Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-06
CONGRESS SALUTED.
REV. DR. TALmAGE breaches 4 SER
MON UPON j. TIMELY THEME.

1T. AhlLlab1 LyS- - AA'-' "Fk-NA A--te~
shsms, lhowirg shas in ali thoie work
thoy miehs realize thas God has always
been On sho side e2 this nation. Text, IL
Kings Vi, II, "And tbe Lord opened
iho oyea q tho young man, and ho saT,
and, bshold, she mo0ntSin was full oi
horssa ,Rd chariots aud charios5 Of fire
sound nbout Elisha. "
The American congress io assembiing.
Arriving O. already arrived SD tho rep
Vosonta.iYsg Of al Escsion5 o. thi9 ba-
loved land. Los % welcome them with
Draycrs and benedictions. i nObisr
proup o. men never entered Washington
than those who viii tomorrow take
thoiP places IN the senate chamber and
tho house Of representatives. Whether
shsy como alone or laavo thsir families
ut shs hcmos,ead far away, rnsy tho
blessing ol tho Eternal God b0 apon
them Wo invito then TO or churches,
and together they n political spheres
ana We Ia religious eiyclsa will give tho
ooving uolthg to consideration OK tho
bess interests OF this country which God
has blsssed 20 much n the past thGs I
eroposa 10 show yoa and shoV them, 80
lsr as I may now reach their ear OF &C.
.sorrow their ey5 through tho printing
Drosl, that God viii DO with iheln 70
holp thea 90 IN tho sszs no Allsd sho
zoantains with help for Elisha
Eho Upper TsEess.
40 is coat England many regiments
ond o., 900. 900 a ysag 20 kssp safely 3
sroablasoms captive as St. Helena, GO tho
king OF syria GeEd0 out q whole army 10
saptvro o0o minister Of rsligioS--peT-
hars 30, ,0Oe n,en 70 take Elisha. DuR-
'ra sho night the nrmy o( SyrianG came
around the village OF Doshap, where tho
prophet waJ staying. ~ early dayoreaE
the mauser7ans OF Elisha Yusaed IN and
soid: "Vbas shall we DOR There Is 4
whols army como to deltroy yoRl We
mast dial Yo must dieW Bat Elisha
wsa not scared q BIT, 1or ae looked up
ond sav the mountains all around fall
Of supernatural forcee, sad no knew
that Il there vera 30, 600 Syrians against
him there were 100, 900 angela foz him,
and IN answer 70 the prophet'sPrayer in
behalf Of his affrighted manserVant tho
young man saw it too. Horses o9 fro
harnessed to chariots Of fire, aud drivers
OF fire pulling reins OF hTs on bits o.
Arc, and warriors OF hre With brandish-
ed swords II IRE, and the brillianco Of
that morning fuurise was eclipsed By
the galloping splendor5 Of the celestial
cavalcads "And the Lord opened the
eyes Of tho young man, aud be aaW, and
sehold the mountain was fEil q horses
and chariota q fire rosnd about Elisha. "
I speak Of tho vppsr forces OK tho te1a
shat ars 90 fight on our side ~ nation.
II all the low levels ars 1llcd with arm-
cd threats, La7o 80 tell yOR shat tho
mountains q our hope ard courage and
fsith are full cf the horses az4 ehaEiots
II divine roIcuO.
You viii notice that 'hs divine eQui-
eags 10 always represented rs 2 cnarios
Of FIRE. Ezekiel and Isaiah aud 1osa,
when they como 90 describe ih5 divine
equipago, always Represent is 81 @
Wheeled, q hernss'cd, an upholstered
confederation. II IS nos o c6sEio5 hke
klugs AID c0rQueross 81 earth zlcnni.
bos an organized and coupgeGsea nEa
That ncaus purity, jUa,ice, chSAii4o'
Kent, dsliyerapce Though burning os-
eapss. Chsrios OK Tsscusl Yes, but z
shariot Of IRE. All cur national diai2'
th~allmcnta have been through scorohing
e7oniss 2DA red disasters. Through tTiR-
uls.lon the individual Yisss Throa8h
Sribzlation naticng rise. Chasi0ts Of
gsscao. bus ehariota Of nEe. Bus how Dc
knov thas this divine equiDago ia OF
The ald9 Of oar iustitutioas! 1 know u
By tho history Of the Lass llS years.
The American ReyolVticn started fEoE,
sho pea O. John Hancock IA lndepsRe-
oaoo hall IN 1910. Tho colonies. With
ovt ships, without nEimERitioD, without
guns, xithoss trained VarZiora, vishoul
noasy, without prestige. On tho ethss
qiAs. sho Yaigh,iost nation OF tho earth.
ehe largest armisI, she frandoss nhyias
aad the Hsosb distinguished eOmmhnoore'
md rasogrcol inexhaVs.blo, tnd no,riI
ali nations ready 70 back them up IN sAn
0ght. Eothipg, az against imReHSiay.
A Rivino Intsrp0sisisn.
Tho oayso O2 tie American eolenies,
which started ct asro, dropDsd otill loves
Ahgoaqh the quagreling Of tho gsn0ralS
end through the jezlousisa ~ enan sHs-
sessas, and through the ViRsars vhica
1aTpasssd nil predecessors In depth q
s7ov and horrors Of cOugoaimsHs. Eiisha
surrounded by shs whole Syrian army
Aia EOS psarl - bs voyla OF thoR did
tho shivsssa colonies sncompGsfsd and
sTarshadoved by foreign assault. What
decided TIE contest in our fayorl Tho
apper forcss, the upper armies. The
Green and White mountains Of New
England, the Highlands along the Hud-
aop. the mountains oe Virginia, all tho
Appalachian ranges wero full OF re-en-
Sorcern ants which the young man Wash
iraton saw by faith, and his mon en-
Gured the frozen feet, and the gangrened
wounds. and the exhausting hunger, aud
the long march because 1.-THE Lord
opsned the eyes Of the young man, and
10 saw, and, behold, the mountain ws1
full OF horses and chariots OF fire round
about Elisha" Washington himself vHs
a miracle. What Joshua was In sscrsd
history the first American president wa
IN secular history. A Thousand other
tssu sxcelIed him In diffOroHt thinEs,
ant he excelled them all in TouRdDss1
and sonp stsusss Of chsrsctee. The
vo7ld never saw bis like, and probably
asveT will SEQ hia like again, escavsc
ahoro probably nsver win bs aDoths7
vseh a1igency. he was let down divine
katsrpoaitioz. He was from GSd drse&
Y6s NOT know how many can read thS
hissc-y q thosS times without admitting
DO sozsest was decided BY tho upper
coroaa Then n 1891, when orr civil
ger epezsa, nsny as tho north ana a.
tho oouth pqc1oancsd Irrational suicide.
"a YES not eoErAgO against eovsrdicc,
10 vss aos wealth against poverty, -
unr not lHao sshlsn against Fuaan statsa-
10 YES hsroiEra against hoEoisr, II vea
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