They Were on Side of God

Napoleon said, “God is on the side of the heaviest artillery.” At Waterloo, he was proved wrong, for the 160 guns of the English overcame the 250 guns of the French. God and one make a majority.

How helpless seemed William of Orange and the Hollanders against Spain and the religious forces of Rome, but God was with William of Orange. How helpless seemed the preacher Parkhurst against the combined wickedness of the great city, but God and right were on his side. During the anti-slavery struggle, a preacher said, “Gentlemen, it looks dark, but God is on our side, and how much do you count him for?”

“One shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight.”