The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-07
CONGRESS COnYENES
DR.. TALMAGE WELCOMES IT.
The Learned Divine Says ::God is On
the Side of This N;.tiC1,

TEXT: :s!and the Lord cDanea the eyns O.!
the v6la- 7lar. ard hn sSv. and. hahold,
tie ,ncIa:aic w:s fuil o. ! o-sas and ch2rinfs
OF j,-orouli a5oU: Elisha. III Kings ". II.
TIE American Congress- is assembling.
Arriving o. already orri-aJ aro !ha lcore-
son:a%;vas of III sections os this baloTe!
land. Let rs Te.coa,a them with prayers
cnd benc!;ctioo. 4 nc;oiec group OF cnea
raver entered WASHINGTON tran thosa TAo
will tomorrow take thair piacas in the Sen
&c Chamber and tie Iiouse CT Repre-: aota-
t:,;as. Whether :h2y' ccE.-o a]oHe Or :eavc
their families II tha IoiccstaGd far away,
ma, the ho3<i7& G. ia EtcrAa! God oa upoa
rao2.,i We invite :hn%? - Or churches. and
tocetlc7 tEey in political sDieras ard We IN
religious cirrIes viii civo Tho coming
months % consideration OF t&c hest Interests
o. this county which God has blessed 90
much II the past that purpose to show 'oil
Hnd 81 = t&c21. So FIR as I may nov ra::cA
rhe;r car c. Tomorrow their eye through tic
pr,nti2c pre:s. that God will re With them to
hoo tha?, IS IL ta3 trXt lie iiiei the noun
tairs WIZ: helm for Eii:Ga.
As il cost England ncrr regiments and
8. .GG1. go q wear 70 keep safely G trouble
some cap:!ra q: s.. Helena. SO the king Of
S;:-ria serds out whole army to CAPTURE enc
r2i1ister OF rtiiS;Gn-parhaps $1,000 men 10
take Elisha. During tHa u"ht the army OF
Syrinn5 zane around the village @? lIothan,
where !he pro3hc: WAS staying. At early
Gavh-aa1 tue inan srrrant OF Elisha rushed
IN and said: '.j51il;t shati we do? Tiarc is
= whole army coma 10 Gestrov vau! We
n,uss di.! We must die.' But Elisha vas
rot scared bit, for he looked I'D and saw
tna mountains all around !Eil 0: sIaer-
natural forces ar1 he knew that il tae-e
varH 81 coo Svr:ans ;tcI;net him there E@re
100 600 ange;s for him and in answer to the
prophets u-av2r 10 io"half o. his afTrishted
MAJ. serv1ut :he ro"GS man saw it. TOD.
Horses 0: fire hc:nesse1to ciaC.otS OF t!Sa.
ana drivers q fra puii2c -etns os e on
hts Of fire. AMI warriors O. fra with brand
islad swords OF iirA. a2i tho br:lliance CT
that morning sunrise was e2iip5ei by the
ga.!ioyiur solenIors OF tcn celestial c:iyai-
ca1e. and the Lo1. opened tho ewes Of
tne youn, mar. AMI Re saw. and behold tho
l1Gua.ain was full G. hoIses and cAariots ot
fra round ahoNt Elisha" speak OF thn
! uo?ar fo-,cs Of t;ac text that arc 20 fcht or
out si!a Is Nation. II al tha low Levels
are filed with armed threats. hoTa to tell
roI that the mountains o. our hope and
courage AMI faith arc full OF tho horses and
crariots OF divine raseNe.
You will notioe that the divine equipage Is
always Terra5eI:ed Gs 3 CHARIOT Of fire.
Ezalisi and Isaiah and JOAN. when they
cone 10 describe The divine cQuiraSe. always
represent !! as 4 wheeled. a harDessed. IN
lot i;ia kings ana conGuceors CT earth
rcount. nut IN organized ard conD.asse
fire. Th1t means purity. justice. cha5tiscT
ment. dn!ivara1ca through burning es 'aoe=.
Chariot of razcua? Yes. bur chariot 0; fire.
All or Nasio,!el diseEthrlll3onts have t2aN
through sco-clinc aconies and rel 1is2sterst
Th-oucl tribHiatiol the individual rises.
Tnrouch tri'rlat!on Natioos rise. Chariota
OF reSene. t1ltcicC;o:s Of fice. But how do
know taat this divine czuipace is OF tie side
0: or institutions? kno;S It bv the history
OF tha last 10 H"a-s. The American Rsvo!u-
ticn s'a-to3 iron tha nan os John Haaeoct
in Tn'ep"72ence Hall iC iI7G. Ghe colonies,
EthoU: sains. without ammunition, without
guns, without tr2iCc.i warriors, without
r7c@"Ss: without 2cest:ce. On thu orhec side,
the mi@i.:i2s7 Nation oS the earth, he lac--
es- ar7!ns. the g!anIest navie5 and the
nosc DISTINGUISHED cocnuanier:. and re-
sources ineHntustib!a. and nearly all Nae
tio2s rsa1y 10 back ihan 10 IL t1e fight.
Nothing. rs against in 7:ecsitv.
The cause o. t:a American colonies. which
Started At zero, d-opoe still lover through
taa o,,arraliiGc Of the generals. md through
INC ie't O'lS!'S a. ; ES'i su:ci!'SoN a!ri tEs3u-u
the win: a-s which surpassed all predecessors
in Gapth oT snow and horrors OF CONCEAL
lnalt. E!;si1 su:rouode2 by tho whole
Svrian army did not seem 20 be worse or
than aid ti.e thirteen colonies encompas5el
and oversbadowe'l b7 foreign assault. What
decided the contest IL our favor? The upper
fo:oes, tho rpDe- armies. The Green and
White N2rn:ain=-o Ea- -E:acl5ss,- E:acc;ll5asss:s the the
H;ch1an3s a'one tho Hudson. the mountains
oe Virginia, Ill the Appalachian ranges
were :Hll Of rn-a1fo-ceo?ents, whica tho
roUIs man T.shiacEoa slv By faith. AMI!
his rrcr endured the frozen feet. an | the
caaGcnaed woCn2s. and the exhaIstiEr
huacer. ap|t the long march be"ause "the
I.o-d opened the EYES Of the Young man. and
&c say, an3. behold, the mountain was full
O. horses I'D charots Ct fire round aooHt
Elisha" Washington himself T1s 4 miracle
What Joshua vas IL sacrei history the first
American President: was il secular history
4 !housacl other men cEceic9 him in
different things, 6ll! he cNealied them all jri
r5uadcnss and condolences of character:
The world never saw h:s like, md probably
1ever vii! see his like again. because there
probably nave- will be another sueh ex-
ieennv. He WIS let G1En a divine inter-
position. He T-;:s from God direct.
r 90 Go$ know now many can read the
contest vas decided ~ the upper forces.
Then n 1851, when our Civil War opened,
many at The Norm AMI at the South pro
1ouncal it National sa;ciGe. L was rot
courage ;a.=-aicst coT-ardicc, il was not wealth
against poverty. It was not large States
against small States. II i2s haroisn asalns:,
ne7oisn. i was the resources OF mary cen
erations aga!ast thereSources Of cenerstious.i
i T;.s tho prayer 0? the North against the!
PRAYER &: tie SnEth, X Was one-1a!f O! thai
Nation in &r;nea Trata Meetioc the other!
Gal3 OF 5hs Nation in ar.Ie1 Indignation
Wa: could cone but a::tH7raatioD?
- the opening os the WaT the commanders
i2-cn;e; oi me Caitel States forces was a
nan w;!o hl,l b?en great il battle. bGt c!Gi
age hGG come. with many irGrIoitieS. and l."
IA! a 7;ci1t TO qaia:uIe. Ile could no.;
1aoGat {. i.c-=a. aid re rcdc oo the battle
f1el.i il 4 carriage, as;iH; the driver not to,
io;t il too :ArcA. During the n!ost o2 th'i
:0:ir y2a-s o. the cc2irst on III" Sootner't
side, TT,as :; r1aa in na:iilfe. who hal il hisi
veins the ":ooi c. may generations 0
Warriors, himself one Of the heroes o.
Churu,u="o AMI Cerro G3rdo. Con:reras and:
CAacH!t@Dec. As the years oi5sal o. aa1;
the scroll OF carnage lIrolled there cam
cat from ho1a sides 4 1eroisr. aud ST. 'n%ct:.
and q deter r?iaason hat tha ,yorlI h.;
teS..ira:;on could come when Philir
Sheridan and Stou&waH Jackson 2la:. a2
N,:haa:el Lyon anl Sidney J,nHst0n r25e
IL from Moth and Soah. and Grant and
!c", tie two tau2 ?eraoits ci battle. cia:hei:
Yet. VIC a-e :: Nation, and yet we are at:
prarc Elr:;liy co&-;t-e did rot decide the,
cri:tGi:;;. Tae @np2i ?o~o2s o. tee tcSt-1hey;
tel us there Was (, nl:tie fought ;looVe the:
Clouds oa Lockout Ncunta;n, but there was;
something higher thai thai.
Again, ,he horses an caac:oss Of Cod
cau,= 20 h. res,Ic oi this Nation II 1875. a.
iIe c;o=s o. 6 Presidential c!ect;o1 famous
f3- ,:-saeitv A.ar.;e1 cloud vet settle down
u2o2 cni5 Nation. E2e result OF ne e:scls2A
vcs il G:s3u:e, and revolution. 20: between
tv7 o. ;irec S:.c;i:r=. but revolu.ionia eTecy
l,-~7? AL village :-!I city OF TIE United
g.: - .a.>,ni ;rtn,ira cent. The DcosDect was