Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-05
CATERED ENEMIES.
,;oct of an Able Discourse
rev. r. De Witt Tai
mage.
,o IN God to Arise and Scatter
His Enemies.

p,ooklyn Tabernacle Rev. T. De
n',raee, d. D., took for his text the
lm of the sixty-eighth Psalm-"Let
't; Ca let His enemies be scattered"-
'l rhich he preached the following
~ saa,sssion was formed to carry the ark
.ed box, which, though only three
nc inches in length and four feet
inch inches in height and depth. was the
i Of Gods presence. AS the leaders
q nrocession lifted this ornamented
infant ian box by two golden poles run
,b four golden rings and started for
: zion all the people chanted the
HMM of my text: "Let God arise,
4. enemies be scattered"
fomcronians of Scotland, outraged
NOS t.. who forced upon them reli-
l fn1ns that were offensive, and by
..rrble persecution of Drummond.
~ y, and Turner, and by the oppressive
VT II charles I. and Charles H., were
N to proclaim war against tyrants, and
forth TO fight for religious liberty; and
nonntain heather became red with
,ra and ut Boutwell, Bridge and Ards
and Dlumclog the le-hymn and
battle. shout of those glorious old
,hmen was the text I have chosen:
God arise, let His enemies be scat
Ia, n whirlwind of power was Oliver
'yell, and how with his soldiers
"The Ironsides," he went from VIC
10 victory! Opposing armies melted
looked at them. He dismissed Par
m, as easily rs a schoolmaster O
He pointed his finger at Berkeley
/ and it was taken. He ordered Lord
Eon, the general, to dismount, and he
ounted. See Cromwell marching on
his army. and hear the battle cry of
Ironsides," loud as storm and
m as death knell. standards reeling
re it, and cavalry horses going back on
launches, and armies flying, at
Eton Moor, ut Wincepy Field. at
Eby, at Bridgewater, and Dartmouth
God arise, let His enemies be scat
YOU see my text is not like a compli-
tary and tasseled sword that you some
see hung up in parlor, sword that
never in battle and only to be used on
,al training but day, more like some
pom carefully hung up in your home,
Big the story of Chapultepec, Cerro,
10, and Cherubusco, and Thatcher's
and Malvern Hill; for my text hangs
is scripture armory, telling of the holy
of three thousand years in which it
been carried, but as keen and mighty
when David first unsheathed it. 1t
BIS to NE what in the Church of God
in all styles of reformatory work we
need now is battle-cry. We raise
little standard and put on it the name
some man who only few years ago be-
to live and in few years will cease to
Nego into contest against the armies
bqnity depending too much on human
hcies. We use for battle-cry the name
ome brave Christian reformer, but after
bile that reformer dies, or gets old, or
his courage, and then We take an
batlle-cry, and this time perhaps We
the name of some one who plays Arnold
sells out to the enemy. What we
\ for a battle-cry is the name of some
Ter who will never betray us, and will
FIsurrender, and will never die.
y respect have I for brave men and
pen, but if we are going to get the VIC
all along the line we must put God
We must take the hint of the
|Eonites, who wiped out the Bedouin
b, commonly called Midianites. These
|sOnites had glorious leader in Gideon,
what was the battle-cry with which
flung their enemies into the worst de-
pinto which any army ever was tumbled?
fss The sword of the Lord and of
:On. Put God first, whoever you put
Fnd. If the army of the American
foution are to free America it must be
4 sword of the Lord and of Washing
If the Germans want to win the day
keaan it must be 1.-THE sword of the Lord
Ion Moltke." Waterloo was won for
English because not only the armed
k at the front but the worshlpers in the
Fedrals at the rear were crying "The
f!d of tho Lord and of Wellington. :"
Methodists have gone in triumph
(ss nation after nation with the cry
b sword of the Lord and of Wesley. !"
Presbyterians have gone from victory
|Eictory with the cry 1.-The sword of the
ID and of John Knox" The Baptists
+ conquered millions after millions for
E1s with the cry "The sword of the Lord
Fof Judson." The American Episco-
Fnns have won their mighty way with
cry THE sword of the Lord and of
FAop McIlvaine." The victory is to
Re who put God first. But as we want
|sttle-cry suited to all sects Of religion
\ and to all lands, nominate as the
Ee.cry of Christendom in the approach
Armageddon the words of my text,
fnded before the ark as it was carried to
punt Zion: "Let God arise, let his
Enles be scattered"
rs far as our finite mind can judge, it
FMS about time for God to rise. Does it
Seem to You that tho denominations OF
earth have gone far enough? Was
Re ever time when sin was SO defiant!
re there ever before SO many fists lifted
[aEd God telling him to come on if He
\! Look at the blasphemy abroad!
[st towering profanity! Would it be
FAole for any one to calculate the num-
! OF times that the names Of Almighty
y and Jesus Christ are every day taken
E|ve,rently on the lips? So common has
Esphemy become that the public mind,
| public ear have got used to it, and
Ephemer goes up and down this country
E; MS lectures defying the plain Law
Elast blasphemy, and there is not Il
EoF In America that has backbone
y Eush to interfere with him save one, and
y The mayor of Toronto. Profane
|. .S ils Is as much forbidden by the Law
|Meit, Or arson, or murder, yet who ex-
.ss II? Profanity is worse than theft
..s ssSon, Or murder, for these crimes are
~ FlIAs On humanity-that is an attack on
E ANS country is pre-eminent for bias
n, lE A man travelling in Russia was
| N Use to be a clergyman. "Why dc
n 'aKe me to be Clergyman" said the
['s,; Oh" said the Russian, "all othel
WV .'.eans swear" The crime is multi