The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-23
VOLUME XIX.
REV. Oh. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Div neis Sunday
Discourse.
Subject: "Armageddon.''

TEXT: and he gathered them together 10
.plnce called in the Hebrew tongue. Arma.
sc 'don.'-Itav. XVI, 16.
Megildo Is the name Ola mountain tina
looks down upon E~slfTlnp, the greatest
battlefield that the world has ever seen.
There Darak tonight the Oapaanites: there
Gideon fought the Mi l%iaujtes; there Josiah
fought the invading Egyptians. The whole
region stands for battle, ami the Arranged.
don OF my text borrows i:s name from il,
and Is here used, not geographically, bul
f1gurHtively, while setting forth the ideS
that there is TO ba a worlds closing battle,
the greatest of all battles. compared With
which the conflicts of this century and all
other centuries were insignificant, because
OF the greater number OF combatants en-.
gagged, the greater victory and the greater
defeat. The exact date of that battle we dc
not know, AM the exact locality Is uneer.
tain. Tmay be in Asia. Europe, Africa, OF
America; but thef fact that such q battle will
take place is as certain As Gods eternal
truth. When I use the superlative degree in
regard to that coming conflict, do not forget
that there have been wars all along on
s~tupendous scale. As when at Marathon Mil
liades brought on his men, not in ordinary
march, but in full run, upon the horse
men Of Persia and the black archers Of
Ethiopia. and Bcattered them, aud crying,
bring fire! Bring firel" set into flame the
ships OF the INVADER. As when Pizarro over
oame Peru. As whea Philip the Second
triumphed over Portugal. As when the Huns
met the Cloths. As when three hundred
Spartans sacrificed themselves at Thermo-
pyiae. As when the Carthagenians took Ag-
ngentum. As when Alexander headed the
Macedonian phalanx. As when Hannibal in
vRded Italy. Battle Of Hastingsl Battle Of
yalmy! Battle of Arbelai Battle OF Toursl
Battle of Borodinol Battle Of Lucknow! Bat
tie of solferino! Battle of Fontenoy where
100, 900 were slain! Battle OF Chalons where
300, 600 were massacredl Battle of Herat
where Genghis Khan destroyed 1000, 600
livesl Battle Of Neishar where l.747 900
ven down to deathi 1876, 0C0 slnin at Troyl
And American battles, too near us now to
allow us to appreciate their awful grandeur
and Significance, except you who wero there,
facing the North or facing tho SOUTH But
all the battles / ave named put together
will not equal in numbers enlisted, or fierce
ness, or grandeur. or triumph, o. rout, the
coming ArmageddOn contest. Whether 1t
Shall be fought with printers type or keen
steel. whether by brain or muscle, whether
by pen or carblnH, whether by booming can
non or thunders of Christian loquence, l do
not know, and you may take what | say az
flgurative or literal, bur take as certain what
ST. John, In his vision on the rocks OF the
Greeian Archipelago, is pleased to call "Ar.
m~ageddOn."
NV ermon will first mention the regiments
that will be engaged In the conflict; then
will say something Of the commanders on
both sides: n then speak Of the battle
itself ami the tremendous issues, Begin
ming with those who will fgot on the wrong
side, I first mention the Regiments Dia-
bolic. In this very chapter from which my
text is taken we are told that the spirits OF
devils will DO there. How many millions
of them no one can tell, for thu statistics OF
the satanic dominions have never been re-
ported and the roll of that host has never
on earth been called; but from the direful,
and continental, and 2 anstary WORK they
have already doue, aud the fact that every
mar and woman and child on earth has Il
fempter. there must be at least sixteen hum
dred millions Of evil spirits familiar with
our world. Perhaps as many more are en-
gagged on especial enterprises Of abomina-
Non among the Nations and empires OF the
earth. Beside that there must be an tncon-
eeivable number 'of Inhabitants in realms
pandemoniac, staying there 10 keep the
great capitals OF sin going from age TO age,
Many OF them once lived In heaven, but
engaging in conspiracy 10 put Satan on the
throne, they were hurled out and down, ana
they are now among the worst thugs of the
universe. Having been in three worlds, -
Heaven, earth and he'll, they have all the
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their speed, their cunning, their hostility
Tonderful beyond oil statement In the Ar
mageddon they will. ] doubt not, be present
In full array. They will have no reserve
corps, but all will be at the front. There will
not only be soldiers in that battle who can
DO seen aud aimed at, but troc ps intangible
and without corporeity, and weapons may
strike earthroughthem without giving them
hurt. With what shout OF defiance will they
climb up the ladders Of fire n leap from
the battiements OF asbestos into the iast cam
paign oil hell Paul, the bravsst OF all men,
was impressed With their mishtfor evil when
he said, ave wrestle not against flesh and
blood. but against principalities, and against
powers, and against the rulers Of the dark
ness in this world, against spiritual wicked
ness in high places" Oh, what an agitating
moment. when the ranks diabolic move up
and take their places for conflicts In the Ar
nageddoni
Other regiments who will march into the
hght will be the Regiment Alcoholic. They
will be made Of the brewers companies, dis
tiliery owners and liquor dealers assoeia.
lions, and the hundreds of millions Of their
patrons. These millions of victims of alco.
hol Joined by the millions OF the victims Of
arracB, the spirituous liquor Of China n
India, and Arabia, and Egypt, and Ceylon,
and s Rm.
Other regiments who will march into the
nght on the wrong side will be the Regi.
ments Infdel. God gave but one revelation
to tie human race, and thesa men nave been
trying to destroy IT. Many of the books,
magazines and newspapers, through per-
petual scoff nj Christianity, and some of the
universities have become recruiting agencies
for those regimen a. The greatest brigadief
OF all those regiments, Voitaire, who closed
his life of assault upon Christianity by writ.
ing: "aappiness is n dream, and only pain Ii
real. have thought 80 Tor eighty-four
years, and I know no better plan than to re-
that flies are born to be devoured by spiders
and man to be consumed by care. / wish
I had never been born" Oh, the God-for>
saken regiments OF intdels, who, after hav-
ing spent their life Hntagonizing the only in.
nusnce that could make the earth better,
gather with their low wit and their vile sneef
and their learned idiocy and their horrible
blasphemy 10 take part against God and
righteousness in the great Armageddoni
Other regiments who will march In on the
the wrong siGe.i in the battle will be the Regi-
ments Mohanmedan. At the present time
there are about one hundred and seventy
ave mill. on Moslems. Their plain mission
10 to kill Christians, demean~ womanhood,
and take possession OF the earth 10 the inter-
est Of ignorance, superstition, aud moral
Nth. The massacre of fifty thousand Ar
menians In the last two orthree years is only
one chapter in their effort to devastAte the
earth OF everything but themselves. So
determined are they in their bad work
that all the Nations OF the earth put together
dare not say to them, ''Stop or we will make
you stop" Ny hope Is that long before that
last battle OF which ! speak, the Turkish
Government, and with 1t Mohsmmedanism,
MAJ be wiped out OF existence. The Turkish
power of the last four hundred years has
been the miehtiest hindrance on earth TO re-
ngious liberty and moral improvement. Her
e1termtnatfon is prophesied in the Book OF
Revelation in the figure Of the drying up Of
the River Euphrates, and she is going rapid
ly, thank Godl But II the Bible prophecy
concerning the drying up Of the Euphrates
IL not fulfilled before the battle mentioned
In my text, Mohammedanism will march in
with sword, and poison, and torch to take
ner part In the great Armageddon.
Yea to show the magnitude OF the forces
on the wrong side, have to tell you what il
Left OF heathenisn at that time will marcf
into the conflict. There are n hundred
and City million fetish idolators, two hun
dred and twenty million Brahmins. fou
hundred million Buddhists. Through tht
sublimest movement Of this century, thu
missionary movement, all the time gather
ing In momentum, I believe all, or nearll
all, Of that seven hundred and seventy mill
ions Of hsathendom will be converted to
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