The Progress., 1896-10-24

car'e into that battle on thu r,,,.
The Winds God showed vs..
could do with them When the so,,s '
timbers of the ships of thu g..
ARMADA were strewn on the rsh
Scotland, Norway and the Hss,.
The waters. He showed what \.
do with them when he put tho y
earth under them. leaving it sinh.
Gus one hundred and fifty days.
earthquakes. He showed what IA !.
do with them when he let Carac,. !.
into the open mouth Of horror ana \
islands of the sea went into en,,'
ment. The lightnings. He chm
what he could do with them vh..'
wrapped Mount Sinai in fame ana
have all seen their flashing lan,s,
moving with the chariots of tho NJ
night hurricane. All the regimes
elemental will come in on our sid.
the great Armageddon. Come and
us mount and ride along the line !,
review the troops of Emanuel and n
that the regiments terrestrial and col.
tial that come into that battle on ],
right side are, as compared with tMs
on the wrong side, two to one, I'M,
dred to one. a thousand to one.
But who is the commander-in.chIs
on this side? Splendid armies ban
been ruined, caught in traps, flung o,.
precipices, and annihilated through N
incompetence Or treachery of their 70,
eral. Who commands on our sda
Jehovah-Jireh! so-called in one place
Captain of Salvation" so-called in ~
other place. King Of Kings. Lord ID
Lords. ConQueror Of Conquerqs
His eye omniscient. His arm omnipp
tent. He will take the lead.
But do not let us shout until alta
we have seen the two armies clash d
the last struggle. Oh. my soul! Th
battle of all time and all eternity opeu
Forward" Forward" is the com.
mand on both sides given. The Ion,
lines of both armies waver and swim
to and fro. Swords of truth agains,
engines Internal. Black horse cavalrI
of perdition against white horse cayal
ry of heaven. The redemption of TIL
world and the honor of the throne d
God to vindicate, how tremendous i
the battle: The army of RIGHTEOUSNESS
seems giving way; but no! 1t is only
part of the maneuvre of the infnit
fight. 1t is deploy of the host celes
tial. What meeting in this field .
splendor and wrath, of the angelic an
of the diabolic, of hosanna and blas
phemy, of song and curse, of the divln
and the satanic. The thunderbol!
of the Almighty burst and blaze upo
the foe. Boom! Boom! BY Ii
torches Of lightning that illuminate Ii
scene | see that the crisis of the Arma
geddon has come. 1t is the turnin
point of this last battle. The next mt
ment will decide all. Aye! the force
OF Apollyon are breaking ranks. Sc,
See! They fly. Some on foot, SON
on wing; they fly. Back over the bal
Elements of perdition they 60 dow
with infinite crash, all the regimen,
The prophesied Amageddon of I'll
text has been fought, and Christ an
his followers have won the day. Tt
Kingdoms of this world have becom
the Kingdoms Of our Lord and hi
Christ All the Christian workers
our time, you, my hearers, and YOU m
readers, and all the Christian worke,
u all the ages, have helped on the ma,
llhcent result, and the victory is oul
Is much as theirs. This moment invi
ns all outsiders, through the raj
'omed blood Of the everlasting Cover
INT. to get into the ranks of the Cor
luerors, and under the banner Of OF
leader, l shall not close the servif
With prayer, as we usually do but in
nedlately give out the Morayian bvm,
~ James Montgomery, appropriat
Vhen written in 1919. but more apprc
'rlate in 1896, and ask you, with fu
'oices, as well as with grateful hearts
c chant 1t.
zee Jeh0vah's banner furl'd.
Sheathed his sword: He speaks-,t,
done
md the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of his SIM