Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-09-30
NEED BATTLE CRY.
TALMAcL'S ELOQUENT WORDS ON
PREGNANT SUBJECT.

Subject; Enemies oyerthrown"-In the
church of God and In All STYLES of
l;efn1natory Work What L. Needed
Most l. "A Battle Cry.
TExr: Let God arise. let His enemies
De scattered. Psalms xviii. l.
A procession Was formed 10 carry the
ark. or sacred box, which. though only
three feet nine inches in height ana deptb.
was the symbol of Gods presence. As the
leaders Cf the procession lifed this orpR-
Wvuied and brilliant box by two golden
roles run through four golden rings and
,imtcd for Mount Zion. all the people
PLANTED the hattie HYMN Of my text. II 81
God arise, let His enemies be scattered -
Iar tamcruuiaus of Scotland, outraged
Iy James J., who forced upon them relir-
iuus forms that were offensive and by TN.
terrible ICrsvrutiou Of Drummond, Dalziel
and Tuner, AMI hy the oppressive laws Of
Charles /. amt Charles H., were driven to
proclaim war u:,Jinst tyTuts. and went
ioltA To Eight Tor religious liberty: and the
mountain heather became red with car
mage. and at Boutwell, Bridge and Ards
Mess and nlUmr.ug the battle lymu aud
the lattIC shout Of those glorious old
Scuichmcn was the text | have chosen.
Let God arise, let Ills enemies be seat
tered.
What whirwind of power was Oliver
Cromwell, and how with his soldier.
named the "Ir0nsides," ha went from vie
tory to victory Opposing enemies melted
rs he looked at them. He dismissed parlia-
mUnt as easily rs schOolmuster a school,
lie pointed his finger ut Berkeley Castle
ana IL was taken. He ordered Sir Ralph
Horton, the general, to dismount, and he
dismounted. See Cromwell marching on
with his amy, aud hear the batt,c-cry of
"lronsid,s, loud as a storm and solemn rs
a death-kurll standards rocling before il,
and cavalry horses going back on their
launches, and armies flying at NarstOu
Moor, at Winrchy Field, at Naseby. Mt
Eridgcwater and Barlmouth-"Let God
arise, let His enemies hc scattered
SO you see my text is not like compIi-
neutary and tHssrliri sword that YOU
sometimes see hung mp In a parlor, II
sword that was never in battle and only
20 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 armurv.
telling OF III" holy wars of three thousand
years in which it has been carried but
stll as keen ANA mighty rs when David
first unshrathcd it. 1t seems to me that in
the Church of God. aud in att STYLES of re-
foruHtory work, what we most need is
now a hattlr-cTy. We raise our little stan
who only Il lew years ago began to live
and in Il few wears will cease TO live. We
20 into conquest against the armies Of
Iniquity, depending too much on human
agencies We use for a hattle-cry the name
OF some brave Christian relormcr. but after
awhile that Trlurmer dies, or gets old or
Loses his courage and then We take an
other lattlo-rIy and this time perhaps we
put TIE ua'ur of .omcouc who bctrays the
cause and sells out to the enemy. What
we want for bnttIc-cTy 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 ana
women, hut if we are to get the victory all
along the line We must take the hint of the
Gideonitcs. who wiped out the BedOun
Arabs commonly called Midiauitos These
Gidconitcs hada glorious leader in Gideon,
hut what was the battle-rry with which
they flung their enemies into the worst de-
feat into which any army was ever tumbled?
1t was The sword OF the Lord and Of
Gideon Pint God first, whoever YOU put
second. If the army of the American revo-
lutoris to FIRE" America, il must be Tho
sword Of the Lord aud Of Washington" II
the Germans wantto winthe day at Sedan,
itnU-t be The sword Of the Lord and
Won Moltkc." Waterloo was won for the
English, hccnuse not only the armed men
ut the front, tut the Wurshtfcrs III the
,n,b,lr,ls ,t Ina rnnr warn nrvir,. stfVba
,'.1ri ~ I,nt 1rd ar,, nr WnIlingtmn ID,
Ttn Wn,EoIists Lavn ,,nnr In trn,npb
oorns. nnlion n,ter nation with the CIV
'Thr sIyC,l Of tEe Lord and of Wesley
trnn prc.l ytrrjaus have rouo from victory
10 victory with the CIV. "The sword of the
;,rl,,nli # lohr llr.1-. - The n3nti. + hayn
CONQUERED millions after millions for
Christ with the cry. "Tho sword Of the
lord and Of ludson." The American
Frscopalians have won their mighty way
with theory. ''TEo sword Of the Lord ana
Of Bishop MINaine." The victory Is to
tLos,. who rut God inst. But Us we want
alattlc-crv suited to all scnts Of religion
isis, aud to all luuGs | nominate us the
battle-crv of Chrstendom in the approurh-
Ing Armacrddon the words Of nv text.
sounded before thrark is il was carried to
Mount Ziun: Let God arise let His
enemies nr scattered"
A. far ~ our Unite mind can Judge. II
seems uhuut Time Tor God to rlse. Does il
rot :. ON to,gu that the abomtnntions OF
this earth lave gone far enough Was
there ever a time when sin was SO defuuty
Was there ever before so many fists lifted
toward Cod telling Him to come on If He
dare Look NJ the hiusphemy abroad
What towering rroianity Would it be
possible for ANYONE TO cNlculate the mum.
Lcrs oGtimr, tuut thaname Of tlp Almighty
God and nr Tn-us Christ ora every Inv