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nal night with this monarch who will In the,
last battle take the field In person. Milton
calls him Luctfer, Goethe calls him Mephts-
tophelee, the Hebrew call; him Abaddon, the
Greek calls him Apollyon. he Is the tmper-
sonation OF all malevolence. OF ali oppresf
sion, Of all cruelty. The summing up OF all
falsehood. In his makeup nothing bad was
left out and nothing good was put In, and
he Is to be the General, the Commander-in.
Chief Of all the forces on the wrong side OF
the great Armageddon. He has BEEN In
and he has gained more victories than have
ever been celebrated In this world. But I
guess this old warrior Of Pandemoniumi
will not have an undisputed field. I guess
there will be an army to dispute with his
forces. have mentioned the supremacy OF
this world. guess our troops Will not
have to run when. on the day mentioned !
In my text, all the internal batteries shall DO
unlmbered. We have been reviewing the
troops diabolic. We have been measuring
the calbres o:their guns. We have been ex.
amining their ammunition wagons. Now
let Us look at the forces to be marshblled In
the Armsgeddon on the right side. y
First Of all. mention the Regiments
Angelic. Alas! that the subject Of demon.
ology seems better understood than the
subject Of angelology. But the, glorious
spirits around the throne and all the bright
immortals that I'LL the galleries and levels
OF the universe are to take part In that last
great fight, and the Regiments Angelic are
the only regiments capable OF nesting the
Regiments Plutonic. To show you some
consider that just one Of them slew one
hundred and eighty-fve thousand Of Sem
nacherIb's hosts in a night, and It Is not q
tough arithmetical question to solve, II one
angel can slay one hundred and eighty five
thousand troops in a night. how many can,
five hundred millions Of them slay2 The
old Book says that s'They excel In
strength" It Is not celestial mob, but q
discipled host, and they know their rank.
Cherabim, seraphim. thrones, principals
ties and powersl And the leader Of those
regiments in Michael the Archangei. David
saw Just one group Of angels sweep past,
and they were twenty Thousand eharioted.
Paul. who in the Gamalian college had his
faculties so wonderfully developed, con-
fesses his incapacity to count them by say.
ing, "Ye are come to Mount Zion and an
innumerable company Of angels" II each
soul on earth has guardian angel, then
there must be sixteen hundred million
angels on earth to-day. Beside that,
heaven must be full Of angels, those who
stay there; not only the twelve angels who,,
those angels who help In the worship, and 80
on mission from mansion to mansion, and
help to build the hosannas and enthrone the
halleluiahs and roll the doxologies OF tha
service that never ends. But they al, II re-i
quired, will be In the last fight between
holiness and SIN. Heaven could afford to
adjourn, Just one day, and empty all its,
temples, and mansions, and palaces, and
bouIevards into that one battle.
The next regiments that I see marching
into the fight Will be the Regiments Ecclesi.
astic. According to the last accounts, and
practically only In the beginning Of the gos-
whole earth for God, there are four million
six hundred thousand Methodists, three
million seven hundred and twenty-five thou
sand Baptlsts, one million two hundred and {
eighty thousand three hundred and thirty.
three Presbyterians, one million two hundred
and thirty thousand Lutherans, and 58
hundred and forty thousand Episcopahads.
But rhe present statistics Of churches Will be
utterly awamped when, after all the great
dene,ntnations have done their best work,
the s,agsst OF all the sects will have more
numbers than the present enrolment OF all
denominations throughout Ohristendom. +
see them moving into the ranks, carrying
standard striped and starred; striped as sug.
costing 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 Chrlsteudom.
Into that battle will also move the mightest
telescopes, that shall bring the stars In their
courses to fight for our God.
Again, the Regiments Elemental will como
into that battle on the right side. Tho
windsl God showed what he could do with
them when the splintered timbers OF tho
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 subaqueous one
hundred and fifty days. The eafthquakesl
BE showed what BE could do with them
when BE let Caracas drop into the open
mouth Of horror and the islands OF the Sea
went into entombment. The lightningst He
showed what he could do with them when
he wrapped Noun. Sinai In flame, and we
have all seen their flashing lanterns moving
All the Regiments Elemental will come incur
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 Celestial that come
into that battle on the right side are. as com.
pared with those on the wrong side, two to
one, hundred to one, a thousand to one.
But do not let Us shout until after we have
seen the two armies clash In the last strug.
gle. Oh, my soul! The battle OF all time and
all eternity opens. Forward" "For-
wardr' Is the command on both sides given.
The long lines Of both armies wavsr, I'D
swing to and fro. Swords OF truth against
engines Internal. Black horse cavalry OF per-
dtfion ooofpot puhito horoa cavalry Of heaven.
The redemption Of this world and the honor
OF the throne Of God to vindicate, how tire.
mendous Is the battle! The army OF right
eousness seems giving away; but no! II H
only part Of the manpuvre Of the infinite
lght, It is a deploy Of the host celestial
What meeting in this field OF spiendor
and wrath, OF the angels, and OF the
dlabolic, Of hosanna and blasphemy. OF
song and curse, Of edivlne and the satanic.
and blaze upon the foe. Boom! Booml
BY the torches OF lightning that illuminated
the scene see that the crisis Of the Armar
geddon has come. It Is the turning point
OF this last battle. The next moment Will
decide all. Aye! the forces Of Apoiiyon
are breaking ranks. See! See! They dyl
Some on foot. some on wing; they ny.
Back over the battlements OF perdition thsy
20 down with tnf1nite crash. all the heSt-
ments Diabolic! Back to the mountains
and caves the armed hosts Ut earth, crying
as they retreat to the rocks and mountalns,
"Fall on us and hide US from the face OF Him
that sitteth upon the throne, aud from
the wrath OF the Lamb, for the great day
OF His wrath has come, and who shall bs
able to stand" And while Apollyon, the
prisoner Of war, Is being dragged In chains
to his dungeon, and our Conqueror ts re-
mounting His throne, look of upon the
battlefield, and among the slain find e.
uarcasses OF Mohammedanism, and Papa
Ism, and Atheism. and Infdeiity, and D
sipatlon, and Fraud, and multitudino
angel that standeth in the sun crying in
words OF Revelation, to oil the fowls Il
fy in the midst Of heaven-the eagles,
the yulturas. and the hawks, and the al