Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-10-29

hundred and eighty-nve thousand OF Gan.
nacherib's hosts in a night, and il d not =
tough erithnetical question to solve, II one
anger can Stay one hundred aud eightv-nvs
Ave hundred millions OF them s!ay7 The
OLD Book says that They excel in
strength" 1, is no, a celestial mob. but q
hisclpled host, and they know their rank.
Cneraoim. seraphim. thrones. principals
Ties ana powers! And thu leader OF those
regiments Ia Michael the Archangel. David
saw Just one group OF angels sweep past.
and they were twenty thousand chnrioted'
Paul. who in the Canadian college had hi.
taruities SO wonderfully developed. con.
fesSes his ~incapacity to count them bv saw
la2. "fe ere come TO Mount Zion and an
lnhnneraols company OF angels" II each
sou! on ea-th has a guardian angel. then
tire must be sixteen hundred million
an-t,s on earth TODAY. Beside that.
heaven must be full of angels. those who
say there: not only the twelve angels who.
W" ara told, guard the twelve gates. but
those angels who help in the worship. and 60
On mission from mansion to mansion. and
help to build thu hosannas and enthrone the
nallelulahs and roll the aoxolopies q. the
service that never ends. But they all. II ~
gl'rei. will be In the last fight between
holiness and sin. Heaven conid afford to
a1Journ, Just one day, and empty all its
temples, and mansions, and palaces, and
oCl evdrds into that one battle.
The next regiments that I seq marching
INTO the fight will be the Regiments Ecclesi-
as,ic. According to the last accounts. and
practically only in the beginning OF the Cos
pei movement which proposes to take the
whole earth for God, there are four million
six hundred thousand Methodits. three
million seven hundred and twenty-five thou
-an! Baptlsts, one million two hundred and
Eighty thousand three hundred and thirty
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AT thirty thousand Lntherans, and six
Il ndret and forty thousand Episcopalians,
b. the present statistics OF churches will be
utterly swan,ped when. after all the great
examinations have done their best work.
no sloWest OF all the sects will lave more
BUMPERS than the present enrolment Of all
DENOMINATIONS throughout Christendom.
SEQ them moving into the ranks. carrying a
STANDARD striped and starred; striped as sug-
costing Him by whose stripes we are hea ei.
AID starred as with the promise that those
Fhoturn manyto righteousness shall shine as
Tie stars. forever aud ever. Into that battle
on our side Will roll those mighty engines of
power. the printing presses OF Christeudom.
.nio that battle will also move the highest
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
winds! God showed what He couid do with
AtllOVIS Vi TIC
-l!ips OF tn" Spanish Armada were strewn
On In" ROCKS Of Scotlant. Norway and the
Ile5riies. The waters! He sho we'd what He
could do with them when He put the whole
etrih uni"rtheRl. leaving it suba1ueous one
lnnirtd j. 4 fifty lays. The earthquakes!
Fl howe! what He could do with them
Wnen lie le, Caracas drop into the open
month o. horror and the islands of the sea
Vent into entombnent. The lightnings! He
showed what He could Il, with them when
IL wrapped Mount Sinai in flame, and we
htve ail seen their flashing lanterns moving
W!ti' the caar.Ots OF the midnight hurricane,
All the Il 1Sltnents Elemental will come in our
>ide IN the great ArDageddon. Come and let
Us mount and ride along the line, and review
he troops OF Emanuel. and find that the
Regiments Terrestrial and Celestial that come
INTO tnat battle on the right side are, as com
pare with those on the wrong si!e, two to
ore. n hundred 10 one, 4 thousand to one.
But VINO is the Commander-fn-Chi.f on
IN 3 lie? Splendid arm rs have been
ruined. canght 10 traps, flung over precipices,
ant annihilated through the Incompetence
or treach"ry OF their general. Who com
nands on our side? Jehovah-Jireh' So
called in one place. captain of Salvation"
so-calied in another place. King OF kings.
Lord OF lords. Conqueror OF conquerors.
His eye omniseient. His arm omnipotent.
de viii take the lead. He will draw the
sword. He viii: give the command. And
wncn He plants His foot for The combat. the
:"und4ttons OF the earth will quake. and
when He shall give The battle shout. all the
gates Of hell will tremble.
Bat 80 not let us shout until after we have
seen the two armies clash in the last strug-
Sc. On. my sonl! The battle of all time and
n eternity opens. "Forwardi" For
w1rd.'i i the command on both sides giver.
lhn long lines OF both armies waver, &, d
wing to and fro. Swords OF truth again,t
engines Internal. Black horse cavalry of per-
li:ion against white horse cavalry of heaven.
Vne redemption of this world and the honor
o. ito thro.e Of God to vindicate, b W ire
%nHaaous is the battle! The army OF right
e~ou@aess seems giving away; but no! It is
IN VI part OF the of the infinite
fcht. 1t is a dep oy OF tho host celestial.
What a meeting In this field of 1splendor
and wrath, of the angels, and of the
~a'Abolic. OF hosanna aud blnsphemy, Of
eng and curse, OF thedivine and the satanic.
The ttunitrbolts OF the Almighty burst
aui blaze upon the foe. Boom. Boom!
y the torches OF lightning that illuminated
.ha scene | sea that the crisis of the Arma-
- idOn has come. 1t is the turning point
Of this last battle. The next moment will
decide all. Ave! the forces of Apollyon
are breaking ranks. See: See. They fv!
Some on foot. some on wing: they ny.
Back over the battlements OF perdition they
20 down with infinite crash. all the Regi-
ments Diaholici Back to the mountains
and caves the armed hosts OF earth, CRYING
rs they retreat to the rocks and moun aims.
Fall on US and hide US from the face OF Him
that sit,eth upon 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. l look of upon the
Battlefield, and among the slain l fnd the
circasses Of Mohammedanisn,, and Papan-
ism, and Atheism. and Infidelity, and Dis
sipation, and Fraud. and muli.itudfnous
Wrong. s.rewlng the plain. and / hear the
angel that standeth In the sun crying in the
words of Revelation, to all the fowls that
1y in the midst Of heaven the eagles. and
the vultnres. and the hawks. and the alba
r.Sse--"Come and gather yourselves to-
Eether unto the supper of the great God,
tia; We NAV eat the flesh of kings, and the
fish of captains, ami the flesh OF mighty
men. AMI the flesh OF horses. and of them
that sit on them"
The pr)phesled Arnaceddon OF the text
has been fought. and Christ and His follow
erS have Won the day. The kingdoms OF
this world have become the Kingdoms OF
our Lori and His Christ. All the Christian
WORKERS OF our time, you. my hearers, and