Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-07

! the glory of God. And some one says,
/ My business is TO raise corn and car
! rots.' Then, my brother, raise corn and
! carrots 10 the glory of God. And some
! one says, My business is TO manufa,.-
ture horseshoe nails" Then manufacture
/ horseshoe nails to the glory Of God. There
Is nothing for you to do that you ought
| 70 do but for the glory of God.
Usefulness is tvpihed by the palm tree.
/ All. we do not want in the church any
more people that are merely weeping Will
/ lows. signing into the water. standing aud
! admiring their long lashes in the CLASSY
! spring. No wild cherry, dropping bitter
/ fruit. We want palm trees. holding some
| thing for God, something for angels,
| something for man. | am tired and sick
! OF this fiat, tame. insipid. satin slippered,
nambypamby, hightytighty religion! 1t
! is worth nothing for this world. and it is
! destruction for eternity. Give me 500
men and women fully consecrated TO
| Christ, and we will take this city for God
| in three years. Give me 10000 men and
! women fully up to the Christian stand
! ard. In ten years 10000 of them would
| take the whole earth for God. But when
| are we going to begin: We all want TO
, be useful. There is not a man in the
| pewS that does MOI want 10 be useful
/ When are we going to begin:
| Ledyard, the great traveller was
! brought before the Geographical Society
| of Great Britain, and they wanted him
TO make some explorations in Africa, and
they showed him all the peris, and all
the hard work, and all the exposure and
after they had told him what they want
ed him to do in Africa they said to him,
I 4.
StartT' He said. Tomorrow morning"
| The learned men were astonished. They
thought he would take weeks or months
TO get ready. Well, now, you tell me you
want to be useful in Christian service.
When are you going to begin? oh, that
you had the decision to say, Now, now"'
! oh, go into the mount and gather the
| palm branchcs
The Victory Over Satan.
But the palm branch also meant VIC
| tory. You all know that. In ali ages, in
all lands the palm branch means victory.
| Well. now, we are by nature the servants
of satan. He stole u.s. he has his eye on
us, he wants to keep us. But word comes
from our Father that il 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
wrcstle him down, and we put our heel
on his neck, and we grind him in the dust,
and we say, Victory, victory, through
our Lord Jesus Christ" Oh, what IL
grand thing it is to nave sin under foot
and wasted life behind our backs.
BLESSED is he whose transgresson is for
| given and whose sin is covered"
Some one says, How about the flu
turc" What, says the man, / feel so sick
and worn out 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. |, who have so
many ailments and heartaches, going 10
be more than conqucror? Yes, unless you
are so self-conceited that you want to
manage all the affairs Of your life your
self instead Of letting God manage them.
Do you want to drive and have God take
back seat? "Oh, no." you say, II want
God TO be my leader" Well, then, you
will be more than couqueror. Your last
sickness will come, and the physicians in
the next room will be talking about what
they will do for you. What difference
will ii make what they do for you? You
are going to be we'll. eyerlastingly well.
And when the spirit has fled the body,
your friends will be talking as to where
they shall bury you. What difference docs
1t make 10 You where they bury you? The
angel 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
queror.
Do you not think we had better begin
now 10 celebrate the coming victory? In
the old meeting house az Somervillc my
| father used to lead the singing, ana he
had the oldfashioned tuning fork and he
| would strike it 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 evcrlaS ting song.
! the song Of victory when we shall be more
| than c0uqucrorst Had we not better be-
| gin the rehearsal on EARTH They shah
| hunger no more, neither thirst any more:
| neither shall the sun light on them, nor
| any heat. For the Lamb which is in the
| miest Of the throne shall feed them and
! shah lead them to living fountains of
| waters; and God shall wipe away all
! tears from their eyes
Finishing the Arhor.
| My text brings Us one step further. 1t
| says. go forth into the mount and fetch
| olive branches and pine branches ana
myrtle branches and palm branches aud
| branches of thick trees" Now, you know
very WE'LL make this remark under the
| head of branches Of thick trees-that 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 arbor 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
arhor. Blessed be God that we have "A
brawny Christianity, not one easily upset
| The storms Of life will cone upon us. and
we want strong doctrine; not only love,
but justice; not only invitation but warn
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