The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-12-05
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
rhe Eminent DivIne's Sermon Dc.
:ivsred In Washington.
Subject: "Armaseddon."

TEXT: "And he gatnereu tneni tosotnoi ~
A place called in the Hebrew tongue, Arma-
geddoD."-liev xvi. 16.
Meciddo is the name of a mountain that
,ooks down upon Esdrmlon, the greatest
battlefield that the world has ever seen.
There Barak fought the Canaanitesi there
Gideon fought the Midianites; there JOSIAH
fought the invading Egyptians. Inc wnoie
region stands for battle, and the Armaged-
don of my text borrows lis name iroml',
and is here used, not geographically, put
flg1ratiyely, while setting forth the idea
that there Is to be 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 90
not know, and the exact locality is uncer-
tain. may be in Asia. Europe, Africa, or
America; but the fact that such battle Will
take Mace Is as certain as Gods eternal
truth When use the superlative degree IN
regard to that coming conflict, do not forget
that there have been wars all along on
stupendous SCALE AS when at Marathon Mil
tiaGes 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 scattered them, and crying,
"Bripg fire! Bring fire!" set into fame the
ships of the invaders. As when Plzarro over
came Peru. As when Philip the Second
triumphed over Portugal. As when the HUNS
met the Cloths. As when three hundrel
Spartans sacrificed themselves at Thermo-
pylae As when the Carthagenians took Ag-
rigentum. As when Alexander headed the
Macedonian phalanx AS when Han pnt,,a IN 4,
| yaded Italy. Battle OF Hastings! Battle OF
| Valmy. Battle of Arbela! Battle OF Toursl
| Rattle of Borodinol Battle of Lucknow! Bat
| tie of Solferino! Battle of Fontenoy where
| 100. 600 were slain! Battle OF Chalons where
| 800. 900 were massacred! Battle OF Herat
where Genghis Khan destroyed 1,60O, wy
| lives! Battle of Neishar where l,f4i,oVu
went down to death! 1876, 0G0 slain at Troy!
| And American battles too near us now TO
| allow us to appreciate their awful grandeur
and Significance except you who We're there,
| facing the North or facing the South! But
| all the battles have named put together
| will not equal in numbers enlisted, or fierce
ness, or grandeur, or triumph, or rout, the
coming ArEageddon contest. Whether 1t
shall be fought with printers type or Keen
STEEL whether by brain or muscle, whether
by pen or carbine, whether by booming cam
non or thunders of Christian eloquence, do
not know, and you may take what l say az
flgurative or literal but take as certain what
/ ST. John, in his vision on the rocks OF the
Grecian archipelago, is pleased to call AR
mageddon."
| NV sermon VIII UFSt m6utlOu tuc reg
that will be engaged in the conflict; then
will say something of the commanders on
both sides: and then speak of the battle
| itself and the tremendous issues. Begin
ming with those who will fight 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 be there. How many millions
OF them no one can tell, for the statistics oil
1 <ho cofonio doDniniona bava never baeQ re-
ported and the roll of that host has never
on earth been called; but from the direful
and continental, and planetary work they
have already done, aud the fact that every
man and woman and child on earth has q
tempter there must be at least sixteen hun
dred millions of evil spirits familiar witt
our world. Perhaps as many more are en-
gagged on especial enterprises OF abomina
tion among the Nations and empires OF thu
earth. Beside that there must be an incon
ceivable number of Inhabitants In realms
pandemoniac, staying there 10 keep thu
great capitals OF sin going from age TO age
Many of them once lived in heaven. bu
engaging in conspiracy 10 put Satan on thu
throne, they were hurled out and down, and
they are now among the worst thugs of tn,
universe. Having been in three worlds, :
Heaven, earth and hell they have all tn
advantages of great experience. Their power
their speed, their cunning, their hostilit.
wonderful beyond all statement! In the Ar
mageddon they twill. I doubt not, be presen
in full array, They will have no reserv
corps, but all will be Mt the front. There vii
not only be soldiers in that battle who cal
be seen and aimed at, but troops intangibl
and without corporeity, and weapons ma
strike clear through them without givingthe
| hurt With what shout of defiance will the
climb up the ladders of fire and leap fror
the battiements of asbestos into the last cam
paign OF hell! Paul, the brayest of all men
was impressed with their might for evil whe
he said, ave wrestle not against flesh an
blood, but against principalities, and agains
powers, and against .he rulers of the darl
] ness in this world, against spiritual wicked
1 ness in high places" Oh, what an agitatin
moment, when the ranks diabolic move u
> and take their places for conflicts in the Al
, mageddon!
' Other regiments who will march into th
! fight will be the Regiment Alcoholic. The
will be made of the brewers companies, di.
til,ery owners and liquor dealers associs
tons, and the hundreds OF millions of the
patrons These millions of victims of alct
hol joined by the millions of the victims {
arrack, the spirituous liquor of China an
4 India, and Arabia, and Egypt, and Ceylol
e and Sam.
. Other regiments who will march into IL
|, fight on the wrong side will be the Reg
:. ments Infdel. God gave but one revelatio
I TO the human race, and these men have bee
t trying to destroy it. Many of the book
}. magazines and newspapers, through pc
petual scott Mt Christianity, and some of tn
: universities have become recruiting agencie
s for those regiments. The greatest brigade
OF all those regiments, Voltaire, who close
" his life of assault upon Christianity by wri
ing: Happiness is dream, and only pain
= real. I have thought so for eighty-for
S years, and know no better plan than to r.
sign myself to the inevitable and to refie
: that flies are born to be devoured by spide
[: and man to be consumed by care. l wis
r had never been born" Oh. the God-fo
. saken regiments OF infidels, who, after ha
: ing spent their life .antagonizing the only Il
j. fiuence that could make the earth bette
r gather with their low wit and their vile sne
a and their learned idiocy and their horrib
blasphemy to take part against God al
righteousness in the great Armageddon!
8 Other regiments who will march in on Il
# the wrong side in the battle will be the Reg
ments Mohammedan. At the present tin
there are about one hundred and sevent
e five million Moslems. Their plain missile
d is to kill Christians, demean womanhoo'
q and take possession OF the earth in the int
= est of ignorance, superstition, and NOR
!, filth. The massacre of fifty thousand A
menians in the last two or three years Is on
a one chapter In their effort to devastate Il
earth of everything but themselves. !
4 determined are they in their bad VOL
that all the Nations OF the earth put togeth
dare not say to them, "5top or we will NAL
you stop" My hope is that long before tn
last battle OF which speak, the Turks
Government, and with Ii Mohammedanisr