The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-08
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
rhe Emiaent Divine's Sermon, De-
uvered In Washington.
Subject: "A Mighty Warfare.

BEAT high and we y.for the glory OF strik-
over 100 years a01. forrusty swofus mug ~
ing down a HRS and bullets cut out OF log II
up on thesnich they were lodged curing tne il
housesffe We had unboundei admiration, n
gre8some public day. clothed liz our grant )
Mher's soliieriy ACCOMPLISHMENTS, we leif as Q
brave as Garbaldi or Miltiates. we are I
wiser now, for We make vast distinc'ioh
bstween the poetry AMI the prose OF war. !
The roll of drums. aud the cail OF bUgies, I
and the chRmping of stecas foaming and t
having for the battle. hundred thousand 9
nuskets glitlering among the dancihS I
plumes, "God Save the King waving up | (
from clarinets and trumpe.s and rurg D1ck J
from deep deflles or the arches Oh prostfate
CITY distant capitals OF kingdoms Illuminated
at the tidings generals returning home na-
der flaming arches and showering atnar-
anths and the shout oi empires--that Is
| poetry.
Chilled aud half blanketed, lying on the
wet earth, feet sore with the march and
bleeding at the slightest touch, hunger pull
ing on every hber of flesh or attempting to
| satisfy itself with scanty and spoiled ra-
ton, thirst licking up the dew or drinking
out OF filthy and tranpsed pool. thoughts OF
home and kindred for away while just on the |
| eve of a deadly strife where death may leap |
on him from any one OF hundred bayonets,
| the closing in OF two armies now changed ~ |
| hundred thousand maniacs, tue gronna
slippery with blood ana shattered lesh iaii-
! OQc3 WrltliNg unESf tUo nuO4o vi III
brIdled chargers niaddeDed with pam, the
dreadfuness OF night that comes down when
the strife is over, the struggle ofthe wouaoea
. ones crawling out overthe corpses, the long,
feyerish agony OF the crowded parfacR anu
hospital, from whose mattresses ms rag
ments of men send upthe groans, the only
music OF carnage and butchery, desoiate
homes from which fathers and husbands and
brothers and sons went oil, without giving
any dying message or sending Kiss 70 tne
. dear ones at home, tumbied lntotbe soidiefs
grave trench AMI houses in which Few
. weeks before unbroken family circles re-
: ioiced now plunged In the great sorrows OF
0 widowhood and orphanage-that Is prose.
: But there is now on the earth Kingdom
= which has set Itself up Tor conflicts without
number. In lis march 1t tramples no grain
r field: 1t sacks no cities; 1t fmpoverishes
J. no treasures; 1t fills no hospitals; 1t bsreaves
, | no families The courage and victory OF
a Solferino and Magenta without carnage-ihe
u kingdom of Christ against the Kingdom OF
y satan-that is the strife now raging. we VIII
n offer no armistlces We will make no treaty.
"A | Until all the revolted nations OF the earth
~ shall submit again TO King Emmanuel I'm
c the name OF God we will set up our ban
IL ners."
III Every army has its ensisns. Long before
- the time when David wrote the text they
"a werei use. TIE hosts Of Israel displayed
p them. The tribe OF Beniam carried flag
.ts with the inscription OF wolf. the trloe o
ne Dan representation OF cherubm, Judah
l.. | lion wrought into the groundwork OF white
~ purple, crimson and blue. Such flags iron
their folds shook fire into the hearts OF sucl
numbers as were in the field when Ab1lal
fought against Jehoram. and there wer
ed 1,200, 600 soldiers, and more than 6oo,oJ
e" were left dead on the field. These ensign
~. gave heroism TO such numbers as were a;
ecu semblei when Asa fought against Harah. an
po- there were $50 200 troops in the battle. Til
Athenians carried an inscription OF the ON
| which was their emblem OF wisdom. Tb
= flags of modern nations are familiar to 70
all, aud many Of them SO inappropriate Il
the character Of the nations they represen
1t would be impoltic 10 enumerate thea
-. These ensfgns are streamers borne on II
ise point OF lance and on the top OF woode
Shafts. They are carried i'll the front al
rear OF armies. They unroll from the ma
eat' topgallant masthead Of an adnirdf5 ma
'ar- ship to distinguish it among other ships
Q it the same squadron. They are the objects
the national pride. The loss OF them on the no
Ssr- is SYNONYMOUS.
.sy The three banners Of the Lords hosts q
-, the banner of proclamation, the banner
''0A recruit and tho banner Of victory. WheT
., nation feels its rights infrinSe1 or its hon
ia irsulled, when its citizens have in forei
r climes been oppressed and no indemnity
- - been offered TO the inhabitant of the repub
Ii or kingdom, proclamation OF war is uttere
--- o,sto,, bonsaa and revenue orYices fiags a
q st. Immediately swung out All who look up
them realize the fact that uncompromisi
war Is declared. Thus it Is that the chui
of Jesus Christ jealous for the honor OF
bag sovereign and determined TO get back TN
eco? who baye heen carried of captive into
God. BONDAGE OF satan and intent upon the
It all struction OF those mighty wrongs wa
nave SO long cursed the earth and bent uT
N o. the extension OF the Saviour's reign
,ond mercy. in the name of God sets up its ban
OF proclamation.
d.No The church makes no assault upon
EEAr world. 90 not peiefe t1t, uou WI ~
raat- a better world than this. 1t is magnifcen
J. pa its ruins Let us stop talking so much aga
the world. God pronounced it very goo
Idren the beginning. Though q wandering G
NINA of God, see in it yet the great Fath
ottle iineaments. Though tossed and driver
saret VET and as nj her launching In the beginl
Zoe. the morning stars sang together and al
sons of God shouted for JOY so at last,
syriae coming into the calm harbor of God me
she shall be greeted by the huzzas OF glor
en,s, kingdoms. 1t is not the world against W
iiiie'' we contend, but its transgressions. W
ever is obstinate in the will, degradin
,la,r passion, harmful in custom, false IN III
. Ship, hypocritical in profes5ion-agalns
- this Christ makes onset. From false pr
and sion he would tear the mask. From or
); Zoe. SION ne woalu ' , rao no' From rsvsns
Ruld- would exercise the devil. While Christ J
the world 50 much he diedto saveit, he
sin so we'll tia. to eradicate the last t-at
ire for its pollution he viii utterly cons
ERaEI, tine continents and the oceans. At the
of Eden the declaration of perpetual en-
was made against the serpent Tho IN
en- Arti roundabout Mount Sinai was only the
pu. 81 and fash of Cots artillery OF wrath az.
sin. Sodom on fire was only one OF
ella. flaming bulletins announcing host
!, near Nineveh and Tyre and Jerusalem In
,riops ruin mark the track of Jehovahs adv
ment. They show that God was terri'
o5 earnest when he announced himself q
rs ago rent OF all iniquty. They make us b'
ealthy that, though nations be!ligerent and rev
ahout full may sign articles OF peace and come
amicable adjustment, there shall be no
tion IN tion of hostilittes between the forces oil
by the and the forces OF darkness until tho
l,scov- doms Of this world have become the
,,,t,.,h doms OF our Lord. AfTrighted BY no o
"n.eA ton, discouraged by no temporary de
!. Iae shrinking from no exposure, every m
reused, bis position, while from the tops o
It'll the scnoolhouses and churches and semi
oot 60, and asyiums ain the name oil God we
- up cur banners"
squir- There are nonproiessors who have ;
finally correct idea of what Christians ought
,ok one You have seen members Of the churc
nd car We're as ploal % .a.a &c Ton, bvnoer
Po,. nAfpAoS I'LL