The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-10-15
THE ENEMIES OF GOD.
The Powers of Evil May Triumph
Temporarily.
God, In the Terribleness of His Anger, VIII.
Sooner or Later, Scatter Those
Who Defy His Omnipo-
tent Power.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, in the fol-
lowing discourse, assails some of the
present evils of the times, and sug-
gests that God, in His anger, may visit
terrible punishment. The text is:
Let God arise, let His enemies be scat
tered--Psalms, xviii, /.
In the following discourse Rev. T..
Dewitt Talmage assails some of thepre-
vailing evils of the times, and suggests
that God in His anger, may visit ter
rible punishment. The text is: LET
God arise, let His enemies be scat
tered."-Psalms, xviii, /.
A procession was formed to carry
the ark, a sacred box, which, though
only feet 8 inches in height and
depth, was the symbol of Gods press-
ence. AS the leaders of the processi.fn
lifted this ornamented and brillia,nt
box by two golden poles run through
four golden rings, and started for
Mount Zion, all the people cbanted
the battle hymn of my text: Lee
God arise, let His enemies be scat
tered"
The Cameronians of Scotland, out
ragged by James l., who forced upon
them religious forms that were often
sive, and by the terrible persecution OF
Drummond, Dalziel and Turner, and
by the oppressive laws OF Charles l.
and Charles H., were driven to pro-
claim war against tyrants, and went
forth to fight for religious liberty; and
the mountain heather became red with
carnage, and at Boutwell, Bridge and
Ards Moss and Drdmclog the battle
HYMN and the battle shout of those
glorious old Scotchmen was the text
have chosen: ''Let God arise, let His
enemies be scat tered"
What a whirjwind of power was Oil
yer Cromwell and how with his soldiers
named the "Ironsides," he went from
victory to victory! Opposing enemies
melted as he looked at them. He dis.
missed parliament as easy as school.
master school. He pointed his finger
at Berkeley castle, and it was taken
He ordered Sir Ralph Hopton, the gen.
eral. to dismount, and he dismounted
See Cromwell marching on with his
army, end hear the battle cry of the
"Ironsides," loud as storm and sol.
enln as death knell, standards reel.
before it, and cavalry horses going
that. oh md
fving at Marston Moor, at Winceby
Field. at Naseby, at Bridgewater and
Darhnouth-"Let God arise, let His
eneriies be scattered"
So you see my text is not like com.
pIimentary and tasseled sword that
yop some times see hung up IN par.
lo1, and only to be used on general
6iining day, but more like some
"aapon carefully hung up in your
pme, telling its story of battles, fol-
ny text hangs in the Scripture armory
Cling of the holy wars of three
Thousand years in which it has been
\ carried, but still as keen and mighty
as when David first unsheathed it
1t seems to me that in the Church oil
y God, and in all styles of reformatory
4 work, what we most need now is a
battle cry. We raise our little stand
ard, and put omit the name of some
man who only few years ago began
\ to live and in few years will cease tc
live. We go into contest against the
armies of iniquity, depending toe
much on human agencies. We use fol
battle cry the name of some Chris
tan reformer, but after awhile that
reformer dies, or gets old, or loses his
courage, and then we take another
battle cry, and this time perhaps We
put the name of someone who betrays
the cause and sells out to the enemy
What we want for a battle cry is thu
name of nome leader who will never
betray us, and will never surrender
and will never Die.
All respect havS for brave men ant
women, but if wei are to get the vic
tory all along thel line we must take
the hint of the Gideonites, who wiped
out the Bedouin Arabs, commonly
called Midianites. These Gideonite'
had glorious leader in Gideon, bu
what was the battle cry with which
they flung their enemies into the
worst defeat into which any army wa:
ever tumbled? 1t was THE sword O.
the Lord and of Gideon" Put God first
whoever you put second. If the army
of the American revolution is to free
America it must be 1.-THE sword of thu
Lord and of Washington" If the Ger
mans want to win the day at Sedan, i
must be 1.-THE sword of the Lord ant
Won Moltke." Waterloo was won fol
the English because not only thu
armed men at the front, but the wor
shippers in the cathedrals at the rear
were crying: 1.-The sword of the Lore
and of Wellington"
The Methodists have gone in triumph
across nation after nation with thu
cry: "The sword of the Lord and o
Wesley" The Presbyterians hav'
gone from victory to victory with thu
cry 1.-The sword of the Lord and o
John Knox" The Baptists have con
quered millions after millions fol
Christ with the cry; 1.-THE sword o
the Lord and of Judson." The Ameri
can Episcopalians have won thei
mighty way with the cry: "Th'
sword of the Lord and of Bishop Nc
Hvaine." The victory is to those wh'
put God first. But as we want n bat
tie cry suited to all sects of religion
lists, and to all lands, l nominate 81