The Penn's Grove record., 1895-12-06
REf. DR.. IaLuaGE.
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Sermon.
Subject. "a welcome to c-onsrsss..'

80 lKXIs EAuu tnG 4DIl bDbnb0 the AVp4 OF
the young man. AMI he saw. and, behold!
the mountain wa. full Of horses and chariots
of FIRE round about Elisha. III Kings vi. II
The American Congress is assembling.
Arriving or already arrival are the repre-
sentatiyes of all sections OF this beloved
land. Let Us welcome them with prayers
and benedietion. A nobler group OF men
never entered Washington than those who
will to-morrowtake their places 10 the Sem
ate Chamber and the House OF Repres enta-
tives. whether they come alone or leave
NAV the blessing o. thsF Eternal God bs upon
theml We invite them to our churches. ani
together they IN political spheres and we in
religious circles will give the coming
months 10 consideration OF the best interests
Of this country which God has blessed so
much in the past that I purpose to show you
and show them, so far as | 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 filled the o
tains with helm for Elisha.
As II cost England many regiments AMI
1000. 900 n year to keep safely q troubles
some captive at St. Helena, so the king OF
SYRIA sends out a whole army to CAPTURE one
minister of rsligion-perhaps 1000 men to
fake Elisha. During the night the army OF
Syrians. came around the village Of Dothan,
where the prophet was staying. At early
daybrsak the man servant of Elisha rushed
In and said: ..What shall we do? There 's
4 whole army come to DESTROY you'll We
( must diet We must diel" But Elisha was
mot scared a bit, for he looked up and saw
/ the mountains all around full Of super
natural forces, and he knew that il there
were 81. 900 Syrians against him there wsre
100. 900 angels for him and In answer to the
| prophet's prayer In bshalt Of his affrighted
man servant the young man saw 1t too.
| Horses OF fire harnessed TO chsrlots of fire,
| and drivers OF FIRE pulling reins OF lre on
bits Of fire. and warriors of fire with brand
| ished swords Of fire. AMI the b~rilliance OF
| thai morning sunrise was eclipsed by the
| galIopiug splendors OF the celestial caval-
! cade. sand the Lord opened the eyes OF
; the Young man, and he saw, and behold the
| mountain wac full OF horses and charlots OF
! fire round about Elisha" Ispeak OF the
| upper forces OF the text that are to fight on
| our side as a Nation. II all the low levels
| are filled with armed threats, l have to tell
you that the mountains OF our hope and
| courage and faith are full of the horses and
/ chariots OF divine rescue.
You will notice that the divine equipage is
/ ALWAYS represented as a chariot OF fire.
Ezekiel and Isaiah and John, when they
come 10 describe the divine ~equipage, always
represent It as a wheeled, a harnessed, an
| upholstered condagration. 1t Is not a char
| lot like kings and conquerors OF earth
mount, but an organized and compressed
| Are. That means purity. Justice, ohashse-
ment, deliyerauce through burning es,apes.
Chariot OF rescue? Yes, but u chariot OF fire,
All our National observation-disclosures have .
through scorching agonies and red disasters.
| Through tribulation the individual rises.
| Through tribuiation Nations rise. Chartots
Of rescue, but chariots OF fire. But how do 1
know that this divine equipage is on the side
OF our institutional / know II by the history
OF the last 119 years. The American hevolu-
tion started from the pen OF John Hancock
10 ~Indepsndence Hall In 1776. The colonies,
without ships, without ammunition, without
guns, without trained warriors, without
money, without prestige. On the other side,
the mightiest Nation Of the earth, the larg-
est armies, the grandest navies and tina
most distinguished commanders, and re-
sources f~nexhaustible, and nearly all Ma
lions ready to back them up In the night
Nothing. as against imnensity. ~,
The cause OF the American colonies. which
started at zero. dropped still lower through
the quarrelitng OF the generals, N through
the jealousies ut small successes, and through
the winters which surpassed all predecessors
In depth Of snow aud horrors OF congeat'
ment. Elisha surrounded by the whole
Syrian army did not seem to be worse on
than did the thirteen colonies encompasseo
and o~yershadowed by foreign assault. What
decided the contest in our favor? The upper
forces, the upper armies. The Green and
white Mountains OF New England, the
Highlands along the Hudson, the mountains
Of Virginia, all the Appalachian ranges
were full Of re-enforcements, which tine
young man Washington saw by faith. ano
his men endured the frozen feet, y tnt
gsnQrened wounds, and the FAUST
hunger, and the long march because tint
Lord opened the eyes Of the young man, AMI
he saw, and, behold, the mountain was Iui
Of horses aud chariots OF fire round aDou
Elisha" Washington himself wa a miracle
What joshua was In sacred history the mrs
American President was In secular history
A thousand other men e1ceiiea nun y
different things, but he excelled them auli
roundness and completeness OF character
The world never saw his like, and probably
mover will see HIS like again, because thert
probablv never will be another such o.
fgenoy. He was let down 8 divine inter
position. He was from God direct.
/ do not know how many can read IN
history Of those times without admitting tn
contest was decided by the upper forces
Then in 1851, when our Civil War opened
many at the North and at the South pro
nounced II National suicide. II was NO
courage against cowardicc, tt was not weahl
against poverty. 1t was not large state
against small States. 1t was herotsm agains
heroism, It was the resources OF many gen
i 6IAILQlr akNln3l kHO EObOulNSD
1t was The prayer Of the North against IN
prayer oil the South, 1t was one-hah Oh IN
Nation In armed wrath nesting the otne
n half OF the Nation In armed Indignation
What could come but extermationf
At the opening OF the war tine mmhnne
fn-chief Of the United States iorces was
man who had been great In battle, put OF
are had come. with many iufirmities. and b
had a right to quietude. He could nc
mount q horse, and he rode on the oaitie
field in a carriage. asking the driver not !
, Jolt II too much, During the most OF IN
!, four years Of tho contest on the Soutner
side, was q mar In midlife, who a In NJ
veins the blood Of many generasions )
WARRIOR. himself one OF the heroes {
C~hurubusco and Cerro Gordo. contreras an
Ohapultspec. As the years passed on an
} the scroll OF carnage unroned there cam
out from both sides 4 heroism, and q strengti
and . determination that the world ma
never seen m~arshaled. And what Dut g,
termination could come Whsn fh
sheridan and Stonewall Jackson met, az
Nathaniel Lyon and Sidney Johnston roo
In from North and South, n GRANT an
Lee, the two thunderbolts OF battle. ciasnec
Yet. we are q Nation, and yet We arc |
ueace. Earthly courage did not decide %
conflict. The upper forces oil the .1Al-tss
tell Us there was a battle fought apoYs y
clouds on Lockout Mountain pui 'ue10 We
something higher than that. =.
AGAIN. the horses and chariots OF 20
, came 10 the rescueiof this Nation IN 1910,
tina close Of a Presidential election iamot
forferoctty. Adarker cloud yet settled gov
, moon this Nation. The result OF the eieetie
WAS In Dispute. md revolution, NOT petwes
two or three sscfiohs, bat reyoiasion n ~
town and village and city OF the onI'
efstes seemed Imminent. TIL prospect VI
that New York would throttle New YORK, a.
New orleans would grip New Orleans ~