Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-08

DRooKLYN, April % A. the Tsbernacla
ID T., day, The Rev T De Witt Talnage,
ID, preached sermon appropriate
70 the coming cent iennial. The vast Cen
gregation sang the hymn beginning:
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
Yeh.tIons bO@ with sac Ell joy.
D. Tslmage's text was II Kjogs vi, II:
And tie Lord opened the eyes If The yonpg
aai.; aud Sc saw: and h.h id, the moun-
on was fuii ot i.n ses ard chsriots of fire
rc,nd ahaut Ei,shaP H s+Id:
A ~ COS, E"eland n,sny re imhnts and
-. a.,li;,n cellars a F.sg ! Keep safslf
-ai'i -, tne , s.st A. ) Hei,3 \ b.
z, s. " --aGs ii. Sh',ie .rMF So
pure .yn> nif,,s,sr & rsii t,n-,.erh D.
$1,000 men ~ IKE Elsa Diri"g she
% ght ite &in.S ii Assy,ic, F came arcurd
the s;llage nj DntbAn, whose tbs pfOpbet
.ss as4ying. A, early d4ybreek the mn
.ervaEf Of Elisha, rns',"d n and SaId:
VII. shall d.? -.ers is + whole ara,
c4e 80 d. va W.. ms de, W.
o,.;sr dr. Eu Elisrs ga nat sca sd =
,.,t, fOr hr i.r k d up nd Saw Ellie nspuDtaiBs
all around full of sDpernatnrsi t','ces, a, d
i,e knew that if there we're so 600 Asssrians
agsis,s. him there were 10J 900 angels tor
hun; and in answer to the p:ophet's prayer
in behalf of his affrighted man servant, the
young man saw it too Horses of fire
harnessed to chanots of fire. and drivers of
fire pulling reins of fire ON bits of fire; and
warriors of fire with brandished SWORDS Of
fire, and the brilliance Of that morning sun
rise Was eci,psed by the gallopiug splendors
of the celestial cavaicade. ''ABd the Lord
opened the eyes of the young mat; and be
saw: and behold, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha. have often spoken to you of the
Assyrian perils which threaten our Ameri-
can institutions, but now as we are assem-
bling TO keep centennial celebration of the
inauguration of Washington, l speak of the
upper forces of the text that are to fight on
our side. If all the low levels are filled
with armed threats, have to tell you that
the mountains of our hope and courage and
faith are full of the horses and chari0ts of
Divine rescue.
You will notice that the Divine equipage
ia always Represented as a chariot of fire.
Ezekiel and Isaiah and John when they
come to describe the DivIoe equlpage, al :
ways represent it as a wheeled, harnessed,
an upholstered coHhagration. 1t is not a
chariot like kings and conquerors of earth
mount, but an organized and compressed
fire. That means purity, justice, cbastise
ment, delverance through burning escapes.
Chariot of rescue? yes, but chariot of fire.
All our national dsintbralments have been
through scorch1ng ageucies and red disas-
ters. Through iribulation the individual
Iises. Through trbulation nations rise
Cbariots of rescue, but chariots of fire.
But how do l know that this Divine
equipage is oD the side of our institutions?
l know it by the history Of he last nne
burdred and eight years The American
Revolution started from the pen of Junn
Hancock in Independence Hall in 1776.
The colonies without ships, without ammu
milton, without guns, without trained war
rors, wi hont money, without prestige. Ou
the other side, the miehtiest nation Of he
earth, the largest armies, and the graDdesr
navies, and the most distinguished c. m
msnders, and resources iEexhaustible, ard
nearly all usr.ons ready 10 b OK them u IN
the fight. Nuihing az against lmmensiJy
The cause of the American colon es,
which started at zefn, dropped still lowei
through the quar,ell,ug of the gene, ais. aud
through the j2alcu' les ct small successes,
and th1.usb the wittps srici' surpassed
al, predecessors in depth of sn"e and hoT-
ro,s ot cougealmept. Elisha surrounded b.
the wnoie Aas.iian ssmy did not seem to
be- worse II tt.n Old iAe fhIihen cnl,nies
eucu M y .atd ard "vessi sdnweJ by fore,g q
,ssauit Wha d cidsd .bs CONTEST in un
E..v;l? Tie upr-r i..,'es, be l'per armies
{ ~. t4r..1 = q w ite .3nnn lns ri n as
L. II, Z. ;i.- Il 81. o;i 'I,u.x he HI1oo-',
f5- nao,.c' '!-s 40 Y IVA. al, t.e Appa
,sri.i-8 -su.ts -e=fs4 ;aii !. W ,Hso cetD,u s
: :. si.-.,.s -. .e.aa taan WaIhGg.ou .as by
slte; 4 s's me- c dn.ed 'hs trezto feet
t@5 ee esefrasd 5-0',nc- sad the ex
ie4Hsfi.c hsrr- I'D ne ,ona marc. be-
ceasa L ops,.ed ths eyes Of the