Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-17
AT THE ARMAGEDDON
REV. Or. FALMAGE DISCUSSES TIE
WORLDS LAST BATTLE.

REV. DR.. FALmAGe DISCUSSES TIE
WORLDS LAST BATTLE.
Hc Describe Ia Thrilling Words the Con.
nict a. seen by II. John In His Vision.
The Army and the Commander.
WASHINGTON. Oct. lin his sermon
today Rev DR. Ialmagc discussed the
great conflict prophecy foreshadows ms
the climax Of the world : strugglcs--Arma
gcddon. His text was Revelation xvi, Is,
And he gathered them together in place
,alledin the Hebrew tongue Armaccddon
Megiddo is the name nf mountain that
looks down upon Esdrmlon, the greatest
battlefield that the world has ever seen.
There Barak fought the Canaanites; there
Gideon fought the Midianitcs; there 10.
siah fought the invading Egyptians. The
whole region stands for battle, and the
Armagcddon Of my text borrows its name
from it and is here used not geographic
ally, sbut figuratively, while setting forth
the idea that there Is TO he n world's clos
ing battle. the greatest Of all battles, com
pared with which the conflicts Of this cen
fury and all other centuries We're insigniil-
cant, because of the greater number Of
comhatants engaged, the greater victory
and the greater defeat
The exact date of that battle we do not
know, and the exact locality is uncertain.
1t may I've in Asia, Europe, Africa on
America, hut the fact that such n battle
will take place Is as certain as Gods ctcr-
nal truth. When i Use the supcrlative de
gree I'm regard 10 that coming conflict, /
do not forget that there have been wars all
along ON stupendous scale. As when nj
Marathon, Miltiadcs brought on his men,
not In ordinary march, but in full run,
upon the horScmen OF Persia and the black
archers of Ethiopia and scattered them and
crying: Bring fire, Bring fire." set into
flame the ships Of the invaders. As when
PizarrO ovcrcamc Peru. As when Philip
III triumphcd over Portugal. As when the
Huns met the Goths As when 800 Spar
tans sacrificed themselves ut Ihermopylse
As when the Carthaginians took \ grigcn-
tum As when Alexander headed the
Macedonian phalanx. As when Hannibal
invaded Italy. Battle of Hastings, Battle
OF Nalmyi Battle of Pnltowa, Battle of
Arbela. Battle OF Tours, Battle Of Boro-
dino, Battle Of Lucknow Battle Of Sol
ferinoi Battle Of F0ntenoy, where 100 O00
were slain Battle of ChalonS where 300,
600 were maSsacrcd, Battle of IIerat. where
Genghis Khan destroyed !. 600. 900 livesl
Battle Of Neishar, where l.si7 GOA went
down To death Ore million eight hundred
and sixteen thousand slain AT Troy, And
American battles, too near Us now Ia allow
us To appreciate their awful grandeur and
significance, except you who were there,
facing the north or facing the south But
all the battles have named put together
will not equal in numbers enlisted on
fiercencss or grandeur or triumph or rout
the coming Armagcddon contest. Whether
1t shall be fought with printers type CT
keen steel, whether by brain or muscle,
whether by pen or carhinc, whether by
booming cannon or founders of Christian
cloqucncc, | do NOT know, and you may
take what | say as fgurative or literal.
but take as certain what ~. John, in his
vision on the rocks of the Greeian archi
pelago is pleased To call Armagc.idon.