The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-07-10
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
WORLD CONQUERORS.

We have to contend with eVll Splr-
its. who would destroy US, soul and
body at the bidding of the arch-fiend
Satan. These are our enemies, very
powerful and everywhere, so we
wrestle against principalities and
mowers. against wicked spirits IN high
places: i. e., the various orders OF
evil angels and spirits.
Satan is our great adversary and
our danger arises from the advan-
tages they have in this world, while
the powers, principles and passions OF
orr nature are in league with them:
from their number, invisibleness, art
fitness and power. Against these we
are called upon to wage constant
warfare.
The last enemy is Death. But this
enemy may be conquered completely
Even the fear and dread of it may be
abolished, and it may be met In the
calmness of heroic courage and put
to fight, when the armour shall be
laid aside and the crown assumed
Who are the victors? Christians,
thew believe He is the Son of God,
divine, vet human, the Goldman who
took our nature, suffered, died and
rose from the grave; that He is the
only Saviour of a lost race; that no
one can come unto his Father but by
Him: that there is none other name
nv which we can be saved; that he as
cended, and is at the right hand OF
God; that He will come again to
Judge the world and reward HIS OVID
with exceeding great and precious re-
wards. 1t is not enough to say, u
believe all this" A believer will be-
come Christ-like in his character and
life. He belongs to Christ and hence
is a conqueror in his character while
his manner of life declares him to be
q Christian-one born of God-and
this fact is known % by the love he
has to the brethren and to God; ~
by his hearty obedience to the COM
mands of God which assures him OF
victory over the world. What an
army of victors there is and multi
tudes constantly joining their ranks.
There are heroes in the moral
world. What we need is courage to
meet our enemies and conquer, for we
grow stronger, not by what we es-
cape, but by what we overcome.
Moses uplifted hands decided JOSH
ua's battle. Luther fought the Ref
ormation battles on his knees. Mocat
received strength to penetrate the
Dark Continent by means of the an
swer to prayer from the fountain OF
Divine strength. Chinese Gordon's
white handkerchief, pinned every
morning on his tent, was the signal
that the brave warrior was getting
his daily supply of strength and cour-
age by communion with God. Wen
dell Philips the agitator; Calvin, the
galley slave; Huss, the consecrated
Bohemian; Baxter, the mighty
preacher Who shook England to her
foundations these men were in the
true sense world conquerors. Will
berforce, the philanthropist and re-
former, waged a successful war
against iniquity for more than twen-
ty years, in the power of devotion
and self-sacrifce, with tongue and
pen, and though ten times defeated,
he as often renewed the battle with
greater strength until victory was
won for humanity and right.
Our worst enemy is self. Always
with US; ever asserting itself and
determined not to be defeated. Yet
we are constantly in danger of as
saults from these unsenn enemies
and so need to be on our guard con-
tinually.
"Ne'er think the victory won,
Nor lay thine armor down;
Thine ard'ous work will not be done
Till thou obtain thy crown"