The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-05-07


might be able to take Babylon by
stratagem. but never by hattering
down or scaling Babylou's impregna-
BILE walls.
Taken by stratseem.
When Agamemnon ended his long
ten years Siege of old Troy. he was
Just as helpless at the end of the siege
as in the first month. Those walls, the
impregnable Trojan walls. were still
between him and his prize. Did Aga
meInnon after ten years experience
useessly continue to batter his head
against those impregnable stones! No.
He resorted to strategy. He construct
ed wooden horse and filed 1t with
soldiers. Then he pretended that the
siege was raised and that he was
about to sail away to his own land.
But no sooner was the huge horse
drawn into the city by the Troians and
the night had fallen than the soldiers
leaped out from the wooden hiding
place and rushing to the gates. flung
them open There the invading army
was waiting Agamemnon rushed i'll
and captured the doomed city. Walled
In Troy had resisted direct attack. but
1t was captured by stratagem. Thus
those Hebrew spies looked upon the
towering walls of Jericho ana Al and
Heshbon and Jahaz. They said:
"Moses. the walls are too high. They
are too thick and too strong to he over
thrown"
Thus timid Christians look at the
mighty intrenched walls of sin. why
say some men. what is the use of at
lacking the saloon? 1t Is giant that
is intrencbed behind the walls of poll
ties. You can never dislodge him. You
cannot find people or nation on the
face of the earth that does not crave
and use stimulants. There is an I'M
conauerable desire gnawing Mt people s
palates which must be satisfied. On
account of this almost universal crav-
ing the saloons today own the ballot
box. They own our city and state and
national governments. The churches
are helpless" what is the use of at
lacking the giant avariceT says an
other. "Why, even the church mem
bers themselves are in the mad strug-
gle for gold" | know that the giants
| of ayarice and of drunkenness and
| of Righteousness are lntrenched In
society. The walls those giants have
built cannot be captured and over
thrown by direct attack But cannot
they be overthrown by Christian STRAIT
agem? Did not the Lord God AL
mighty overthrow the Jericho walls by
the blast of the rams horns? Cannot
the Lord God Almighty, who turned
the Nile into river of blood and who
divided the waters Of the Red sea
make even the mighty fortress of Jeri
cho totter and sway and fall before
the archangers trumpet, whose BIAS
shall yet sound the deathknell of al
worlds and universes and times? Can
not God still win the battle for US ovel
sin where human agencies fail?
Timid Counseis.
Bat again hear those Hebrew spiel
say: Moses, there is still another dan
ger These giants, the heroes of man!
| DattleS, are now upon tnelr guaru
They have heard of the marvellous mir
acles which took place in Egypt. The.
know of the passage Of the Red sea
They will fight until their last hug
soldier drops dead. We have been II
those cities. We have heard the giant
talk We have seen their elaborat
preparations. 1t Is simply useles 70
US, an unframed band Of ex-slaves, t
cope with those giants who are inure'
to war and who will now fight us t
the end" Thus these Hebrew spie
spoke. Thus Christians often speak Il
reference to the stand the intrenche
giants of sin are making at the presen
: day.
Now. all hunters know how danger
GUS II Is to attack even harmless will
beasts when they are driven to bay o
defending their young. For instance
the coyote U the small black bear o
even the mountain lion at sight Of ma
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