Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-22
ENEMIES 0VEkTHROWN.
Dr. Talmage Assails Some of the Great
Evils Now Abroad.
.I.rt God Arise. Let His Enemies he Seat
tered" Is suggested as n Proper
Motto for Worker,-t hurch
People Arrai;ned.

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evils now abroad. The sui ct is En-
rmies Ovcrthrown," and the text
Psalms xviii, It lot God arise, lei
His enemies he scattered"
A procession WINS formed to carry
the ark, or sacred box, which, though
only three feet nine inches in length
and four feet three inches In height
and depth, was the symbol of Gods
presence. As the leaders of the pro
brilliant box 10y 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 he scattered
The Camcronians of Scotland, out
ragged by James l., who forced upon
them religious forms that were often.
sive. and by the terrible persecution OF
Drummond. Dalzicl and Turner. and
10y the oppressive laws of Charles |.
and Charles IL, were driven to pro.
claim war against tyrants, and went
forth To fight for religious liberty; and
the mountain heather became rcd with
carnage, and at Bothwell bridge and
Ards Moss and Drumclog the battle
hymn and the battle shout of those
glorious old Scotchmcn was the text
have chosen: Let God arise, let His
enemies Ice scattered"
What "A whirlwind of power was
Oliver Cromwell, and how with his
soldiers, named the "fronsides," he
went from victory to victory. Oppos.
ing enemies melted as he looked at
them. lie dismissed parliament As
easily rs a schoolmaster a school. lie
pointed his finger at berkeley Castle,
aud it was taken. He ordered Sir
Ralph lIopton, the general, to dis
mount. and he dismounted See Crom-
we'll marching on with his army, and
hear the battle cry of the "lronsides, -
loud as a storm and solemn rs a death
knell, standards rec ling before it. and
cavalry horses going back on their
launches, and armies flying at Mars
ton Moor, ut Winceby Field, at Mas by,
at Bridrewater and Darmouth-'Let
God arise, let His enemies be scat
tered!
So you see my text is not like a COM
plim.ntary and tasseled sword that
you sometimes see hung up in par
Tor, Il sword that was never in battle,
and only TO be used on general train
ing day, but more like some weapon
carefully hung up in your home, tell
ing its story of battles, for my text
hangs in the Scripture armory, telling
of the holy wars of 1000 year, in which
Z.
and mighty as when David first I'M
sheathed it. 1t seems to me that in
the Church of God and in all styles OF
reformatory work, what we most need
now is a battle cry. We raise our lit
tie standard. and put on it the name
of some man who only few years age
began to live and in few years will
cease to live. We go into conquest
against the armies of iniquity, depend
ing too much on human agencies. We
use for a battle cry the name OF some
brave Christian reformer, but after
awhile that reformer dies, or gets old,
or loses his courage, and then we take
another battle cry, and this time. per-
haps, we put the name of some one
who betrays the cause and sells out to
the enemy. What we want for bat
tie 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 and
women, but if we are to get the vic
tory all along the line we must take
the hint of the GiGeohsses,N ned
out the Bedouin Arabs, coslS
called Midianit.s These Gideonites
had a glorious leader in Gideon, but
what was the battle cry with which
they flung their enemies into the
worst defeat into which any army was
ever tumbled? 1t was The sword of the
Lord and of Gideon" Put God first, who
ever you put second. If the army OF
the American revolution is to free
America. 1t must be The sword OF
the Lord and of Washington" If the
Germans want to win the day at Sc
dan, il must be THE sword OF the
Lord and of Won Moltke." Waterloo
was won for the English. because not
only the armed men at the front, but
the worshipers in the cathedrals at the
rear were crying The sword of the
Lord and of Wellington"
The Methodists have gone in triumph
across nation after nation with the
cry. The sword of the Lord and OF
Wesley" The Presbyterians have gone
from victory to victory with the cry,
1.-The sword of the Lord and of John
Knox" The Baptists have conquered
millions after millions for Christ with
the cry, The sword of the Lord and
of Judson." Tn, American Episco-
paliaus have won their mighty way
with the cry, The sword of the Lord
and of Bishop Mcllvaine." The vic
tory is TO those who put God first. But
as we want a battle cry suited to all
sects of religicnists and to all lands,
nominate as the battle cry of Christen-
dom in the approaching Armageddon
the words of my text, sounded before
the ark as il was carried to Mount
Zion: "Let God arise, let His enc mics
be scattered"
As far as our finite mind can Judge,
it seems about time for God to rise.
Does it not seem to you that the abom.
nations of this earth have gone far
enough? Was there ever a time when
sin was so defiant? We're there ever
SO many fists lifted toward God telling
him to come on if he dare? Loci,
at the blasphemy abroad! What
towering profanity! Would it be
possible for any one to calculate the
number of times that the name of Al
mighty God and of Jesus Christ are
every day taken irreverently on the
lips? Profane swearing is as much
forbidden by the law as theft, or ar
son, or murder, yet who executes it?
Profanity is worse than theft, or ar.
son, or murder, for these crimes are
attacks on humanity-that is an at
tack on God
This country is pre-eminent for bias
phemy. A man travelling in Russia
was supposed to be clergyman.
''Why do you take me to be a clergy
MANI" said the man. oh" said the
Russian, .'all other Americans swear"
The crime is multiplying in intensity.
God very often shows what he thinks
of it. but for the most part the fatal.
ity is hushed un Among the Adiron-
dacks met a funeral procession of a
man who two days before had fallen
under a flash of lightning while boat
ing, after a Sunday OF work in the
fields, that he had cheated God out of
one day anyhow, and the man who