Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-03-25
REV. 1R. TALMAGE
SUNDAYS DISCOCRSE BY THE
NlTED DIVINE.
Subject "A Mighty Warfare

sanJec3 "A Mighty Warfare.
IExT; In tie name of Col We will -@t UP
our banners. Psalms Ky, 5.
hase war. In our bovhood We nav have
read me mogrphy OF Alexander or ot some /
voiunonars hero until our young hearts 1
peas hl9n and We wished We had been born /
over ioo ye6rs ago Just for the glory OF strik-
ing own 2 HAssian. For rusty swords hung !
up on the rafters and bullets cut GU, OF log |
houses in witch they were lodged during the
great stnie te had unbounded admiration,
or on some Auhlic day. clothed in our grand
~ = 81 IN eaxaents~ felt as
w'sss ncss. hx % -1aks . yast disstnctsen
bstween the poetry and the prose OF war.
Ine TOLL OF drums, and the call OF bugles.
and the Changing of steeds foaming and
paving for the battle. a nunit red thousand
muskets glttering among the dancing
p!umes. God Save the King waving I'D
from ciarlnets and trumpets and rung back
from deep denies or the arches Of PROSTATE
city. distant capitals OF KINGDOMS illuminated
at the tidings. generals returning home un-
der flaming arches and showerng amar-
anths and tho shout of empires--that is
poetry.
Chilled and half blanketed, lying on the
Wet earth. leet sore with the march and
hieeilng AZ the slightest touch hunger pull
| ing IN every fiber of flesh or attempting to
| satisfy itself with q scanty and spoiled ra-
tlon. thirst licking up the dew or drinking
| out Ok filthy and trampled pool. thoughts OF
| nome and kindred far away while Just on the
| eve OF deadly strife where death may leap
| on MIN from any one Of a hundred bayonets.
| the closing in oftwo armies now changed to
hundred thousand maniacs the ground
| slippery with blood and shattered flesh fall
( en- ones writhing under the hoofs OF un-
bridled chargers maddened with pain. the
III f,tl 49, Al.
| the strife Is over. the struggle Of the wounded
| ones crawling out over the corpses the long
| 1eyerish agony Of the crowded barrack AMI
| hospital. from whose mattresses the frag-
ments of men send up their groans, the only
| music Of carnage and butchery. desolate
! homes from which fathers and husbands and
| brothers a1d sons went Off, without giving
| any dying message or sending kiss to the
| dear ones at home, tunbed into the soldiers
| grave trench, and houses in which a few
weeks before unbroken family circles re-
| ioiced now plunged in the great sorrows Of
| Wldowhood and orphanag age-that is prose.
But there is now on the earth a kingdom
which has set itself up for conflicts without
number. In Its march 1t tramples no grain
| field; 1t sacks cities; 1t inpoverishes
no treasures: it fills no hospitals; it bereaves
no families. The courage and victory OF
| Solerino and Magenta without carnage-the
kingdom of Christ against the kingdom OF
satan-that is the strife now raging. We will
| offer no armistices. We will make no treaty
Until all the revolted nations OF the earth
shall submit again to King Emmanuel ''in
the name OF God we will set up our ban
4 Evary Amy has its ensigns. Long before
iAfanfs11s wnen David wrote the rtext they
We're In use The hosts OF Israel displayed
them. The tribe Of Benz jamin carried flag
with the inscription OF wolf, the tribe OF
Dan representation Of cherubim Judah a
| Wr0nrhf a 4 yro IF fyChf "a
| purple, crimson and blue. Such flags from
their folds shook fire into the hearts of such
numbers as were in the field when Abiial
| fought against Jehoram, and there were
1,200, 900 soldiers. and more than 500 O0C
were left dead on the field. These ensigns
gave hcroism to such numbers ns were as
sembled when Asa fought against Zerah, and
there We're l .5S0. 100 troops in the battle The
Athenians carried an inscription OF the owl
which was their emblem OF wisdom. Tn.
flags OF modern nations are familiar to vOr
. all and many of them so inappropriate fo
the character OF the nations they represent
it would be impolitic to enumerate them
These ensicns are streamers borne on n,
point Of lance and on the top Of wooder
shafts. They are carried in the front ane
rear OF armies. They unrOl from the maiI
topgallant masthead Of an admiral's flag
ship to distinguish it among other ships o.
the same squadron. They are the objects 0
, national pride. The loss of them on the field
, IS ignOminiOus.
The three banners Of the Lords hosts ar
} the banner OF proclamation, the banner o
J recruit and the banner Of victory When
, nation feels It's rights infringe1 or its homo
lnsulted, WREN lis citizens have in foreign
| elimes been oppressed and no indemnity ha
t been offered to the inhabitaut ofthe republic
or kingdom. 4 prOcla nation Of war is uttered
Or the tops of batteries and arsenals am
custom houses and revenue Office nags are
| Immediately swung out. All who look upOI
| them realize the fact that uncomprOmisinG
war is declared. Thus it is that the church
q Jesus Christ jealous for the honor Of t=
4overeign aud determined TO get back thos'
r who have been carried OF captive into tbs
\ bondage Of satan and intent upon the da
= struction OF those mighty wrongs which
have so long cursed the earth and ben, upo.
t the extension Of the Saviours reign 0
c mercy, in the naEe Of God sets up its baune
Of proclamation.f
The church makes no assault upon th
, world ! DO not believe that God ever mad
q better world than this. II is magnificent i
Its ruins. Let US stop talking 80 much agains
The world. God pronounced il very good q
" the beginning. Though a wandering chill
OF God, sec in il yer the great Father
Y linearnents. Though tossed and driven b
r the storms Of 5000 years. she sails hravel
! v.t. and als at her launching in the beginnn
: the morning stars sang together and ali II
5 snns of God shouted for Joy. SO al last. whe
q she shall be greeted bv tn, huzZa- of cIor1ffe
= Kingdoms Ii is not the world against whlc
W. contend, but Its tralscres>lon- !" IA
eyer ~ obstinate n the viii. degrading
4 passion harmful IN custom. false II trient
II -hip. hvp critical II prof@s-i1t-aSai a
this h-1s, makes onset. Prom sa.s Iro.f1
sion lie weuii tear this mask. From o:y-@
/, sion lie would tear the roi Fro. pride
i would reni q the ;lu1.es. From revenge :
q wo1.1 exercise the devil. While oh-lst .ove
the world % much he 1ieif1 save X. ne hat
sia we'll that 70 e-aii eat@ the last '-ae.. 2
Il - pollution h viii utterly c0asl =
the e1a.lnents AMI tae cceacs- Il ire ga
= 0f + .eE. tha declaration q perpetual @--1i,
VA made against th~ serTeat. The t4-l
rolL sabout II a1t Slaai va o[..y '1e 70
!, att lash Il Go.s artillery q. wra.A a<a--
sin Scion ac 3re was only ons os Go
f.aT4ac bulletins a11142cang hos;l.s-
Ntaeveh aa1 TYR and Jerusalem Il az:
rain -ark ,ta t-ae. - Je-o*a- : atya1c
LeC,. 1ney show ia. Cd was terribly
rarE-s. wL.-n he a1o6-Ece1 hl-se.t abb
;. rent ~ a. ta13aty. Taer MAKE ~ heste'
. that. though nations t~s-lic~-ea; and reye1-
II ~ sign srta>se~- 50 a-srs- All eo1-@