The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

our own revolutionary war and con-
slider the seemingly insurmountable
odds against which Washington's
small and poorly-equipped army con-
tended. IT it were true that God was
with the largest armies and the heav-
lest artillery, how can the surrender
at Yorktown be explained? how can
the bravely-won independence be un-
derstood? Wrong may sometimes tri-
umph for a season; the might Of man
may seem to prevail and victory for
time perch upon its banner, but it
must not be forgotten that God is play
ing a large game, and that His record
cannot be written in a decade, or
generation, or a century. Ultimate
triumph is to be His. Truth as it IL
found in Him is to prevail. God says:
'T will be exalted in the earth" and
they who can say: ''The Lord OF Hosts
is with us; the God of Jacob is our
refuge" are fighting along the line
Of sure victory.
nHE titles which are given to God
" in. our text are specially hitting
and significant: ''The Lord OF Hosts
and "the God of Jacob" The hosts OF
the Assyrians had come up against
Jerusalem, but the hosts of the LORD
we're marshalled to the aid of the be-
leaguered city. The honor, the pow
er. the faithfulness of God were i'm
pugned by the goddess enemy, and the
covenant-keeping God could not for
sake His people; He must deliver them
for His own vindication and honor,
as we'll as because the need was des-
perate and the cry of faith was per-
sistent. The Lord of Hosts as the
militant God; the God of Jacob as the
covenant-keeping Cod It the eye OF
faith will look long and steadily to-
ward the hills from whence comes its
help. a vision will burst upon the soul
which will recall the sight which
cheered the faint-hearted servant OF
the prophet as he was enabled to see
the innumerable hosts of God en-
camped between the threatening en-
envy and the hunted prophet. The
Lord of Hosts The Lord with the
countless multitudes of Heaven to car
ry out His commissions and execute
His judgments That was no idle
boast which Jesus made when the
Roman guard took Him prisoner In
the garden and He declared that ne
could ask of His Father and He would
send "more than IL legions of angels
to deliver Him. Xerxes is credited
with having an army of over two
millions and half of men when he
made his descent upon Greece, sup
posedly the largest army ever mus
tered by single ruler. and yet TINS
immense army, which it is said took
seven days and nights to cross the
| bridge of boats built across the Hell
lespont, was but handful Of men in
| comparis to the innumerable hosts
| which God can marshal when need
|~requires. The arena of the upper a'r
is filled with the forces of Heaven as
they swiftly pass hither and thithe1
| in performing the will, OF Him who Is
the Lord of all these hosts. What a
tremendous claim it is to say that
''the Lord of Hosts is with us!" What
invincible union! It was this conf
dence which brought Moses, the fugi
tive Hebrew, back and made him bold
to go before the mighty Pharaoh and
demand deliverance for his enslavec
| countrymen. It was this confidence
which kept Joshua circling the walls
of Jericho until they crumbled to thu
ground. 1t was this confidence which
nerved the arm of David and sent th<
stone with unerring aim il,to the fore
head of the Philistine giant. It wa!
this confidence which enabled Paul t.
Eight the good fight of faith," to NEE
all the perils and hardships of his pio
neer missionary work and give hin
the right at the close Of his tremen
dously active life to claim that h
had been more than conqueror through
Him who had loved him and givel
Hims elf for him. And it is this conf
dence which makes the servant of th'
Lord brave and steadfast and victori
lous in the. face OF every foe, and en-
ables him to surmount every Difficult
lty. The Lord of Hosts!. What "a. title
1.-The Lord of Hosts is with MS!
What claim! -
9UT the Lord fs more than mill
tant Lord leading His hosts t
victory. He is a safe refuge int
(which His children may withdra,
when the storm is sweeping dow
upon them, and they may rest ther
until the danger is past. And it
the God Of Jacob Who is our refuge
. Why so? Why not the God of Abrs
ham, or the God of Isaac? We d
not need to go into the history @
. Jacob very far to discover the reassi
, Who was it who had to fee for l..
! life to escape the anger of a wronge
brother and who found a restin
place at the gateway of Heave1
where God met him and made Hl
!, covenant with him? Who was it VIII
; sojourned in the land of his jealou
= and avaricious father-in-law, wb
! suffered wrong, who was cheate
, and lied to and abused and threa