The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-18
THE OVERTHROW
OF KAIsERIsM
(By DR.. Il. l.. Powell)

of the First Chrictian church, q
Louisville. The sermon was prepare,
by the distinguished preacher for tn
use of the newspapers, at the tim
when the unfortunate epidemic pre-
vents the public attending church. Dr
Powell is one of the very ables
preachers in the state. The sermon
is in no especial sense denominations
but deals with a question Of timel,
importance. The writer had the plea
sure of meeting DIR. Powell while OF
recent visit to Louisville. and wal
very favorably impressed with hi
culture and ability
The text is found in Luke, x. is,
And he said unto them. I behel6 Sa
tan fallen as lightning from heaven.
This is a most remarkable utter
ance. Jesus is speaking to the seven
~ whom He had sent forth TO ex
tend His ministry and to whom II,
had given power over unclean spirits
They are returning. and In giving
their reports are exultant that even
the spirits were subject to them. Je.
sus does not minimize their achieve.
ments in the conquest of evil spirits,
but in the text declares that what
they have done on small scale is
but prophecy of the complete and firal
overthrow of Satan II Is as though
He had said. Your victories over evil
are deserving of commentator. but
such victories are but anticipatory of
the destruction of Satan himself. In
your smaller work -preliminary and
anticipatory--I beheld Satan as light
ming fallen from heaven"
Only one possessed of conscious
ness such as Jesus had could thus
quietly and calmly announce the GER
tain and complete destruction of the
kingdom of Satan. II is the language
of one who is conscious that he has
his hand on all the resources and
agencies of the universe which he can
in his own way and time-employ
for the accomplishment of
this mighty end. There is this regal
in our text. In the
thought Of Jesus the victory was al
ready one. Not unmindful was He of
all the battle and blood which must
come between the present and COM
plete overthrow of the Satanic In hu-
man hearts and human CIVILIZATION.
We need to hearten ourselves at
this moment with this mighty assur-
ance of Jesus. There is i'm the imagery
Of the text the implication that the
overthrow of the Satanic will be
quick, vivid, thorough, and like the
lightning. from pole tn pole. There
may be long years and centuries of
preparation for the overthrow of
some colossal evil, but when the pun
shment finally falls. IL is as the light
ming from vivid. quick and
Empires which have defed the laws
If God and humanity do not gradually
rumble; history would rather de-
,lare that empires crash to their
loom. There comes the psychological
moment when out of the black gath
ring clouds of Gods wrath there is
iues the fash of lightning which
strikes down the huge and monstrous
organized iniquity. Kaiserism-the
present huge incarnation of all that
s Satanic in despOtic governments
ust now on the brink of the precipice
rom which it is to be Immediately
hurled to its doom. There shall be
or Kaiserism at the right moment.
he quick complete and vivid down
all.
There is marvellous description in |
he book of Isaiah expressive OF the T.
Inevitable and adequate punishment /.
II the Kaiser. It is found in the l4th /
hapter of Isaiah, and is as follows: |
Hell from beneath is moved for |
hee 10 meet thee at thy coming: II /
tirreth up the dead for thee, even
II the chief ones of the earth; IL 4
ath raised up from their thrones all |
ings Of the nations; thy pomp Is /
rOught down to hell and the noise
I thy yiols; the worm Is spread un-
er thee and worms cover thee; how
ri thou fallen from heaven, o day .
tar. son of the morning! How art
hon cut down to the ground which
idst lay low the nations. And thou
aidst in thine heart, will ascend
lt0 heaven; | will eXalt my throne
bove the stars of God. and | will sit
pom the mount of the congregation
4 the uttermost parts of the north;
will ascend above the clouds, | will
G like the Most High. Yet thou shalt
g brought down to hell. to the utter
lost parts of the pitt"
There is no escape from the inevi-
lble; the Satan of our modern world
doomed, the lightning bolt may fall |
on this colossus despot; |
may be the news of tomorrow; he |