The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-06
CONGRESS CONYENES
DIR. TALMAGE WELCOMES 1T
The Learned Divine Says ssGod Is Or
the Side of This Nation.o

fhe young man, and he saw. and. behold
the mountain was fult or horses and chariot
OF lire round about Elisha. III Kings vi. II
Tho American Congress is assembling
Arriving or already arrived are the repre-
| sentativeS Of all sections OF this beIovar
Jahd. Let us welcome them with PRAYER
ana beneiictioD. A nobler group OF me-
never entered Washington than those VIII
Will Tomorrow tako their places i'm tho Sen
ate Chamber and the House Of Repre-: enta
tiVes. whether thoy come alone or leav
| their families at tho homestead far awav
| may tho blessing OF tho Eternal God be upor
| thom! We invite them to our churches. nnt
| together they in political spheres and we IL
religious circles will give the comm,
| months 10 consider ration Of tho best interests
| oil this country which God has blessed &c
much in the past that purpose to show YOU
and show them, so far az ] may now reach
then ear or Tomorrow their eye through the
Drinting press, that Col will be with them tc
help them as In tao tex He filed the noun
tainS with helm for Elisha
AS II cost England many regiments and
$1,000. 900 wear TO keep safely n trouble
some captive ~ 81. Helena, so tho king of
syria sends out whole army 30 CAPTURE one
minister ot rclicion-parhap4 50 O00 mon to
take Elisha. During the night thu army of
Syrians came around the village oi Dothnn.
where the prophet WIS staying. At early
daybreak the man servant OF Elisha ru she
in and said "Wnnt shall VIZ do? Thnrs is
q whol" army come tn DESTROY vou We
must die We must iie'' But Eiishn w,s
not scared Il bit, for he looind M and saw
tho mountains all around fnl Of suppr-
natural forcas. aui he knew tim. il ,her.
were $4,000 SyrianS against him there were
100000 angels 70, him All in ar,w,r to IN.
prophots prayer in b,hn,r oE his afrrighiri
man servant tin" Young NAV saw it top
Horses OF fire harness" 10 char.oI+ o. fir.
and drivers OF lra puiling ra,ns O. fi-A on
bits oV fire. and warriors % iirs with h-lrl.
ished swords o; frs. ani the brillianca OF
that morning sunrise was eclps,i by the
gaiioping so"ndorS o. ths celestial cival-
caie. "Anh tho Lori opened the eve, Of
the young man. an ho saw, AMI baho'd the
mountain was fun Os horses ant chrriotS of
fire round about Elisha" J speak o, tha
upper forces Of the text that are to 4 ght on
Onr side aS u Nation. If all the low iey,ls
are filled with armed threats, / nav, to tell
you that the mountains OF our hops and
courage and faith are full OF tho horses and
chariots OF divine rescue.
You will notice that the divin, auuipaga is
ALWAYS renreScntcd aS a chariot OF fire
Ezekiel and Isaiah and John. WHOM th,y
come to describe the divine euuipngc. aIway,
represent II us II wheeled Il hrrnaSs.l m
upholstered contIacratiOn. Ii is not Il cn1r-
lot like kings ani con IIn-1rs Of clr,h
mount. but an orsaniHri AMI c)mor.Ssn
lire. Thu means purity. iStic. chls. .isa-
ment. da!varancn th"p"ra burnir- "s .lp,..
Chrriot nf rasruc? Nr-. hu rrha~;n. o. f",
All our NatlOnpi dis 'nt;lr ilm .rtS huvr hnn,i
through scorChing agNYioS AMI r.I d,slstn"s
Through tribuIation the iriiviiua, r.s..
through triiulatOn Nations rise. Chlr,,,,
OF rescue. but "hlrioiS ~ fir, Pu how do
know that this dIviuN "Iinpw, il on the Si Il,
or oNn institutions? ] kYow il nv tnc history
o! ,ho last ll9 years III" American Ravolu.
ton started from tn" nrn o' JOAN II HlH,0.';
in ln!cn"ndcncr Hall m l176 The colonies.
without ships. without ammunition. without
money. without prestige. On tha DINER side.
tho miSnti"St Nation ~ thh rI".h III" lag
est armies. the grani"st nnv!". AMI the
most distinguished C)mmpnicr$ ari rr-
sources in"NhauStbl1, AMI nr.-iy all Ma |
Nothing, aS agrtinS. i'm mrnSitN.
The cause oi tho american colonies. Wh."h !
started at zero, ironDa still iow:~ through
tho uuarrcliin.; OF the Ccn""l!s, ~ ! through
the jralouS"S II snail s,i"r"s3:'. ani through
the winters which SurpIsSo ! all pre- |" lessor"
in depth oi snow AMI horrors Of cong al
mcnt. EliSht surrounded hv tn" whole
Svrian army ,lil not S"n'n to ID" w 'rHr on
than did the thirteen colonies on"omnaSS"d
and ovcr-haiow" hy fore. =, .t~-i.nlt. WHAT
decided tho cpntCs' IN nui .;tvHr' IN" upper
forces tnn uppr. armir+. The Green and
White Mountains OI New E.nSl%ni. III"
Highlands alon. tn" Hudson. the mpuptain>
of Virginia, all tho Annaia'hian range
wcrn fun of rr-HriO"aamnn;~. wn'rh tn
Young man Washington saw by faith. and
his men en- mrcd the frAzrn fr"l. AM tn"
gaugrcnrd wounds ant tn" cXhauS,ing
hunger. ani the long mlrch hc 'lUSc Ia"
Iori opened the eyes %; III" young mau and
he saw, anil. behold tho moan. iin was fuli
oi horses nud chariots oi iirn round about
Elisha. Washington himScii WAS u miracle.
What Joshua was IN Si"r't history TN. Hrs;
American Pr1,i,lrl. Wa in Sn'ula" hist br
thouSan! other men ey,'nIlrl him IN
different thingS bu; h. cri!cl them al in
roundncsS AMI "omnlctcn"S~ u character.
Tho world move! saw MS lii>", AMI p'nopbiy
never will SEQ MS likt again. b',ru>' there
probably never will hr nno'h". su"n "N-
iScncy. He was let down Il divin" in.e"-
position He WAS from Col direct.
do not know now many can real III"
history OF thoSa times without admitting Tin"
contest was decided by the unnr forces
Then in 1861 when our Civil Wa ODhn" J.
many nj tho North and ~ the |oath pro-
nouncni il National suicide. 1t wa mo-:
courage against c,wariir2, il Wa NJ; wealth
against poverty. il wIS not !lrsh states
against small state. 1t WI i"rpiSm Ig unS,
hcroisn. it wa the resources oi many gen
err. sons a"nin%t tt" resources oi generations.
il WAS tho pravcf oi tho North ;Lgrin~s III"
PRAYER ni the South. i, WI on"-hal; q! The
Nation in armrd wrath m"Ntin% inr ":n":
half oI tho Nation in arm" in 'ign@hon
What could come bat "Xi"lnntton
Al ihc oprniu: Of the war th" commands
| in-chici Of lii" Unitri States ior'", WA i
man w;lp hai beam great in hrt;lr. bus old
! age had come, with many iniirmties. and In
| had Il right to uuictu ic. Ilh could no
mount Il horse, and he roio on the battle
| field in u carriage. asking tho driver not Il
| ioit il too much. During IT," most of th'
| four years OF tho contest on tho Southern
side was II man in mdlifc, who had in hi
| veins the blood of many generations o
| warriors, himself on" oi tn" heroes q
| Churubusco and Crrro q )rdp. ContraraS an.
| Chupultcpcr. AZ tho yaarS passed on ant
| the scroll of carnngo unrolled there cam
| ont from both sides II h"roism. and a str ,n%th
| and determination tha' ~" world ha
| never seen mur5halcd. Ana what but "X
| termination could como whcn Phiii
| Sheridan and Stonnwail JACOBSON m"t. ant
Nathaniel Lyon and Sidney Johnston rod
in from North AMI Sodth. and Gran; an
Lee, the two thuu lr"hnitS Of battle. clash"
Yet W. are II Nation, AMI yet we are n
| Dcnrr. Err.hiy courage did NO. h"cid" IN