Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-19
ENEMIES OI NAN.
THE MIsDEEDs AND THE DANGERS OF
MODERN LIFE.

Sins of BIasphemy and Drunkenness.
The Day of Expiation.
Eopyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
clauOn-l
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-This arous-
ing discourse by DR.. Talmage will ex
cite interest by the manner in which it
assails some of the great evils now
abroad. The subject is Enemies Over
thrown, 3" and the text Psalms xviii,
!, ''Let God arise, let his enemies be
scattered.
A procession was formed to carry the
ark, or sacred box, which, though only
3 feet 9 inches IN length and feet
inches in height and dept.i, was the
symbol of Gods presence AS the lead
ers of the procession lifted this orna-
rnented and brilliant box by two golden
poles run through four golden rings
and started for Mount Zion all the peO
pie chanted the battle hymn of my text
'ELet God arise, let his enemies be scat
tered. -
The Cameronians of Scotland, out
ragged by James I, who forced upon
them religious forms that were offensive,
and by the terrible persecution of
DdlL1G1 anu u1AC1 W
the oppressive laws of Charles I and
Charles II were driven to proclaim 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
Drumclcg the battle hymn and the bat
tie shout of those glorious old Scotch
men was the text I have chosen, ''Let
GCd arise, let his enemies be scattered.
What q whirlwind Of power was Oil
yer Cromwell, and how with his sol
diers. named the "Ironsides, " he went
from victory to victory! Opposing enc
mics melted as he looked at them. He
dismissed parliament as easily as a
schoolmaster school He pointed his
finger at Berkeley castle, and it was
taken He ordered Sir Ralph HOptOn,
the general, to dismOunt, and he dis
mounted. See Cromwell marching on
with his army and hear the battlecry
OF the "Ironsides, :" loud as storm and
solemn as a deathknell, standards reel
ing before it and cavalry horses going
back on their launches and armies fly
ing at Marston Moor, at Winceby Field,
at Naseby, at Bridgewater and Dart
mouth--"Let GOO arise, let his enemies
be scattered!"
God, Not Han.
So you see my text is not like COM
plilnentary and tasseled sword that you
sometimes see hung up in a 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 it's story
of battles, for my text hangs in the
Scripture armory, telling Of the holy
wars Of 3, 600 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 of God
and mall styles Of reformatory work
what we most need now is battlecry.
We raise our little standard and put or
it the name of some man who only a
few years ago began to live and in a
few years Will cease to live. We go into
contest against the armies Of iniquity,
depending too much on human agencies.
We use for battlecry the name Of some
brave Christian refOrmer, but after
awhile that refOrmer dies or gets old or
loses his courage, and then we take an
other battlecry, and this time perhaps
we put the name of some one who be-
trays the cause and sells out to the en-
envy What we want for battlecry is
the name of some leader who will never
betray Us and will never surrender and
will never die.
All respects have for brave men and
women, but if we are to get the victory
all along the line we must take the hint
of the Gideonites, who wiped out the
Bedouin Arabs, commonly called Midi
antics. These GideOnites had glOri-
Gus leader in Gideon, but what was the
battlecry 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, whoever you put second.
IF the army of the American Revolution
is to free America, it must be, 1.-The
sword of the Lord and of Washington. .
If the Germans want to win the day at
Sedan, it must be, 1.-THE sword of the
Lord and 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, 1.-The sword of the Lord
and of Wellington.
Right Is Might.
The Methodists have gone in triumph
across nation after nation with the cry
1.-THE sword of the Lord and Of Wes-
ley" The Presbyterians have gone from
victoryfto victory with the cry, "The
sword of the Lord and of John Knox. .
The Baptists have conquered millions
after millions for Christ with the cry,
fThe sword of the Lord and Of Jud-
son - The American Episcopaliansh have
won their mighty way with the cry,
'tThe sword of the Lord and of Bishop
McIlvaine. The victory is to those