Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-12-10

bit that these Indian chiefs might
know the immensities Of the resources
of the white men and how useless II
was to rise up against them. Those
Indians might slay few settlers, Dut
after they had seen the millions upon
millions OF white inhabitants beyond
the Mississippi they would know that
ultimately the white man must con-
ouer. Thus in our new song we want
TO catch a glimpse Of the power OF COD.
Here and there temporarily one OF
Gods disciples may seem to be driven
bnck: but. after all, the great march OF
the Christian army Is forward. we
are all marching on to millennial
day when Christ as the leader OF the
great army OF victory shall have bis
standards above every land. waving
over every nation and over every sea.
Our new song should be triumphant
song.
Would today l might convince you
of the sureness of Christ's conquest
over all the nations of the world as
vividly as that great dramatic preach-
er william Dawson brought 1t before
his London hearers nearly century
ago. He was man Of most remarkable
personality. He had an Imagination all
aglow and on fire. With the power OF
q mighty word painter he was descnD-
ing the conquest Of the world. He por-
trayed a grand procession marching be-
fore Christ, the Prophet, Priest anu
King, In a coronation pageant First
came the prophets, the priests and tne
apostles; then the martyrs, row after
row. line after line, army after army.
Then, after all the redeemed dead mad
marched past, there came the living.
First came the earthly princes and
princesses and mobiles. Then there
marched forth millions upon millions
Of the human race Then, after he had
wheeled into line all generations OF all
times and all principalities and pow
org. the great Methodist preacher sud
denly stopped. Then in stentor1an
tones he commenced to sing that grand
old hymn OF Edward Perronet:
!, All hail the power OF Jesus name,
Let angels PROSTATE fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown him Lord OF all.
90 powerful was the effect, SO over
whelming was the impression OF the
, coming conquest Of Christ over tne
!, world, that the great audience sprane
!, TO It's feet and took up the refrain and
sang II louder and louder and loudei
until the very heavens seemed tc
shake. Oh, my friends. cannot you
feel that Our new song for the coming
e Christmas holidays should be ui
: umphant one? Shall 1t not have tns
same triumphant ring in 1t as hac
Martin Luthers mighty hymn wnei
: the soldiers of Gustavus Adolphul
sang 1t before the battle or Leipslc
e and also sang It again before the bat
=. tle of Lutzen, where their noble leade
i laid down his life? All, yes, man ma!
I live and may die, but Gods worker
i always fill in the break and the Worl
q goes on. Our new song must be SON.
of triumph. God can and will conque
q this world and rule the nations OF IN
i earth as his own. =,
8 When the musical leader In the Oh
y Village choir loft, before the organ an
II the piano had forced their way Int
u the church edlhces, wanted to star
r the hymn, he would strike his tunin
y fork and lift it to his ear. For the ne'
D. song of the coming Christmas mol
Is days I would strike the tuning FORK Q
a. hone and life and eternal conque'
'r through Christ. May the same ang'
"a which sang over the Christmas maj
Is ger sing for US today over that rine
le tomb a new song of salvation Tor
Or dying world and conquest for Chri'
Is of all peoples, both in this world
n we'll as In that which we are to ent'
j." hereafter.
TO copyright. 1904, by Louis Kiopsch'I