Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-03-18
A TIMELY SERMON.
When the Lord Aimighp's Hosts
Gather for the Fray.
inch Country Has Its Notto-God's Word
Their Rsiiyin= Cry-old World Nations
Have Art and Science. But Am~ri-
cas- Chosen Pursuit As To
Work Gods VIII.

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lamb, and he spalSe as dragon
Is America mentioned in the Bible?
Learned and consecrated men who
have studied the inspired books of DAN
lei end Revelation more than have
and understand them better agree in
saying that the leopard mentioned in
the Bible meant Grecia. and the bear
meant Persia, and the lion meant
Babylon, and the beast of the text
coming mp out of the earth with two
horns like a lamb, and the voice of the
dragoon means our country. because
among other reasons il seemed to come
up out of the earth when Columbus
discovered it, and it has been
for the most part at peace
like a lamb, unless assaulted by
foreign foe. in which case IL has two
horns strong and sharp, and the voice
OF dragon loud enough to make all
nations hear the roar of its indigna-
ton. Is it reasonable TO suppose that
God would leave out from the prophe-
cieS of His Book this whole western
hemisphere? No. no. II beheld an
other beast coming up out of the earth
ana he had two horns like a lamb, and
he spalle As dragon"
Germany for scholarship England
for manufacturers. France for man
ners. Egypt for antiquities. Italy for
pictures But America for God,
j start with the cheering thought
that the most popular book on earth
to-day is the Bible. the most popular
institution on earth to-day is the
church. and the most popular name on
earth to-day is Jesus. Right from this
nudignpn h-rnIr-asl Il Of nj
would. if need be, march out and die
for him.
Am too confident in saying Amer
lea for God?" If the Lord viii help me
i will show the strength and extent of
the long line of fortresses TO be taken
and give you my reasons for saying il
can be done and will be done. Let US
decide in this battle for God. whether
we are at Bull Run or at Gettysburg.
There is Fourth of Julyish way of
Dragging about this country, and the
most tired and pluclicd bird that ever
flew through the heavens is the
American eagle, so much so that
Mr.. Gladstone said to me face
ticusly, at Hawarden: Il hear that
the fish in your American lakes are
So large that when one of them is taken
ered,' and at dinner given in Paris an
American offered for sentiment:
Here is TO the United STRAIGHTFORWARD
on the north by the aurora borealis, on
the south by the procession of the equi-
noNes, on the east by primeval chaos.
and on the west by the Day of judy
ment." The effect of such grandilo-
quence is to discredit the real facts
xx-,i.h n i. Al.
garnishing. The worst thing to do in
any campaign, military or religious. is
to underestimate an enemy, and will
have no part in such attempt at belit-
Element.
This land to be taken for God. ac-
cording to Hassel. the statistician. has
14,219,967 square miles. a width aud "A
length that none but the Omniscent
can appreciate. Four Europes put to-
gether, and capable of holding and
feeding, as it will hold and feed,
according to Atkinson, the sta
tistfcian, II the world continues
in existence and does not run
afoul of some other world or get
consumed by the fires already burn
ing in the cellars of the planet-capa-
BILE, say, of holding and feeding more
IMAM Oit billlOn VI lllndDllantS. For
you must remember it must be held for
God as well as taken for God, and the
last five hundred million inhabitants
must not be allowed TO swamp the reli-
gion of the first five hundred million.
Not much use in taking the fortress if
we can not hold it. 1t must be held un-
til the Archangers trumpet bids living
nd dead arise from this laundering
planet.
You must remember it is only about
o'clock in the morning of our nations
life Great cities are to fash and roar
among what are called the bad Lands"
of the Dakotahs and the great .'Colum-
bia Plains of Washington state. and
that on which we put our schoolboy
fingers on the map and spelled out as
the Great American Desert" is.
through systematic and consummatinV
irrigation, to bloom like Chatsworth
park and be made more productive than
those religious dependent upon uncer-
tain and spasmodic rainfalls. All those
regions, as well as those regions al
ready cultivated. TO be inhabited!
That was "a sublime thing said by
Henry Clay while crossing the
Allegheny mountains, and he was
waiting LOT the stage horses to Toe
rested, as he stood on a rock, arms
folded, looking off into the valley. and
some one said 10 him: "Mr. Clay. what
are you thinking about?" He replied:
Il am listening to- the on-coming tramp
of the future generation Of America
Have you laid our home missionary
scheme ON such an infinitude of scaleP
If the work of bringing one soul to God
IL so great, can thousand million be
captured? In this country. already
planted and 10 he overcome. paganism
has built its altar 10 brahma. and the
Chinese are already burning incense in
their temples. and mOhammcdanism
DRUM, in other days with the red wine
of human blood at Lucknow and Gavin
pore 9Dd now fresh from the diabolism
I'm Armenia. is trying TO get
fOOthold here, and from the nina
rets Of her mosques will yet
humble her blasphemy. saying.
God Is great, and Mohammed is His
prophet" Then there are the vastcr
multitudes with no religion At all.
They worship no God, they live with
no consolation. and they die with no
hone No star of f,eaea roipfe do.,-r, 10