The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-03-27
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
: Three Banners Of the Army
of the Lord.
,s Ensigns OF n Bloodless war-Ths
n,nners of Proclamation, OF Re
cruit and. Finally, OF
Glorious Victory.

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oonital during and following the
[rs;dential inauguration. lie took
his text;
"a name OF God we will set up our banner
palms Xxx, 3.
hate warl In my toyhood we may
are read the biography of Alexander
~ some revolutionary hero until our
,rrc heart beat high and we wished
had been born over 100 years ago,
~ for the glory of striking down
assian. For rusty swords hung up
n. rafters and bullets cut ont of
~ houses In which they were lodged
Wing the great strife we had un-
ornded admiration, or on some public
az clothed in our grandfathers sol
Iierly accouterments, we felt as brave
Garibaldi or Miltiades. We are
r,ser now. for we make vast dis
;nction between the poetry and the
prose of war. The roll of drums and
he call of bugles, and the champing
y steeds foaming and paving for
he battle; 100000 muskets gilt
srinc among dancing plumes;
God save the King" wav-
NO M from clario1ets and trumpets
mi runr back from deep defiles or the
arches OF prostrats city; distant CAPT
tals of kingdoms illuminated at the
tidinrs: generals returning home under
aaming arches and showering anna
nnths and the shout of empires; that is
noetry. Chilled and half-blanketed,
living 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 a scanty and spoiled ration; thirst
licking up the dew or drinking out of
slthy and trampled pool; thoughts of
home and kindred far away while just
on the eve of u deadly strife, where
death may leap on him from any one of
Kindred bayonetS; the closing in of
two armies. now changed to
| q hundred thousand maniacs; the
ground slippery with blood and
shattered flesh; fallen ones with
ing under the hoofs of unbridled
chargers maddened with pain; the
drcadfulness of night comes down
when the striic is over; the struggle of
the wounded ones crawling out over
the corp>cs; the long, feverish agony
Of the crowded barrack and hospital,
from whose mattresses the fragments
OF men send up their groaus. the only
music of carnage and butchcry; desc
late homes from which fathers and
husbands and brothers and sons went
off: without giving any dying message
or sending kiss To the dear ones at
home. tumbled into the soldiers grave
trench. and houses in which few
weeks before unbroken family circles
rejciced. now plunged in the great sor-
rows of widowhood and orphanage;
that is prose.
But there is now on the earth a king
dom which has set itself up for con-
ficts without number. In its march
it ,ramples no grain fields. it sacks no
cities, it impoycrishes no treasures, it
fills no hospitals, it bereaves no fami-
lies. The courage and victory of Sol
terinO and Magenta without carnage.
The kingdom of Christ against the
kingdom of Satan. That is the strife
now raging. We will offer no armis-
tees; we will make no treaty. Until
az the revolted nations OF the earth
shall submit again TO King Emanuel,
in the name of God we will set up our
banncrs"
Every army has its 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
seription of Il wolf. The tribe of Dan
representation of cherubim. Judah
non wrought into the groundwork of
white, purple, crimson and blue. Such
hags from their folds shook fire into
The hearts of such numbers as were in
the Held when Abijah fought against
Jehorain, and there were 1000, 600
soldiers and more than 500, 600 were
LETT dead on the field. These ensigns
gave heroism to such numbers as were
assembled when Asa fought against
Lerah, and there were 1850, 600 troops
IN the battle. The Athenians carried
an inscription of the owl, which was
their emblem of wisdom. The flags of
hodern nations are familiar to you all,
and many of them so inappropriate for
the character of the nations they rep
resent it would be impolite to enumer-
ale them. These ensigns are strcamers
borne on the point of lance and on
the top of wooden shafts. They are
.arried in the front and rear of armies.
ihey unroll from the maintop-gallant-
masthead of an admiral's flagship to
distinguish it among other ships of the
same squadron. They are the objects
d national pride. The loss of them on
The field is ignominious.
ne three banners of the Lords
hosts are the banner of proclamation,
The banner of recruit and the banner
d victory. When a nation feels its
nights infringed or its honor insulted;
"hen its citizens have in foreign climes
oeen oppressed and no indemnity has
Oeen offered to the inhabitant of the re-
public or kingdom, proclamation. of
war Is uttered. Ok the top of batter
es and arsenals and customs houses
aho revenue offices flags are immediate
y swung out. All who looks upon them
realize the fact that uncomproniising
war Is declared. Thus IL is that the