The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-19
THE FOES WE FACE.
THE SINS THAT BEsET THE END or
A. THE CENTURY.

I
God Comes Before Man, Says Dr.. Tai
mago-The Prevalence of Blasphemy
The Sins Of City Lifs-And tho Fins
Judgment.
Copyright. 1898. by American Press Assoc
ciation.1
WASHINGTON, Sept. lS.-This arousine
discourse by DR.. Talmage will excite inter
est by tho manner In which 1t assails soms
Of the great evils now abroad. The sub
jeot Is Enemies Overthrow" and thu
text Psalms xviii, I, LET God arise, lei
his enemies DO scattered"
A procession was formed to carry tn,
ark, or saored box, which, though only 6
feet inches In length and feet inches
In height and depth, was the symbol Of
Gods presence Az the leaders Of the pro-
oession lifted this ornamental and bril-
liant box by two golden poles run through
four golden rings and started for Mount
Zion all the people ohanted the battle hymn
Of my text, LET God arise, lot his enc.
niles be scattered.
The Cameronians Of Scotland, outraged
by James I, who forced upon them reli-
glous forms that were ofensive, and by the
terrible persecution Of Drummond, Dalziel
and Turner and by the oppressive laws Of
Charles I and Charles II, were driven to
proclaim war against tyrants and went
forth to fight for their religious liberty.
and tho mountain heather became red
with carnage, and at Boutwell, bridge and
Ards Moss and Drumclog the battle
hymn and the battle shout Of those glo-
rious old Scotchmen was the text have
chosen, LET God arise, let his enemies be
scattered" .u
What q whirlwind of power was Oliver
Cromwell, and how with bis soldiers,
named the "Ironsides, " he went from VIC
tory to victory Opposing enemies melted
as he looked at them. He dismissed par
lament a. easily a. . sohoolmaster q
school. He pointed his finger at Berkeley
castle, and 1t was taken. He ordered Sir
Ralph Hopton, the general, to dismount,
ing on with his army and hear the battle
cry Of the "Ironsides," loud as q storm
and solemn as deathknell, standards
Keeling before 1t and cavalry horses going
back on their launches, and armies flying
at Marston Moor, at Winceby Field, at
Naseby, at Bridgewater and Dartmouth
LET God arise, let his enemies be scat
teredp'
What Battleory3
So you see my text Is not like a oompli-
mentary and tasseled sword that you some.
times sec hung up In parlor, a sword
that was never In battle and only to be
used on general training day, but more
like some weapon carefully hung up in
your home, telling Its story of battles, for
my text hangs in the Scripture armory,
telling of the holy wars Of 5000 years in
which 1t has been carried, but still as keen
and mighty as when David first uDsheath-
ed It, 1t seems to me that In the church
Of God, and In all styles of reformatory
work, what we most need now Is battle
cry. We raise our little standard and put
on 1t the name of some man who only
few years ago began to live and in a few
years will cease to live. We 60 into con-
test against the armies Of iniquity, de-
pending too much on human agencies. We
use for a battlecry the name Of some brave
Christian reformer, but after awhile that
dies or gets old or loses his cour-
age, and then we take another battlecry,
and this time perhaps we put the name Of
some one who betrays the cause and sells
out to the enemy. What we want for
is the name of some leader who
will never betray us and will never sur
render, and will never die.
All respect have for brave men and
but II we arc to get the victory all
along the line we must take the hint of
The Gideonites, who wiped out the Bedouin
Arabs, commonly called Midianites.
These Gideonites had a glorious leader in
Gideon, but what was the battlecry with
which they flung their enemies into the
worst defeat into which any army was
,ver tumbledp 1t was, 1.-THE sword Of the
Lord and Of Gideon" Put God first, who
,ver you put second. II the army Of the
merican Revolution Is to free America,
1 must be, 1.-THE sword Of the Lord and Of
Washington" II the Germans want to
win the day at Sedan, it must be, 1.-THE |
word of the Lord and Won Moltke." Wa
erloo was won for the English because
lot only the armed men at the front, but
he worshipers in the cathedrals at the
car, were crying, 1.-THE sword Of tho Lord
md Of Wellington.
GOU First
The Methodists have gone In triumph
cross nation after nation with the cry,
The sword Of the Lord and of Wesley"
The Presbyterians have gone from victory
0 victory with the cry, "The sword Of the
ord and of John Knox" The Baptists
ave conquered millions after millions for
thirst with the cry, 1.-THE sword Of the
ord and of Judson." The American Epis-
opallans have won their mighty way with
he cry, THE sword of the Lord and Of
bishop NJ Ilvaine. Tho victory Is to those
Tho put God first But, as we want bat
ecry suited to all scots Of religionists and
, all lands, nominate as the battlecry
Christendom In the approaching Arma-
eddon the words Of my text, sounded be-
IRE the ark as 1t was carried to Mount
Ion, LET God arise; let his enemies be
As far as our finite mind can judge, 1t
,ems about time for God to rise. Does 1t
OF seem to you that the denominations Of
lis earth have gone far enoughp Was
zero ever time when sin was so deaantS
'Cre there ever before SO many fists lifted
ward God, telling him to come on II he
,reP Look at the blasphemy abroad
hat towering profanity Would it be
ossible for any one to calculate the num-
,rs Of times that the name Of the Al
lightly God and Of Jesus Christ are every
~ taken irreverently on the lipsP Pro-
ne swearing Is as much forbidden by the
W as theft or arson or murder, yet who
ecutes itp Profanity Is worse than theft
arson or murder, for these crimes ore
tacks on humanity; that Is an attack On
3D.
The Cursor Cursed.
This country is pre-eminent for bias
'emy. A man travelling in Russia was
pposed to be clergyman. "Why do you
ke me to DO Clergyman said the man.
Oh" said the Russian, "all other Amer
ans swear" The crime is multiplying
intensity. God very often shows what
thinks Of It, but for the most part the
tality is hushed up. Among the Adiron-
cks met tho funeral procession Of
IN who two days before had fallen under
fash Of lightning while bossting after
Sunday Of work In the fields that he had
Gated God out Of one day anyhow. and
. man who worked with him on the
me Sabbath Ia still living, but q helpless
valid under the same flash.
Years ago In o Pittsburg prison two
IN were talking about the Bible and
ristianity, and one OF Them Thompson
name, applied to Jesus Christ very
v and villainous epithet, and as he was
tering 1t he fell. A physician was called,
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