Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-06

torn, 4nd dragged, anj slain, untilit seemed
that the cause of God had perished, and
cities were Illuminated with internal ioy,
and tAe cannon of St. Angelo Numbered the
triumph Of he'll! Their gashed and bespat-
tered BODIES were thrown into the Seine, but
their spuls went up out of nations shrek
into tie light OF God; and now they pass
along the boulevards of Heaven.
"Soldier of Goa, well done,
~ Rest by thy loved employ;
And while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Masters joy
Ride on, ye mounted troops of ST. Bar
tholenaews day! Here comes up
Another Host
Of the redeemed, the regiment Of Christian
philauthropists. They went down into the
battleheld to take care of the wounded;
they plunged into the damp and moulded
prisons and pleaded before God and human
governors in behalf Of the incarcerated;
they preached Christ among the besotted
populations Of the city; they carried Bibles
and bread into the gsrrets OF pain; but in
the sweet river Of death they washed off the
loathsomeness of those to whom they had
administered. Now they pass through the
streets of heaven in glorious review There
is John Howard, who circumnavigated the
globe in the name of Him who said, IL
was sick and ye visited me" What to him
were the thanks Of the House Of Commons
or the recognition of all the governments OF
earth compared with the JOY OF this day in
which he rides on followed by multitudes
of those whom he found in
dungeons of darkness and lazarettos Of
pain! Here go the Moravian missionaries.
Here goes Eliot who once toiled for Christ
among ssyal es, travelling on foot through
the wilds, saying: "My feet are
Always Wet,
but pull off my boots and wiring nv stock
ings and put them on again, and go for
ward, trying to indure hardship as good
soldier Of Jesus Christ
A Great Column.
Here comes great column of the chris
tian poor. They always walked on earth
The only ride they ever had was in the
hearse that took them to the potter field
They went day By day poorly clad and
mcanly fed and iusuficiently sheltered
They were joStled out of houses whose
rent they could not pay, and OF churches
where their presence was an ofense. Con
sideriug the insignificant way many OF
these went out of the world. the poor doc
toring and the coarse shroud and the haste
Of the obsequies, you might have expected
for them a tame reception on the other
side; but a shining rctinue was waiting be
yond the river for their departing spirits;
and as they passed celestial escort col-
fronted them and snow-white chargers OF
heaven were brought in, and the conquerors
mounted; there they pass in the throng OF
they victors-poor house exchanged for
palace rags for imperial attire weary
walking for seats on the white horses from
lhe Kings stable. Ride on, ye victors'
Another retinue: that OF the Christian
invalids. Those who passed now, languished
for many year on their couches. From
the frmness and the strength and the ex-
hilaraticn with which they ride you would
not have supposed that they had been bent
double with ailments and had crouched
with pains irremediable and writhed in suf-
ferings that were ghastly to the beholder,
But after 20 years Of useless prescription
and all surgery had failed, in one moment
they recovered The black groom named
Death came out and put their foot in the
stirrup and gave them one lift by which, in
a moment, they sprang upoa white horses
to ride taFth eensuerers forever . h''.
Butt cannot count the interminable
Troops of God
as they pass-the redeemed Of all ages and
lands and conditions One hundred and
forty -four generations Of people have lived
siece the world was made, and consequently
about % 900 millions of people have died
figures of which We can have no apprecia
ton. "A great proportion Of these must
have go9e into glory; so that nothing but
an archangel for q Mathematician with an
arithmetic Of eternity could give any idea
Of the number who shall make up the
throng that follow on white horses. Every
hour the line is lengthening They are 60
ing upb by scores and by hundreds aud thou
ands.s At the beginning of this discourse
we took our position on the street
Of Heaven 10 watch But the
first regiment had not passed yet
and / hear the clstter of the hosts still
coming Yea, stand at this point and
watch until the century has gone and the
world has perished and time has wound up
and myriads of ages have gone their slow
round, still you will not have seen half Of
the first division who follow on white horses
10 on the highest tower of heaven; look to
The North and look to the South; can YOU
see the end? Nol No! Coming, coming,
forever and forever, they pass on. The
armies which were in heaven folio we'd Him
npoam white horses. 1t has been to me the
most anxious question of this hour-will
yCu and join that great procession?
When the Last
car was ended and the returning army
sssed in review at Washington. among the
impressive sights where the horses on which
the generals rode. But those horses had
not been in battle They had been picked
l. p at the close Of the war; they had carried
no burdens; they had seen no hardships, but
came prancing along the line with arched
neeks and rounded limb and princely trap
pings and flying feet and flaming eye. As
they bounded to the roll of the drum and the
trumpet blast their drivers bowed on either
side 10 the almost interainsble huzzah.
Oh when Christ, our King, shall return to
heaven with all the armies of the saved
nations ami kingdoms and ages in the line
may YOU are through the infinite mercy
Of the King be among those who follow
Him in the geat cavalry troop Of the re-
deemed That will be the grand review Of
haven.