The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-24

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Christian and TO
these We will give attention.
The Christians Enlistment and Oath
Of Loyalty.
Every soldier of his country must
take an oath Of allegiance to the gov
eminent and the inclusiveness of this
oath Is very great. The Christian who
VIII not make pledge TO his Lord.
ordinarily in II public way, lacks the
FIRST visible testimony that he is SOL
der Of the Lord Christian profess
sion Is most important, and the ex-
eeptions to the rule but prove Its i'm
pOrtance.
The Christians Equipment for Service.
The Christian must have his equip
ment for service as the government
Of any country must equip its soldiers.
In which case clothing, food, shelter,
arms, ammunition and other things
are absolutely necessary. In the sixth
chapter Of the Epistle TO the Ephesans
this equipment OF the soldier Christian
Is quite fully given. That equipment
Is spiritual of course, but Il will be-
noticed that Il Is both defensive and
offensive. The enemy Of the Christian
often attacks, and the Christian must
defend himself. The Christian must
not make II rule of his life how
ever 10 await the attack OF the enemy,
but must attack as well. For attack
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Is the sword of the spirit Of the word
Of God. Unlike human wars, the splr-
ltual warfare has known no change
through the ages. The Bible today Is
the best weapon and there are no Yep
pelins nor other aircraft. nor subma-
rlnes, nor mines, nor anything else that
makes II obsolete. II is well To note
that there Is only the offensive weapon.
Many have forgotten this; the Bible
has been abandoned and the <enemy
has pressed the post of righteousness
back. Courage. knowledge faith and
all other equipment will he furnished
If the Bible is used faithfully. The
weapon Of ofrense needs emphasis.
INC SIlTlotIdHS ITdlnlnU
The Christian does too much unor-
ganizcd fighting. His warfare is Too
largely guerrilla warfare. In con-
nection with the national army of the
United States the trimming Is most in
tensive, the results OF which are aston
lshlng to all beholding II. There ure
provisions for training the Christian.
The old Methodist class-meeting. now
showing innocuOus desuetude was
splendid training school In the days
gone by. Sunday schools, Y. NJ. c. AS.
young peoples societies, etc, give fair
training opportunity. For officers
training there are many theological
semlnarles. and few of them turn
out Napoleons and Grants and PERISH
lngs, but many. Of them nre turning
out officers with a very Indlstlnct the
ory OF real spiritual warfare and with
very little knowledge Of II practically.
There are some great Bible schools
where the training Is intensive, largely
so because the calls for workers must
be promptly met and the time is short.
The Soldier-C Christian and Hardship.
Endure hardship as good sol
dier of Jesus Christ" is what Paul
said TO the recruit Timothy. What.
ever may be done by the government
or the people of the various countries
for the comfort of men nj the battle
front. ultimately there Is hardship.
The Soldier-christlan Must Fight.
"Fight the good fight of faith" is
the Scripture eXhortatlon and there is
on escaping that responsibility. To
fight is to oppose an enemy, to injure
or destroy him, to gain the victory
over him by contention. The old hymn
gives the right idea:
Fight on my soul till death
Shall bring thee to thy God;
He'll take thee at thy parting breath
Up to his blessed abode.
In Ephesians 6:10 the Christian is
told that he fights against principal
tiles, against powers, against the rul-
ers OF the darkness Of this world,
against spiritual wickedness In high
places. Today there is an enemy In
the form of false religious tenching
that he must fight. The Christian
must contend for the faith once for all
delivered to the saints.
The Christians worst enemies are
those within his own bosom-his pride.
indifference, unholy zeal, evil
heart, all active enemies every mo-
nnnt
The bright ray of cheer that comes
10 the Standardization Is that ultimate
victory is assured. lie will overcome
BY the blood of the lamb. His crown
will be given him by the righteous