The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-12-21
GREETING TO CONGRESS-.
Subject Of the Latest Sermon by
DR.. Talma9e.
Lessons Drawn from the Prophet Elisha's
Chariots of Fire-Glories of Our Re-
~public-The Spirit of the Lord
Bshind Our Institutions.

Chariots of g OF Dur Re-
public-The Spirit of the Lord
Behind Our institutions.
The Sunday before congress assem-
lied Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage preached
timely sermon at Washington in
which he showed to the members
Il congress, many of whom were
present, that in all their work they
realize that God has always
'een on the side of this nation. The
ext was from II. Kings, vi, II: "And
he Lord opened the eyes of the young
nan; and be saw; and, behold, the noun
ain was full Of horses and chariots of
Ire round about Elisha" DR.. Talmage
aid:
The American congress is ASSEMBLING.
Arriving or already arrived ARE the
representatives Of all sections Of this
beloved land. Let us welcome them
with prayers and benediction. A no
bier group of men never entered Wash
lngton than those who will tomorrow
AXE their places in the senate chamber
Ind the house Of representatives
Whether they come alone, or leave
heir families at the homestead far
AWAY. may the blessing of the Eternal
God be upon them! We invite them to
our churches, and together. they in po-
litical spheres and we in religious ciS>
clss, will give the coming months to
confederation of the best interests Of
lhis country which God has blessed so
in.the past that l propose to show
you and show them so far as I may now
reach their ear, or tomorrow their eye
through the printing press, that God
will be with them to help them as In
the text he filed the mountains with
help for Elisha.
Al it cost England many regiments
and 1000. 900 . year to keep safely .
captive at St Helena, so
the king Of Syria sends out . whole
army to capture one minister Of re-
lieion-perhaps $4,000 men-to take
During the night the army Of
Syrisns came around the village Of
Dothsn whore the prophet was stay
Az early dsybresk the man serv-
ant Of Elisha rushed in and said:
"what shall we do? There 10 . whole
army come to destroy you'll We must
aisl we must dief" But Elisha was
not scared = bit, for he looked
mp and saw the mountains all
roun fuii OF scpernssursi iorces,
md he knew . II there were o0'ooo
Syriens against nim 9 were loo,ooo
angeis Q nim; ana IN answer 70 the
propnses prayer In oenai1 OF ms II
man servant 2 young man
NV IL, too. Horses o. nre narnesesd
70 ensr'sts OF nre, ana drivers OF Are
pu2iirg reins OF nrs on oiS OF nre. ana
Warriors OF IRE with brandished
swords OF nre. n IA erllisoce OF
thas morning sunrise vas ecEipeed ~
gallcpinR spiendors on the celestial
cavalcads. And the Lord opened the
syes OF the young man; ana no NV;
and. behold. the mountain was null OF
or:e and cnsfioss OF nre round ABOUT
Elisha-"
You Will notice that the Divine
eQuipags u always represented - 9
chariot OF hre. Ezekiel q Isaiah and
John, when they come 70 describe the
Divine equipegs always represent it's.
. wheeled, . harnessed, an upholstered
condAGration. II II not . chariot ike
kings and conquerors OF earth mount.
but IN organised and compressed IRE.
That means purity, justice, ohastiss.
ment d~eltversuce through burning 60
cepeA. Chariot OF rescuef yes, but Z
chariot OF fire. All our national olsen
thraaments have been through scorch'
Ing agonies and red disssterA Through
trabulstion the individual rises
The cause Of the American colonies,
which started 1t zero. dropped still
lower through the qusrreling Of gem
erals, and through the jealousies 81
small snccess, and through winters
which surpassed all predecessors IN
Of snow and horrors of CONCEAL.
neAt Elisha, surrounded by the
whole Syrian army, did not seen q
b worse on than did the thirteen
celenies encompassed and overhead.
owed By foreign assault What do.
ciAed the contest in our favor? The
upper forces, the upper srmiea The
Green and White mountains Of New
England, the Highlands along the
Hudson, the mountains of VirRinia,
ill the Appaiachian ranges were
full Of re-enforcements which the
young man Washington saw By
faith; and his men endured the frozer
feet, and the Raugrened woundA and
the exhaustine hunger, and the lon6
march, because ''the Lord opened thu
eyes Of the young man; and he saw
and, behold, the mountains were full
Of horses and chariots Of FIRE round
about Elisha" Washington himseli
was q. miracle. What Joshua was II
sacred history, the frat American
president was in secular history. HI
wss let down . Divine interpretation
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