The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-10-16

The winds! God showed what. ne
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 one hundred and fifty days. The
earthquakes! He showed what he could
do with them when he let Caracas drop
into the open mouth of horror and thes
islands of. the sea went into entomb-'
ment. The lightnings! He showed
what he could do with them when he
wrapped Mount Sinai in flame, and we
have all seen their flashing lanterns
moving with the chariots of the mid
night hurricane. All the regiments
elemental 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 Emanuel, and find
that the regiments terrestrial and celes-
tial that come into that battle on the
right side are, as compared with those
on the wrong side, two to one, hun
dred to one, a thousand to one.
But who is the commander-ln-chief
on this side? Splendid armies have
been ruined, caught in traps, flung over
precipices, and annihilated through the
! incompetence or treachery of their gen.
eral. 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.
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 COM
mand 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 caval-
ry of heaven. The redemption of this
world and the honor of the throne OF
God to vindicate, how tremendous is
the battle. The army of Righteousness
seems giving way; but no! 1t is only a
part OF the maneuvre Of the infinite
fight. 1t is a deploy of the host celes-
tial. What a meeting in this field oil
splendor and wrath, of the angelic and
of the diabolic, of hosanna and bias
phemy, OF song and curse. of the divine
and the satanic. The thunderbolts
OF the Almighty burst and blaze upon
the foe. Boom, Boom! BY the
torches of lightning that illuminate the
scene see that the crisis of the Arma'
geddon has come. 1t is the turning
point Of this last battle. The next mo-
ment will decide all. Aye! the force:
of Apollyon are breaking ranks. See
See! They fly. Some on foot, some
on wing; they fly. Back over the bat
Elements of perdition they go dowr
with infinite crash, all the regiments
diabolicl
The prophesied Amageddon of tn
text has been fought, and Christ ant
his followers have won the day. TIL,
kingdoms of this world have become
| lut hlDSuOllS VI OuI anu III
Christ. All the Christian workers o
our time, you, my hearers, and you, m.
readers, and all the Christian worker
, of all the ages. have helped on the mag
nificent result, and the victory is our
as much as theirs. This moment invit
ing all outsiders, through the ran
somed blood of the everlasting Coven
; ant, to get into the ranks of the Con
querors, and under the banner of GU
Leader, l shall not close the servic
with prayer, as we usually do, but i'm
mediately give out the Moravian hymn
, by James Montgomery, appropriat
/, when written in 1919, but more appro
! pirate in 1896. and ask you, with ful
, voices, as well as with grateful hearts
to chant II.