Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-13
A SUBLIME THEME.
"AMERlCA FOR GOD" THE SUBJECT OF
Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON.

"AMERlCA FOR GOO"THE SUBJECT OF
Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Manufactures, but America Shall BE For
God-Enemies That Must BE Overcome.
Plan of Campaign.
WAsHINGToN, March 8.-This dis
course presents Il sublime theme and is
Of national importance, and coming
from the capital Of the nation must have
a stirring effect throughout the land.
DR.. Talmage chose for his text Reyela-
tion xiii, II, "And l beheld another
beast coming up out Of the earth, and
he had two horns like a lamb, and he
ipake as a dragon
Is America mentioned in the Bible
Learned and c0nsecrated men who hayt
studied the inspired books Of Daniel and
Revelation more than l have and under
stand them better agree III saying that
the leopard mentioned in the Bible
meant Grecia, and the bear meant Me-
do-Persia, and the lion meant Babylon,
End the beast Of the text coming up out
of the earth, with two horns like lamb
and the voice Of a dragon, means our
country, because among other reasons 1t
seemed to como up out Of the earth
when Columbus discovered it, and 1t
has been for the most part at peace like
a lamb unless assaulted by foreign foe,
in which case it has had two horns
strong and sharp and the voice OF a
dragon loud enough to make all nations
hear tho roar Of its indignation. Is IL
reasonable to suppose that God would
leave out from the prophecies Of his book
this whole western hemisphere? No, no !!
II beheld another beast coming up out
Of the earth, and he had two horns like
q lamb, and be spake as dragon. "
Germany for scholarship, England
for manufactures, France for manners,
Egypt for antiquities, Italy for pictures,
bat America for God.
l start with the cheering thought that
the most popular book on earth today is
the Bible, the most popular institution
on earth today ia the church, and the
most popular name on earth today is
Jesus Right from this audience hun
dreds Of men and women would, if need
be, march out and die for him.
Am too confident in saying, Amer
ica for God?' If the Lord will help me,
will show the strength and extent Of
the long line Of fortresses to be taken
and give you my reasons for saying it
can DO done and will be done. Let US
decide. in this battle for God, whether
we arc at Bull Run or at Gettysburg
There is a Fourth Of Julyish way OF
Dragging about this country, and the
most tired and plucked bird that ever
flew through the heavens is the Ameri-
can eagle. so much so that Mr. Gladstone
said to me facetiously at Hawarden, 81
hear that the fish in your American
lakes are so large that when one Of them
is taken out the entire lake is percepti-
blv lowered" and at dinner given IN
Paris an American offered for a senti-
ment. Hero is to the United States
bounded on the north by the aurora bo-
reals, on tho south by the procession OF
the eouinoxes, Oh the east by primeval
chaos and on the west by the day OF
Judgment. The effect Of such grand
iloauence is to discredit the real facts,
which are so tremendous they need no
parnishing. The worst thing to do IN
anv campaign, military or religious, Is
/ TO underestimate an enemy, and l Will
have no part in such attempts at belittle'
ment.
To Be Taken For God
This land to be taken for God, ac'
cordiug to Hassel, the statistician, ha:
142I9, ,9G7 square miles, a width and
n length that none but the Omniscleni
can appreciate. -Four Europes put to-
gether and capable Of holding and feed
ing. rs it will hold and feed, according
10 Atkinson, the statistician, If the
world continues in existence and does
not run afoul Of somo other world or gel
consumed by the fires already burning
in the cellars Of the planet-capable,
say. Of holding and feeding more thar
900. 900, 600 inhabitants. For you mus
remember it must be held for God al
well as taken for God, and the las
500. 900, 600 inhabitants must not be al
lowed to swamp the religion Of the frs
SOC. 900. 600. Not much use in taking
the fortress if we cannot hold it. i
must be held until the archangeii
trumpet bids living and dead arise IRON
this laundering planet
You must remember it is only aoou
. 7 O'Clock in the morning Of our nation :
life. Great cities are to flash and roa
among what are called the " Bad Lands
Of the Dakotas and the great "Colum
bia plains" Of Washington state an'
: that ON which we put our schoolboy nm
gers on the map and spelled out as tn
"Great American desert Is, through
, systematic and consummating irriga
tion. 10 bloom like Chatsworth park an'
be made more productive than those re
gions dependent upon uncertain am
spasmodic rainfall. All those regions
3 as well as those regions already cult
vated. TO be inhabited That was q -
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