The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-03-24
THE FLAGS HGISTED
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches AVtVtD
AND APPROPRIATE SERMON.
He Says He Hates War-Bus he Admirss
the Right Kind OF Martial Spirie-Wo-ds

the Right Kind OF Martial Spirie-Words
of Glowing ana Picturesque ExhoFta-
tIon.
WASHINGTON, March 14-At this
time, when our national capital has
for ten DAYS been ablaZe with our na-
tional flag, the imagery ofthis sermo2
of Dr.. Talmage seems very Eivia ana
appropriate. The text IS 4'S.lIs Xxx,
5, IN the narne o. God we VIII SIT
up our banners
Ihate war. II my boyhcod weuaE
have read the biogra ply Of Alexander
or of some Revolutionary hero until
our young heart beat high and we
wished we had been born over ore
hundred years ago. Gst for the glory
OF striking down Aessian For rus,
ty swords hung up on the rafterS ard
bullets cut out Of log houses 10 which
they were lodged during the great
strife we had unbounG9d admjratlon,
or on some public day, clothed 10 cur
grandfather soldierly accoUtr5ments.
we felt as brave as Garioaldior Militia
>.
vast distinction between the poetry
and the prose OF war. The ro,l OF
drums and the can Of bugleS aud the
champing OF s.ee6s foaming and paw
ing for the battle, 100, 900 muskets
glittering among the dancing plunes,
God Savethe King, waving up from
clarinets and trunpets and rung back
from deep de6leS or the arches OF q
PROSTATE city, distant capitals Of king
doms illuminated st the ti6ingS, gen
erals returning home under flaming
arches and showering smaranths ana
the shout of empires-that IS poetry.
Chilled and half blanSetea, lying on
the wet earth; feet sore with the
march and bleeding at the slightest
touch; hunger pulling on every fiber
OF flesh or attempting to satisfy Itself
with scanGy and spoiled ration; thirst
licking up the dew or drinking out OF
filthy and and trampled pool; thoughts
of home and kindred far away while
just on the eve Of deadly strife,
where death may leap on him from
any one OF hundred bayonets; the
closing in oftwo armies, now changed
to 10000 maniacs; the ground slip
perry with blood and shattered flesh;
fallen ones writhing under the hoofs
of unbridled chargers maidened with
pain; the dreadfulness OF night, that
comes down when the strife IS over;
the struggle Of the wounded ones
crawling out over the corpSes; the
long, feverish agony of the crowded
barrack and hospital, from whose mat
!resses the fragment Of men SEND up
their groans, the only music of car
mage and butchery; desolate homes,
from which fathers and hus5andSand
brothers and sons went OFF; without
giving any dying message or sending
kiss to the dear ones at homes, tuul-
bled into the soldiers grave trench,
and houses in which a few weeks be-
fore unbrcken family circles rejoiced,
now plunged in the great sorrows OF
widowhood and orphanage. That IS
prose.
But there is now on the earth S king
dom which has set itself up for con-
ficts without number. In its march
it tramples no grainfelds, it sacks no
cities, it impoverishes no treasures, it
fills no hospitals, it bereaves no fanl.
lies. The courage and victory Of Sol.
ferino and Magenta without carnage.
The kingdom of Christ against the
kingdom OF satan. That is the strife
now raging. We will offer no anis-
sices. We will make no treaty. Uo-
til all the revoIted nations Of the earth
shall submit again to King Emmanuel
lin the name Of God we will set up
our banners"
Every army has it's ensigns Long
before the time when David wrote the
text they were in use. The hosts Of
Israel displayed them, the tribe Of
Benjamin carried flag with the IN
scription of 8 wolf, the tribe OF Dan
representation of cherubin, judah
lion wrought into the groundwork Of
white, purple, crimson and blue.
Such flags from their folds shook fire
into the hearts of such numbers as
were in the field when Abijah fought
against Jehoram. and there were1, ,200,-
600 soldiers, and mora than 500, 600
were left dead On the field. These en-
signs gave heroism to such numbers
as were assembled whec Asa fought
against Zerah, and there were !, $50, 600
troope in the battle. The Athenians
carried an inscription Of the owl,
which was thar emblem OF wisdom.
The flags Of modern nations are IA
miiiar to you all, and many OF them
so inappropriate for the character Of the
nations they represent it would be I'M
polite 10 enumerate them. These en-
signs are streamers borne on the point
of a lance and on the top Of wooden
shafts. They are carried in the front
and rear of armies. They unroll from
the main top gallant masthead OF an
admirals flagship to distinguish it
among other ships OF the same squad
ron. They are the objec:s of natlona!
pride. The loss of them on the field
isignomiaious.
The three banners of the Lords
hosts are the banner of proclamation,
the banner of recruit and the banner
of victory. When nation feels its
rights infringed or its honor insulted,
when its citizens have in foreign climes
been oppressed and no indemnity has
been offered to the inhabitant Of the
republic or kingdom, proclamation
of war is uttered. On the top OF bat
teries and arsenals and custom houses
and revenue Offices flags are immedi-
ately swung out. All who look On
them realize the fac! that unconpro-
missing war is declared. Thus it is that
the church of Jesus Christ, Jealous for
the honor of its sovereign and deter
mined to get back those who have been
carried off captive into the bondage OF
satan and intent upon the destruction
OF those mighty wrongs which have
so long cursed the earth and bent upon
the extension Of the Ssviour's reign Of
mercy, in the name of God sets up its