Milford chronicle., 1896-10-16

Ecelesiastio RegIments.

sltstlc. ACCORDING 70 the 4isI account, anu
d practically only in the beginning Of the
G great gospel movement which proposes
t to take the whole earth for God, there are
1900, 600 AIethOdists, g. 725, 600 Baptists,
, 1850, 1888 Prcsbytcrians, /, $3.50. 600 Luther
i ans and $40, 600 Episcopalians
But the present statistics Of churches
will be utterly swampod when, alter all
the great denominations have done their
r best work, the slowest Of all the scots win
Z have more numbers than the present en-
rOllment of all denominations throughout
{ Christendom. You see by that time an
} atheist or an infidel viii be q curiosity
and he will be louked at as we look at o
man with long hair reaching below his
shoulders and long finger nails that are
never cut and stare in the eyes indicat-
ing incipient lunacy-not to be argued
with, but to be pitied; while 1t will not
be any unusual thing to see men rs much
devoted to their religion as Francis Xavier
was devoted to his religion, when he went
through the streets asking all to come to
hear his faith expounded, in ten years
planting the gospel in 30 nations and bap.
tizing over l,0OO,0 900 souls, And the great
hosts OF believers will I'll the earth max
ing the g,3l7, 900 combatapts that Xerxes
reviewed corporal's guard In compali-
son. ! see them, the regiments ecclesias-
tic, moving into that last battle The
Lutherans headed by some great Martin
Luther yet TO be born. The Methodists
headed by some George Whitefeld yet to
aema, The Proshytorlana headed by some
John Knpx yet 10 arise The Episcopa-
| lians headed by some Bishop Charnock yet
to be enrolled. The Baptists headed by
] some Missionary Carey yet to bless the
| world. The Congregational church headed
( hY some Or. Kirk of peutecostal power yet
! VI take tongue pf fire. see them moving
! into the ranks carrying standard striped
and starred; striped as suggesting him by
I whose stripes we are healed, and starred |
as with the promise that these VhA tprn !
many 70 Righteousness shall shine ps tho /
stars, forever and ever into that battle on |
cur side will roll those mighty engines Of !
paWeF, the printing presses Of Christen. .
DOM Into that battle will also move the
mightiest telescopes, that shall bring the
stars in their courses to fight for our God.
Elemental Regiments,
Again fhe fegimsnss elemepFal viii
pome into that battle on the right side.
The windsl God showed what be could do
with them when the splintered timbers Of
the ships OF the Spanish armada were
strewn on the rocks Of Scotland, Norway
and fhe Hebrideg. Chs waters He showed
what he could 30 with them whom no put
the whole earth under them, leaving IL
subaqaeuus so days. The earthquakesl
He showed what he could do with them
when lie let Caracas drop into the open
mouth Of horror and the islands of the sea
went into entombmenk The lightpings
lie showed what he gould do with fhel8
when he wrapped Mount Sinai in lame,
apa we have all seen theiF flashing lans
leins making witA the 1haRlels Of tho mid
night hurricane, All the regiments ole-
mental Will come in on our side in the
great Armageddon. Come and let us
mount and ride along the line and review
the troops Of Emmanuel and find that the
Fagiments terrestrial ana celestial chat
t9qig into that yattla pn the right side ana
as compared with those pn the wrong side
tw9 70 one, a hundred to one a thousand |
to 9ne.
But who Is the commander in chief on I
this side? Splendid armies have been ruin :
cd, caught in traps, flung over precipices
and annihilated through the Incompetence
or treachery Of their general VIC com.
nands Pr pur Elaes Aehpfah-Jireh, So :
called IN one place. "Captaip Of Saliva g
ton, 10 called in another place King
Of kings Lord OF lords Conqueror Of {
oonquerors. His eye omniscient. His arm {
He will take the lead He :
will draw the sword. He will give tho
command. And when no plants his fgpf fog
the combat, the foupdatFons Of the earth
will quake and when lie shall give tho ?
battle shout, all the gatcspf hell will trem.
BILE,
gha eaHaiet
put do not let Us shout until after We q
have sec the two armies clash In the last !,
struggle. Oh, my soul The battle OF all \
lime and all eternity opens. Forward" n
Forward is tho command ON both sides =
given. The long lines of both armies
yaver and swing to and fro. Swords Of Il
ruth against engines internal Black i
lorse cavalry of perdition against Whilp K
lorse cavalry pf heaven, Tho redemption 8
# this world and the honor Of the throne n
If God to yipdicate-how tremendous is h
he battlol The army Of righteousness 81
GEMS giving way, but mol 1t is only +,
art Of the lnaneuver Of the infinite fight. ii
t is Il depl0y of the host celestial What a II
Meeting in this field Of splendOr and Il
'rath, of the angelic ana Of the diab6lic, II
T hosanAa and piasphemyi Of song and il
urse, Of the divine and the satanic. The n,
Of the Almighty burst and M
laze upon the foe. Boom, boom BY the "a,
Drches Of lightning that illulnine the m
GENE see that the crisis Of the Arranged
on has come 1t Is the turning point of a,
MS last battle The next moment will m
ecide all Aye, the forces Of Apollyon m
re breaking ranks. See, seel They a., q
ONE on foot, some on Wipg they ny. IL
aGk Oyef the hattlements Of perdition Ii
iey go down with Infinite crash all the
igiments diabolic Back 60 the noun tn
Tins and caves the armed hosts of earth, IN
wing as they retreat to the rocks and 90
ountains, Fall on us and hide us from
% face of him that sitteth upon thu IT,
irone and from the wrath Of the Lamb, an
y the great day Of bis wrath has come, So
I'd who shall be able to standf' lie;
And while AppllyOn, the prisoner Of
aF, is being dragged IN chains to his he
lngeon, and our Copqueror Is Femount- IN
g his throne, / look off upon the battle
I'D and among the slain 1 find the car tn
sses Of Mohammt dAnism, and paganism
I'd atheism, and infldelity, and dissipa- 70
On, and fraud, and multitudinous wrong, on
rewing the plain and l hear the angel kn
at standeth in the sun crying, in the
ords Of Revelation, 10 all tho fowls that
Z in the pidst pf heayen-=the eagles, ana
G VultpFes, ard the hawks, ard the al of
trosses-'' Come and gather yourselves of
gether unto the supper of the great God, ha
at We may cat the flesh Of kings, and the la
sh of CAPTAINS, apd tho flesh OF mighty wa
en-, and the lesh OF horses, and OF thom to
at sit on them. ovt
The prophesied Armageddon of tho text an,
IS been fought, and Christ and his fol- to
yers have won the day. The Kingdoms ont
this world have become the kingdoms of ed
r Lord and his Christ. All the Chris we
IN workers of our Time you, my hearers tuI
Il you, my readers, and I'll the Thflstiaa Gle
,rkers Of hll the ages pave helped on the bee
lgniilcent result and the victory Is ours bee
much rs theirs. This moment inviting me
outsiders, through the ransomed blood VIII
the everlasting covenant, to get into Foi
9 ranks Of the conqserors and under the bee
nner of our leader, shall not close tho it l.
vice with prayer, us we usually do, but Rol
mcdiately give out the Moravian hymn VIII