The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-21

lestial that come into that battle on the
right side are, as compared with those
on the wrong side, 2 to /, 100 to l,
1000 to l.
The King of Kings In Command.
But who is the commander in chief
on this side? Splendid armies have been
ruined, caught in traps, flung over prcc-
ipices and annihilated through the in
competence or treachery Of their gener-
al. Who commands on our SIDE? Jeho-
YAH -Jireh, so called in one place. Cap
tain of salvation, so called in another
place. King of kings, Lord Of lords,
Conqueror of conquerors. His eye cm.
niscient, his arm omnipotent lie 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 Garth will quake, and
when he shall give the battle shout all
the gates of hell will tremble.
But do not let us shout until afterwe
have seen the two armies clash Ill tie
last struggle. Oh, my soul! The battle
of all timc and all eternity opens! For
ward!" "Forwardp is the command
Oh both sides given. The long lines Of
both armies waver and swing 10 ard
fro. Swords of truth against engines III
fernal. Black horse cavalry of Iertlition
against white horse cavalry Of heaven.
Thes redemption Of this world and the
honor of the throne Of God to vindicate.
How tremendous is the battle. The army
of righteousness seems giving way. But
no. 1t is only part Of the maucuver OF
tho infinite fight. 1t is Il deploy Of the
host celestial. What a meeting III this
field of splendor and wrath, Of the an
gelic and of the diabolic, Of hcsanna
and blasphemy, of song and curse, OF
the divine and the satanic. The thun-
derbolts Of the Almighty burst and blaze
upou the fee. Boom! Boom! by the
torches of lightning that lllumlne the
scene see that the crisis cf the Anna
geddon has cone. 1t is the turning
point CT this last battle. The next mo-
uent will decide all. Aye, the forces of
Apollyon arc breaking ranks. See, see!
They fly! Scme Oh foot, some Oh wing!
They fly! Back over the battlements OF
perdition they 60 down with infinite
crash, all the regiments diabolic. Back
to the mountains and caves the armed
hosts of earth, crying as they retreat to
the rocks and mountains, "Fall OH Us
and hide us from the face CT 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 to stand?'
After the Battle.
And while Apollyon, the prisoner OF
war, is being dragged in chains 10 his
dungeon ard our conqueror is iemount-
ing his throne I look off upon the bat
tlefeld, and amcng the slain / find the
carcasses of Mohammedanism and pa
ganism and atheism and inidelity
and dissipation and fraud and multi
tudinous wrong strewing the plain,
and I hear the angel that standeth i'll
the sun crying in the words Of Revela-
ton to all the fowls that fly IN the
midst Of heaven-thc eagles, and the
vultures, and the hawks, and the alba
trosses. "Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great
Gcd, that ye may eat the flesh of kings,
and the flesh of captains, and the flesh
CT mighty men, and the flesh Of horses,
and CT them that sit Oh them"
The prophesied Armageddon Of the
text has been fought, and Christ and
his followers have won the day. The
kingdoms cf this world have become
the Kingdoms of our Lord and his
Christ. All the Christian workers CT
our time, you, my heare-s, ard you, my
readers, and ell the Christian workers
of all the ages Lave helped on tie mag
nifcent result, and the victory is ours
as much as theirs. This moment invit-
ing all outsiders, through tbs ranscmed
blood of the everlasting covenant, to get
into the ranks Of tie conquerors and un-
der the banner cf cur leader, shall not
close the service with prayer, as we
usually do, but Immediately give out
the Moravian hymn, by James Mont
gomery, appropriate when written, ID
1919, but more appropriate IN 1896, and
ask you, with full voices rs well as with
grateful hearts, to chant 1t:
Sec Jehovahs banner furld,
Sheathed his sword. He speaks; it's done
And the Kingdoms OF this world
Are the king Goms Of his Son.