The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-03-11
america FOR GOD"
Should be the Battle Cry Of An
Christians.
Many Ramparts Have Already Been Taken,
Glorious Victories Have Been Won,
and satnn's Forces Can Surely
be Overthrow by the
Gospel Batteries.


sermon was powerful blast on the
gospel trumpet for the evangelization
of our country. His sermon was based
on the text: Revelation Is: IL: "And
/ beheld another beast coming up out
of the earth; and he had two horns like
a lamb, and he spale as dragon"
Is America mentioned in the Bible?
Learned and consecrated men who
have studied the inspired books Of
Daniel and Revelation more than l
have and understand them better agree
in saying that the leopard mentioned
in the Bible meant Grecia, and the bear
meant Medo-Persia, and the lion meant
Babylon, and the beast of the text
coming up out of the earth with two
horns like lamb, and the voice of
dragon means our country, because
among other reasons it seemed to come
up out of the earth when Columbus
discovered it, and it has been for the
most part at peace like lamb unless
assaulted by foreign foe, in which case
it has had two horns strong and sharp,
and the voice of dragon loud enough
to make all nations hear the roar of it's
Indignation. Is it reasonable to sup
pose that God would leave out from the
prophecies of His book this whole west
ern hemisphere? No, no. 81 beheld
another beast coming up out OF the
earth and he had two horns like a
lamb, and he spake as dragon"
Germany for scholarship. England for
manufactures. France for manners.
Egypt for antiquities Italy for pic
lures. But America for God
l 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 au
dience hundreds of men and women
would, if need be, march out and die
for Him.
Am I too confident in saying: "Amcr
lea for God?" If the Lord will helI
me will show the strength and ex
tent of the long line of fortresses to b
taken, and give you my reasons fol
, saying it can be done and will be done
Let us decide, in this battle for God
whether we are at Bull Run or at Get
tysburg. There is 4th of Julyisl
way of Dragging about this country
and the most tired and plucked bir,
that ever flew through the heavens j
the American eagle, so much SO tina
Mr.. Gladstone said to me facetiously
at Hawarden: II hear that the fish i
your American lakes are so large tina
when one of them is taken out the en-
tire lake is perceptibly lowered" an
alta dinner given in Paris an America
offered for sentiment: "Here is t
the United States-bounded on th
north by the aurora borealis, on th
south by the procession of the equ
noxes, on the east by primeval chao
and on the west by the day of juds
ment." The effect of such grandilC
quence is to discredit the real fact
which are so tremendous that the
need no garnishing. The worst thin
to do in any campaign, military or r.
ligious, is to underestimate an enemy
and l will have no part in such attemI
at belittlement.
This land to be taken for God, a.
cording to Hassel the statistician, ha
14,219, 967 square miles, width and
length that none but the 0mniscieI
can appreciate. Four Europes put t
gether and capable of holding and fee
ing, as it will hold and feed, accordin
to Atkinson the statistician, If til
world continues in existence and do
not run afoul of some other world I
get consumed by the fires already bur;
iug in the cellars of the planet-mo
than 1000, 900, 900 of inhabitants. L,
YOU must remember it must be held Fl
God as well as taken for God, and IL
last 500, 900, 600 inhabitants must not
allowed to swamp the religion of Il
first SOC, 100000. Not much use in ta
ing the fortress if we cannot hold it.
must be held until the Archangel
trumpet bids the living and dead ari
from this laundering planet.
You must remember it is only abo'
o'clock in the morning of our n
tion's life. Great cities are to flash al
roar among what are called the 'B;
Lands" of the Dakotas and the gre
columbia Plains of Washingtt
state,' and that on which we put o.
schoolboy fingers on the map al
spelled out as the Great Americ;
Desert" is, through systematic al
consummating irrigation, to bloom Ii
Chatsworth park and be made mo
productive than those regions depen
ent upon uncertain and spasmod
rainfall. All those regions, as well
those regions nlready cultivated, to
inhabited! That was a sublime thil
said by Henry Clay, while crossing Il
Allegheny mountains, and he W
waiting for the stage horses to
! rested, las he stood on rock, arms folde
looking off into. the valley, and sor
one said to him: .'Mr. Clay, what a
you thinking about?" He replie
II am listening to the on-coming tran
of the future generation Of America
Have you laid our home missiona
scheme on such an infnitude Of seal
If the.wor of bringing one soul
God is SO great, can q thousand m
lion be captured? In this country
ready planted and to be overcon
paganism has built its altar to Bra
ma, and the Chinese are already bur
ing incense in their temples, and N
- hammedanism, drunk in other da
with the red wine Of human blood
- Lucknow and Cawnpore, and now FIRE
from the diabolism in Armenia, is Il
inc To Oet foothold here. and from (