Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-10-28
WHEN GOD ARISE1H.
Rev. DR.. Talmage Tells of the Ter.
ribleness of Gods Anger.
An Arraig nment OF Evcr-Frosent Evils
The Sins Which Seem to Defy
God and Which Grow In
Accumulation.

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
xviii, /.
In the following discourse Rev. T..
Dewitt Talmage assails someo 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, l.
A procession was formed to carry
the ark, sacred box, which, though
only feet 0 inches in height and
depth, was the symbol of Gods pres
ence. AS the leaders of the procession
lifted this ornamented and brilliant
box by two golden poles run through
four golden rings, and started for
Mount Zion, all the people, chanted
the battle hymn of my text: LET
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 Drumclog the battle
hymn and the battle shout of those
glorious old Scotchmen was the text |
have chosen: "Let God arise, let His
enemies be scattered"
What whirlwind 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 a school. He pointed his finger
ut Berkeley castle, and it was taken.
He ordered Sir Ralph Hopton, the gen.
eral, to dsmount, and he dismounted.
Sec Cromwell marching on with his
army, and hear the battle cry of the
"lronsides," loud as storm and sol
emn MS a death knell, standards reel
before it, 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 scattered"
So you see my text is not Ike COM
plimentary and tasseled sword that
you some times Zee hung up in par
lor, and only to be used on general
training day, bnt 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 three
thousand years in which it has beSsl
carried, but still as keen and mighty
as when David first unsheathed it
II seems to me that in the Church OF
God, and in all styles of reformatory
work, what we most need now is q
battle cry. We raise our little stand
ard, and put on it the name of some
man who only few years ago begar
to live and in few years will cease tC
live. We so 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 bctrays
the cause and sells out to the enemy
What we want for battle cry is the
name of some leader who will never
betray us, and will never surrender
and will never die.
All respect have for brave men ant
women, but il we are to get tn vic
tory all along the line we must tax,
the hint of the Gideonitcs, who wipet
out the Bedouin Arabs, commonly
called Midianites. These Gideonite:
had a glorious leader in Gideon, bu
what was the battle cry with which
they flung their enemies into thu
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 arm.
OF the American revolution is to fret
America il must be 1.-THE sword of tn,
Lord and of Washington" If the Ger
mans want to win the day at Sedan, j
must be "The sword of the Lord ant
Won Moltkc." Waterloo was won TO
the English because not only The
armed men at the front, but the wor
Slippers in the cathedrals at the rear
were crying: "The sword of the Lore
and of Wellington"
The Mcthodsts have gone in triumph
across nation after nation with thu
cry: "The sword of the Lord and o
Wesley" The Presbytcrians hav'
gone from victory to victory with tn
cry: "The sword of the Lord and o
John Knox" The Baptists have con
cucred millions after millions TO
Christ with the cry; "The sword o
the Lord and of Judson." The Ameri
can Episcopalians have won thei
mighty way with the cry: 9Th
sword of the Lord and of Bishop Nc
liyaine." The victory is to those VIII
put God first. But as we want a bat
tie cry suited to all sects of religion
lists, and to all lands, nominate a
the battle cry of Christendom in tn
approaching Armageddon the words O
my text, sounded before the ark as /
was carried to Mount Zion: LET Go,
arise, let His enemies be scattered"
AS far MS our finite min ! can judge
it seems about time for God to rise
Docs it not seem to you that the abom
initions of this earth have gone ia
enough? Was there ever time whel
sin was SO defiant? We're there eve