The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-05


receive these floral offerings of the lIv-
Ing eOldery,
But they shall come again all the
dead troops. We sometimes talk about
earthly military reviews, such as took
place In Paris In the time Of Narshal
Ney, and In London In the tlme'Ol We'll
lingl0n, and n our own land. But
What tame things compared with the
hnal review when all the armies of the
ages shall pass for divine ana angelic
inspection, So, John saw the armies OF
heaven on white horses, and know not
why many Of the old cavalry horses of
earthly battle that were wounded and
worn out In the service may not have
resurrection. II would only be fair
that, raised up aud GnnObled, thoy
should be resurfpcted for the grand re-
view Of the Judgment day. II would
not take any more power to reconstruct
their poor bodies than TO reconstruct
ours, and | should be very glad TO see
them among the white horses Of apOCa-
lyptlc vision. Hark to the trumpet
blast, the reyeille Of the Last Judgment
They come up, all tho armies OF all
lands and all centuries, on whichever
side they fought whether for freedom
or despotlsm, for the right or the wrong.
They GOMEZ They GOMEZ Darius aud
Cyrus and Sennacherib and Joshua and
David, leading forth tho aimieB of
scrlptural times. Hannibal and llamll-
car leading forth the armies Of tho Car
lhagenllns. Victor Emmanuel aud
Garlbaldl Leading on the armies Of the
ltlliang. Tamerlane and Genghis Khan
followed by the armies Of Asia. Gus
tayua AdOlphus and Pt0lemy PhilOpater
and Nerxes aud Alexander and Semi
ramia and Washington Leading bat
talon after battalion. The dead Amerl-
can armies Of l776 and 1872 and the one
million OF Northern and Southern dead
In our civil war, They come upl They
pass on In review. The six millions
fallen In NapOeonic battle. The twelve
million Germans fallen In the Thirty
Years War; The ilfteen millions fallen
In the war under Sesostris, The twenty
millions fallen In wars Justlnian. The
twenty-five millions fallen IN Jewish
wars, The eighty millions fallen In the
Crnaades. The one hundred and eighty
millions fallen In Roman wara, with
5arQcens and Turks. Tho thirty'lye
billion men estimated TO have fallen In
Datlle-enOugh, according TO one stalls
ticlan, II they stood four abreast, TO
reach clear around the earth il2 times.
But We shall have time TO see them pass
IN reYloW before the throne OF judgment;
the cayalrymen, the speaT8men, the ar
llllerymen, tho infantry, the sharp
shooters, the gunners, the Fappera, the
miuers, tho archers. the sklrmishers,
men Of all cOl0ra, Of all cpaulots Of all
standards, Of all weapOnry OF all eOn-
turtles. Let the earth DO especially bal
anced to bear their tread, Forward
Forward Let the orchestra Il tho
heavenly galleries play the grand
march, Joined by all the lllera, drum
mers aud military bands that ever
sounded Victory or defeat at Eylau or
B0rOdinO, Marathon or ThermOpyle,
Bunker Hill or Yorktown, SOlforlno or
BalaklaYa, Sedan or Gettysburg; from
the time that Joshua halted astronomy
above Glbeon and AjalOn til the last
man surrendered 10 Garnet WOlseley at
Tol.el.Kebir Attention. Companies,
battaliOns, ages, centuries aud the uni
verse, Forward In the grand review of
the Judgment Forward
Gracious and eternal God On that
day may II be found that we were ali
marching In the right regiment, and
that we carried The right standard, aud
thatwe fought under the right comman-
der, All heaven, some on amethystine
DatIlomont and others standing In shin.
ing gate, some on pearly shore ana 9TH
or5 In turreted heights, giving us the
refounding mllli0n.yOiCod cheer: TO
Hin that oyerC0methW And our Com.
mander aud King having reviewed the
troops, all nations OF earth aud heaven
VIII ~ lutte Him as the one who, stand-
ing 10 long IN the sky with the sword
OF conquest stretched tOwOrds the earth,
hath Ht last put 10 back with q mighty
thrust Nnd gchoiDg claug Into Che sheath
OF universal Victory.