The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-01-03

/ could defeat the King OF Israel and cap.
/ turs Samaria that he left the work for a
short afternoon. He il az noon IN wassail
| with MS royal associates. The battle OF
| Waterloo was not opened until twenty
i've minutes OF IL o'clock at noon, but that
was because the ground was too wet u
move the artillery. Beahadad waits until
/ afternoon because he u oyerconddent.
/ Cod u not on the side OF the most swords
| or the most war chariots or the most can
non u they be IN the wrong, but on the
side OF the right. How such preposter.
| Ous sentiment as i nave mentioned should
have gained sway / know not when all his.
tory proclsims the opposite. Describing
the very next battle IN which Benhadad
Tough. and was miserably defeated. the
Bib.e saws, The children o. Israel pitched
before them like two little focks Of kids,
but the Syrians illed the country" How
inscniican: were the uaarmed Israelites,
hall starved and unorganlZed, compared
with Pharaoh's host on foot, on horseback
and chariotedi But the waves OF the Red
Sea took part in the conflict. parting 10
let the pursued pass, but coming together
10 destroy the pursuers. The M,dianites
and Amalekites were like Grssshoppers for
mu.titudes, but 800 men ulder Gideon
came down, their only weapons pitchers
and lamps and trumpets and as they held
up the lamps and threw down the pitch
ers ard blew the trunpets the fash Of the
lights and b,are OF the instruments and the
crash of the crockery made their enemy
tll. back IN wild terror.
Young man, see that you have CT COM
plete armor. All looks bright now, and IL
seems as If YOU could march right on with.
ou. opposition or attack, but be lot dc.
celved. There are hidden foes ready 20
halt you on your way. The same cup that
Belhadad drank out Of just before his de-
feat will be offered u effect your defeat.
His intoxicated brain saw victory when
there was nothing but rout and ruin.
What work Benhadad's cup made for Ben
hadads army What shlpwrecks on the
sea, what disasters on the land caused by
lnaamlng 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
az base as that in which Benhadad rode!
Give them 10 me" SAYS the demon OF in.
ebriacy. Give them TO me; hand them
down-the brightest legislators of the land.
| will thicken their tongue; | will bloat
their cheek; ] will stagger their step:
will damn their soul. Hand them down
TO me-the physician out of his laboratory,
the attorney from the courtroom, the min.
ister of the gospel from the altars OF Cod.
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 10 the
dogs that crunched her carcass"
Yes, you must have full armor. There
are temptations to an impure life all the
time multiplying and intensifyng. 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 propreties OF life
carlcatured as prudery and lnidclity OF be-
havior put in a way TO excite sympathy
and half approval. Ny wonder is not that
so many so astray, but my wonder is that
ten times as many are not debauched.
Young man, put on the entire gospel out.
ft Ii YOU have come from the country TO
live in the city, initiate the example of
Young man who arrived in New York on
Saturday night, intending the following
Monday to enter his place OF employment.
On Sunday morning, carrying out the good
advice before leaving his country home, he
went to church. Standing at the door he
was abashed as the beauty and fashion
and wealth swept through the doors OF
the sanctuary, and he dared not go in. As
he was about turning 10 go away 4 gentle.
man said, Have you seat, young man"
NO, sir" DO you belong in the city,"
mo, sir" where is your home" In
the country How long have you been
in the city?' Il carle in last night"
What are you going to do here" Il
hope to go into business tomorrow"
That is right. You have begun well,
young man. Never forsake the God of
your fathers. Come, viii give you seat
in my pew" The next morning the young
man presented his letter in business cir.
cles. What do you want, young NAM
said the Scotch merchant. Il want to get
Have You references?" Il think | can
get references. Ny father has friends
here" Young man, did | not see you yes
terday in Mr.. Lenox's pew" Il do not
know, sir. / was at church. and kind
gentleman asked me 10 sit in his pew"
Yes, young man, that was Robert Lenox.
| will trust any one that Mr.. LenoX invites
into his pew. You need not trouble your.
self about references. When these goods
are gone come and get more" That young
man became an eminent merchant, and
more than that, Christian merchant, and
he attributed all his success TO that first
Sabbath in the city. Young man Just ar.
your first day in town. There hangs your
helmet. Take 1t down. There is your
breastplate. Adjust it. There is all the
harness for safety and triumph. Put 1t on.
Also see in my subject the folly OF un.
derestimating the enemy. That was Ben
hadad's fatal mistake. He could whip
them before sundown. He wanted less
make the King of Israel capitulate. But
what he thought was so easy turned out
to be the impossible. Better overestlmate
than underestimate the other side. We
who are trying TO make the world what II
ought to be contend not with homunculi.
We wrestle not with striplings. We have
a whole army of antagonists trying to halt
the King OF God and overthrow the calse
OF righteousness.
ha vic WI hp
struggle as fierce as when Darius and
Alexander grappled each other at Arbela,
as when Joan of Arc rode triumphant az
Orleans, as when the Russians met the
Swedes at Po,tava, as when Marlborough
commanded the allied armies at Ben
helm. Those were fights for earthly
crowns and dominons, out the fight that
now goes on between all the allied armies
of heaven and all the allied armies OF hell
is TO settle whether God or Satan is to
have possession OF this planet.
| congratulate all those who ere now in
the thickest OF life's battles that the time
is coming when the struggle will end and
YOU will put the harness off, helmet and
greaves and breastplate having fulfilled
their mission. You cannot in one visit to
London Tower see all You must go again
and again to that place, which is associated
with the story OF Lady Jane Grey and
Anne Bo,eyn and Walter Raleigh and Sir
Thomas More. You will see the crowns
Of kings and queens. the robe worn by the
Black Prince. and silver baptismal fonts
from which royal infants were christened,
and the block on which Lord Lovet was
beheaded. But no part OF London Tower
will more interest you than the armory,
in which is skillfuliy and impressively ar
ranged a collection of all styles OF arror
worn between the thirteenth and elgh-
teenth centuries suggesting 500 years OF