Year: 1872

ject the iawfu,ness OF Christian strataqem. The
leon was gained through the fact that they came
at time and by way they were not expected.
The Northern troops beat their life out at Freder
icksburg, but ID was through strategy they won a
victory at Lookout Mountain. We knew what
strategy was In military AFFAIRS, and IL was now
spiritual affairs, IN military AFFAIRS success de-
pended upon attacking that part OF the castle
which was not armed and entrenched. You could
not


HOOK MAN INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD
by the horns OF dilemma. There was no grace
in syllOgsm. Here was man armed on the sub
ject OF baptism, who believed in sprinkling or i'm.
merson and all your discussion or eccelesiastical
capture mans soul at the point at which he was
especially entrenched; but there was in every
mans heart bolt that could be easily showed. A
little child Of four years might touch that holt and
1t would spring back, the door would spring open
and Christ would come in. There were enough
whole earth for God II there were only sklful
manGuvring: Mr. Talmage said ne ~ would ,I.i
have the 500 Lamps and pitchers o o
and eccesiastical combat. But there was great
lack OF Christian strategy. He also learned from
would have to do all the hard lighting. fhs had
already been the case Take church membership
did 81 tine wsee o
where two or three people did the work. Don't
worry, oh, Christian, il you have to do more than
one OF the picked men than to belong to the


HOST OF sTRAG0LERs?





that Gods way is different from mans way, but Is
always the best II we had had the planning OF
that battle we would have taken those 32 900 men,
we would have drilled them and armed them and
then marched them down upon the foe. God de-
pleted the army, took away their weapons and
gave them lamps and trumpets, and told them
to go and drive out the foe. Take again the
composition OF the Bible. II we had had the
writing OF 1t we would have said let one man do it,
"No,n said God; "let no one man do it, but forty
men shall do 1t :" ana they did 1t under Gods nspi
ration, not cOntradicting each other on any I'M
pcrtant point SO Gods way in the redemption
OF the world was different from ours but always
the best The last thing the pastor learned from
this subject was that the overthrow Of Gods
enemies would be sudden and terrific. You wanted
Q better sword or carbine than was ever seen
Give him God for his ally and others might have all
the battlements and battaliOns


THE BOSTON FIRE.


Mr.. Talmage In his prayer after the sermon
alluded to the great disaster winch has Defallen
Boston and said :-"LOrd Almighty, put out the
fre and control Its raging. Silence the
agony of PROSTATE, dying, burning Boston.
Hear thou the cry OF the distressed and the
homeless. 0 Lord. let our prayer be heard for
those now amid the cracking OF the names Lord
help them. Save their churches, save their store
houses save their homes, save their lives; and
may there go forth from all this land deep, heart
felt sympathy such as not long ago we felt for an
other city; and as that tribulati0n and trial was
best to all this land we pray Thee that this tribu-
ati0n and trial OF sister city may be blest to US,
and may we feel with what very slender grasp we
earth is certain, and II q man gets whole world
and invests 1t in stOrehOuses he is not sure Of the
investment This shall be our closing prayer
Lord help that city. Amen"