The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-12-05
DR.. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
CONGRESS SALUTED.
God Has Always Been on the Side of This
Nation.

VI uIcTOuuu uDput Eusuus Ill hlnEs VI, ~.
The American Congress is assembling.
Arriving or already arrived are the repre-
sentatives Of all sections OF this beloved
land. Let us welcome them with prayers
and benedlction. A nobler group Of men
never entered Washington than those who
will to-morrowtake their places in the SEN
ate Chamber and the House OF Repres enta-
tives. Whether .hey come alone or leave
their families nj the homestead far away,
may the blessing OF the Eternal God be upon
them We invite them 10 our churches. and
together they in political spheres and we In
religious circles will give the coming
months 20 consideration of the best interests
OF this country which God has blessed so
much In the past that purpose 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 rs in the text He filled the noun
tains with help for Elisha.
Az II cost England many regiments and
1000, 900 year TO keep safely trouble
some captive at 81. Helena, so the king OF
Syria sends out n whole army to capture one
minister OF rellglon-perhaps $4,000 men 20
take Elisha. During the night the army OF
Syrians came around the village Of Dothan,
whore the prophet was staying. At early
daybreak the man servant OF Elisha rushed
In and said: "What shall we do2 There "a
whole army come TO destroy you We
must diel We must dicr' But Elisha was
not scared bit, for he looked up and saw
the mountains all around full OF super
natural forces, and no knew that II there
were 80, 1000 Syrlans against him there were
l00, 900 angels for him, and in answer to the
prophets prayer In behalf OF his afdghted
man servant the young man saw 1t too.
Horses Of fire harm essed to charots OF fire.
and drivers Of FIRE pulling reins OF tlre on
bits Of fire. and warriors OF fire with brand
ished swords Of fire. AMI the brllliauce OF
that morning sunrise was eclipsed by the
galoping splendors OF tho celestial caval-
cade. "And the Lord opened the eyes OF
tho young man. aud he saw, and behold the
mountain was full OF horses and charlots OF
Gre round about Elisha" speak OF the
upper forces OF the text that are TO fight on
our side "a Nation. IL all the low levels
ara filed with armed threats, hav5 TO tell
you that the mountains OF our hope and
courage and faith are full OF the horses aud
:harlots OF divine rescue.
You will notice that the divine equipage Is
always represented as chariot OF fire.
Ezekiel and Isaiah aud John. when they
come TO describe the divine equipage always
represent It as a wheeled. a harnessed, an
upholstered connagration. II is not a char
lot like kings and conquerors OF earth
mount. but an organized and comprassei
Are. That means purity, Justice chastise-
nent. deliverance through burning escapes.
Chariot of rescue2 Yes, but n chariot OF fire.
All our National observation-disclosures have been
tnrOugn screening uVOules huu re1 ulSusterS
Through tribulation the individual rises.
Through tribulation Nations rise. Chariots
oi rescue. but chariots OF fire. But how do
know that this divine equipage is on the side
Of our institutions know II by the history
NJ the last 1l9 years. The American Revolu-
don started from the pen of John Hancock
In Independence Hall In lI76 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 gTandest navles and the
sources inexhaustible, and nearly ali Ma.
Hons adv back them up In the fight.
.lnensity. s--
..use Oh the American colonies which
.,ed at zero dropped still lower through
q quarrelling OF the generals, and through
3. ;he ieelousies ut small successes, and through
the winters which surpassed all pre- eiecessors
In depth OF snow aud horrors OF CONCEAL.
ment. Elisha surrounded by the whole
Syrian army did not seem to be worse OF
than did the thirteen colonies encompassed
and oyershaiowel by foreign assault. What
decided the contest In our favor? The upper
forces, the upper armies. The Green aud
White Mountains OF New England, the
Highlands along the Hudson. the mountains
OF Virginia, all the Appalachian ranges
were full OF re-entorcements. which the
Young man Washington saw by faith, and
his men endured the frozen feet, AMI the
gangrened wounds, and the eNhausting
hunger. and the long march becnuse .'the
Lord opened tho eyes of the younc man. and
no saw and. behold. tho mountain was full
of horses aad chariots Of 1ro round nhout
Elisha" Washington himself was "A mirarle
What Joshua was in sacrel history the frst
kmerlcan Prssident was In sncnla, history
8 thonsani other men eyceilcd him In
iifrerent things but he excellei them all in
-oundness AMI eomnleteness of character
Tho world never saw his like. and nrobabIv
,aeyer will see his like again. because there
nrohablv never will ha nnothar such ex-
'ga,cv He was lat down n divins inter-
ncsitior He was from Cod direct
10 NOT know how many oan reai tbe
history Of those times without admittino the
sontast vas decided nv the MINER fnrcss
Than in 1851 when our Civil War oneneI
nanv M the Nor,h ami M tbe south nro'
nnmScei it National suicde II was NOT
coura,a ac,ainst cowar1ic, I, yas not yvaaith