The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-12-06
The Armour of God

against the wiles of the devil"
Eph. 6, II.
These days are full of the craft
mess of the devil. So much so that
Cody men are being deceived and
often. act from the face Of decep-
tion. Only Cody preparation by
wearing the whole armour of
God" will be able to save men.
Too often we strive to fight with
part armour, being unprepared to
battle to victory. We argue 81 am
able" II am as good as the average
Christian, when my time comes l
must go, l will stand as good show
as many professors. We grant all
this, but remember, you have to
meet a prepared enemy, crafty
kaiser of sin and his whole staff and
long-drilled veterans of sin, and l
tell you, you are not all prepared,
fully equipped, and Oh, what dread
full battles you must fight and oft
retreat even back to the very
"Marne" of your life, not knowing
what the end will be. Hence l say
to you, man or woman, whoever you
are, wherever you are, put on the
proper armour of God"
1t does not pay you to say that
you are not afraid of death or hell
or the grave, for you are telling
lie. You are, or you are fsol or
knave. This is plain but unvar-
nished truth. Often you only think
of reprisal when man calls you
: liar and you say you will get even
with the preacher for that. The
Jews and Pharisees did that when
, Jesus called them liars, but all they
did to Jesus did not make the un-
truth true. They got their re-
ward-defeat.
But while reprisal may seem to
, satisfy for while, it will never
win. The uglier you can be, the
more threatening you may be, the
more kaiserlike you become the
nearer you come to hell. Now put
: on the whole armour Of God.
This business of 'an eye for an
eye" will never win. That kind
5 of warfare is of hell and the devil
} and will never make right.
A man who threatens is the most
= unprepared man to meet the bonner
ang that his threat brings. Be
more loving. Do to your fellow
man just as you would he should do
to you and this is putting the arm
: our of God on yourself. Such fears
as Jacob had about his brother com
t ing with 400 armed men will not
v consume you. Such fears as the
: ex-kaiser will not worry you.
You can look God, man and the
J.. devil in the face and have no fear
e of reprisal, but feel safety. 1t
would be good business for every
r one to become personally acquaint-
I ed with one who rules the world.
: If you do become familiar with him
and wear his armour you will soon
get onto the game with him and be
: friends.
o Acquaintance with God is good
J. Democracy is righteous govern.
y ment. Such a knowledge is inspir.
i ed by the Divine Ruler. 1t is g
e pity some men violate this true
n principle and bring disastrous con
: sequences upon the world, the state
" the home, and we all suffer. Now
only perfectly armoured men car
= stand against the darts of war. IN
" temperance, hypocrisy, deception
re and all the wiles of the devil. Such
W men have duty, right to survive
+ Such men Undue nation with love
safety and peace. Such men, hav
lie ing held to these principles for two
eiiouooHu years dIc IlOW Jul Sd1Sl.
~ anchors.
r Come to the knowledge of beins
able to stand and you can resist al
6 evil. You will have the divine viii
" to guide and help you. You will
lg then embody his law in your ever
a act.
Of Costly as civilization has been an
shamed as it has been and bruise
i, as it is, it will yet be reconstruct
IN by fearless, we'll armoured mar
tn hood. Our political life, our ns
ok tional life and our home life vii
IT, again blossom as the rose when we
~ ~ armoured men come out fearlessl
ct for home, for God, for our countr