The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-04-10

part of the earth the came. These reap,
ed SiCiian wheat fields, and those picked
cotton from the pods. These, under
bistering skies, gathered tamarinds and
vans. Those crossed the desert on cam.
els, and those glanced over the snow
drawn by Siberian dogs, and these milk,
ed the goats far up on the Swiss crags'
They fought the walrus and white bears
in regions Of everlasting snow, and those
heard the songs Of fiery-winged birds in
African thickeis. They were white; they
were black; they were red they were
copper colored. From all lands and all
ages. They were plunged into Austrian
dungeons. They passed through Span
ish Inuuisitions. They were confined in
London Tower. They fought with beasts
in the amphitheater. They were Mora
vians, and Waldenses, and Albigenses,
and Scotch Covenanters, and Sandwich
Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
forms of government, The United States
wants q Republic. The British Govern
ment needs o Constitutional Monarchy
Austria wants Absolutism, but when they
come up from earth, rom different ma
tionalities, they will prefer one great
moDarChy-King Jesus ruler over all
And If that monarchy were disbanded,
and it were submitted to the hosts of
heaven who should rule, then by the
unanimous voice of all the redeemed,
Christ would become the President of
the whole universe--Magna Chartas,
Bills OF Right, Houses of Burgesses, Tri-
umvilates, Congresses, and Parliaments.
Nothing in the presence of Chr.st's
cepter, swayiDg over all the people who
have entered upon that great glory, Oh,
can you imagine it? What strange
Commingling of tastes, of histories, Of
rationalities "of all nations, and kind.
reds, and peoples and tongues"
My subject advances and tells you OF
the dress of those in heaven. The OBJ
iect of dress in this world is not only to
veil the body, but to adorn it. The God
who dresses up the spring morning with
blue ribbon of sky arouRd the brow, and
earrings of dew.drops hung from the
tree branch, and mantle of crimson cloud
flung over the shoulder, and the violet
ted slippers Of the grass for her feet, l
know that that God does not despise
beautiful apparel. we'll, what shall we
wear in heaven? II saw great multi
tude clothed in white robes" II is
white! In this world we sometimes had
to have on working apparel. Bright and
lustrous garments would be much out of
place, sweltering amid forges, or mixing
paints, or rlastering ceilings. In this
world we must have the working appar
ell sometimes, and we care not how coarse
it is, it is appropriate. But when the
toll of earth is past, and there is no more
drudgery and weariness, We shall stand
before the throne robed in white. On
earth we sometimes had to wear mourn.
ing apparel--black scarf for the arm, and
veil for the face, and gloves for the hands
and band for the hat. Abraham mourn
ing for Sarah, Isaac mourning for Re-
becca, Hannah mourning for children,
David mourning for Absalom, and Mary
mourning for Lazarus. Every second OF
every minute of every hour of every
day a heart is broken. The earth from
zone to zone, from pole to pole, ia cleft
with sepulchral rent, and the earth can
easily afford to bloom and blossom when
it is so rich with moldering life. Graves
Graves Graves But when these be-
reavements have all passed, and there
are no more graves to dig, and no more
coffine to make, and no more sorrow to
suffer, we shall lay off this mourning and
be robed in white. | see soul right up
from all this scene of sin and trouble
into glory. / seem to hear him say;
II journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale Of tears
To heavenly Joy and freedom
From earthly care and fears.
When Christ, my Lord, shall gather
All his redeemed again
His Kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
Ihear my Savior calling
The Joyful hour has come;
The angel guards are ready
To guide me to our home.
When Christ, our Lord, shall gather.
All his redeemed again
His kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
Nv subject advances and tells you of
the symbols they carry. If my text had
represented the good in heaven as carry
ing cypress branches, that would have
meant sorrow. If my text had repre-
sented the good in heaven as carrying
nicht.shade, that would have meant sin,
Bnt il ia a palm branch they carry, and
that is victory. When the people came
home from war in olden times the con-
uueror rode at the head OF his troops,
and there we're triumphal arches, and
the people who come out with branches
of the palm tree, and wave them all
along the host. What significant type,
then, OF the greeting and of the JOY OF
the redeemed in heaven On earth
they we're condemned of Synegogues,
and were put out of polite circles. Ihey
had infamous hands strike them on both
cheeks. Internal spite spat in their
faces. Their back aChed with sorrow,
Their brow reeled with unalleviated
toll, How weary they were! Some
times they broke the heart of the mid
night in the midst of all their anguish
CRYING out, "Oh, God" But, hark, now,
to the shout of the delivered captiyes;
as they lift their arms from the shackles
thew crv out, "Freo "FreeW They
look back upon all the trials through |
which they have passed, the battles they
have fought, the burdens they carried,
the MISREPRESENTATION they suffered,
and because they are delivered from all
these they stand before God waving their
palms. They come to the feet of Christ,
and they look up into his face, and they |
remember Hissorrows, and they remem-
ber His pain, and they remember His
groaDs, and they say, "Why, was saved |
by that Christ He pardoned my sins,
He soothed my sorrows" and standing
there they shall be exultant, waving |
their palms That hand once held the |
implements of toll or welded the sword |
of war; hut now it plucks down branch
es from the tree of life as they stand be
r. ALo thropa uouinO their nalmG