. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . er child, and they stood in mute old trapper said, We must fight fire with fire. Letevery man, woman, and child work. Pull up the grass in acircle; larger yet, larger yet! Work for your lives ! AlreadyI feel the first flush of heat. Now bring the were but two. They took one and struck it. Itfailed. They had but one left, only one match, a feebleinstrumentality. They felt that it was the last earthly missionary, baring his brow and holding that feebleagent in his lingers, said, God help us for His own na
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . er child, and they stood in mute old trapper said, We must fight fire with fire. Letevery man, woman, and child work. Pull up the grass in acircle; larger yet, larger yet! Work for your lives ! AlreadyI feel the first flush of heat. Now bring the were but two. They took one and struck it. Itfailed. They had but one left, only one match, a feebleinstrumentality. They felt that it was the last earthly missionary, baring his brow and holding that feebleagent in his lingers, said, God help us for His own namessake. Help us. If it be thy will, help us. And they allsaid, as their hearts prompted, Amen. They , the fire within half an hour of them. They prayed, THE EFFICACY OF FAITH. 517 they believed, they struck the match, it caught fire, the grasswas ignited. Away it went from them in a circle, and thelittle band escaped. Brethren, we are fighting fire with fire. lli!III!l!!!IIIilIi!!i!IBIiIil!G »||illl|i«!l| li!l|iiiii|i!iiiiiiiii ; : ;ii. M: : ; : ; iSM I : , ; ; ; M look! look! the praikie is on fire! Our instruments are as feeble as that single match. Whenwe put forth our agencies, let us say, God help us; andby and by we shall be standing in the circle while the firerages harmlessly around us; we and those who may be savedby our instrumentality. May God grant it, for His ownnames sake. CHAPTER XXVI. THE GREAT CONFLICT IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND — THEDESTROYERS MARCH — PERSONAL WORK AND EXPERIENCES. The Temperance Cause in England — Mr. Spurgeons Opinion — AlarmingIncrease of Dram-shops — London — Different Classes of Society — GraveApprehensions for the Future — The Tide of Evil — Drinking AmongWomen — Fighting the Demon of Intemperance — My Labors in Eng-land—The Hardest Work of Thirty Years — Powerful Champion Hoxton Hall — Its Former Vile Reputation — Touching Scenes —Imi-tating Jem- McAuleys Mission — Work Among the Ragged a
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