The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-11

he has done and VIII continue TO DO Tor
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A Triumphant Song.
But lastly 1 assert that our new song
for the coming holidays should be tri-
umphant song. In 1t we should hear the
ring of the coming conquest of the
world for Christ; in 1t we should know
not only that man as an individual will
be saved, but that there shall come a
time when nations and peoples or all
climes shall worship our Christ as their
master and king. When the Sioux In
dams many years ago. were about to rise
in revolt and massacre the white settlers
of the far west the Inoian commissioners
to prevent that uprising selected some OF
the Indian chiefs and sent them to
Washington as a delegation to present
their grievance to the "Great White
Father" the president of the United
States They sent them east not to have
the president change the policy of the
government, but that these Indian chiefs
might know the Universities of the re-
sources of the white men and how USE
less it was to rise against them. Those
Indians might slay a few settlers, but
after they had seen the millions upon
millions of white inhabitants beyond the
Mississippi they would know that ulti-
mately the white man must conquer.
Thus in our new song we want TO catch
glimpse of the power of God. Here and
there temporarily one of Gods deciples
may be seen driven back: but, after all.
| the great church 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
! his standards above every land. waving
! over every nation and over every sea.
| Our new song should be a triumphant
song
Would today might convince you of
| the sureness of Christs conquest over
all the nations Of the world as wildly as
| that great dramatic. preacher William
Dawson, brought It before his London
hearers nearly a century ago. He was n
| man of most remarkable personality. He
| had an Imagination all aglow and on
| fire When the power of a mighty word
| painter he was describing the conquest
of the world. He portrayed grand pro-
cession marching before Christ. the Pro
phet, Priest and King in a coronation
| pageant First came the prophets the
| priests and the apostles then the mar
| tyrs, row after row, line after line, army
| after army. Then after all the redeem
| ed dead had marched passed. there came
] the living. First came the earthly Princ-
| es and princesses and mobiles Inen there
| marched forth millions upon millions OF
tho human race. Then after he had
| wheeled into line all generations OF all
times and Of all principaities and pow
! ers the Methodist preacher suddenly
| stopped. Then in stentorlan 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 diaden
| And crown Him Lord of all
Great Audience Responds.
| SO powerful was the effect. so over
! whelming was the impression Of the COM
| ing conquest of Christ over the world,
| that the great audience sprang to it's feet
| and took up the refrain and sang IL
| louder and louder and louder until the
| very heavens seemed to shake. Oh, my
| friends. cannot you feel that our
new song for the coming Christmas holi-
| day should be triumphant one? Shall 1t
not have the same triumphant ring in 1t
as had Martin Luther's mighty hymn
| when the soldiers of Gustavus Adolphus
| sang 1t before the battle of Leipsic. and
| also sang it again before the battle of
| Lutzen, where their noble leader laid
| down his life? All, yes, man may live
and may die, bet Gods workers always
fill in the break and the work goes on.