The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-08-19

hoofs, they shah not De cut with sabers,
they shall not be crushed with wheels,
they shall not be cloven with battle
axes, but the marching and the onset
and the victory will be none the lessde-
cisive for that
With Christ to lead us, and Heaven
to look down upon us, and angels to
guard us, and martyr spirits TO bend
from their thrones, and the voice of
God to bid us forward into the combat,
our enemies shall fly like chaff in the
whirlwind, and all the towers of Heaven
ring because the day is ours. l divide
this army with banners into two wings
the American wing and the European
wing. The American wing will march
on across the winds of the wilds of the
west, over the tablelands, and come to
the ocean, no more stopped by the Pa
citic than the Israelites were stopped
by the Red sea, marching on until the
remaining walls of China will ell be-
fore this army with banners, and cold
Siberia viii be turned to the warm
heart of Christ, and over lofty Hima-
lavan peaks shall go this army with
banners until it halts at Palestine.
The European wing will march out
to meet it, and Spanish superstition
shall be overcome, and French inidelity
shall be conquered; and over the Alps,
with more than Hannibal's courage,
shall march that army with banners,
and up through the SHOWS Of Russia,
vaster in multitude than the hosts that
followed Napoleon into the conflict.
And Hungary and Poland, by the blood
of their patriots and by the blood of
Christ, shall at last be free. And cross
ing into Asia, the law shall again be
proclaimed on Sinai, and Christ in the
person of his ministers will again preach
on Olivet, and pray in Gethsemane and
exhibit his love on Calvary. And then
the army viii halt in front of the other
wing. the twain having conquered all
the earth for God.
History tells us that one day the
armies of Nerxes shouted all at once
and the vociferation was so mighty that
the birds flying through the air
dropped as though they We're dead. o,
what a shout of triumph when ali the
armies OF earth and all the armies of
heaven shall celebrate the victory of
our King-all at once and all together:
'Hallelujah for the Lord God omnip-
otent rcigneth. Halleiuiah! for the
kingdoms of this world have become
the kingdoms OF our Lord Jesus Christ"
When the Prussian army came back
from the war they were received in 1866
at the gates of Berlin and choir stood
above the gates and As the first regi-
mcnt advanced and came to the gates
the choir. in music, asked them what
right they had to enter there. And
then the first regiment, in song, replied,
telling over the stories ef their conflicts
and their victories. Then they marched
in and all the city was full Of gladness
and triumph But, o, the greater Joy
when the army with banners shall come
up to the gates of our King.
1t Will be choir to choir, music TO
music, hosauna to hosanna, hallclhjah
to hallelujah. Lift up your heads, We
everlasting gates, and let them come
in. Then will be spread the banquet
Of eternal victory, and the unfallen
ones of Heaven viii sit at it, and all tho
OF earth will come in and
celebrate the jubilee, with unfading
All the walls of that celes-
tial mansion will be aglitter with
won IN victorious battle,
and adorned with the banners of
God that were carried in front of the
host. Harp shall tell to harp the hero
ism IN which the conquerors won their
palm, and the church that day viii sit
queen at the banquet. Her wander
ings over, her victories gained, Christ
shall rise up 30 introduce her to all the
nations of Heaven: and as she pulls
aside her veil and looks upon the face
of her Lord the King. Christ shall eX-
claim: This is she that loolleth forth
as the morning, fair as the moon, clear
as the sun, and terrible rs an army with