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P- . I INTERNATIONAL PFESS ASSOCIATION. |
A PART II.
B Told by Richard Fenton , of Frcncbay ,
fl Gloucestershire , Esquire.
H J t * „ * * tV - 7i S my old friend
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BL SK/y 0l3 aXths' , I suppose I
bbbbbbbs\ \ ffe © \ must Brand is a
H ( C S4)ll ) rIsht g00d fellow
LbbbbbbW Vm 2 ! * # 'al and a clever bellow ,
B Jffir > ! ' J but has plenty of
crotchets of his
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fl " * " TV3rv"S own. The worst I
k G - < w know of him is that
W he insists upon
B Slaving his own -way with people. With
fl those who differ from him he is as ob-
m stinate as a mule. Anyhow , he has
K alwajs had his own -way with me.
V This cuGtom , so far as I am concerned ,
m commenced years ago , when we were
m bojs at school together , and I have
Bv never been able to shake off the hail
BF v habit of giving it to him. He hasP
P\ promised to see that my Queen's Eng-
i lish is presentable ; for , to tell the
B. truth. I am more at home across coun-
BA try than across foolscap , and my fin-
Tf BPi's know the feel of the reins or the
1 trigger better than that of the pen.
Kjr AH the came , I hope he won 't take
Pf. too many liberties with my style , ba'1
H though it may be ; for old Brand at
H times is apt to get well , -a bit pros } ' .
B ! To hear him on the subject of hard
B work , and the sanctity thereof , ap-
K preaches the sublime !
K What freak took me to the little God-
H forsaken village of Midcombe in the
V depth of winter , is entirely between
f myself and my conscience. The cause ,
k having no bearing upon the matters 1
m am asked to tell you about , is no one's
B business but mine. I will only say that
P > now I would not stay in such a place ,
B at such a time of the year , for the sake
H of the prettiest girl in the world , let
alone the bare chance of meeting her
M once or twice. But one's ideas change.
g I am now a good bit older , ride some
L two stone heavier , and have been mar-
B ried ever so many years. Perhaps ,
B after all , as I look back , I can find
r some excuse for being such an ass ae
B to endure , for more than a fortnight ,
B all the discomforts heaped upon me
B in that little village inn.
B A man who sojourns in such a hole
B as Midcombe must give some reason
BE for doing so. My ostensible reason was
m l hunting. I had a horse with me , and
B a second-rate subscription pack of slow-
B going mongrels did meet somewhere in
B the neighborhood , so no one could gain-
B say m yexplanaiton. But , if hunting
r was my object , I got precious little ol
B it. A few days after my arrival , a bitter -
,
ter , biting frost set in a frost as black
Bs as your hat and as hard as nails. Yet
BF' still I stayed on.
m From private information received
B no matter how , when , or where ]
B knew that some people in the ncigh-
Bk borhocd had organized a party to gc
M skating on a certain day at Lilyrnere
B a fine sheet of water seme distance
B from Midcombe. I guessed that some-
B one whom I particularly desired tc
H meet would be there , and as the skat-
bbbbbbV H ' ing was free to anyone who chose tc
By * take the trouble of getting to such at
B out of the way place , I hired a hors ?
H ( and an apology for a dog-cart , and a ;
B' ten in the morning started to drive ih-
B'v twelve miles to the pond. I took nc
B one with me. I had been to Lilymen
BO once before , in the bright snmme :
B weather , so fancied I knew the wa ;
B well enough.
B * The cky when I started was cloudy
B7 the wind was chopping around in a waj
B j which made the effete rustic old liostle ]
Bbi predict a change of weather. He wa :
B right. Before I had driven two mile :
B\ \ light snow began to fall , and by th ;
Bt. time I reached a wretched little way-
B / side inn , about a mile from the Mere
B ( a film of white covered the whole coun
BK ' try. I stabled my horse as well as :
Brf could , then , taking my skates with me
Bwalked down to the pond.
Bf { Now , whether I had mistaken thi
B ( > dajor whether the threatening fall oi
BL } snow had made certain people chaag (
BfeV/ their minds , I don't know ; but , to m }
B annoyance and vexation , no skater :
Bf j were to be seen , and , moreover , the
Bu J uncut , white surface told me that none
B3 f had been on the pond that morning
B\\ Still , hoping they might come in spite
BO of the weather , I put on my skates and
w ( V went outside-edging and gi-aps-vinins
B. | \ all over the place. But as there was nc
B& J person in particular in fact , no one a !
WftrS all to note my powers. I soon goi
m\ \ tired. It was , indeed , dreary , drear }
B\ \ work. But I waited and hoped untL
K\ \ \ the snow came down so fast and iur-
B i \ * iously. xhat I felt sure that waitins
B'- was in vain , and that I had driven tc
H Lilymere for nothing.
B\ Back I went to the little inn , utterl }
BFdlsgtisted with things in general , ami
Bm" * feeling that to break someone's heati
B j Avould be a relief to me in my present
[ r state of mind. Of course , a sensible
V\ ' man would at once have got his horse
. ] ) etween the shafts and driven home.
I \ But , whatever I may be now , in those
m't days I was not a sensible man Branti
• will , I know , cordially endorse this remark -
I mark the accommodation of the inn
k t -i was not such as to induce one to linge :
BL , ' { % within its precincts ; but the fire was
jl y * . a r ht good one , and a drink , which ]
ry r * skillfully manufactured out of some
* / 2iot beer , not to be despised , and proved
/ J warming to the body and soothing tc
I j the ruffled temper. So I lingered over
I Hie big fire until I began to feel hungry ,
and upon the landlady assuring me
that she could cook a rasher , decided
it would be .wiser to stay where I was
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until the violence of the snow-stprm
was over ; for coming down it was now ,
and no mistake !
And It kept on coming down. About
half-past three , when I sorrowfully de
cided I was bound to make a move ,
it was snowing faster than ever. I
harnessed my horse , and laughing at
the old woman's dismal prophecy that
I should never get to Midcombe in such
weather , gathered up the reins , and
away I went along the white road.
I thought I knew the way well
enough. In fact , I had always prided
myself upon remembering any road
once driven over -by me ; but does any
one who has not tried it really know
how a heavy fall of snow changes the
aspect of the country , and makes land
marks snares and delusions ? I learnt
all about it then , once and for all. 1
found , also , that the snow lay much
deeper than I thought could possibly
be in so short a time , and it still lell in
a manner almost unding. Yet I wen
on bravely and merrily for some miles.
Then came a bit of uncertainty
II.
s ? HICH of those two
)1 ) ? i [ / / roads was the right
/J ? = A\/ \JI one ? This one , of
mp l t / course no , the oth-
v A 3y / er- There was no
| ? ) $5A | ft i > house near ; no one
g % S S § § > passing in such
' ' ( S cV'jff ) weather , so I was
cp % f 'eft ' to exercise my
( jigfe free , u n b i a se , d
* t choice , a privilege
T would willingly have dispensed with.
However , I made the best selection I
could , and fololwed it for some two
miles. Then I began to grow doubtful ,
and soon persuading myself that I was
on the wrong track , retraced my steps.
I was by this time something like a
huge white plaster-of-paris figure , and
the snow which had accumulated on
the old dog-cart made it run heavier
byhalfaton , more or less. By the
time I came to that unlucky junction
of roads at which my misfortune be
gan , it was almost dark ; the sky as
black as tarpaulin , yet sending down
the white feather } ' flakes thicker and
faster than ever. I felt inclined to
curse my folly in attempting such a
drive , at any "rate I blamed myself for
not having started two or three hours
earlier. I'll warrant that steady-going
old Brand never had to accuse himself
of such foolishness as mine.
Well , I took the other road : went on
some way ; came to a turning which
I seemed to remember ; and , not with
out misgivings , followed it. My mis
givings increased when , after a little
while , I found the road grew full of
ruts , which the snow and the darkness
quite concealed from me until the
wheels got into them. Evidently I
was wrong again. I was just thinking
of making the best of my way out of
this rough and unfrequented road ,
when there , I den't know how it hap
pened , and such things seldom occur
to me a stumble , a fall on the part ot
my tired horse sent mc flying over the
dashboard , with the only consoling
thought that the reins were still iv.
my hand.
Luckily the snow had made the fall
ing pretty soft. I picked myself up
and set about estimating damages.
With some difficulty I got the horse out
of the harness and then felt free to
inspect the dog-cart. Alas ! after the
manner of the two-wheel kind when
ever a horse th'nlrs Ct to fall , one sh.f :
had snapped oft like a carrot ; so here
was L five males apparently from any
where , in the thick of : i blinding snow
storm , left standing helpless beside-a
jaded horse and a broken cart I
should like to know what Brand would
have done under the circumstances.
As for me , I reflected for some min
utes reflection in a snowstorm is
weary work. I reasoned , I believe ,
logically , and at last came to this de
cision : I would follow the road. If ,
as I suspected , It was but a cart track ,
it would probably soon lead to a habi
tation of some kind. Anyway , I had
better try a bit farther. I took hold of
the wearied horse and with snew un
der my feet , snowflakes whirling
round me , and a wind blowing right
into my teeth , struggled on.
It was a journey ! I think I must
have been three-quarters of an hour
going about a quarter of a mile. I was
just beginning to despair , when I saw
a welcome gleam of light. I steered
toward it , fondly hoping that my trou
bles were at an end. I found the light
stole through the ill-fitting window
shutters of what seemed , so far as I
could make out in the darkness , ; o be a
small farm-house. Tying to a gate the
knotted reins "by which I had been
leading the horse , I staggered up to
i the door nd knocked loudly. Upon
j my honor , until I leant against that
doorpost I had no idea bow tired I was
until that moment I never suspected
that the finding/ speedy shelter
meant absolutely saving my life. Cov
ered from head to foot with snow , my
hat crushed in , I must have been a piti
able object.
No answer came to my first sum
mons. It was only after a second and
more imperative application of my heel
that the door deigned to give way a few
inches. Through the aperture a wo
man's voice asked who was there ?
"Let me in , " I said. "I have missed
my way to Midconrbe. My horse has
fallen. You must give me shelter for
the night. Open the door , and let me
in.
"Shelter ! You can't got-shelter here ,
- imw i F" ' "m ! ! " " " ' "f ! f in SyeLi lT-
mister , " said a man's gruff voice.
"This ain't an Inn , so you'd best be off ,
and go elsewhere. "
"But I must come in , " I said , as
tounded at such inhospitality , "I can't
go a step farther. Open the door si
once ! "
"You be hanged , " said the man.
' "Ti3 my house , not yours. "
"But , you fool , I mean to pay you
well for your trouble. Don't you know
It means death wandering about on
such a night as this ? Let me In ! "
"You won't come In here , " was the
• brutal and boorish reply. The door
closed.
That I was enraged at such incivility
may be easily imagined ; but if I said I
was thoroughly frightened I believe no
one would be surprised. As getting in
to that house meant simply life or
death to me , into that house I deter
mined to get , by door or window , by
fair means or by foul. So , as the door
closed , I hurled myself against it with
all the might I could muster. Al
though I ride much heavier now than
I did then , all my weight at that time
was bone and muscle. The violence
of my attack tore from the lintel the
staple which held the chain ; the door
went back with a bang , and I fell for
ward into the house , fully resolved to
stay there whether welcome or unwel
come.
CHAPTER III.
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W ra& \ \ straight into a sort
JJA ° kitchen , so al-
| | | f7b } | r tthough , I entered in
§ | | | | § j Isgj _ a most undignified
S T way , in fact on my
" ' 3 L . hands and knees , I
" ' was well- estab
lished in the center
of the room before the man and woman
emerged from behind the door , where
my successful assault had thrown them ,
I stood up and faced them. They were
a couple of ordinary , respectably at
tired country people. The man , a
sturdy , strong-built , bull-necked ras
cal , stood scowling at me , and , I con
cluded , making up his mind as to what
course to pursue.
"My good people , " I said , "you are
behaving in the most unheard of man
ner. Can't you understand that I mean
to pay you well for any trouble I give
you ? But whether you like it or not ,
here I stay to-night. To turn me out
would he sheer murder. "
So saying I pulled off my overcoat ,
and began shaking the snow out of my
whiskers.
I dare say my determined attitude ,
my respectable , as well as my muscu
lar appearance , impressed my unwill
ing hosts. Any way , they gave in
without any more ado. Whilst the
woman shut the door through which
the snowflakes were whirling , the man
said suddenly :
"Well , you'irhave to spend the night
on a chair. We've no beds here for
strangers. Specially those as ain't
wanted. "
"Very well , my friend. Having set
tled the matter you may as well make
yourself pleasant. Go out and put my
horse under cover , and give him a feed
of some sort make a mash if you can. "
After giving the woman a quick
glance as of warning , my scowling host
lit a horn lantern , and went on the
errand I suggested. I gladly sunk into
a chair , and warmed myself before a
cheerful fire. The prospect of spending
the night amid such discomfort wan
not alluring , but I had , at least , a roof
over my head.
IT ) KS COSTISCED.
Amcriia's Deepest Lake.
Crater Lake , in Oregon , is the deep
est body of fresh water in America.
Only one lake in the world is deeper
namely , Baikal , in Siberia , which ex
ceeds it in depth by 400 feet. Until re
cently it was asserted that Crater
Lake was bottomless , but soundings
have proved that its greatest depth is
2,000 feet. It is five miles in diameter ,
nearly circular and occupies the crater
of an extinct volcano. No fish have
ever been known to exist in Crater
j Lake. Not long ago a request that it
be stocked with trout was sent to
Washington by the Mazamas , who are
a club of mountain climbers , having
headquarters at Portland. Mazama is
the Iudian name for mountain goat.
The climbers are anxious to angle in
the extinct crater , and the government
experts are going to find out whether
such a thing is practicable. It is easy
enough to put trout into the water , but
that would be of no use unless there is
food for them there. Trials will be
made by an expedition for the pur
pose of ascertaining how muck food
there is and whether or not it is of a
kind suitable for "speckled beauties" tc
feed upon. This will be accomplished
by rawint : small nets of gauze along
the surface of the water. The water
will flow through the gauze , which will
catch all the animalculae that some
in its way. The quantity of the latter
secured in a given number of minutes
or hours will be an accurate measure
of the amount of fish food present
Tfcjey will be bottled and preserved
for subsequent examination by a spe
cialist , who will determine the species
represented.
Useful Information.
Fly Farragut "Lady , cud yer give a
poor man work ? " Lady "I could. '
Fly Farragut "T'anks , lady. De nex'
poor man I meet dat needs it I'll send
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ter yer. " ( Finishes his pie. ) Judge.
What He Was.
He "You are a veritable queen of
the roses , Daisy , but I what am I ? "
She "Give it up , dear boy , altogether ,
unless you are an evergreen. " Stand
ard.
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DANNERS HOISTED FOR GOD ,
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
Trom the Following Text ; "In the > atno
of < ; od We Will Set Up the ltaniior
of Truth and Righteousness and -Not
of Avarice and Ttlchcs" realms 30:5.
\H . JjU boyhood we may
SWftj Cr 1 have read the biog-
gSiij [ (2/&I ( raphy of Alexander
ffijs v&J or of some revom *
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$ $ tionary hero until
MwW (
f $ fe ST raK our young heart
f- f r i' \ beat nish and we
" ijorn ° ver a iiun"
/jn I dred years ago , just
for the glory o !
striking down a Hessian. For rusty
the rafters and bullets
swords hung up on
lets cut out of log houses in which they
were lodged during the great strife we
had unbounded admiration , or on some
public ( by , clothed in our grandfather's
we felt as
soldierly accoutrements ,
. We
grave as Garibaldi or Miltiades.
are wiser now , for we make a vast dis
tinction between the poetry and the
prose oi war. The roll of drums and
the call of bugles , and the champing ol
steeds foaming and pawing for the bat
tle ; a hundred thousand muskets glit
tering among the dancing plumes ;
"God Save the King" waving up from
clarionets and trumpets and rung back
from deep defiles or the arches of a
prostrate city : distant capitals of king
doms illuminated at the tidings : gen
erals returning home under flaming
arches and showering amaranths and
the shout of empires : that is poetry.
Chilled and half-blanketed , lying on
the wet earth : feet sore with the march
and bleeding at the slightest touch :
hunger pulling on every fiber of flesh
or attempting to satisfy itself with a
scanty and spoiled ration : thirst lick
ing up the dew or drinking out of filthy
and trampled pool : thoughts of home
and kindred far away while just on
the eve of a deadly strife , where death
may leap on . .him from any one of a
hundred bayonets : the closing in of
two armies , now changed to a hundred
thousand maniacs : the ground slippery
with blood and shattered flesh : fallen
ones writhing under the hoofs of un
bridled chargers maddened with pain :
the dreadfulness of night that comes
down when the strife is over : the
struggle of the wounded ones crawling
out over the corpses : the long , fever
ish agony of the crowded barrack and
hospital , from whose mattresses the
fragments of men send up their groans ,
the only music of carnage and butch
ery : desolate homes from which
fathers and husbands and brothers
and sons went off : without giving any
dying messaga or sending a kiss to the
dear ones at home , tumbled into the
soldiers' grave trench , and houses in
which * a few weeks before unbroken
family circles rejoiced , now plunged
in the great sorrows of widowhood and
orphanage : that is prose.
But there is now on the earth a king
dom which has set itself up for conflicts
without number. In its march it tram
ples no grain fields , it sacks no cities ,
it impoverishes no treasuries , it fills no
hospitals , it bereaves no families. The
courage and victory of Solferino and
Magentc without carnage. The kingdom
of Christ against the kingdom of Satan.
That is the strife now raging. We will
offer no armistices : we will make no
treaty. Until all the revolted nations
of the earth shall submit again to King
Emanuel , "In the name of Gcd we will
set up our banners. "
Every army hes its ensigns. Long
before the tine when David wrote the
text they were in use. The hosts of
Israel displayed them. The tribe of
Benjamin carried a flag with the in
scription of a wolf. The tribe of Dan
a representation of cherubim. Judah
a lion wrought into the groundwork of
white , purple , crimson , and blue. Such
flags from their folds shook fire into
the hrts of such numbers as were in
the field when Abijah fought against
Jehoram , and there were twelve hun
dred thousand soldiers , and more than
five hundred thousand were left deaden
on the field. These ensigns gave hero
ism to such numbers as were assem
bled when Asa fought against Zerah ,
and there were one million five hun
dred and eighty thousand troops in the
battle. The Athenians carried an in
scription of the owl , which was their
emblem of wisdom. The flags of mod
ern nations are familiar to you all , and
many of them so inappropriate for the
character of the nations they represent
it would be impolitic to enumerate
the"m. These ensigns are streamers
borne on the point of a lance and on
the top of wooden shafts. They are car
ried in the front and rear of armies.
They unroll from the maln-top-gallant-
mast-head ot an Admiral's flagship to
distinguish it among other ships of the
same squadron. They are the objects
of national pride. The loss of them on
the field is ignominious.
The three banners of the Lord's hosts
are the banner of proclamation , the
banner of recruit , and the banner of
victory. When a nation feels its rights
infrin&ed or its honor insulted , when
its citizens have in foreign climes been
oppressed and no indemnity has been
offered to the inhabitants of the repub
lic or kingdom , a proclamation of war
is uttered. On the top of batteries pnd
arsenals and custom houses and rev
enue offices flags are immediately
swung out. All who look upon them
realize the fact that uncompromising
war is declared. Thus it is that the
Church of Jesus Christ , jealous for the
honor of its Sovereign , and determined
to get back those who have been car
ried off captive into the bondage of
Satan , and intent upon the destruction j
of those mighty wrongs which have so
long crushed the earth , and bent upon
the extension of the Saviour's reign of
mercy , in the name of God sets up its
banner of proclamation. i
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The church makes no asaault upon the
world. I do not believe that God ever
made a better world than this. It Is
magnificent in its ruins. Let us stop
talking so much against the world.
God pronoun-ed it very good at the be
ginning. Though a wandering child of
God , I see In it yet the Great Father's
HneamentB. Though tosBed and driven
by the storms of six thousand years
! she sails bravely yet , and as at he ;
launching in the beginning the morn-
i Ing stars sang together and all the sons
of God shouted for joy , so at last , when
ccming into the calm harbor of God's
mercy , she shall be greeted by the
huzzaB of glorified kingdoms. It is not
| the world against which we contend.
| but its transgressions. Whatever Is
! obstinate in the will , degrading in
passion , harmful in custom , false in
friendship , hypocritical in profession
against all this Christ makes onset.
j From false profession he would tear the
1 mask. From oppression he would
j snatch the rod. From pride he would
rend off the plumes. From revenge he
would eiorcise the deviL While Christ
loved the world so much he died to save
it , he hates sin so well that to eradicate
the last trace of its pollution he will
| utterly consume the continents and the
oceans. At the gate of Eden the declar
ation of perpetual enmity was made
against the serpent. The tumult roun-
about Mount Sinai was only the roar
and flash of God's artillery of wrath
against sin. Sodom on fire was only one
of God's flamig bulletins announcing
hostility. Nineveh and Tyre and Jeru
salem in awful ruin mark the track of
Jehovah's advancement. They show
that God was terribly in earnest when
he announced himself abhorrent of all
iniquity. They make us believe that
chough nations belligerent and revenge
ful mav .ign articles of peace and come
to an amicable adjustment , there shall
be no cessation of hostilities between
the forces of light and the forces of
darkness until the kingdoms of this
world have became the kingdoms of our
Lord. Affrighted by no opposition , dis
couraged by no temporary defeats ,
shrinking from no exposure every
man to his position , while from the top
of our schools and churches and semi
naries and asylums. "In the name of
God we will set up our banners. "
Again , it was the custom in ancient
times , for the purpose of gathering
armies , to lift an ensign on the top of
some high hill , so that all who saw it
would feel impelled to rally around it.
In more modern times the same plan
has been employed for the gathering
of an army. Thus it is that the Church
of Christ lifts its flag for recruits. The
Cross of Jesus is oar standard , planted
on the hill of Calvary. Other armies
demand that persons desiring to enter
the lists of war shall be between such
and such an age , lest the folly of ex
treme youth or the infirmity of ad
vanced age be a clog rather than an
advantage. But none are too young
for Christ's regiment : none can be too
old. The hand that is strong enough
to bound a bail or trundle a hoop is
skilled enough to fight for Christ , while
many a hand trembling with old age
has grasped the arrow of truth , and
with a dim eye close to it , taking aim ,
has sent Its sharp point right through
the heart of the King's enemies. Many
of you Lave long ago had your name3
written on the roll of celestial troops ,
and you like the service well , although
you now bear the scars of multitudi
nous conflicts and can recount many a
long march , and tell of siege-guns
opened on you that you thought never
would be spiked. Eut there may be
some who ha.v not yet enlisted. Your
being here implies that you are seri
ously thinking about it , and year at
tention makes me hope you are only
looking for the sta"l2Ti U U ; >
Will you not , a Isurird 1 , , -hz
all tin , u.wUSSo enthusiasm of ycur na
ture , ccme bounding into the ranks ,
while "In th- > name of God we set up
our banners ? "
Through nat ral modesty do you hold
back and say , "I will be of no advant
age to Christ ; I am too awkward to
learn the step of the host , or to be of
any sen ice " ' n the shock of battle ? "
To yon I make the reply , Try it. One
hour under Ccrist's drill , ' and you
would so well understand his rules that
the first step of your march heaven
ward would make the gates of hell
tremble on their hinges. We may not
be as polished and trim as many Chris
tians we have known , and we may not
as well understand sharp-shooting , but
there is rough work which we can all
accomplish. We may be axe-men. and
hew a pathway through the forests. We
may be spadesmenand dig the trenches
or throw up the fortifications. We do
not care where , we do not care what
if we c.n only help in the cause of our
King and shout as loudly as any of
them at the completion of the con
quest.
There are non-profe = sors who have a
very correct idea of what Christians
ought to be. You have seen members
of the church who were as proud as
Ahab and lied as badly as Ananias , and
who were as foul hypocrites as Judas.
You alhor all that. You say followers
of Christ ought to be honorable , hum
ble , and self-denying , and charitable ,
and patient , and forgiving. Amen ! So
they ought. Come into the kingdom of
Christ , my hearer , and be just that
glorious Christian that you have de
scribed. Every church has enough
stingy men in it to arrest its charities ,
and enough proud men in it to grieve
away the Holy Ghost , and enough lazy
men in it to hang on behind till its
wheels , like Pharaoh's chariots , drag '
heavily , and enough worldly men to' '
exhaust the patience of the very elect
and" enough snarly men to make ap
propriate the Bible warning , "Beware
of dogs. " If any of you men on the
outside of the kingdom expect to make
such Christians as that , we do not want
you to come , for the church has already
a million members too many of just
that kind. We do not want our ranks
crowded with serfs when we can have
them * filled with zouaves.
There are men now , as in Christ's
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cast out , while there remains still ona ! js
in the heart , the devil of avarice , the 1 M
dovll of lust , or the devil of pride. Men \ . m
of the world , if you would be tram- f js
formed and elevated by the power ol w
the gospel , now Is tne time to come. ; S
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terrific battle. Draggled In the dust oC ff
a Saviour's humiliation from Bethlehem f |
to Calvary. Rent by hell's onset , the * |
dpears ot a maddened soldiery , and the * | [
hands of the men who Bald , "Let him H
be crucified. " With tills ensign In his ; >
bleeding hand the Saviour sealed the * '
heights of our sin. With this he mount
ed the walls of perdition , and amid its
very smoke , and flame , and blasphemy i
he waved his triumph , while demons
howled with defeat , and heaven
Thronged his chariot wheels
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Then swept their golden harps and
sung ,
The glorious work is done. '
We go not alone to the Held. We
have invincible allies in the dumb ele- ,
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meats of nature. As Job said , we are
in league with the very stones ot the
field. The sun by day and the moon by
night , directly or indirectly , shall favor
Christianity. The stars in their courses
are marshaled for us , as they fought I
against Sisera. The winds of heaven I
are now as certainly acting in favor ot I
Christ as in reformation times the invincible -
vincible Armada , in its pride , approached - I
preached the coast of England. As
that pxcud navy directed their guns
against the friends of Christ and re-
Hgious liberty , God said unto his winds.
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tempests , dashed their hulks together B
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to subjugate the world , had passages H
from the Koran inscribed on the blades H
of their scimiters , and we have nothing H
to fear if , approaching the infidelity J H
and malice that oppose the kingdom of. ' H
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of Hosts , the God of the armies of Is- I B
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precious seed , but after awhile it will J
be the sheaf-binding , and reaper angels H
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were trained to fight , and that on ona |
occasion , instead of attacking the enemy - |
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thousands were crushed under the- H
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weight of their step. These mighty opportunities - H
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