The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-12
':Gaining the Victory
Told by DR.. Rees
Continued from page one)

Following the sermon DR.. Rees met
large bodies of unit leaders and gave
them instructions in the carrying out
OF their valuable work.
The evangelistic leaders paid fine
tribute to the daily newspaper-The
Caledonian- Record carrying
such excellent accounts of the meet
ings and advised those who could not
attend or those who had friends OF
relatives out of touch with the SER
vice, to send them the daily paper
containing DR.. Rees' sermons and the
accounts of the meetings.
On. Recs took his text from Num-
bers 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
supelnaturally by pillar of cloud by
day and fire by night, the children of
Israel crossed miraculously 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 unbelief 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 a
good land, a desirable land, but ten
of the number said they could not
possess it. But Caleb and Joshua
cried, "Let us go up at once and pos
sess it,. Thank God for the faith Of
Caleb and Joshua.
We will let the possession of the
land represent widespread, glorious
revival. Faithful workers have gone
out into the land, What do you de-
sire more than it 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 movement, but unbelief and in
difference may make success practi-
cally impossible. Christ could not do
mighty works in Nazareth, because
of their unbelief.
There are many places in this state
where He cannot do many mighty
works because of their unbelief. The
Master requires an atmosphere of
faith. Without faith it is impossible
to please God If we can give Him
the atmosphere of faith, the victory
is assured This is the victory that
overcomes skepticism 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 are willing to labor. This is, as
you all well know, t'A price of sue
cess in every department of activity.
The Bible declares, we are laborers
together with God. Laborers to-
gether lin union there is strength) /,
we are '1aborers 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 "laborers to-
gether with God" Being thus able,
let US go 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
inseparably connected with the Cos
pei of Christianity. eco preach the
Gospel" Go out into the highways
and hedges" He that goeth forth
and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again, bringing
his sheaves with him."
When shall we go? At once! The
Lords work requires haste. Many
bettle has been lost in the failure
| to act promptly. This was the secret
of the Bulgarians in their war. The
remarkable promptness of their ac-
ton, pressing THEN. battle to the very
gates of Constantinople.
Let there be great promptness and
the very air of the city echoes the
triumphs of the Gospel and the world
shall see again the results of conse-
Grated Christian activity, in the null
titude of redeemed lives and changed
homes. Let US not sing "Hold the
Fort" but "Stolm the Fort for / am
coming, Jesus signals still,
"Wave the answer back to Heaven,
spontaneitv in this campaign, until