The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-10-12
SCATTERED MES.
A STRONG SERMON BIZ THE REV.
DIR. TALMAGE YESTER DAY.

BRooKLYS, N. T., Oct. 3.-The
opening hymn at the Tabernacle
this morning begins:
"Arm of the Lord, awake! awake!
Frt on thy strength, the nations shake"
Having expoundcd the account OF
Pauls conversion as given in the
22d chapter of Acts, the Rev. t. De
Witt Talmage, d. D., took for his
text the first verse of the sixty
eigth Psalm: "Let God arise, let
His enemies be scattered" from
which he preached the following
sermon
A PROCESSION WAS FORMED
to carry the Ark or sacred box
which, though only three feet nine
inches in length, and four feet three
inches in height and depth, was the
symbol of Gods presence, AS the
leaders of the procession lifted this
ornamented and brilliant box by
two golden poles run through four
golden rings, and started for Mount
Zion, all the people chanted the bat
tle hymn Of my text: Let God
arise, let His enemies be scattered" !"
The Cameronians of Scotland, out
ragged by James the First, who forced
upon them religious forms that were
offensive, and by the terrible perse-
cption of Drummond, Dalziel and
Turner, and by the oppressive laws
OF Charles the First and Charles the
Second. we're driven to proclaim war
against tyrants, and went forth to
fight for religious liberty; and the
mountain heather became red with
carnage, and at Boutwell, Bridge and
Ards Moss and Drumclog the bat
tie hymn and the battle shont of
thQss glorious old Scotchmen was
the asSt / have chosen: Let God
arise, lea His enemies be scattered" :"
What a whirlwind of power was
Oliver Cromwell, and how with his
soldiers name, .'the Ironsides," he
went from victory to victory! OPP
posing armies melted as he looked
at them. He dismissed Parliament
as easily as a schoolmaster a school,
lie pointed his finger at Berkeley
Castle, and it, was taken. He or
dered Lord Hopton. the General, to
dismount, and he dismounted. See
Cromwell marching on with his ar
my, and hear the battle cry of ''the
Ironsitlcs," loud as a storm and sol
emn os a death knell, standards
rceling before it, and cavalry horses
going back ON their launches, and
armies flying. at Marston Moor, at
Winceyy Field, at Naseby, at Bridge
water and Dartmouth-"Let God
arise. let His enemies be scatteredw
So you see my text is not like a
complimentary and tasselled sword
that you sometimes see hung up in
the parlor, sword that was never
in battle and only to be used on gen
eral training day, but more like
some weapon hung up in your home,
telling its story Of Chapultepee, Ger
ro Gordo, the Cherubusco, and
'Thatcher's Run, and Malvern Hill !;
for my text hangs
IN THE SCRIPTURE ARMoRY
telling of the holy wars of three
thousand years in which it has been
carried, but as keen and. mighty as
when Dayid first unsheathed it, 1t
seems to me what in the Church OF
God, and in all styles ofreformatory
work we most need now, is a battle
cry, We raise our little standard
and put on it the name of some man
who only q few years ago began to
live, and in a few years will cease
to live. We 90 into contest against
the armies of iniquity depending toe
much on human agencies. We USE
for a battle cry the name of some
brave Christian reformer, but after
while that reformer dies, or gets
old, or loses his courage, and ther
we take another battle cry, and this
time perhaps we put the name O
some one who plays Arnold.and sells
out to the enemy. What We want
for a battle cry is the name of some
leader who will never betray lis, ant
will never surrender, and will neveI
die.
All respect have / for brave mel
,and women. but if we are going tt
get the victory all along the line w
must put God first. We must TAX
the hint of the Gideonftes, who wip
ed out the Bedouin Arabsseommon
Iy called Midianites, These Gideon