Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-10-28
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veEom, with what violence, with what des
peration they will fall into line at the great
Armageddonl L. 1t not appalling. these
uneounted regiments OF the earth, to be
joined by the amounted regiments from
perdition2 Can any power cope with them:
Especially when tell you who their com
mander Is, for 80 much in all wars depends
| upon the chieftain. Their leader will moi
be political accident or military ''hap.
/ pen So" By talent, and adroitness and
courage, and unceasing industry he has
| come to the bad eminence. He disputed the
| throne OF heaven with the Almighty, but
no one has over disputed the throne OF eter-
nal night with this monarch who will In the
last battle take the field in person. Milton
calls him Lucifer, Goethe calls him Mephis-
| tophees, the Hebrew call; him Abaddon, the
Greek calls him Apoilyon. He IL the imper-
sonation Of all malevolence. Of all oppres-
sion, Of all cruelty. The summing up Of all
fslsehood. In his makeup nothing bad was
left out and nothing good was put in, and
he is to be the General, the Commsnder-in-
Chief OF all the forces on the wrong side OF
the great Armageddon. He has bean in
moro battles than you have ever read about,
and he has gained more victories than have
ever been celebrated in this world. But l
guess this old warrior OF Pandemonium
will not have an undisputed field. l guess
there will be an army TO dispute with his
forces. have mentioned the supremacy of
this world. I guess our troops will not
have to run when. on the day mentioned
in my text, all the Internal batteries shall be
unlimbered- We have been reviewing the
troops disbolic. We have been measuring
the oalibres oftheir guns We have been exc
amininR their ammunition wagons. Nov
let US look at the forces to be marshalled in
the Armagedd0n on the right side.
First OF all. / mention the Regiments
Angelic. Alas! that the subject of demon
oiogy seems better understood than the
subject of angelology. But the glorious
spirits around the throne and all the bright
immortals that I'LL the galleries and 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 Piutonic. To show you some
tbipg OF an angels power, I ask you to
consider that just one OF them slew one
hundred and eighty-tive thousand of Sem
nacherb's hosts in a night, and 1t is not a
tough arithmetical question to solve, il one
angel can slay one hundred and eighty-five
thousand troops in II night. how many can
five hundred millions Of them slay2 The
old Book says that ''They excel in
strength" 1t is not celestial mob but Il
discipled host, aud they know their rank.
Cnersbim, seraphim. thrones, principali-
ties and powers! And the leader of those
regiments in Michael the Archangel David
saw just one group OF angels sweep past,
and they were twenty thousand eharioted.
Paul, who in the Canadian college had his
faculties 80 wonderfully developed, con-
Ing, ''Ye are come to Mount Zion and an
innumerable company OF angels" II each
soul on earth has q guardian angel, then
there must be sixteen hundred million
angels on earth to-day. Beside that,
heaven must be full of angels, those vino
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 hosannas and enthrone the
hallelujahs and roll the doxolo2ies of the
service that never ends. But they all, II re-
CURED, 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
bou!evards into that one battle.
The next regiments that ! see marching
Into the fight will be- 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-f1v thou
SAND Baptists, one million two hundred and
eighty thousand three hundred and thirty
three Presbyterians, one million two hundred
and thirty thousand Lutherans, and ak
hundred and forty thousand Episcopalians.
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
plumbers than the present enrolment of all
denominations throughout Christendom. 1
see them moving into the ranks, carrying
standard striped and starred; striped as sug.
gesting Him by whose stripes We are heaet,
and starred as with the promise that those
who turn many to Righteousness shall shine as
the stars. forever and over. Into thst battle
IA ~ no1l khNa ,fvh -
power, the printing presses Of Christendom.
Into that battle will also move the mightest
telescopes, that shall bring the stars In their
courses to fight for our God.
Again, the Regiments Elemental will CONT
Into that battle on the right SIDE The
winds! God showed what He could do with
them when the splintered timbers of the
ships of the Spanish Armada were strewn
ON the rocks of Scotland, Norway and the
Hebrides. The waters! He showed what He
could do with them when He put the whole
earth under them, leaving 1t subaqueous one
hundred and ffty days. The earthquakes!
He showed what He could do with them
mouth of horror and the islands Of the sea
went into entombment. The lightnings! 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 cbariots of the midnight hurricane.
All the hSR1 1moulS Licfututdl Will come IN
side in the great Armageddon. Come and let
Us mount and ride along the line, and review
the troops Of Emanuel, and find that the
Regiments Terrestrial and Celestial tina; come
into that battle on the right side are, as COM
pared with those on the wrong side, wo to
one. hundred to one, thousand to one.
But who is the Commander-in-Chisf on
this sidep Splendid armies have 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 omntscienf His arm omnipotent.
He will taks the lead. He will draw the
sword. He vii: 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 soul! The battle Of all time and
all eternity opens. Forward" For
wardr' IL the command on both sides given.
The long lines of both armies waver, e 4
awing to and fro. Swords of truth again,r
engines internal. Black horse cavalry OF per
dition against white horse cavalry OF heaven.
The redemption Of this world and the honor
Of tie throue of God to vindicate, h W ire-
mendous i5 the battle! The army of right
eousness seems giving away; but mol 1t is
only part Of the manGuyre of ihe infinite
fight. 1t y dep. .oy Of the host celestial.
What a meeting In this field Of sp,endor
and wrath, Of the angels, anu Of the
aiabolic, OF hosanna aud blasphemy. of
song and curse, of the divine and the saianic
The thunderboits of the Almighty bur t
and blaze upon the foe. Boom, Boon'
By the torches OF lightning that illuminated
the scene see that the crisis OF the Arma.
geidon has come. It Is the turning point
OF this last battle. The next moment will
decide all. Aye! the forces OF Apollyon
are breaking ranks. See' See! They fly!
Some on foot, some on wing; they fly.
Back over the battlements Of perdition they
go down with infinite crash, all the Resi-
ments Diabolicl Back to the mountains
and caves the armed hosts Of earth, crying
as they retreat to the rocks and mountains,
Fall on US and hide rs from the face OF Him
that sitteth upon the throne, and from