The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-21
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We have been reviewing the troops dia-
bolic. We have been measuring the cal
ibers of their guns. We have been ex-
amining their ammunition wagons.
Now let us look at the forces to be mar
shaled in the Armageddon on the right
side.
The Regiments Angelic.
First CT all, I mention the regiments
angelic. Alas, that the subject of de-
mcnology seems better understood than
the subjects of angelology. But the
glorious spirits around the throne and
all the bright immortals that fill the
galleries and levels of the universe are
to take part in that last great fight, and
the regiments angelic are the only regi.
mcnts capable Of meeting the regiments
plutonic. To show you something Of an
angels power, I ask you to consider
that just one Of them slew 1S5, 900 of
Sennacherib' S host in night, and it is
not a tough arithmetical question to
solve, if one angel can slay 1S5, 900
troops in a night, how many can
500, coo, 900 Of them slay? The old book
says that "they excel in strength. " 1t
is not celestial mob, but disciplined
host, and they know their rank. Cher
ubim, seraphim, thrones, principalities
and powers. And the leader of these
regiments is Michael the Archangel.
David saw just one group of angels
sweep past, and they we're 10000 char
ioted. Paul, WHO in the Canadian col
lege had his faculties SO wonderfully
developed, confesses his incapacity to
count them by saying, eye are come to
Mount Zion and an innumerab1e COM
pany Of angels" II each soul on earth
has a guardian angel, then there must
be /, 800, 900, 600 angels on earth today.
Besides that, heaven must be full OF an
gels, those who stay there. Not only
the ~ angels who, we are told, guard
the 12 gates, but those angels who help
in the worship and 60 on mission from
mansion to mansion and help to build
the hosannas and inthrone the hallelu-
iahs and roll the doxoiogies Of the serv-
ice that never ends. But they all, if re-
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
touleyards into that one battle. I think
all the angels Of God will join in it.
Fire Footed Hosts.
The one that stood th sword Of
fame at the gate of paradise. The one
that pointed Hagar to the fountain in
the wilderness. The one that halted Ba-
laam on the highway. The one that
warned Lot to flee the doomed city. The
one that took part with Joshua against
the Canaanites. The one that informed
Mary of the approach Of the Nativity.
The one that wrestled with Jacob at the
brock Jabbok. The one that swung open
the gate for the incarcerated Apostle
Peter. The one that strengthened Christ
in his last paroxysm. All, think. will
be there-their velocities inconceivable,
so that when Daniel was in prayer Ga
brie], we are told, came from heaven to
speak to him, and if heaven be at the
center of the universe that angel must
have travelled thousands of millions OF
miles in an instant. Talk of earthly
regiments on double quick march! What
will be the speed of the regiments an
gelic when at the command of the
archangel, Down to earth! Forward
into the battle!' those regiments an
gelic, lightning winged, rainbow gir-
died, fire footed, shall sweep into the
great Armageddon.
TIE next regiments that see march
ing into the fight will be the regiments
ecclesiastic. According to the last &C.
count, and practically only in the be-
ginning of the great gospel movement
which proposes to take the whole earth
for God, there are 4,600, 900 Methodists,
3,725, 900 Baptists, 1,2S0,S33 Presby-
terians, ,23O, 900 Lutherans and GAO, 900
Episcopalians. But the present statistics
of churches will be utterly swamped
when, after all the great denominations
have done their best work, the slowest
of all the sectS will have more numbers
than the present enrolment Of all de-
nominations throughout Christendom.
You see, by that time an atheist or All
infdel will be a curiosity, and he will
be looked at as we look at man with
long hair reaching below his shoulders
and long finger nails that are never cut
and stare in the eyes indicating incipi-
ent lunacy-rot to be argued with, but
to be pitied-while it will not be any
unusual thing to see men as much de-
voted to their religion as Francis Xa-
vier was devoted to his religion, when
he went through the streets asking all
to come to hear his faith e4pounded, IN
ten years planting the gospel in so ma
tions and baptizing over 1000, 900 souls.
And the great hosts Of believers will
fill the earth, making the 2,3l7, 600
combatants that XerXes reviewed cor
poral's guard in comparison.
The Regiments Ecclesiastic.
sec them, the regiments ecclesias-
tic, moving into that last battle. The
Lutherans headed by some great Martin
Luther yet to be born. The Methodists
headed by some George Whitefeld yet
to come. The Presbyterians headed by
some John Knox yet to arise. The Epis-
copalians headed ty some Bishop Char
mock yet to be enrobed. The Baptists
headed by some Missionary Carey yet
to bless the world. The Congregational
church headed by scme Doctor Kirk of
pentecostal power yet to take tongue OF
fire. I see them moving into the ranks,
carrying a standard striped ard starred,
striped as suggesting 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
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