Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-10-30

amounted regiments u. tue rAFtus - "
joined by the unc0uuirl regiments ir1n
periiu1ns Can any power cope Slth thenf
Especially when / tel yuu who their com
mander l., for % much Iu an wars depends
upon the ch'-ftain. Their leader VIII NOT
he political Accideat or military map
pen s1.' By talent. AMI adroltne-s sll
courage, and uncva-inc industry ne pa
cone 90 the bat emineure. DE- disputed the
throne Of heaven with the Almighty ua'
no one has ever disputed the throne OF elet-
nal night with this monarch who will ia Tue
last battle take the field IN person. Mli9h
calls him Lucifer. Goethe calls hin Nefnls-
topheies, the Hebrew cali bin Abadd9n, the
Greek calls him ApoliyOn. He Is the lmpef-
sOnatiOn ~ Hll ma.eyoirnee, OF All opptes
sion, o. all cruelty. The summing up OF an
fa'srnO01. Ia his makeup nothing DAD was
left out and nothing good was put IN, anu
be Is 90 be the General the Commhndef-ih,
Chief Of an the forces on the wrong SIDE OF
the great Aruasedd1u. He mas been IN
more battles than YOU have ever read about,
and he has gained more victories than nave
ever been celebrated In this world. But
guess this old warrior Of Pandemonium
will not have an undisputed neld. guess
there will be an army 20 dispute Win nus
forces. | have mentioned the supremacy oil
this world. / guess our troops wall not
have TO run when. on the day mentioned
III NV ANAAs at tue ll4iFlAlthA ataAANa
unlimbered. We have been reviewing the
troops diab0lic. We have been measuring
the caubres Other guns. We have been ex-
aiming their ammunition wagons. Now
let Us look az the forces TO be marshalled in
the ArmGceddon on the right side.
First Of all. | mention the Regiments
Angelic. Alas, that the subject OF demon
olOgy seems better understood than the
subject Of angeiology. But the glorious
a md oil IA
immortals that iiil the galleries aud levels
of the universe are to take part In that last
great fight, and the Regiments Angelic are
the only regiments capable Of meeting the
Regiments PlutOnic. To show you some
thing OF an angels power. / ask you 10
consider that Just one Of them slew one
hundred and eighty-hve thousand OF Sem
nacherib's hosts in u night, and 1t is not
tough arithmetical question 10 solve, II one
angel can slay one hundred and eighty-tiye
thousand troops in "a night. how many can
five hundred millions Of them slayt The
old Book says that They excel IN
strength" II Is not a celestial mob, but
discipled most aud they know their rank.
Chersbim, seraphim. thrones, principali-
ties AMI powers. And tins leader OF those
regiments in Michael the Archaugel. David
saw Just one group Of angels sweep past,
and they were twenty thousand eharloted.
faculties 50 wonderfully developed, con-
fesses his Incapacity to count them by say
ing, "Ye are come 10 Mount Zion and an
innumerabe company Of angels" II each
soul on earth has a guardian angel, then
there must be sixteen hundred million
angels on earth to-day Beside that,
heaven must be full Of angels, those who
stay there; not only the twelve angels who,
we are told, guard the twelve gates, but
those angels who help in the worship, aud go
ON mission from mansion to mansion. and
help to build the hosauuas and entnrOne tue
hallelulahs aud roll the dOXOlOgles Of the
service that never ends. But they all, Il re-
qulreI, will be in the last fight between
holiness and sin. Heaven could afford to
adjourn, just one day, and empty all its
temples, and mansions, and palaces, and
boueyards into that one battle.
The next regiments that / see marching
into the fight will he the Regiments Ecclesi-
astic. According to the last accounts, and
practically only in the beginning OF the gos-
pei movement which proposes TO take the
whole earth for God, there are four million
six hundred thousand Methodists, three
million seven hundred and twenty-five thou
sand Baptsts, one million two hundred and
eighty thousand three hundred and thirty
three PresOyterians, one million two hundred
and thirty thousand Lutherans, and six
hundred and forty Thousand EptscopRlians.
But the present statistics Of churches will be
utterly swamped when, after all the great
denominations have done their best work
the slowest OF all the sects will have more
numbers than the present enrolment OF all
denominations throughout Christendom. |
see them moving into the ranks, carrying
standard striped and starred; striped as sug-
costing Him by whose stripes We are healed,
and starred as with the promise that those
who turn manytO righteousness shall shine as
tine stars. forever and ever Into that battle
on our side will roll those mighty engines OF
power, the printing presses Of Christendom.
Into that battle will also move the mghtest
telescopes, that shall bring the stars in their
courses to fight for our God.
Again. the Regiments Elemental will come
into that battle on the right side. The
winds! God showed what He could do with
them when the spiintered timbers OF the
ships Of the Spanish Armada were strewn
on the rocks Of Scotland, Norway and the
Hebriies. The waters! He showed what He
could DO with them when He put the whole
earth under them. leaving 1t subaqueous one
hundred and fifty days. The earthquakesl
He showed what He could do with them
when He let Caracas drop into the open
mouth of horror and the islands OF the sea
went into entombment. The lightningsl He
showed what He could do with them when
He wrapped Noun: Sinai in flame, and we
have all seen their flashing lanterns moving
with the charlots OF the midnight hurricane,
All the Regiments Elemental will come in our
side in the great Arnageddou. Come and let
US mount and ride along the line and review
the troops OF Emanuel, and find that the
Regiments Terrestrial and Celestial that come
into that battle on the right side are, as com,
pared with those on the wrong side, two to
one, hundred to one, a thousand TO one.
But who is the Commander-in-Chie on
this side? Splendid armies nave been
ruined, caught in traps, flung over precipices,
and annihilated through the incompetence
or treachery of their general Who COM
mands on our side? Jehovah-Jireh! So
called in one place. Captain of Salvation"
so-called in another place. King of kings.
Lord OF lords. COnquerOr of conQuerors.
His eye omniseient. His arm omnipotent.
He will take the lead. He will draw the
sword. He viii. 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 tremble.
But do not let US shout until after we have
seen the two armies clash in the last strug-
gle. Oh, my souI The battle of all time and
all eternity opens. Forward" For
ward!' is the command on both sides given.
The long lines Of both armies waver, an
swing to and fro. Swords of truth against
engines Internal. Black horse cavalry of per-
dition against white horse cavalry OF heaven.
The redemption of this world and the honor
of the throue OF God to vindicate, how ire
mendousis the battle! The army of right
eousness seems giving away; but mol II is
onlT part Of the maneuvre of the infinite
fight. 1t is deploy of the host celestial.
What meeting in this field of splendor
and wrath, of the angels, and of the
aiabolic, OF hosanna and blasphemy, Of
song and curse, of the divine and the satanic,
The thunderbolts of the Almighty burst
and blaze upon the foe. Boom! Boom!
By the torches OF lightning that illuminated
the scene see that the crisis of the Arma-
geddon has come. 1t is the turning point
Of this last hattla The next mnment will