The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-03-18
IIIHlGE'S SUNDAY SERMON
A GOSPEL MESSAGE
Subject: "A Mighty, Warfare.

In aur bovhoOd VIA NAV bava
haze wa. 81 Alexander or ~ sona
Fsi me uIO nero until our youny hearts
k~eyoluhona ws wished we had heen horn
ea; hlsh a.' % inst for tbe GLORY Of s,r,t,-
yerlco ussSian For rustv swords hnn,
tcdowh g. and bnil.ts on, on, ~ L.,
on the si.n they were lodped an rim, thss
oases u rad unbounded ndmiration
rai stlI' a,bi;c dav clothed in our orond'
90 som t,a,lv requirements we lei, as
ihefs arihalii or Niltiades. We ara
gave a. tor wa make "A vast distinction
rserho.s noa,rv and the nrose Of war
ffweemn - srnms' and the call of buples
Dc ~" hamnin, of steeds oaming ana
Pnd lne ,ha battle. A hundred Thousand
aSihs ,;.,arinp among the dancipy
eusAe.s God save the King" waving mn
Eune,, ;ns,s and and RING hacr.
Om ~ deales or the arches of N PROSTATE
om ~ -, s~anitals of Kingdoms Illuminated
" ,iJinys. generals returning home nm
am;nc arches and showeriny amar.
"a, AMI ibe shout Of empires--,hat is
n
cu45ia, and half blanketed. living IN tho
III a,,h feet sore with the march and
lin nj the slightest touch, hunger pull
ara,y finer of flesh or alternating 70
k,i.iy itseli with n scanty and spoiled ra-
,hirst licking up the dew or drinking
\, ,faitby and trampled pool. thoughts of
10 and kindred far away whila iust on the
Il q A deadly strife where death may leap
~ ,yom any one of n hundred bayonets
Il closing in oftwo armies now changed TO
srndred thousand maniacs, the ground
.aa,v with blood and shattered flesh. fall
rpInno: ,vrithing under the hoofs of nm
-.I ,,!AI - "
IsadfulneS. Of night that comes down when
u s,rI,e is over. the struggle ofthe wounded
has crawling out over the corpses, the long.
Iyerish agony Of the crowded barrack and
n.ni,al from whose mattresses the frar-
Tents Of men send up their groans, the only
nsIe Of carnage aud butchery. desolate
Dmes from which fathers and husbands and
(others aad sons went off, without living
r. diving message or sending a kiss TO the
ar ones az home, tumbled intothe soldiers
Ave trench, and houses in which n few
eeks before unbroken family circles re-
dced now plunged in the great sorrows of
bdoyhood and orphanage that ia prose.
[Bat there is now on the earth n kingdom
hich has set itself up for conflicts without
bmber. In It's march 1t tramples NO gram.
ia; II sacks no cities; it impoyerishes
! ireasuries: il fills no hospitals. il bereaves
families. The courage and victory of
lferino and Magenta without carnapeEthe
ncdom Of Christ against the Kingdom of
tap-tbat is the strife now raging. We will
Ter no armistices. We will make no treaty
Nil all the revolted nations of the earth
al submit again to King Emmanuel sin
name Of God we will set up orr han
b."
vary army has lie ensicns Io,ohot.u,
time when David wrote the text they
reiL use. The hosts of Israel displa we'd
em. The tribe OF BENJAMIN carried n iiay
III the inscription OF a wolf. the tribe ri
N a representation of cherubim. .Judnb n
d wrought into the groundwork of white,
rple, crimson and blue. Such flags from
Dir folds shook fire into the hearts of sucb
nbers as were in the field when Abiieb
lght against Jehoram. and there were
p0,000 soldiers, and more than 500. 600
be left dead on the field. These ensiyns
e heroism to such numbers ms were as.
bblet when Asa fought against Zerab. and
Re were $50, 200 troops in tho battle. The
)enians carried an Inscription OF the owl.
bch was their emblem of wisdom. Tbe
sol modern nations are familiar TO Won
aud many of them SO inappropriate for
character Of the nations thew represent
fOult be impolitic to epumerate them
Sc epsirns ara streamers horna ~ a..
nt OF n lance and on the ton of wooden
Us. They are carried in the front and
Of armies. They unroll from the main
gallant masthead OF an admiral's flag-
to distinguish it among other ships Of
same squadron. They are the objects of
ponaI pride. The loss Of them on the field
Gnominious.
ne 'hree banners Of the Lords hosts are
banner Of proclamation, the banner of
ut and the banner of victory. When n
on leeIs It's rights infringei or its honor
itel, when its citizens have in foreign
Pes been oppressed and no indemnity has
ouered to the inhabitant of the republic
lngdom, q proclamation of war IL u,fered
ue tops of batteries and arsenals and
om houses and revenue Offices 6aps nre
peulateiy swung out. All who look unon
realize the fact that uncompromisinc
Is declared. Thus II is that the church
tsus Christ, Jealous for the honor of its
reign and determined to get back those
nave been carried of captive into the
iaHe oil satan and intent upon tbe do.
cuon OF those mighty wrongs which
so long cursed the earth and 6ent mon
extension of the Saviour's reipn If
y,ih The name Of God sets up its banner
ocHlhatlon.
cGureh makes no assault upon tbe
!. do not believe that God ey pT mad do
ter W9fld than this. 1t is magnificent in
tinS' Let, US stop talking so much .aoains
forld. God pronounced !, ver, a aSain ~
R%ecinning, Though n wanderyS oo n =,
rUu,i see in 1t yet the great Father,s
tnen's. Though tossed and dri"en h,'
Storms OF 5000 years. sbe sails hrnr Ty
md as at her launching in thsb cinniy
norning stars sang toSetbsr amS , mn q
ol TOD shoutpd fnr - "a 'no