The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-23

in comparison. ! see them, the regi-
ments ecclesiastfc, 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 come. The
Presbyterians, headed by some John
Knox yet to arise. The Episcopalians,
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 by some DR.. Kirk
of pentecostal power yet to take
| tongue of fire. I see them mov-
/ ing into the ranks, carrying a
standard striped and starred; striped
as suggesting Him by whose stripes
we are healed, and starred as with the
promise that those who turn many to
righteousness shall shine as the stars,
forever and ever. Into that battle on
our side will roll those mighty engines
Of power, the printing presses OF
Christendom. Into that battle will
also move the mightiest telescopes,
that shall bring the stars In their
courses to fight for our God.
Again, the regiments elemental will
come into that battle on the right side.
The windsl 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 subaque-
Gus $50 DAYS. The earthquakes! He
showed what He could do with
them when He let Caracas drop
into the open 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 Mount Sinai in
fame, and we have all seen their
flashing lanterns moving with the
chariots of the midnight hurricane,
All the regiments elemental will come
in on our side in the great Armageds
don. Come and let us mount and ride
along the line, and review the troops
of Emanuel, and find that the regi-
ments terrestrial and celestial that
come into that battle on the right side
are, as compared with those on the
wrong side, two to one, a hundred to
one, a thousand to one.
But who is the chief
on this side9 Splendid armies have
been ruined, caught in traps, flung over
precipices and annihilated through
the incompetence or trea cherry of their
general. Who commands on our side?
Jehovah-Jirehl so-called in one place.
Captain of Salvation" so-called IN an
other place. King of kings. Lord OF
lords. Conqueror of conquerOrs. His
eye omniscient. His arm omnipo-
tent. 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 soul! The
battle of all time and all eternity
opens. Forward" "Forward!' is the
command on both sides given. The
long lines of both armies waver, and
swing to and fro. Swords of truth
against engines internal. 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 vindi.
cate, how tremendous is the battle!
The army of righteousness seems Civ
ing way; but mol It is only part Of
the maneuver of the infinite fight. 1t
is deploy of the host celestial. What
a meeting in this field of splendor and
Al. he hn1 10
of hosanna and blasphemy, of song
and curse, of the divine and the sa-
tanic. The thunderbolts of the Al
mighty burst and blaze upon the foe.
BoomI Boom! By the torches of
lightning that illuminate the scene
l see that the crisis of the Ar
mageddon has come. It is the turn
ing-point of this last battle. The
next moment will decide all. Ayel the
forces of Apoliyon are breaking ranks.
Seel 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 regiments
diabolic 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 US
from the face of Him that sitteth up
on 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.
And while Apollyon, the prisoner OF
war, is being dragged in chains to his
dungeon, and our Conqueror is re-
mounting His throne, look off upon
the battlefield, and among the slain I
And the carcasses of Mohammedanism
and paganism, and atheism, and in
fidelity, and dissipation, and fraud,
and multitudinous wrong, strew1
ing the plain, and 1 hear the
angel that standeth in the sun
crying, in the words of Revelation,
to all the fowls that fly in the midst of
'heaven-the eagles, and the vultures,
and the hawks, and the albatrosses-
Come and gather yourselves together
unto the supper of the great God, that
We 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,l
my readers, and all the Christian
workers of all the ages, have
helped on the magnificent re-
suit and the victory is ours as
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