,the ,chocolate ,soldier ,by ,c4 ,t4 ,studd ,christian ,literature ,crusade ,fort ,washington1 ,pennsylvania ,,the ,,chocolate ,,soldier or ,heroism--,the ,lost ,chord of ,christianity ,,heroism is the lost chord2 the mission note of present-day ,christianity6 ,every true soldier is a hero6 ,a ,,soldier ,,without ,,heroism ,,is ,a ,,chocolate ,,soldier6 ,who has not been stirred to scorn and mirth at the very thought of a ,chocolate ,soldier6 ,in peace true soldiers are captive lions1 fretting in their cages4 ,war gives them their liberty and sends them1 like boys bounding out of school1 to obtain their heart's desire or perish in the attempt4 ,battle is the soldier's vital breath6 ,peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic4 ,war makes him a whole man again1 and gives him the heart1 strength1 and vigor of a hero4 ,,every ,,true ,,christian ,,is ,a ,,soldier--of ,christ--a hero par excellence6 ,braver than the bravest--scorning the soft seductions of peace and her oft-repeated warnings against hardship1 disease1 danger1 and death1 whom he counts among his bosom friends4 ,,the ,,otherwise ,,christian ,,is ,a ,,chocolate ,,christian6 ,dissolving in water and melting at the smell of fire4 ,sweeties they are6 ,bonbons1 lollipops6 ,living their lives on a glass dish or in a cardboard box1 each clad in his soft clothing1 a little frilled white paper to preserve his dear little delicate constitution4 ,here are some ,,portraits ,,of ,,chocolate ,,soldiers taken by the ,lord ,jesus ,christ ,himself4 ,he said1 ',i go1 sir1' and went not2 he said he would go to the heathen1 but stuck fast to ,christendom instead4 ,they say and do not--they tell others to go1 and yet do not go themselves4 ,never1 said ,general ,gordon to a corporal1 as he himself jumped upon the parapet of a trench before ,sebastopol to fix a gabion which the corporal had ordered a private to fix1 and wouldn't fix himself1 ,never tell another man to do what you are afraid to do yourself4 ,to the ,chocolate ,christian the very thought of war brings a violent attack of ague1 while the call to battle always finds him with the palsy4 ,i really cannot move1 he says4 ,i only wish ,i could1 but ,i can sing1 and here are some of my favorite lines3 ,i must be carried to the skies ,on a flowery bed of ease1 ,let others fight to win the prize1 ,or sail thro' bloody seas4 ,mark time1 ,christian heroes1 ,never go to war2 ,stop and mind the babies ,playing on the floor4 ,wash and dress and feed them ,forty times a week4 ,till they're roly poly-- ,puddings so to speak4 ,chorus3 ,round and round the nursery ,let us ambulate ,sugar and spice and all that's nice ,must be on our slate4 ,thank the good ,lord1 said a very fragile1 white-haired lady1 ,god never meant me to be a jelly-fish6 ,she wasn't6 ,,god ,,never ,,was ,a ,,chocolate ,,manufacturer1 ,,and ,,never ,,will ,,be4 ,god's men are always heroes4 ,in ,scripture you can trace their giant foot-tracks down the sands of time4 ,,noah walked with ,god1 he didn't only preach righteousness1 he acted it4 ,he went through water and didn't melt4 ,he breasted the current of the popular opinion of his day1 scorning alike the hatred and ridicule of the scoffers who mocked at the thought of there being but one way of salvation4 ,he warned the unbelieving and1 entering the ark himself1 didn't open the door an inch when once ,god had shut it4 ,a real hero untained by the fear of man4 ,learn to scorn the praise of men4 ,learn to lose with ,god2 ,jesus won the world thro' shame6 ,and beckons us ,his road4 ,,abraham1 a simple farmer1 at a word from the ,invisible ,god1 marched1 with family and stock1 through the terrible desert to a distant land to live among a people whose language he could neither speak nor understand6 ,not bad that6 ,but later he did even better1 marching hot foot against the combined armies of five kings1 flushed with recent victory1 to rescue one man6 ,his army8 ,just #cah odd fellows1 armed like a circus crowd4 ,and he won too4 ,he always wins who sides with ,god4 ,what pluck6 ,only a farmer6 ,no war training6 ,yet what hero has eclipsed his feat8 ,his open secret8 ,he was ,,the ,,friend ,,of ,,god4 ,,moses--the man of ,god--was a species of human chameleon--scholar1 general1 law-giver1 leader1 etc4 ,brought up as the ,emperor's grandson with more than a good chance of coming to the throne1 one thing only between him and it--,truth--what a choice6 ,what a temptation6 ,a throne for a lie6 ,ignominy1 banishment1 or likely enough death for the truth6 ,he played the man6 ,refusing to be called the son of ,pharaoh's daughter1 he chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of ,god than to enjoy the pleasures of sin and success for a season1 accounting the reproach of ,christ greater riches than the treasures of ,egypt4 ,again ,i see him4 ,now an old man and alone1 marching stolidly back to ,egypt1 after forty years of exile1 to beard the lion in his den1 to liberate ,pharaoh's slaves right under his very nose1 and to lead them across that great and terrible wilderness4 ,a ,,wild-,,cat ,,affair1 if ever there was one6 ,when were ,god's schemes otherwise8 ,look at ,jordan1 ,jericho1 ,gideon1 ,goliath1 and scores of others4 ,tame tabby-cat schemes are stamped with another hall mark--that of the ,chocolate ,brigade6 ,how dearly they love their tabbies yet think themselves wise men6 ,,real ,,christians ,,revel ,,in ,,desperate ,,ventures ,,for ,,christ1 expecting from ,god great things and attempting the same with exhilaration4 ,history cannot match these feats of ,moses4 ,how was it done8 ,he consulted not with flesh and blood1 he obeyed not men but ,god4 ,once again ,i see the old grey-beard1 this time descending the ,mount with giant strides and rushing into the camp1 his eyes blazing like burning coals4 ,one man against three million dancing dervishes drunk with debauchery4 ,bravo6 ,well done1 old man6 ,first class6 ,his cheek pales not1 but his mouth moves1 and ,i think ,i catch his words1 ,if ,god be for me who can be against me8 ,i will not be afraid of #aj1jjj of the people that have set themselves against me4 ,though a host should encamp against me1 my heart shall not fear4 ,and he didn't4 ,he wins again4 ,whence this desperate courage8 ,listen6 ,now the man ,moses was very meek above all the men which were upon the face of the earth4 ,the ,lord spake unto ,moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend4 ,my servant1 ,moses1 said his ,master1 is faithful in all ,mine house1 with him will ,i speak mouth to mouth4 ,such is the explanation of ,moses the chameleon1 the man and friend of ,god and consequently a first-class hero4 ,,david--the man after ,god's own heart--was a man of war and a mighty man of valour4 ,when all ,israel were on the run1 ,david faced ,goliath--alone 444 with ,god--and he but a stripling1 and well scolded too by his brother for having come to see the battle4 ,what a splendid fool ,eliab must have been6 as though ,david would go to see a battle and not stay to fight4 ,,they ,,are ,,chocolate ,,soldiers ,,who ,,merely ,,go ,,to ,,see ,,battles1 ,,and ,,coolly ,,urge ,,others ,,to ,,fight ,,them4 ,they had better save their journey money and use it to send out real fighters instead4 ,soldiers don't need dry nurses1 and if they did the ,holy ,ghost is always on the spot and ready to undertake any case on simple application4 ,no6 ,david went to the battle and stayed to fight1 and won6 ,wise beyond his years1 he had no use for ,saul's armour4 ,it cramped his freedom of action4 ,he tried it on and took it off1 quick sharp4 ,and1 besides1 it made such a ghastly rattle1 even when he walked1 that he could not hear the still small voice of ,god1 and would never have heard ,him saying afterwards1 ,this is the way to the brook1 ,david6 and there are the five smooth stones6 ,trust only in ,me and them4 ,your own home-made sling will do first class1 and there6 that's the shortest cut to ,goliath4 ,,the ,,chocolates ,,ran ,,away--they were all ,chocolates--but ,david ran upon ,goliath4 ,one smooth stone was enough4 ,david's secret was that he had but one ,director1 and ,he1 the ,infallible ,one4 ,he directed the stone1 as ,he directed the youth4 ,too many directors spoil the sport1 and two are too many by just one4 ,thus ,christ said to ,his soldiers3 ,,he shall teach you all things1 ,,he shall guide you into all the truth4 ,,this is ,my ,beloved ,son3 ,,hear ,,him4 ,,one ,,mediator ,,only1 between ,god and ,man1 the man ,christ ,jesus4 ,,one ,,director ,,of ,,christian ,,men--,,god ,,the ,,holy ,,ghost4 ,whose directions require indeed instant obedience1 but not the endorsement of any man4 ,,the ,,devil ,,needs ,,red-,,hot ,,shot1 ,,fresh ,,from ,,the ,,foundry ,,of ,,the ,,holy ,,ghost4 ,he laughs at cold shot or tepid1 and as for that made of half-iron and half-clay1 half-divine and half-human1 why you might just as well pelt him with snowballs4 ,whence did this raw youth derive his pluck and skill8 ,not from military camps1 nor theological schools1 nor religious retreats4 ,to know ,the ,only ,true ,god and ,jesus ,christ1 is enough4 ,paul determined to know only ,jesus ,christ1 and look at the grand result6 ,whilst others were learning pretty theories1 ,david1 like ,john1 had been alone with ,god in the wilds1 practising on bears and lions4 ,the result8 ,,he ,,knew ,,god ,,and ,,did ,,exploits4 ,he knew ,god only4 ,he trusted ,god only4 ,he obeyed ,god only4 ,that's the secret4 ,god alone gives strength4 ,god adulterated with men entails the weakness of iron and clay--,chocolate--brittleness6 ,yet hero as he was1 even ,david alas6 once played the role of ,chocolate ,soldier4 ,,he ,,stayed ,,at ,,home ,,when ,,he ,,should ,,have ,,gone ,,to ,,war4 ,his army1 far off1 in danger1 fighting the enemy1 won4 ,david1 at home1 secure1 within sight of ,god's house and often going there1 suffered the one great defeat of his life1 entailing such a bitter1 life-long reaping as might well deter others from the folly of sowing wild oats4 ,david's sin is a terrific sermon 7like ,lot's preaching in ,sodom must have been71 its theme--,,don',t ,,be ,a ,,chocolate ,,soldier6 ,in his simple1 quick1 and full confession1 ,david proved himself a man again4 ,it takes a real man to make a true confession--a ,chocolate ,soldier will excuse or cloak his sin4 ,he tumbles in the mud1 flounders on1 wipes his mouth to try to get the bad taste of his acted lie out of it1 and then goes on his way saying1 ,i have done no wickedness4 ,a self-murdering fool6 ,killing his conscience to save his face1 like ,balaam beating the ass who sought to save his master's life4 ,being a ,chocolate ,soldier nearly did for ,david4 ,beware6 ,,nathan was another real ,christian ,soldier4 ,he went to his king and rebuked him to his face1 like ,peter's dealing with ,ananias 7only ,david embraced his opportunity and confessed71 and unlike the ,chocolate ,soldiers of today who go whispering about and refusing either to judge1 rebuke1 or put away evil because of the entailed scandal forsooth4 ,veritable ,soapy ,sams4 ,they say ,it is nothing6 nothing at all6 ,a mere misunderstanding6 ,as though ,god's cause would suffer more through a bold declaration and defense of the truth and the use of the knife1 than by the hiding up of sin1 and the certain development of mortification in the member1 involving death to the whole body4 ,he that doeth righteousness is righteous1 and he that doeth sin is of the devil1 and ought to be told so4 ,he that is a second time led captive by the devil needs neither plaster nor treacle1 but the brace rebuke and summons to repentance of a righteous man to effect his salvation4 ,,we ,,are ,,badly ,,in ,,need ,,of ,,nathans ,,today1 who fear ,god and nought else1 no1 not even a scandal4 ,,daniel was another hero4 ,of course he was6 ,was he not the man greatly beloved of ,god who sent an angel to tell him so8 ,i love to watch him as he walks1 with firm step and radiant face1 to the lions' den1 stopping but once--like his ,master en route to ,calvary--to comfort his weeping and agonized emperor4 ,god shut the mouths of the lions against ,daniel1 but opened them wide against those who had opened their mouths against ,his servant4 ,a man is known by his works1 and the works of ,daniel were his three friends1 who1 rather than bow down to men or gold1 braved the fiery furnace4 ,again we see him going to the banquet hall1 and hear his conductor whisper in his ear1 ,draw it mild1 ,daniel1 be statesmanlike4 ,place and power again for you if you are tactful and wise--especially tactful6 ,and ,daniel's simple reply1 ,get thee behind me1 ,satan6 ,there he stands before the king1 braving torture or instant death--but it's the king who quails1 not ,daniel--who tells him to his face the whole hot truth of ,god1 diminishing not a jot4 ,,john ,,the ,,baptist--a man taught and made and sent of ,god--good old ,john6 ,who doesn't love and admire him8 ,why1 even ,herod did4 ,a genuine deficiency of oil and treacle in his composition4 ,he always told the bang flat truth1 with emphasis4 ,as he loved1 so he warned4 ,he knew not how to fawn4 ,,he ,,wooed ,,with ,,the ,,sword1 ,,and ,,men ,,loved ,,him ,,the ,,better ,,for ,,it4 ,they always do4 ,the leaders of religion sent to ,john to ask him the dearly loved question of every ,pharisee1 ,by what authority doest thou these 7good7 things8 ,they asked that of ,christ ,himself1 and crucified ,him for the doing of them4 ,john's answer was plain and pungent1 ,i will tell you what you ask1 and more4 7,john was always liberal67 ,i8 ,i am nobody1 but ye and your masters are a generation of vipers4 ,a good hot curry1 that6 ,john never served his curries with butter sauce1 but he was always very liberal with chutney--a man of ,god--,,no ,,sugar ,,plum ,,nor ,,chocolate ,,soldier ,,he6 ,thus also he faced ,herod after six months in an underground dungeon1 and he a man of ,god's ,open-air ,mission4 ,brought straight in before the king2 surrounded with all the might and majesty of camp and court2 blinking at the unaccustomed sight of light1 but by no means putting blinkers on the truth1 he blurted out his hot and thunderous rebuke1 ,thou shalt not have that woman to be thy wife4 ,a whole sermon in one sentence1 as easy to remember as impossible to forget4 ,john had preached like that before2 like ,hugh ,latimer1 he was not above repeating a good sermon to a king1 word for word1 when the king had not given sufficient heed to it4 ,john received the unique distinction of a first-class character from both ,god and the agent of the devil4 ,hark to the ,savior indulging in an outburst of exquisite sarcasm1 ,what think ye of ,john8 ,a reed shaken by the wind8 ,a man clothed in soft raiment8 ,a ,chocolate ,christian8 7,how delicious6 ,the ,chocolates were right in front of ,jesus at the time--,pharisees1 ,sadducees1 priests1 scribes1 lawyers1 and other hypocrites4 ,how the crowd must have enjoyed it67 ,a prophet8 ,nay1 much more than a prophet6 ,of men born of women there is none greater than ,john4 ,and what did the devil's agent say when1 after ,john's death1 he heard of ,jesus8 ,this1 ,i tell you1 is ,john risen from the dead4 ,what a character6 ,fancy ,jesus being mistaken for anyone6 ,he could have been mistaken only for ,john4 ,nobody envies him the well-deserved honour1 great though it was1 for ,john was a man--pure granite right through1 with not a grain of chocolate in him4 ,had ,john but heard ,jesus say1 ,ye shall be ,my witnesses unto the uttermost parts of the earth1 ,i very much doubt if ,herod's dungeon1 or his soldiers1 could have detained him4 ,he surely would have found some means of escape1 and run off to preach ,christ's ,gospel1 if not in the very heart of ,africa1 then in some more difficult and dangerous place4 ,yet ,christ said1 referring to ,his subsequent gift of the ,holy ,ghost to every believer1 ,he that is least in the kingdom of ,god is greater than he1 intimating that even greater powers than those of ,john are at the disposal of every ,christian1 and that what ,john was1 each one of us can be--good1 straight1 bold1 unconquerable1 heroic4 ,but here are other foot-tracks--outrageous ones3 they can belong only to one man--,,that ,,grandest ,,of ,,christian ,,paradoxes--,,the ,,little ,,giant ,,paul--whose head was as big as his body1 and his heart greater than both4 ,once he thought and treated every ,christian as a combination of knave and fool4 ,then he became one himself4 ,he was called fool because his acts were so far beyond the dictates of human reason1 and mad because of his irresponsible fiery zeal for ,christ and men4 ,a first-class scholar1 but one who knew how to use scholarship properly2 for he put it on the shelf1 declaring the wisdom of men to be but folly1 and determined to know nothing else save ,jesus ,christ and ,him crucified4 ,the result--he made the world turn somersault4 ,his life was a perpetual gamble for ,god4 ,daily he faced death for ,christ4 ,again and again he stood fearless before crowds thirsting for his blood4 ,he stood before kings and governors and turned not a hair4 ,he didn't so much as flinch before ,nero1 that vice-president of hell4 ,his sufferings were appalling2 read them4 ,he trod in his ,master's footsteps1 and so received--,god is always just in ,his favors--the same splendid compliment that ,jesus did4 ,all forsook him4 ,so there were some ,chocolate ,christians in those days too4 ,anyone who forsook ,paul must have been made of ,chocolate4 ,doubtless the ,,chocolates excused themselves as they do today4 ,who could abide such a fanatical1 fiery fool8 such an uncompromising character8 ,nobody could work with him1 or he with them6 7,what a lie6 ,jesus did1 and they got on well together47 ,a tactless enthusiast1 who considered it his business to tell every man the unvarnished truth regardless of consequences4 ,he won his degree hands down1 and without a touch of the spur4 ,a first-class one1 too--that of the headman's axe--next best to that of the cross4 ,and so the tale goes on4 ,go where you will through the ,scriptures or history1 you find that men who really knew ,god1 and didn't merely say they did1 were invariably ,paragons of ,pluck2 ,dare-,devil ,desperadoes for ,jesus2 ,gamblers for ,god4 ,fools and ,madmen1 shout the world and the ,chocolates4 ,yes1 for ,christ's sake1 add the ,angels6 ,nobly they fought to win the prize1 ,climbing the steep ascents of heaven1 ,thro' peril1 toil1 and pain4 ,o ,god1 to us let grace be given1 ,to follow in their train4 ,the ,chocolate ,christians of today can at least boast of having ancient pedigrees4 ,there are ,,chocolates ,a ,,la ,,reuben1 who have great searchings of heart1 and make great resolves of heart too4 ,but somehow they still sit among the sheepfolds1 listening to the pipings of their much-loved organs and church choirs4 ,it's good to have a great heartsearching4 ,it's better to make a great heart-resolve4 ,but1 if instead of obeying1 we squat among the sheep1 leaving our few hard-pressed brethren to tackle the wolves by themselves1 verily we are but ,chocolate ,christians4 ,you made a great resolve to go to ,africa for ,christ a year or two ago4 ,where are you now8 ,in ,england8 ,yes6 ,yes6 ,lollipop6 7,judges #e3af47 ,there are ,,chocolates ,,meroz1 who earned the curse of the angel of the ,lord4 ,war was declared2 the battle about to begin2 the odds were outrageous1 and ,meroz remained in ,england attending conventions until the battle was over1 then he went1 in comfort and security1 as a ,cook's tourist6 ,doubtless they said1 ,they couldn't fight till they had been properly ordained1 and1 besides1 there was so very much to be done in fat1 overfed ,meroz1 and surely to feed a flock of fat sheep in a safe place has always been considered the ideal training of war2 as though the best training for the soldier was to become a nurse-maid666 7,judges #e3bc47 ,,chocolates ,,du ,,balaam begin first-class1 and earn the name of prophets4 ,then they develop a squint1 melt1 and finally run out of the frying-pan into the fire1 thus ,balaam4 ,one day he couldn't get his left eye to look at ,god4 ,it would look at earth and mammon and that chit of a girl1 ,miss ,popularity4 ,he ought to have done as ,god told him1 and plucked it out4 ,but he said that was too much to ask of any man1 and besides he wanted the best of both worlds4 ,he had a hearty desire to die the death of the righteous1 but he wasn't willing to pay the price of a righteous life4 ,he hadn't the pluck to curse ,god's people1 so he made plans for others to make them sin4 ,but one day1 while his dupes were putting his chestnuts into the fire1 they fell in themselves1 and ,balaam with them 7,numbers #bb-bd74 ,i counsel thee to buy of me eyesalve1 that thou mayest once again have a single eye1 and be enabled to see the folly of flirting with the world4 ,,chocolate ,,demas1 who left old fiery hard-hitting ,paul for an easier path4 ,he said he thought ,paul should wink at1 or slobber over sin1 instead of rebuking it4 ,he was so very fond of the knife1 you know2 and he never would use sticking-plaster1 because he said it never healed the sore but made it burrow underneath and become bigger1 worse1 and dangerous 7#b ,timothy #d3aj74 ,,mark joined the ,chocolate ,brigade once4 ,he left ,paul and ,barnabas in the lurch1 and went back to ,jerusalem for a rest cure--a religious retreat4 ,thank ,god he got sick of it ere long1 resigned his commission1 and re-enlisting in ,god's army became a useful soldier 7,acts #ac3ac74 ,,many ,,fine ,,youngsters ,,are ,,turned ,,into ,,chocolates ,,by ,,old ,,prophets4 ,old prophets who have lost their fire1 or fire off words instead of deeds1 usually become ,great ,chocolate ,manufacturers4 ,that poor young prophet4 ,he did so well when he obeyed ,god only1 but it was all over with him when he listened to another voice1 even though that of an old prophet4 ,didn't the old prophet say he was a prophet8 and say he'd got the message straight from ,god8 ,what a damnable lie6 ,the floor of ,christendom and elsewhere is littered with wrecks made by old prophets4 ,god won't stand nonsense from any man4 ,every man has to choose between ,christ and ,barabbas1 and every ,christian between ,god and some old prophet4 ,better be a silly donkey in the estimation of an old prophet than listen to his soft talk and flattery1 and afterwards become a wreck4 ,this is ,my beloved ,son1 hear ,,him4 ,no6 not even ,moses1 nor ,elijah1 nor both4 ,,hear ,,him4 ,you have an anointing from ,god1 and you have no need that any man teach you4 ,you say you believe the ,bible6 do your deeds give the lie to your words8 7#a ,kings #ac74 ,,the ,,ten ,,spies ,,were ,,chocolates4 ,they melted and ran over the whole congregation of ,israel1 turning them into ,,chocolate ,,creams--softies1 afraid to face the fire and water before them4 ,god put them all into the saucepan again and boiled them for forty years in the desert1 and left them there4 ,he has no use for ,chocolates4 ,it's not small things ,he despises1 but ,chocolates2 for ,he said1 ,your little ones shall inherit the promised land which you have forfeited through listening to men and despising ,me 7,numbers #ac74 ,,jonah became a ,chocolate ,soldier once4 ,told to go to ,africa1 he went to ,liverpool and took ship for ,america4 ,luckily he met a storm and a whale which1 after three days' instruction1 taught him how to pray and obey1 and set him once again on the right track 7,jonah #a74 ,there's nothing that shows up ,,chocolates so much as a bit of a breeze among ,god's people4 ,paul and ,barnabas had one once4 ,judging from experience1 ,i guess there were some ,chocolates about then who got into a fog right away6 ,before that1 they had vowed they would go to the heathen2 but this breeze between ,p4 and ,b4 put them off4 ,if they hadn't been ,,made ,,of ,,chocolate they would have said1 ,this affair between ,paul and ,barnabas only makes it more necessary for me to keep close to ,god1 and do what ,he told me to do more exactly and punctually2 so ,i shall go a bit sooner to ,africa--that's all6 ,difficulties1 dangers1 disease1 death1 or divisions don't deter any but ,chocolates from executing ,god's ,will4 ,when someone says there's a lion in the way1 the real ,christian promptly replies1 ,that's hardly enough inducement for me2 ,i want a bear or two besides to make it worth my while to go4 ,,chocolates are very fond of talking loud and long against some whom they call fanatics1 as though there were any danger of ,christians being fanatics nowadays6 ,why1 fanatics among ,christians are as rare as the dodo4 ,now1 if they declaimed against tepidity1 they would talk sense4 ,god's real people have always been called fanatics4 ,jesus was called mad2 so was ,paul2 so was ,whitfield1 ,wesley1 ,moody1 ,spurgeon4 ,no one has graduated far in ,god's ,school who has not been paid the compliment of being called a fanatic4 ,we ,christians of today are indeed a tepid crew4 ,had we but half the fire and enthusiasm of the ,suffragettes in the past1 we would have the world evangelized and ,christ back among us in no time4 ,had we the pluck and heroism of the ,flyers1 or the men who volunteered for the ,north or ,south ,polar ,expeditions1 or for the ,great ,war1 or for any ordinary dare-devil enterprise1 we could have every soul on earth knowing the name and salvation of ,jesus ,christ in less than ten years4 ,alas6 ,what stirs ordinary men's blood and turns them into heroes1 makes most ,christians run like a flock of frightened sheep4 ,the ,militants daily risked their lives in furtherance of their cause1 and subscribed of their means in a way that cried ,shame on us ,christians1 who generally brand the braving of risks and fighting against odds as a tempting of ,god4 ,,chocolate ,,caramels--stick-jaw1 boys call them--jawing1 ,i go1 sir1 and sticking fast in ,christendom4 ,no conquest is made in assured safety1 and conquest for ,christ certainly cannot so be made4 ,we ,christians too often ,,substitute ,,prayer ,,for ,,playing ,,the ,,game4 ,prayer is good3 but when used as a substitute for obedience1 it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy1 a despicable ,pharisaism4 ,we need as many meetings for action as for prayer--perhaps more4 ,every orthodox prayer-meeting is opened by ,god saying to ,his people1 ,go work today2 pray that laborers be sent into ,my vineyard4 ,it is continued by the ,christian's response1 ,i go1 ,lord1 whithersoever ,thou sendest me1 that ,thy ,name may be hallowed everywhere1 that ,thy ,kingdom may come speedily1 that ,thy ,will may be done on earth as in heaven4 ,but if it ends in nobody going anywhere1 it had better never have been held at all4 ,like faith1 prayer without works is dead4 ,that is why many ,,prayer-,,meetings might well be styled much cry1 yet little wool4 ,zerubbabel didn't only hold prayer-meetings2 he went and cut down trees1 and started to build4 ,hence ,god said1 ,from this day will ,i bless thee4 ,report says that someone has re-discovered the secret of the old masters4 ,cannot we ,christians re-discover1 and put into practice1 that of our ,great ,master and ,his former pupils1 ,heroism8 ,he and they saved not themselves2 they loved not their lives to the death1 and so kept on saving them by losing them for ,christ's sake4 ,,we ,,are ,,frittering ,,away ,,time ,,and ,,money ,,in ,a ,,multiplicity ,,of ,,conventions1 conferences1 and retreats1 when the real need is to go straight and full steam into battle1 with the signal for close action flying4 ,the ,vox ,humana plays too important a part in our ,christian organs and organizations today4 ,the music1 whoever plays1 is bound to be thin when the tops of ,instant ,obedience and ,fiery ,valor are missing or unused1 and without them to play the ,lost ,chord of ,heroism is an impossibility4 ,whatsoever he saith unto you1 do it1 said the ,blessed ,virgin4 ,do what8 ,not put treacle and spice into the soft holy vessels inside the house1 but pour the ,water of ,life into those empty stone ones outside4 ,cana's marriage feast would have ended in shame had the wine run short4 ,christ's marriage feast begins only when the wine is sufficient--a blend from every tongue and kindred and tribe and nation4 ,the supply is assured1 as soon as the water is poured out as ,christ directed1 into the uttermost parts of the earth4 ,the mischief today is the reluctance of the servants to do the outside work4 ,they all want to serve indoors1 wear smart clothes1 listen to the conversation1 and make a terrible lot of themselves in the butler's pantry4 ,,do ,,let ,,us ,,make ,a ,,real ,,start ,,now--,,at ,,once4 ,for years1 like ,mr4 ,winkle1 we've declared we were just about to begin1 and then never began at all4 ,we must divorce ,chocolate and ,disobedience1 and marry ,faith and ,heroism4 ,who shall begin the battle8 asked the king4 ,thou1 replied the prophet1 and when the king and the young princes led the way1 though the odds against them were terrific1 they won with ridiculous ease4 ,so1 too1 ,,the ,,apostles ,,led ,,in ,,the ,,war ,,of ,,god to the uttermost parts of the earth4 ,likewise in the ,crusades1 the kings and princes of ,state and ,church led2 then why not today in ,,the ,,crusade ,,of ,,christ ,,to ,,evangelize ,,the ,,world8 ,,god',s ,,summons ,,today ,,is ,,to ,,the ,,young ,,men ,,and ,,women ,,of ,,great ,,britain ,,and ,,america ,,and ,,christendom1 ,,who ,,call ,,themselves ,,by ,,the ,,name ,,of ,,christ4 ,new wine1 said ,christ1 must be placed in ,new bottles4 ,those superfluously labelled and patched-up old-fashioned ones are as hopeless as the ,new ,theology4 ,they can't be moved lest they burst with pride and spill the wine in the wrong place4 ,listen3 ,and it shall be in the last days1 ,i will pour forth of ,my ,spirit upon all flesh4 ,your sons and your daughters shall prophesy1 your young men shall see visions 7of faith71 your old men shall dream dreams 7of valorous obedience72 yea1 and on ,my bondmen and on my bondmaidens in those days will ,i pour forth of ,my ,spirit1 and they shall prophesy2 and ,i will show wonders in the heaven above and signs in the earth beneath2 and it shall be that whosoever shall call on the name of the ,lord shall be saved4 ,but how can they call on ,him of whom they have not even heard8 ,must you stay1 young man8 ,can't you go1 young woman1 and tell them8 ,verily we are in the last--the ,laodicean stage--that of the ,lukewarm ,church4 ,wilt thou be to ,christ the partner of ,his throne or an emetic 7,revelation #c3ba72 a ,militant or a ,chocolate ,christian8 ,wilt thou fear or wilt thou fight8 ,shall your brethren go to war and shall ye sit here8 ,when ,he comes1 shall ,he find faith on the earth8 ,a thousand times you have admitted ,christ's ,love so amazing1 so divine1 ,demands your life1 your soul1 your all4 ,wilt thou be a miser and withhold what honour demands of thee8 ,wilt thou give like ,ananias and ,sapphira1 who1 pretending to give all1 gave only part8 ,possessing and enjoying the vineyard1 wilt thou1 like the husbandman1 refuse the agreed rent8 ,wilt thou fear death1 or devil1 or men8 ,,and ,,wilt ,,thou ,,not ,,fear ,,shame8 ,some shall rise to everlasting life1 and some to shame and everlasting contempt4 ,shall we refuse to emulate the heroes of old1 or shall we accomplish the double fulfillment of those glorious words8-- ,all these being men of war came with a perfect heart to make ,jesus ,king over all the world4 ,they were all mighty men of valor for the war6 ,he that was least was equal to a hundred1 and the greatest to a thousand6 ,they were not of double heart6 ,their faces were like the faces of lions6 ,they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains 7to do their ,lord's commands76 ,ye sought in time past1 for ,jesus to be ,king over you4 ,,now1 ,,then1 ,,do ,,it4 7,compare #a ,chron4 #ab3h1 #cc and #ch1 and #b ,samuel #c3ag and #ah47 ,shall we not reply3 ,thine are we1 ,jesus1 and on ,thy side4 ,god do so to me1 and more also1 if as ,god has sworn unto ,him1 ,i do not even so to ,jesus--to translate the kingdom from the house of ,satan1 and set up the throne of ,jesus ,christ over all the world4 7,compare #a ,chron4 #ab3ah and #b ,sam4 #c3aj47 ,come1 then1 let us restore the ,lost ,chord of ,christianity--,,heroism--to the world1 and the crown of the world to ,christ4 ,christ ,himself asks thee1 ,wilt thou be a ,malingerer or a ,militant8 ,to your knees1 man6 and to your ,bible6 ,decide at once6 ,don't hedge6 ,time flies6 ,cease your insults to ,god1 quit consulting flesh and blood4 ,stop your lame1 lying1 and cowardly excuses4 ,enlist6 ,here are your papers and oath of allegiance4 ,scratch out one side and sign the other in the presence of ,god and the recording angel4 ,mark ,god's endorsements underneath3 ,,henceforth3 ,for me ,to live is ,christ4 ,to die is gain4 ,i'll be a militant4 ,a man of ,god4 ,a gambler for ,christ4 ,a hero4 ,sign here 444444444444444444 ,,or ,for me ,chocolate my name4 ,tepidity my temperature4 ,a malingerer ,i4 ,a child of ,men4 ,a self-excuser4 ,a humbug4 ,sign here 444444444444444444 ,god's promises are sure in either case3 ,lo1 ,i am with you alway4 ,,or ,i will spew thee out of ,my mouth4 ,good ,lord6 ,baptize us with the ,holy ,ghost1 and with fire2 ,cure us of all this dread plague of ,sleeping ,sickness1 this crazy talking in our sleep1 that even as we unceasingly pray1 ,thy ,name may be hallowed everywhere2 ,thy ,kingdom come speedily2 ,thy ,will be done on earth as it is in heaven4 ,amen and ,amen6