Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-11-11

Good and Evil Have Been in
Combat Stree the Beginning
of the World.

Good and evil have an age-loug con-
nict These two mighty forces find
their leadership in men. The force OF
evil hnds Its head In a Pharaoh who
opposes Moses. or in a Goliath who
nights with David, or Nebuchadnez-
Ear In conflict with Daniel. or a PLATE
and Herod against the Christ. But did
any OF these Guido Rab-shakeh, the
representative OF Sennacherib, at the
walls OF Jerusalem defying Hezekiah
and the God OF the Jews7 Read the
thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh chap
tiers OF Isaiah and see his defiant atti-
tude, his insulting blasphemy. What
can Hezekiah do before the power OF
Sennacherib? Look how all the ma
lions in the path of his conquest have
fallen. Their gods were not able TO
save them, and think you, says Rab-
shakeh, that the God of Hezekiah shall
deliver you out of my hand?
Is not this the same spirit that has
been manifested towards Gods people
OF all ages? Who is the God of the
Hebrews that / should serve him. says
Pharaoh. Goliath defies the COD OF
the Hebrews. The Chaldeans thrust
the three Hebrew children into the
furnace. though they are backed by
God. Herod will destroy though God
works special delis erance for Peter
IL is this same defiant spirit that has
brought all the havoc of the persecu-
tons, until the roll of the martyrs has
heightened into untold numbers Ii
ID this same carnal nature that is in
the heart OF unregenerate man.
1t is the spirit OF rationalism, of
materialism, it is ripened egotism,
/ equal to that OF Nebuchadnezzar. who
exclaimed, is not this great Babylon
which / have builded?" II SAYS to
the man hard pressed, There is no
use for you to resist temptation"
There is no help for you in Cod"
IL Is better to succumb and to sur
render and live on a lower plane than
, to fight and reach higher plane" 1t
is the spirit of anttChrist that is al
ready in the world. 1t Is the spirit OF
the world. The world, the flesh and
the devil fight their great battles not
only at Waterloo and Gettysburg but
In the human heart, the greatest bat
tlefield OF the ages
kiah but also you and me, your God
and my God. But, do you remember
how Hezekiah fought the battle and
won the victory? He took the letter
and went up to the house of the Lord
/ and spread the letter out before the
| Lord and prayed. Study that prayer
and see how he pleads not their dan
! per. not his fears, but Gods glory:
Now, therefore, o Lord, our God,
! ave US from his hand, that all the
/ kingdoms of the earth may know that
! thou art the Lord, even thou only"
The effectual fervent prayer of
| righteous man availeth much. even
the prayer of an Elijah or q IIeze
kiah. men OF like passion as we are
| 1t is like that of Moses pleading for
! Israel, or Samuel for Saul 1t was
great microscopy prayer. a prayer of
| importantly. This Is the victory that
overcometh the world, even oui
! faith" and that was the way he won
The battle and beat back the defiant
| foe, for that night the Lord OF hosts
dispatched his angel and death twas
| it by pestilence?) smote the camp
from tent to tent until the dead mum.
bered $4,000.
1t was to the God OF Hezekiah TIA,
Washington at Valley Forge and Lin
coin in his darkest hours appealed
And God heard and wrought won
drousiy in their behalf This is the
God who heareth prayer, to whom all
flesh must come. This is the God that
girds us with strength and makes us
able to stand in the thickest Of the
fight. This girding alone makes the
church invincible, makes men heroic
| and victorious. It has enabled them
to bring victory out of seeming defeat
| Through faith they have subdued
| Kingdoms. wrought righteousness, OBJ
tanned promises, stopped the mouths
Of lions, quenched the violence OF the
sword waxed valiant in fight and
! turned to flight the armies of the
aliens" But the Rab-shakeh spirit
| prevails today Against It the believer
must set himself The business man
meets it; the student the man of
| leisure, the woman OF society, every.
where a hard battle must be fought
Pulpit and pew must meet IT squareIy
and all the devices OF battle have
failed except this allprayer plan OF
/ Hezekiah, who prevailed with Cod
Rev w. II. Jordan.