The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-25

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4 spears Of a maddened soldiery, and the
q be crucified. With this ensign in his
3 bleeding hand the Saviour sealed the
heights of our sin With this he mount
ed the walls Of perdition; and amid its
very smoke, and fame, and blasphemy
4 he waved his triumph h, while demons
! howled with defeat, and heaven
4 Threnged his. chariot wheels
And bore him to his throne;
4 Then swept their golden harps and
sung,
The glorious work is done.
We go not alone to the field. We
q have invincible allies in the dumb ele-
ments Of nature AS Job said, we are
+ in league with the very stones Of the
. field. The sun by day and the m DON by
might, directly or Indirectly, shall favor
4 Christianity. The stars in their courses
are marshaled for us, as they fought
4 against Sisera. The winds of heaven
are now as certainly acting in favor Of
Christ as in reformation times the in
4 vlnclhle Armada, in its pride, APP
q preached the coast of England. AS
that proud navy directed their guns
against the friends Of Christ and re-
\ ligious liberty, God said unto his winds,
4 Seize hold Of them" and to the sea,
3 Swallow them. The Lord with his
tempests, dashed their hulks together
and spllntered them on the rocks until
the flower Of Spanish pride and valor
lay crushed among the waves Of the
sea beach, All are ours. Aye! God
4 the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Ghost are our allies.
The Mohammedans, in their struggle
to subjugate the world, had passages
from the Koran inscribed on the blades
4 OF their scimiters, and we have nothing
to fear it, approaching the inidelity
and malice that oppose the kingdom Of
II Christ, we shall have glittering on our
a swords the words of David to the giant,
Il Il come to thee in the name of the Lord
z OF Hosts, the God of the armies Of Is
rael, whom thou has defed.''
q Now the Church goes forth bearing
precious seed, but after awhile it will
pc the sheaf- binding, and reaper angels
shall shout the harvest home Now it
is tents and marching and exposure,
. but then in the ranks Of PROSTATE in
Equity and on the very wallsof heaven,
In the name Of God we will set up our
You know in ancient times elephants
+. were trained to fight, and that on one
occasion, instead of attacking the enc
y my, they turned upon their owners and
thousands We're crushed under the
stroke Of their trunks and the mountain
weight of their step. These mighty OBJ
portunities of work for Christ may &C
compllsh great things in overthroWine
the sin OF the world and beating tC
pieces It's errors, but if we do not WELD
them Alright these very advantages will
IN unguarded moments, turn terribly
upon us and under their heels of ven
geance grind us to powder. Rejected
blessings are seven-fold curses. We
cannot compromise this matter We
: cannot stand aside and look on. Christ
has declared it: All who are not with
:. me are against me- Lord Jesus, We
: surrender g5
!. The prophecies intimate that there
shall before the destruction of the
& world be enc great battle between truth
! and unrighteousness. We shall moi
probably see it on earth. God gram
that we may see it, bending from the
battlements of heaven On the side
OF sin Shall be arrayed all forms Of op.
: preston and cruelty, led on by in.
famous kings and generals. The vota.
ries of Plagiarism, led on by theil
priests. The subjects Of Mohammed
! ism, following the command Of theil
: shieks. And gluttony and intemper.
ance and iniquity Of every phase shall
) be largely represented on the field. Al
! the wealth and splendor and power anl
4 glory Of wickedness shall be concen
! tered on that one decisive spot anG
! ma4ddened by ten thousand previou:
I defeats, shall gather themselves UP fo1
: one last, terrible assault. With hatred
Ito God for their cause and blasphemy
!, Il for the battle-cry, they spread out Owe
4 the earth in square beyond square. ant
: legion beyond legion, while in som,
+ overhanging cloud Of blackness fou
Z spirits of hell watch this last struggl,
g OF sin and darkness for dominion.
! Scattered by the blasts Of Jenoyah,
$ nostrils. plumber, and sin, and Satani
1 force shall quit the field AS the roa
s Of the conflict sounds through the uni
i verse all worlds shall listen. The ali
shall be full Of wings Of heavenly CO
{ horts. The work is done, and in th
presence Of a world reclaimed for th
4 crown Of Jesus, and amid the crumblin,
! of tyrannies and the defeat of 1Satani
{ j force, ard amid the sound of heayenl-
acclamations, the church shall rise Ill
& in the image of our Lord, and viii
i the crown of victory on her head a 81
the scepter of dominion in her hand
: in the name o. God shall set mn. ne
banners. Then Himalaya shall beconl5
: Mount Zion, and the Pyrenees Moriah
and the oceans the Walkin u ace q
8 him who trod the wave cresfs8 Of Cali
lee, and the great heavens become
= sounding board which shall STRIKE &, q