clouds and as doves to the window Come
into the booth Come INTO the booth.
Theatrical Surgery.
one night when one OF Byron's big
melodramas was being ploiUced for
The first time the playwright sat out in
front among the critics.
Tie first and second acts had been
given, receiving such applause from
the audience that the word success"
was stamped on the play from the