Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-08-13

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started again to the battle. Now, my
friends, / don't want You to think of the
church of Jesus Christ as defeated in
stitution, rs the victim OF infidel sar-
casm, something TO be kicked and cutfcd
and trampled on through all the ages
of the world. 1t is ian army with BAN
ncrs." 1t has IN inscription and colors
such as never stirred the hearts of any
earthly soldiery. We have our banner
of rccuit, and ON II is inscribed: "Who
is on the Lords side?' Our banner OF
defiance, and on it is inscribed: 1.-THE
gates of hell shall not prevail against
us" Our banner of triumph, and on 1t
is inscribed: Victory through our
Lord Jesus Christi and we mean to
plant that banner on every hill top and
wave it at the gates of'Heaven.
With Christ to lead us we need not
fear will not underrate the enemy.
They are n tremendous host They
come on with acutest strategy Their
weapons by all the inhabitants OF dark
ness have been forged in furnaces OF
everlasting fire. We contend not with
flesh and blood, but with principalities
and powers and spiritual wiclkedness in
high places; but If God be for us, who
can be against us? Come on, We troops
of the Lord! Fall into line! Close up
the ranks! On, through burning sands
and over frozen mountain tops, until
the whole earth surrenders to God. He
made it; He redeemed it; He shall have
it. They shall not be trampled with
hoofs, they shall not be 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 less de-
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. 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 tablclands, and come TO
the ocean, no more stopped by the Pa
cific than the Israelites were stopped
by the Red sea, marching on until the
remaining walls of China will fall be-
fore this army with banners, and cold
Siberia will be turned to the warm
heart of Christ, and over lofty Hima-
layan 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 infidelity
shall be conquered: and over the Alps,
with more than HannibaIs 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 ut 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 will 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 Xerxes shouted all ut once
and the vociferation was so mighty that
the birds flying through the air
dropped as though they were dead. o,
what q shout of triumph when all 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 reigneth. Hallelujah! for the
Kingdoms of this. world have become
the Kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ"
When the Prussian army CANA back
from the war they were received in 1855
at the gates of Berlin and choir stood
above the gates and as the first regi-
ment 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 eff 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!
It will be choir to choir, music to
music, hosanna to hosanna, hallelhjah
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 will sit tit, and all the
rausomed of earth will come in aud
oslebmte the jubilee, with unfading
conquests. All the walls Of that celes'
tial mansion will be aglitter with
shields won in victorious battle,
and adorned with the banners OF
God that were carried in front of the
Lo,t Harm shall tell IN harm the hero