Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-10-16
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ipices and shnihflated through the In
competence or treachery of their gener-
al. Who commands on our side? Jeho-
YAH -Jireh, SO called in one place. Gap
tain Of salvation" so called in another
place. King Of kings, Lord Of lords,
Conqueror Of conquerors His eye om-
niscient, his arm omnipotent. He 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 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 struggle. Oh, my soull The battle
of ali time and all eternity opensl "For-
wardl" "ForwardP' is the command
Oh both sides given. The long lines OF
both armies waver and swing TO and
fro. Swords Of truth against engines in
fernal. ,Black horse cavalry Of perdition
against white horse cavalry of heaven.
The redemption Of this world and the
honor of the throne Of God to yindicate.
How tremendous is rhe battle. The army
Of righteousness seems giving way. But
no. 1t is only part OF the maneuyer OF
the infinite fight. 1t is deploy OF the
host celestial What meeting in this
field Of splendor and wrath, OF t1e an
gelic and Of the diabolic, Of hosanna
and blasphemy, Of song and curse, OF
the divine and the satanic. The thun-
derbolts Of the Almighty burst and blaze
upon the foe. Booml Booml BY the
torches Of lightning that illumine the
scene see that the crisis Of the Arma-
eeddon has come. Il is the turning
point Of this last battle. The next mo-
ment will decide all. Aye, the forces OF
Apollyon are breaking ranks. See, seel
They fiyl Some on foot, some on wingl
They fly! Back over the battlemepts OF
perdition they go down with infinite
crash. all the regiments diabolic. Back
10 the mountains and caves the armed
hosts of earth, crying as they retreat to
the rocks and mountains, Fall on US
and hide US from the face Of 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 TO his
dungeon and our conqueror is remount-
ing his throne l look off upon the bat
tlefleld, and among the slain | find the
carcasses Of Mohammedanism and pa
eanism and atheism and inhdelity
and dissipation and fraud and multi
tudinous wrong strewing the plain,
and l hear the angel that standeth in
the sun crying in the words Of Reyela-
tion to all the fowls that fly in the
midst Of heaven-the eagles, and the
yultures, and the hawks and the alba
trosses, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper OF the great
God. that ye may eat the flesh OF kings,
and the flesh of captains. and the flesh
of mighty men, and the flesh Of horses
and Of them that sit on them. "
The prophesied Armageddon OF the
text has been fought, and Christ and
his followers have won the day. The
kingdoms Of this world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord and his
Christ All the Christian workers OF
our time, you, my hearers, and you, my
readers. aud all the Christian workers
of all the ages have helped on the mag
nificent result, and the victory is ours
as much as theirs. This moment inyit-
ing all outsiders, through the ransomed
blood of the everlasting covenant, to get
into the ranks Of the conquerors and un-
der the banner of our 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 in
1919, but more appropriate in 1885, and
ask you, with full voices as well as with
grateful hearts, to chant it:
See Jehovahs banner furl'd,
Sheathed his sword. He speaks us done'
And the kingdoms Of this world
Are the king doms Of his Son.