p. 8 | The Final Charge by H.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 27, 1909

The Final Charge.

By H.

IF thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,” says the prophet of God, “then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?” Jer. 12: 5.

“Strenuous” is a popular adjective in these days. To have such a term applied to one implies that he meets the approval of people who admire strong, forceful men. It is applied to the physical man, the intellectual man, and the moral man — to men who are pushing to the front in their own lines. Of all people, it should be applicable to the Christian. He should be a strenuous man, an aggressive man; yet withal a pure, true man.

Every day of life is a trial with the enemy of souls. To the successful man or woman there are bound to come trials of strength in the contest with evil. We are not alone in the struggle; other men and women run at our sides to-day, pressing on to goals as high as the ones to which we strive, to victory as great and as hard to win. And it is also true that in few lives is there the absence of supreme, severe tests which tax to the utmost — the contention with horses, the swelling of Jordan.

When such a testing time comes, what a source of security it is to know that in all the running with the footmen we have stood in the front, have borne our part in burden and battle! The horses sweep on with terrific strength — and we, borne with the impetus of the charge, and adding our well-tried strength to the fray, mount to the height, to the storming of the battlements. Or, as when the steady stream plunges into a torrent, on the topmost wave we ride in the swelling of Jordan! O, to be there and to be part of the onrush to victory! Every servant of the Master must be there! Every one must share in the glorious victory! H.