Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18

asked.
Thursday afternoon at three. in
the South church. there will be Il
special meeting for the Academy
students, when it is hoped they
will attend in a body.
Gaining the Victory" was the sub
icct of an inspiring sermon by Rev
Milton S. Rccs at the evangelist,
service at the South church in St
Johnsbury Wednesday night as IL part
Of the Evangclistic campaign. Their,
was large congregation and the
singing of the large choir under the
direction of Mrs. Rces was splendid
Following the sermon DR.. Recs met
large bodies of unit leaders and gave
them instructions in the carrying out
of their valuable work.
The evangelistic leaders paid ii fine
tribute to the daily ncwspaper-The
Calcdonian- Rccord-for carrying
such excellent accounts of the meet
ings and advised those who could not
attend or those who had friends or
relatives out of touch with the SER
vice, to send them the daily paper
containing Dr. Rces' sermons and the
accounts of the meetings.
In. Recs took his text from Num-
bcrs 1890 and said in part:
About fifteen months have passed
since the death angel came to Egypt
| and the great wave Of sorrow swept
over the land and there lay dead the
| first born of both man and beast. Led
systematically by Il pilla of cloud by
day and fire by night, the children of
Israel crossed milaculously the Red
Sea. The commandments Numbered
from Sinai rock, and they are within
fifteen miles of the promised land that
flows with milk and honey. Here
their unbclicf is made manifest.
Faith never sends out spies.
But the children Of Israel dividing
up the territory, sent one of each
tribe into the promised land. Far
better would it have been to have
trusted the pillar Of cloud and fire,
rather than the opinions of men; and
how they could content themselves to
wait forty days and forty nights
when they were ready to enter in
with all the assurances that it was Il
good land, Il desirable land, but ten
of the number said they could not
possess it. But Caleb and Joshua
cried, "Lct us go up at once and pos
scSs it,. Thank God for the faith Of
Caleb and Joshua.
We will let the possession of the
land represent a widespread, glorious
revival. Faithful workers have gone
out into the land, What do you de-
sire more than its possession? We
are able to, if we only believe. All Of
the organized forces of this city, can
not prevent the success of this for
ward movcmcn, but unbclief and in
difference may make success practi-
cally impossible. Christ could not do
mighty works in Nazareth, because
of their unbclicf.
There arc many places in this state
where He cannot do many mighty
works because Of their unbclier. The
Master requires an atmosphere of
faith. Without faith it is impossible
to please God. If VIC can give Him
the atmosphere Of faith, the victory
is assured. This is the victory that
overcomes skcpticism and opposition,
the mountains of difficulty, even the
world. At Lazarus tomb we hear
Him say, "If thou wouldst believe,
thou shouldst see the glory of God"
In the second place, we are. able if
we arc willing to labor. This is, as
you all well know, IL price of sue
cess in every department of activity:
The Bible declares, We are laborers
together with God. Laborers to-
ycthcr Tin union there is strcngth),
we are "laborcrs together with God"
If the presence of the Duke of
Wellington was sufficient to inspire
his soldiers to noble service and VIC
tory, what must be the inspiration in
the fact that we are "laborcrS to-
gether with Cod" Being thus able,
let us 70 up at once and possess it,
Ever since God said to Moses "Speak
to the children of Israel, that they go
forward" this little word has been
inscparably connected with the Cos
pei of Christianity. AGO preach the
Gospel" Go out into the highways
and hedges" ale that goeth forth
and wccpeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again, bringing
his sheavcs with him."
When shall We go? AT once! The
Lords work requires haste. Many
Il b.ttlc has been lost in the failure
to act promptly. This was the secret
of the Bulgarians in their war. The
remarkable promptncss Of their &C
ton, pressing their battle TO the very
gates of Constantinoplc.
Let there be great promptncss and
the very air of the city echoes the
triumphs of the Gospel and the world
shall see again the results of consc
Grated Christian activity, in the null
titudc of redeemed lives and changed
homes. Let us not sing "Hold the
Fort" hut "Storm the Fort for l. am
coming. Jesus signals still,
"Wavc the answer back to Heaven,
;pontancity in this campaign, until
BY thy grace, We WILL