Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-05-25
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
rHF BROOKLYN D!yINE's SUSDA'
SERMON.

THF "a TEWTTfV TJ| 7 IT - % - 1T NT-1F
4ots IF IRE gorad otout Ezisha."-Il King
vi. Il.
A II coet England many regiment ar
Two million Cclars = year TO keep safclv
troublesome rag-ive at 81 uclctia- 81 u
King Il >gria sends out a wnole army :
capture 1rn minister II rel Gon-perhaps =
G0 nlcr ~ axe Elisha During the mgr
the arTD< ~ 4sstr!ans came around the Vi
lage n DDtLnu, vaere the prophet va
stavinz AZ carly ~daynreas the II
servant III Elisha rushed in end sal
What -.aIi we do there Is
die. we lr... el- Bat Elisha was ~
zcarsI 4 bt for he looked up and 81
the mountains III Ground flll Of sup
natural forces. e,G ne kl.@.@ -.at II theI
were 5I.GD A-...aas agait>t MIX go.
were 1850 a4@-., for him; and i
ans,'rr y me prophets prefer II behalf 9
his af"sigE.,-t nan servant, the young ma
saT II too lIog.-- Of fire h&rnesSd to cfa11
iots ~ us.. c.t DRYERS III fire pulling reln>
OF ire on pta # tine. aud warriors Of fl.
W IN hgaaN.. - sva RI of fire. and ehe Drll4
lance uf .sai morning sunrise was eclipse
by II: gallEpinE sDirL6ors Of the celeste
% vaIcadc And the Lord opened the eS,
of the vGHu- ual hLd Ia saw; ard. behole.
the mountain wa fu.! Of horses and charioi
OF fire round abent Elisha" / have ofte
spoken 20 you y tie Asavr!an perlls "hlc:
threaten one American institutions, but Ion
ar We 1tt i--r!ttEIADz - ht'D tSAISlilldl CriF-
bration cf the Inauguration Of Washington.
/ speak q Tie upper forces Of the text tina
arc to fj2lf aa cur side. II all the low lever
are filed nlta armed threats, have to tel
You that lie fountains Of our hope and coul-
age and faith are full Of the horses and char
lots Of Divine rescue.
Won vii notIee that the Divine equipagei>
always represented a- a chariot Of fire. Eze-
kiel ana Isaiah and John, when they come t
describe fna DaE41e ennlpage, always repre-
sent Il IS : Wheeled, q harne5sed, an upho.-
stored c~onilaGtation Il is not a chariot like
Kings aHd con4l-r0r Of earth mount, LIT al.
>rganizeo AMI . compressed fire. Thatmeans
purity. justice. chastisenent. deliveranc
thrndgh burning escapes. Chariot of rescue
Yes, hat chariot ~ tire. All our nationa.
dlaeutiralncnts lav. been through scorchinr
a1oni~s ard red disasters. Through tribu-
lnson the Individual rises. Through trihu.
lation nations rise. thariots Of rescue, but
chariot Il fire
But how % / know that this Divine eaui-
page is On the side Of our Institutions | know
II BY the history Of the last one hundred enc
eight years. Tn American revolution started
from the pen of John Hancock, in Indie
pcndcnc" Hail. III la1b. The colonies without
ships, without ammunition, without guns,
without trained warriors, without mone..
without prestige. On the other side, the
mightiost nation Of the earth, the largest
armies and the gI.andest navies and tho most
distinguished commanders, and resources III
exllaustibln, and nearly all nations ready to
hacl. them up III the fight. Nothing as against
immensely.
The cause of the American colonies. which
started at zero, dropped still lower Trough
the quarr.lluG OF the Generals, and through
the jeeloljzies atslnall successes, and through
the winters which surpassed all their prede-
"essors IN depth Of snow and horrors Of coz
Gca.nent. Elisha. surrounded by the whole
AsSyrian crIny, did not seem to be worse of
than did the thirteen colonies ~encomDassed
and over ,adowed by foreign assault. What
decided the contest IN cur favor? The upper
forces, tho upper armies. The Green and
white mountains of New England, the high
lands aion the Hudson, the mountains OF
Virginia, all the Appalachian ranges We're
full of reinforcement which the Young man
Washington saw by faith, and his men
endured tho frozen feet, and the gan
grencd Wounds. ana the eyhaustins nun
ger, and the long march because the
Lord opened the eyes Of the yodng man, and
he saw and. behold. the mountains were full
of holsao and c~tlariots of fire round about
Elisha. " Arlington himself was a mira
Gle. Want Joshua was in sacred history the
first American President was in secular his
tory. y thonsalt other men excelled him in
different things, but he excellel them all in
roundEeSs and completeness OF character.
The worii never saw his. like, and PROBABLY
never VII sea his like again. because there
probably never Will be another such ext
sency He WAS let down a Divine interpos..
ton He was from God direct.
LIDO no. kna" how any man can read the
history Of those times without admitting
thar the contest Uas decided by the upper
forces.
: ThoN il lsGl. when our Civ.l War opened.
rlany a the North and at the South j..
ronncod il national suicide. 1t was not couI-
age against cuwardice. it was not wealth
against poverty, II was not large States
against small states. Il was heroism agains,
herolsnl, II was the resources OF many gener-
atoms aSallfSt Tic resources OF many genera
lions, II was thu prayer Ct the North Gains
the PRAYER ot tie South. 1t was one-lait of the
nation IL armed wrath meeting the other hail
OF the nation y armed Indignation. What
Gould cone but determination
At the opening 81 the war the commander
in-chlei OF the United States forces was q
man "ho had beea great III battle. but old
age had come with many intirnltie>, and he
had u rirh. 10 qai ;dde. He couId no,
mount q horse. and he rode on the
battle field i'll q carriage. asking the
driver NOT 10 jolt Il too much During the
most OF the Jour year, q the contest. on the
T Southern side Was a man III mid-ilfe, who
had III his veins the blood Of many genera.
tion> Of warriors, himself one OF the her0e,
Of CheruhGsco and Cerro Gordo. Contrera.
and Chapultc. Z y the years passed or
and the scroll II carnage unrolled, Their,
came cut from both sides a heroism and .
SlittiAtA ii4tk &-A AZ. 4lttild IN IlaI the NcrEG
he'd never seem nGr>haled And wat hu,
extermlnatel cstli come wneu Philip Sherl
dan ana >toIewal! Jackson mat. an1 Nathan.
lei Lyon ard sidney johnson rode in from
north and s1utb and Grant ana Lee. the two
thundcrh9lg> 81 nI;t!e. ciasneti Yet we mr.,
a naflon, and ys. we are at peace. Earthl,
'ourace dill rat irs.(e The conflict. The 10
per f"rGe> q tho text They tell u there wa.
a hattie fought above The clouds or Loolou,
Mountain, but there MAS something higher
than that
Again TIE horses and chariots q God cam,
70 the .Ssrue CT This nation in 1876. at n,
clos ola Presidential elect.on famous 70,
devlhsfrltrocitv \ darker cloud vet settle
down upon this nation. The result Of III,
election Was in dlspute, and revolution. no
between Two or three sections hut revolution
III every town AMI village and cl.v Of tn
the United Safes seemed imminent. Tn
prospect was thSt New Nork would throt-'
New York. and New Orleans would grip New
Orleans, and Boston, Boston, and Savannah
Savannah, and WASHINGTON. Westminster
Some said Mr.. Tilden was elected. other
said Mr.. HAYES was elected: and boy
near We came 70 universal masSacr
some Of US guessed, but God ouIy knew
aScrih1 aGr escape not 10 the no..
esty and righteousness OF infur.ate
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