Lo! Heaven now opens to rapturous view
The armies that follow the faithful and true
Arrayed in fine linen and armor of light,
With swords of destruction, the nations to smite.
The holy all ride upon hobbies, they say,
But horses we have of a heavenly neigh;
Then join in our phalanx of cavalry white,
And ride in the Spirit's omnipotent might.
This campaign of fire shall sweep over the
land,
Enlisting the pure that are able to stand;
In columns of glory they follow their king
Like thunder their songs of sweet melody ring.
Speed onward, great army, to judge and make
war,
Salvation in Jesus go trumpet afar;
There're battles to fight, and fair trophies to win,
And perishing souls to be rescued from sin.
All honor to Jesus, whose eyes are a flame,
Who wondrously helps us each battle to gain;
He's clothed in a vesture that's dipped in the blood
He graciously shed to redeem us to God.
The beast and his army all gathered in vain,
With all the false prophets they're taken and slain.
The bride and the Bridegroom now shine as the sun,
The rapturous scene of the marriage is come.
All glory to God! we'll follow the Lamb;
All glory to God! we'll fight in the van;
In uniform white on our holiness steeds,
We'll rush to the battle, wherever he leads.
—Selected.
[Editor's Note—The contents of this book were
written sixty years ago and since that time many mightychanges
have taken place, both among the nations of the world and also
in Christendom. There has developed spiritual powers of evil
in high places and the three unclean spirits like frogs have
come into view before the eyes of spiritually-minded men and
women. The one out of the mouth of the dragon is showing
himself very plainly under the cloak of Satanic Communism and
has half or more of the world under its influence. The one out
of the mouth of the beast is showing himself under a cloak of
revised Catholicism and the one out of the mouth of the false
prophet is manifesting himself under the cloak of the Council
of Churches. Therefore the people of this present time are in
great agitation with fears and rumors of wars as there are so
many conflicting spirits at work with many prophecies being
fulfilled and the coming of the Lord is evident to the wise as
so many things are now shaping up for his coming.
If the author of this book was living
now and doing this writing he, no doubt, would not have
guessed at the evidence of Satan being loosed for a little
season by referring to Spiritualism and some other cults of
Satanic origin. He would have said plainly that it was
Communism as it is fighting against God and Jesus Christ the
same as the old red dragon did which was ruling in the Roman
Empire when Jesus and the apostles began to preach the gospel
of Christ. Many of them were slain and otherwise destroyed by
this Pagan evil power.
For those who would like to know more
about the wicked working of these evil powers in these last
days, write for the book entitled "Past, Present and
Future of the Church of God." It contains 72 pages.
—Fred Pruitt
