are called, and chosen, and faithful."--Rev. xviii. 14.

Last Sunday evening we considered the subject of the great battle of
Armageddon. This evening we will take up the same subject for further
consideration. This battle, we learn, is to be very terrible, such a one
as the world has not had. Fearful as some of the wars of the past have
been, this will overshadow them all in skill, fierceness, number,
slaughter, devastation, and wide-spread ruin. It will, in some respects,
be like one of the wars of olden times. For in this struggle God is
again to take a direct part, as He did for His people Israel and Judah in
times of old. Again shall the forces of nature do battle for God and His
people; again they shall be full of instinctive revenge. Hear us, and
believe us, Denis Kearney, Providence will then "pool the issues" of the
_called_, the _chosen_, and the _faithful_. The called are the Jews, the
chosen are Israelites, and the faithful embrace all of every nation who
believe in Christ. Then many will wade in pools of blood and perish.
The birds of prey are to hold high carnival on the dead bodies of the
slain. The spirit of Satan, that now worketh in the children of
disobedience, will pool the issues of hell and death in the hosts of the
_dragon_, _beast_, and _false prophet_. For though these three powers
are diverse in their aims, professions, and intents, yet we learn from
many passages of the Divine Book that they will join hands and agree upon
a common policy, federating together that they may contend with the
called, the chosen, and the faithful. "And I saw three unclean spirits
like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of
the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the
spirits of devils working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great
day of God Almighty" (Rev. xvi. 13, 14). Here indeed will be a pooling
of the issues, a pooling that will divide the whole world into two forces
or parties.

Now the canvass has begun, preparations are going on, party lines are
being drawn, powers are concentrating, and men are rallying under their
respective standards, getting the world ripe and ready for the coming
generations, into whose hands the destinies of that day will be cast.
Few of us now living can personally take part in that final battle,
excepting as we do so by impressing the