Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-17

- axe" end weaker the urRisn pGT.er E.-
become, and il has lost Algiers and Wal
lachia, and, more than all, during the past
decade. through her cruelty. has lost the
sympathy al every good man and woman
in al the earth ana If William f. Glad
stone were prime minister II England the
Turkish government would very soon
either quit her outragcS or 90 down under
the humiardmcnt of the men of-war from
many nations now lowering near the Bos-
porus. But If the Bible prophecy concern
ing the drying mp of the Euphrates is not
fulfilled before the battle mentioned in my
text MohammedaniSm will march in with
sword ami poison and torch 10 take her
part In the great Armngcddon.
The Heather Army.
Yea. To show the magnitude of the forces
on The wrong side, | have To tell you that
what Is left ~ hcathcnism ut that time
viii march into the conflict There are
l5o.ooo,oUu fetish idolntors, 30. 900. 600
lrahmins. 400 u0u. 900 I}uddhsts Through
the suhlimest movement Of this century.
the missionary movement, all the time
gathering in momentum, | believe all or
nearly all Of that ssU, 600 900 of heather
dom viii Dc converted to God But that
Armageddun on the wrong side
Other regiments on thar wrong side will
be made up of offenders Of all sorts-the
dcfraudors, the libcrtines. the dynamitcrs
the anarchists the opprcssors and the foes
Of society, the criminals Of all nations. by
whatever name they are now called OF
shall then H. called. They may not before
that have openly taken sides. but then
they will be compelled TO take sides With
what venom, with what violence, with
what desperation they will fall into line
at the great Armageddon! Is il not ap-
palling, these uncountcd regiments Of the
earth, 10 he Joined 10y the uncountcd rcgi-
ments from perdition: Can any power
cope with them: Especially when l tell
you who their commander is, for so much
in all wars depends upon the chicftain.
Their leader will not he IA political acct
dent or u military happen So. by talent
and adrotncss ana courage and unceasing
industries he has come 10 the bad emf
ncnce He disputed the throne Of heaven
with the Almighty, but no one has ever
disputed the throne Of eternal night with
this monarch, who will in the last battle
take the field in person. Milton calls him
Lucifcr, Goethe calls him Mcphistopheles,
the Hebrew calls him Ahaddon, the
Greek calls him Apollyon. He IL the
impersonation of all nialeyolencc, Of all
oppression. of all cruelty, the summing
M of all falschood In his make up moth
ing had was left out and nothing good was
put in, and lie is to be- the general, the
commander in chief of all the forces ON
the wrong side in the great Armagcddon.
He has been in more battles than YOU have
ever read about. aud he has gained more
Victories than have ever been celebrated in
this world But guess this old warrior
OF pandemonium will not have an undis-
puted field. guess there will be an army
10 dispute with his forces have mem
toned the supremacy of this world. I
guess our troops will not have TO run
when ON the day mentioned in my text
all the Internal batteries shall be unlim-
bcrcd We have been reviewing the troops
diahulic. Ne have been measuring the
calihcrs Of their guns We have been cx-
Dnining their ammunition wagons. Now
let us look al the forces TO he marshalcd
i'm the Artnntrptidou on the RIGHT side