The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19

snepnerG'Si nut and Woodman'S cabin,
upon ships deck and sailors hammock,
far out OH the sea and high up i'll the
mountain, before the gaze of nations,
under the applaudits of heaven, lin the
name of God we will set up our BAN
ners."
My subject has taught you that in
this contest we are not without enslgns
and colors. All we want now is men to
carry them. Before l sit down l must
propose to each of you this great honor.
Becoming a Christian is no SO ignoble
a thing as many have thought it. 1T
makes a man stoop," you say. I know
it, but it is only the stoop of an heir of
royalty who ON his knees is to receive a
crown of dominion. We want standard
bearers in all pu1pits, in all places of
business-everywhere. l do not ask you
how old you are nor how young, how
weak or how strong, how dull or how
sharp, o what your home, nor who
your ancestors. Without any condition,
without any reserve, in the name of the
God of Israel, l offer you the honor of
carrying the church's ensigns. Do not
be afraid of the assaults of a world
whose ranks you desert nor of devils
who will oppose you with internal
might. 1t were more blessed to fall here
than stand anywhere else. 1t were more
of an honor, engaged with Christ, to be
trampled underfoot with this army of
banners than, opposing Christ, to be
buried, like Edward I, in Egyptian por-
phyry.
The Surrender.
You know in ancient times elephants
were trained to fight and that ON II
occasion, instead of attacking the enc
my, they turned upon their owners, and
thousands were crushed under the
strokes of their trunks and the noun
tain weight of their step. These mighty
opportunities of work for Christ NAV
accomplish great things in overthrow
ing the sin of the world and beating to
pieces its errors, but if we do not WELD
them Alright these very advantages will
In unguarded moments turn terribly
upon us and under their heels Of venge-
ance grind us to powder. Rejected
blessings are sevenfold curses. We can
not compromise this matter. We cannot
stand aside and look on. Christ has de-
clared it, "All who are not with me
are against me-" Lord Jesus, we sur
render.
The prophecies intimate that there
shall before the destruction of the world
be one great battle between truth and
unrighteousness. We shall not probably
see it on earth. God grant that we may
see it, bending from the battlements of
heaven. On the side of sin shall be ar
rayed all forms of oppression and cruel
ty, led on by infamous kings and gen
erals; the votaries of paganism, led on
by their priests; the subjects of Moham-
mechanism, following the command Of
their sheiks. And gluttony and intern
perance and iniquity of every phase shall
he largely represented on the field, All
the wealth and splendor and power and
glory of wickedness shall be concentrat-
ed on that one decisive spot and, madden
ed by 1000 previous defeats, shall
gather themselves up for one last ter
rible assault. With hatred to God for
their cause and blasphemy for the battle
cry, they spread cut over the earth in
square beyond square and legion be-
yond legion, while in some o~verhanging
cloud of blackness foul spirits of hell
watch this last struggle of sin and
darkness for dominion.
Scattered by the blasts of Jehovah's
nostrils, plumber and sin and satanic
force shall quit the field. AS the roar of
the conflict sounds through the universe
all worlds shall listen. The air shall be
full of wings of heavenly cohorts. The
work is done, and in the presence of a
world reclaimed for the crown of Jesus
and amid the crumbling of tyrannies
and the defeat of satanic force and
amid the sound Of heavenly acclama-
lions the church shall rise up in the i'm
| age of our Lord, and with the crown of
victory on her head and the scepter of
dominion i'll her hand in the name of
GOD shall set up her banpers. Then
Himalaya shall become Mount Zion,
and the Pyrenees Moriah, and the oceans
the walking place of him who trod
the crests of Galilee, and the
great heavens become a sounding board
which shall strike back the sound of ex-
ultation to the earth till it rebound again
to the throne of the Almighty. Angel
of the Apocalypse, fly, fyl For who
will stand in the way Of thy might or
| resist the SyvpeD Of thv uin0p