Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-17

lie showed what he could do with them
when he wrapped Mount Sinai in flame
and we have all seen their flashing Ian
terms moving with the chariots uf the mid
night hurricane All the regiments elc-
mental will come in on our side in the
great Armagcddun Come and let us
mount and ride along the line and review
the troops of Emmanuel and find that the
regiments terrestrial and celestial that
come into that battle on the right side are
as compared with those on the wrong side
two To- one, a hundred to one, a thousand
10 one.
Bat who Is the commander in chief on
this side: Splendid armies have been ruin
cd. caught in traps, flung over prccipices
and annihilated through the incompetence
or treachcry Of their general Who com
nands on our side: Jehovah .Iirch, so
called in one place. Captain of saliva
ton, - called in another place King
of kings Lord Of lords Cunqucror of
conqurrurs. Ills eye omniscicnt His arm
omnipotcnt He will take the lead He
will draw the sword He will give the
command And when he plants his foot for
the combat, the foundations Of the earth
will quake and when he shall give the
Battle shout, all the gates of hell will trcm-
BILE
The Conflict.
But do not let us shout until after we
have seen the two armies clash in the last
struggle. oh, my soul The battle OF all
time and all eternity opens. Forward"
Forward j. the command on both sides
given. The long lines Of both armies
waycr and swing TO and fro. Swords Of
truth against engines Internal Black
horse cavalry of perditiun against white
horse cavalry of heaven. The redemption
Of this world and the honor of the throne
Of God 10 yindicatc-how tremendous is
the battle, The army of righteousness
seems giving way, but no. 1t is only
part Of the mancuycr of the infinite fight.
1t Is dcpluy of the host celestial. What u
meeting in this field of splcndor and
wrath, OF the angelic and of the diabolic.
of hos;nna and blasphcmy, of song and
curse of the divine and the satanic Tho
thunderbolts of the Almighty burst and
blaze upon the foe. Boom, BOOM by the
torches of lightning that iIluminc the
scene | see that the crisis Of the Arranged
don has come. 1t Is the turning point of
this last battle The next moment will
decide all. Aye, the forces of Apnllyon
are breaking ranks. see. see, They fly.
Some IN foot, some on wing, they fly.
Back over the battlemcnis Of pertlition
they go down with infinite crash, all the
regiments ;iiabolic Back TO tie noun
tainS and caves the armed hosts Of earth,
CRYING ~ they retreat to the rocks and
Fall ON us and hide us from
tie face of him that sitteth upon the
throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,
for the great day of his wrath has come,
and who shall be able 10 stand:''
And while Apollyon, the prisoner OF
war, IS being dragged in chains 10 his
dungeon, ana our Conqueror Is remount-
ing lis throne, | look of upon the battle
field and among the slain / find the car
cases of Mohammcdanism and paganism,
and atheism, and infldclity, and dissipa-
ton, and fraud, and multitudinous wrong
strewing the plain. and l hear the angel
that standcth in the sun crying, in the
words Of Revelation, to all the fowls that
fly in the midst of heaven-the eagles, and
the yulturcs, and the hawks, and the al
batrosses-'C Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper Of the great God,
that W may eat the flesh of kings, ana the
flesh Of captains, and the flesh of mighty
men. and the flesh of horses, and Of them
that sit on them.
The prophcsied Armageddon of the text
has been fought, and Christ and his fol-
lowers have won the day. The Kingdoms
of this world have become the kingdoms Of
our Lord and his Christ. All tho Chris
tian workers of our time, you, my hearers,
and you, my readers. and all the Christian
workers of all the ages have helped on the
magnificent result, and the victory is ours
as much as theirs. This moment inviting
all outsiders. through the ransomed blood
of the everlasting covenant, TO get into
the ranks Of the conquerors and under the
banner of our leader, / shall not Close the
service with prayer, as we usually do, but
Immediately give out the Morayian hymn,
by James Montgomery, appropriate when
written, in 1919, but more appropriate in
1896 and ask you, with full voices, rs
well as with grateful hearts, to chant it:
See Jchovah's banner furl'd.
Sheathcd his sword. He speaks: It's done,
And the Kingdoms of this world
Are the Kingdoms Of his Son.