Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-06
HEAVENS CAVALRY CORPS.
Riders Who Have Come Up from
Earth's Sorrows g
AND THE TRIALS OF MARTYRDoM
GIimpses from the Parade Grounds Of Par
adise, Where the Redeemed Ride
in Grand Review.
Or. TALHAeE's SERMON

Or. TALMAeE's SERMON.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Oct 81 Exclusive J.
At the Brooklyn tabernacle this morning
DR.. Talmage read and expounded verses
from Genesis about the first Eden and from
Revelation about the last Eden. The SER
vices closed with the hymn:
"whO are these in brighta array,
| This innumerable throng;
| Round the altar night and day,
Tuning one triumphant song?"
The subject of the sermon was: The
Mounted Troops" and the text was taken
| from Revelation xix IA And the armies
which were in Heaven followed Him upon
white horses
We can not in this age, says DR.. Talmage,
understand the beauty and glory of the
ancient horse. This animal comes to US
through centuries of oppression and hard
treatment, which have taken the graceful
ness from his limbs and the fame from his
eye, and the arch Of pomp from his neck.
| The finest horse that is now 10 be found
prancing in the parks, an ancient
king would not have been seen
riding. OF old the OK and the ass titled
the ground and carried the burdens; but
the horse was used for coronations and tri-
umphant professions, kings and chiettains
sitting upon him. Job described war
horse until can almost hear the champing
| of his bit and the clatter of his hoofs among
lhe fallen shields; Hast thou given the
horse his strength Hast thou clothed his
nack with thunder? ? The glory of his nos
trils is terrible He paweth in the valley
and reioiceth in his strength. He goeth
forth to meet the armed men. He swal-
loweth the ground with ferceness and rage.
he saith among the trumpets ha ha m
he smeleth the battle afar off; the thun-
der of the captains and the shouting.
Figures.
When my text in figure represents the
| armies of the glorifed as riding upon white
| horses it sets forth the strength, the fleet
ness, the victory and the innocence of the
| redeemed The horse has always been an
emblem of strength When started by sud-
den sight or sound, how he plunges along
| the highway. The hand of the strong
driver on the reins is like the grasp Of
child His hoofs strike fire, the harness is
snapped and the vehicle hurled over the
rocks. With nostril painting and foam tiy-
| ing in flakes, his head tossed on either side
| in wild triumph he stops not for the missiles
hurled at him nor the loud whoa whoa, OF
| the multitude. Away he flies, irresistibly
Therefore when the redeemed are represent
| ed as riding on white horses their strength
is set forth. The days of their invalidism
| and decrepitude are passed. Never shall
they be sick again or tired again. Take
the strength Of ten OF the giants Of earth
| and the weakest inhabitaEt of heaven could
| master him. Oh the day when having put
| off the last physical impeachment you shall
come 10 the mightiness of heavenly vgor
There will be hardly anythisg you cannot
lift or crush or conquer
The Celestial City.
avenues Of the celestial city. The soldiers
of God have come up from earthly battle
and are on the parade. We shall not have
time to see all the great hosts Of the re
| deemed but John, in my text, points out a
few of the batallions: And the armies
which were in heaven followed him upon
white horses" You have sometimes stood
in a street waiting for hours for a procession
to come up. Then you saw great excite.
| ment in the street and heard unusual shout
ing, and you knew that the procession was
| near | hear the sound Of the heavenly
host advancing The shout Of the redeemed
from the mansions and palaces Of heaven
seems nearer, the procession is in sight,
the marshsls OF heaven clear the way and
| he great commander rides past at the head
of the host. The Roman victor, having
slain at least 5000 men in battle rode into
! the ancient city with robe gold-embroid
cred; in one hand laurel, in the other
sceptre; the captives going before the army
coming after; the whole population in holi
day dress cheering along the line. But in
nv text the heavenly Commando rides with
the sword of universal triumph and on his
head are many crowns. All the city turns out
10 greet Him-the conqueror Of earth and
heaven and hell. Strew flowers along the
shining way Wave all the banners of
light, Ring all the bells Of heaven "Ho-
sanna, blessed is He that cometh in the
name Of the Lord Hossnna in the high
est
Now come on the battalions that are
hn Nf
Christian martyrs. They endured all
tAings for Christ. They were bounded,
they were sawn asunder, they were hurled
out of Efe Here cone the 5000 Scotch
Covenanters who pershed in one persecu-
ton. Escaped from the clutches of Claver-
house and bloody Mckenzie and the horrors
Of the grass market, they ride in the great bat
talon Of Scotch martyrs, Hsgh Mckail
and James Renwick and John Knox, and
others whose words are battleshout
for the church militsnt-men of high cheek
bones and strong arms aud conseerated
spirits. Graytriars churehyard took some
Of their bodies but heaven took all their
souls. They went on weary feet through
the glens of Scotland in times Of persecu
ton, aud crawled up tha crags on their
Danus anu KNEES Out hoN Inc! IOalor t"S
Christ, for whom they fought and bled, on
white horses Of triumph Ride on. ye con
suerers! Yietors of Dunottar castle and
Bass Rock and Rutherglen! Ride oa'
Here comes the regiment Of EAsish
martyrs Queen Mary against King Jesus
made an uneven fight. The 10000 chariots
of God coming down the step Of heaven
will ride over any foe. Queen Mary
thought that BY sword and fire she had
driven Professionalism down, but she only
drove them up Here they pass: Bishop
Hooper and Rogers, psetendary Of ST
Pauls; and Archbishop Cranuer, WHO got
his courage back in time to save his soul;
and Anne Askew, who. at IS years Of
age, rather than forsake her God, submitted
first TO the rack without grosn, aud then
was it with bones so dislocsted she must be
carried on 9 chair to the stake, her last
words rising through flames being prayer