The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-02-07

lul HihNNtu Anak H4IuAAlN VIII HNAAfNAhis /
He gives command for the capture of /
some of the inhabitants of Samaria who |
are approaching, saying, Whether they |
be come out for peace take them alive, or |
whether they be come out for war take |
them aliNe" But behold the fugitive king |
In frightened retreat before shutdown |
Better not tell b0astingIy what you are |
going 10 do. Wait until It IL done.
DR.. Pendleton and Mr.. Saunders were
talking IN the time of persecution under
Queen Mary Saunders was trembling and
afraid, but Pendleton said: What Man,
there is much more cause for me to fear
than YOU. You are small, and 1 have a
large bodily frame, but you will see the
last piece of this flesh consumed 10 ashes
before ! ever forsake Jesus Christ and His
truth, which l have professed." Not long
after Saunders, the faint hearted, gave
up his life for Christ's sake, while Pendle-
ton, who had talked so big, played cow
ard and gave up religion when the test
came. Wilberforce did not tell what he
was going to do with the slave trade, but
how much he accomplished IS suggested
by Lord Brougham's remark concerning
Wherefore after his decease, He went
to heaven with 100000 broken letters in
his hand"
Young man, sec that you have on a COM
plete armor. All looks bright now and It
seems as If you could march right on with
out opposition or attack, but be not de-
ceived. There are hidden foes ready to
halt you on your way, The same cup that
Benhadad drank out Of just before his de-
feat viii be offered to effect your defeat.
His intoxicated brain saw victory when
there was nothing but rout and ruin.
What work Benhadad's cup made for Ben
hadad's army! What shipwrecks on the
ha nd hNT
inAaming liquids put upon the tongue to
set seething the brain! How many kings
of thought and influence, with crowns
brighter than the one Benhadad wore,
have by strong drink been put into fight
as base as that in which Benhadad rode!
Give them to me-" says the demon of in
ebriacy. Give them to me; hand them
down-the brightest legislators Of the land.
/ will thicken their tongue; l will bloat
their cheek; l will stagger their step; l
will damn their soul. Hand them down
to me--the physician out of his laboratory,
the attorney from The courtroom, the MIN
lister Of the gospel from the affairs of God.
Hand them down to me, the queens of the
drawing room, and ] will disgrace their
names and blast their homes and throw
them down farther than Jezebel fell to the
| dogs that crunched her carcass"
| We hold our breath in horror as once in
| awhile we hear of some one, either by ac-
cident or suicide, going over Niagara
| Falls, but the tides, the depths, the awful
| surges of intsmperance are every hour Of
every day rushing scores of immortals
| down into unfathomed abysm. Suicides
| by the hundreds of thousands Suicides
| by the million! Beware7of the cup out Of
which Benhadad drank personal and ma
! tional demolition!
Yes, you must have full armor. There
are temptations to an impure life all the
time multiplying and intensifying. Read
IN private and discussed afterward by the
refined and elegant in parlors are books
poisoned from lid to lid with impurities.
| Loose characters in the novel applauded
by rhetorical pens and proprieties of life
caricatured as prudery and infdelity of be-
havior put in a way to excite sympathy
and half approval. My wonder is not that
so many go astray but my wonder is that
ten times as many are not debauched.
Oh, yes, you need the harness on until
God tells you to take it off. In olden time
it was leathern armor or chain armor or
ribbed armor, fashioned in ancient foun.
dry, but no one can give you the outfit
you need except God, who is Master OF
this world, and the internal world, from
which ascend the mightiest hostilities
Lay hold of God, Nothing but the arm Of
Omnipotence Is strong enough for the
tempted.
Young man, put on the entire gospel out
fit. If you have come from the country tt
live in the city, initiate the example of q
young man who arrived in New York OF
Saturday night intending the following
Monday to enter his place of employment
On Sunday morning, carrying out the gooC
advice before leaving his country home, hC
went to church. Standing at the door hi
hao hn MY fnu
and wealth swept through the doors o.
the sanctuary and he dared not go in. Al
he was about turning to go away gentle
man said, Have you a seat, young manE
No, sir" do you belong in the city?
mo. sir" 'Where is your homer ''II
the country" How long have you beer
in the city" II came in last night
What are you going to do here?" 90
hope to go into business tomorrow
That is right. You have begun we'll
young man. Never forsake the God O
your fathers Come, / viii give you sea-
in my pew" The next morning the younl
man presented his letter in business cir
cles. What do you want, young man?
said the Scotch merchant. ~ want to ge
credit on some leather, upper and SOLE
Have you references@ II think l cal
get references. My father has friend
here" Young man, did not see you yes
Cerudy IN MI, Aeno1 pew 90 no
know, sir. / was at church. and kinC
gentleman asked me to sit in his pew
Yes, young man, that was Robert Lenox
/ will trust any one that Mr.. Lenox invite
into his pew. You need not trouble your
self about references. When these good
are gone come and get more" That younI
man became an eminent merchant, ant
more than that, a Christian merchant, ant
he attributed all his success to that frs
Sabbath in. the city. Young man just al
} rived, put yourself under good influence
your first day in town. There hangs you
helmet. Take it down. There IS you
breastplete. Adjust it. There is all tn
harness for safety and triumph. Put it on
If we secure the victory it will be
struggle as fierce as when Darius an,
Alexander grappled each other at Arbela