The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-11

N~At % III AaiuldBt calls the roll OF ln-
huences once antagonistic but now
friendly to the gospel and eneour.
ages Christian workers; text. /. Sam.
uel xxi 3. There is none like that;
give it me-"
David fed from his pursuers The
world runs very fast when It is chas-
ing a good man. The country Is try
ing 70 catch David and to slay him.
David goes into the house Of priest
and asks him for a sword or spear
with which to defend himself The
priest. not being accustomed 10 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 and laid
away-the very sword that Goliath
formerly usod~and he takes down that
sword and while he Is unwrapping
the sharp glittering. memorable blade
IL flashed upon Daylds mind that this
ls the very sword that was used against
himself when he was in the fight with
Goliath. and David can hardly keep
his hands OF it until the priest has
unwound H. David stretches out his
hand toward that old sword and says
There is none Ike that: give IL me
In other words. II want In my own
hand the sword which has been used
against me and against the cause of
God. So II was given him. Well
my friends. that Is not the hrst or
the last sword once used by giant and
Philistine iniquily which Is to come
into the possession q Jesus Christ and
his glorious church. want. rs vel as
God may help me. % show YOU that
many d weapon which has been used
against the armies Of God IS set 70 be
captured and used on our side. and I
only initiate David when stretch our
my hand toward thar blade 81 the
+ PhnIsiino and cry There is meme Ike
that. give Il me-"
remark lrst that this Is true in
regard 10 an scientific exploration
You know that the FIRST discoveries 10
astronomy and geology and chrono'-
oey were used 20 battle Christianity
Worldly philosophy came ont OF H.
laboratory and out of rs observatory
aud said. Nov. we viii prove by the
very structure Of the earth and by the
movement of the heavenly bodies thar
the Bible Is a ne and that Christianity
as we have u among men is a POSI-
tive imposition. Good men lrfmbiei
The telescope. The Leyden jars. the
electric batteries. an ln the hands 81
the philistlncs But one day Chris
tianiiy. looking about Tor some weapon
with which to defend Itself hap
pened to see the very Ola sword that
these atheistic Philisiines had been
using against the truth and cried out
There is none IKE that. give il me-
And ConerniciH and Galiiei and kepisr
and Isaac Newton and Hersahei and o.
~ Mitchell came forth and told the
world that in their ransacking 81 the
earth and heavens they bad founi
Overwhelming presence OF the God
whom we worship. and this old Bible
began 70 shake itself from the Koran
and shaster and Zcndavesta with
which II had been covered Up and iag
on the desk Of The scholar and IN the
laboratory of the chemist and In the
lap Of the Christian unharmed and un-
answered. while the tower of the mid
night heavens struck a silyery chime
IN its praise.
The Eternal Master.
Worldly philosophy said Matter IS
eternal The world always was. God
ala not make H.. Christian philoso-
rhy piungos rs cr0wbar into rocks
and finds that the world was grad
ualiy made. and II gradually made
there must have been some point at
which the process started. Then who
started ltg And 70 that objection was
overcome. and in the first three words
Of the Bible We find that Moses stated
a magnificent truth when be said. In
the beginning"
Worldly philosophy said: Your BIZ
BE Is a most Inaccurate book. All
that story in the Old Testament. again
and again told about the army OF the
locusts-it Is preposterous There is
nothing n the coming OF the iocusts
like en- army. An army walks, 10
Gusts ny. An army goes in order and
procession: iocusts without order
wait" said Christian philosophy and
IN 1868 in the southwestern part Of this
country Christian men went out 70 eX-
anime the march Of the locusts. There
are men right before me who must
have noticed in that very part Of the
country the coming up az the iocusts
like an army. and it vas found that
an the newspaper unwittingly spoke
of them az an army. Whyl They
seem 10 have a commander They
march like a host They halt like "a
host No arrow ever went in straight
= flight than the locusts come. not
even turning aside for the wind. li
the wind rises. the locusts drop. ani
then rise again after it has gone down.
taking the same line of march. not
varying a foot. The old Bible Is right
every time when Il speaks OF locusts
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