Milford chronicle., 1888-10-05

In time 70 keep from being crushed by a stone
that the instant after fSll on the very spot.
Had he not escaped, where would have been
the Reformationl It did not merely happen
so that Columbus was saved from drowning
by an oar that was floating ON the waters.
Otherwise, who would have unveiled Amer
leaf It did not merely happen so that when
George Washington was in Brooklyn great
fog settled down over all the place where this
church stands, and over all this end Of Long
Island, and that under that fog he and his
army escaped from the clutches Of Gems
Howe and Clinton. In chariot of mist and
cloud the God Of American Independence
rode along here. On that pillow Of consola-
tion put down my head to sleep at night
On that solid foundation l build when I see
this nation in political parOxysm every four
years, not because they care two cents about
whether it is high tariff or low tariff or no
tariff at all, but only whether the Dem
ocrats or Republicans shall have the salaried
officers. Yea, when European nations are
holding their breath, wondering whether
Russia or Germany will launch a war that
will incarnadine q sentiment, I fall back
on the faith that my Father drives. Yea,
cast this as an anchor, and plant
this as column Of strength. and lift this
as a telescope, and build this as
fortress, and propose without any
perturbation to launch upon an unknown
future triumphant in the fact that my
Fatter drives. Yes, he drives very near. /
know that many Of the clouds that you see
In summer are far off. the bases Of some of
.hem five miles above the earth. High on
the highest peaks Of the Andes trayslers have
seen clouds far higher than where they were
standing. Gay Lussac, after he had risen in
3 balloon twenty-three thousand feet, still
Jaw clouds above him
But there are clouds that touch the earth
and discharge their rain, and, though the
clouds out of which Gods chariot is made
may sometimes be far away, often they are
close by, and they touch our shoulders and
they touch our homes and they touch US all
over have read of two rides that the Lord
took in two different chariots of clouds and
Of another that he will take One day, in a
chariot Of clouds that were a mingling Of
fog and smoke and fire, God drove down to
the top Of a terrible crag fifteen hundred
feet high, now called Jebel-Musa, then called
Mount Sinai, and he stepped out Of his char
lot among the split shelvings Of rock. The
mountain shook as with an ague, and
there were ten volleyso of thunder, each of the
ten emphasizing tremendous "Thou shalt"
or Thou shalt not" Then the Lord re-
sumed his chariot Of cloud and drove up the
hills Of heaven. They were dark and por-
tentous clouds that made that chariot at the
giving of the law. But one day he took
another ride and this time down to Mount
Tabor, the clouds out Of which bis chariot
was made bright clouds, roseate clouds, illu-
mined clouds, and music rained from all Of
them, and the music was mingling Of carol
and chant and triumpAal march: "This is
my beloved son, in whom 1 am well pleased -
TRANSPORTATION chariot
"Oh," say hundreds Of you, II wish could
have seen those chariots-the black one that
brought the Lord to Jebel-Musa at the giving
of the law, and the white one that brought
him down to Tabor Never mind, you will
see something grander than that, and it will
be mightier mingling Of the solnber and
the radiant, and the pomp Of 1t will be such
that the chariots In which Trajan and
Dioeletian, and zenobia, and Caesar, and
Alexander, and alb the conquerors Of all
the ages rode will be unworthy Of mentioA;
and what stirs me the most Is that
VIXEN he comes in that chariot of cloud
and goes back, he will ask you aud me to
ride with him both ways. How do l know
that the Judgment chariot will be made out
Of cloudsl Revelation i, z; Behold be
cometh with clouds" Oh, he will not then
ride through the heavens alone as he does
now, He Is going to bring along with him
an escort Of ten full regiments. Inspiration
saws; "Behold the Lord cometh with ten
thousand Of his saints" But these figures
simply mean that there will be a great
throng. And as we shall probably through
the atonement Of Christ be IN heaven
before that, l hope that we can come
down in that escort Of chariot. Christ in the
center chariot, but chariots before him to
clear the way, and chariots behind him and
chariots on either side Of him. Perhaps the
prophets and patriarchs Of the old dispensa-
tion may ride ahead, each one charioted-
Abraham and Moses and Ezekiel and David
and Joshua, who foretold his first coming.
On either side Of the central chariot apos-
ties and martyrs who in the same or ap-
prOximate centuries suffered for him-Paul
stephen and Ignatius and Polycarp and JUS
tin Martyr and multitudes who went up
in chariot Of fire now coming in chariot
OF cloud, while in the rear Of the central
chariot shall be the multitudes Of later days
and of our own time who have tried to serve
the Lord, ourselves, l hope, among them.
Behold the Lord cometb with ten thousand
of his saints" Yes; although all unworthy
of such conpanionship, we want to come
with him on that day to see the last of this
old world which was once our residence
Coming through the skies, myriads Of
chariots rolling on and rolling down. By
that time how changed this world will be-
Its deserts all flowers, its rocks all messed
and lichened, its poorhouses all palaces, its
sorrows all joys, its sins all virtues,
and in the same pasture field lion and calf,
and on the same perch hawk and dove Now
the chariots Of cloud strike the earth, filling
all the valleys and covering all the mountain
sides, and halting in all the cemeteries and
graveyards and over the waters deep where
the dead sleep in coral sarcophagus. A loud
blast Of the resurrection trumpet is given,
and the bodies Of the dead rise and Join the
spirits from which they have long been sepa-
rated. Then Christ our King, rising in the
center chariot Of cloud, with bis Scared
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hands waves the signal, and the chariots wheel
and come into line for glorious ascent Drive
on! Drive upl Chariots Of cloud ahead Of
the King, chariots Of cloud on either side Of
the King, chariots Of clouds following the
King. Upward and apast starry hosts and
through immensities and across infinitudes.
higher, higher, higher, unto the gates, the
shining gates. Lift up your heads, ye ever
lasting gates, for him who maketh the clouds
his chariot and who through condescending
and uplifting grace. invites US to mount and
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