The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-01-26


~ am a,ut upon NEE me yIna IN Inn
royu nnrriage. Hare TO- an AonAR WoRalle
re GOING after. By repentance ind fAith
YOU may come into marriage with thsu
Em error OF universal dominion, and YOU
may be aD empress unto God forever, and
-eIgu With HIM IN PALACES that tho eGA
Lu,o' cpnnds erumbls aS GaAnoDAds Sz
1emJh,h. lgF
High worldly marriage 10 not,BSesMGTy
ior woman or marriage Of aN1hin6m gEllaK-
20 your huppireGs. Celibaey hGB been hOn-
cred by tue best being that ever ed, -aBd+
his greatest apostle, ChYisI and Hah-
What higher honor could HinEle hF&ansl
earth haVe1 But what Jon need, oh VO-
mSn, IL 70 be afianeed forever and fOF6pSE,
and the banAs OF that marriage am tSik
moment here and now ready 10 publish.
OF the angels Of Heaven bend from tAeiE
galleries Of light 10 witness while pro
nOunce you One-a loving God and q fOE--
P.Ven soul. One Of the most stirring p0s-.
Bagea In history with which am aoqBAtAteds
tells us how Cleopatra, the eXilOd Queen Of.
Egypt, won the gympathies Of Juliug OJeaar,,
tho conquerOY, until he became the bride
groom and she The BRIDE. Driven fICIA her
throne, she sailed away on the MetItgrTA--
mean Sea In q storm, and when Tho large
ship anchored she put out WITH enc
WOmOnly friend in 0 small boat NntA aha
arrived at Alexandria, where was ORgRrS
the great general. Knowing that She
would not be permitted 10 land or pass the
laid upon the bottom Of the boat BOm6i
shaWls and scAHfs and Tichly-dyed uphOS'
steTy, and then lay Down upon them, ana,
her friend wrapped her in them and chs
was admitted ashore in this wrapping OF
goods, which was announced 40 present
for Caesar. This bundle was permitted lO'
pass the guards Of the gates OF the palace,
and was put down at the feet Of the Roman
general. When the bundle was unr0lled
there rose before Caesar one whose coRr'--
age and beauty and bIillianoy are the Rs-
tonishment Of the ages. This eXilad
Queen of Egypt told the story of her BeT-
rows, and he promised her that abe
should get back her throne in Egypt and
take the throne CT wifely dominion in HIS
own heart. Afterward they made tFi
umphal tour in barge that the pictures of
many art galleries have called "Cleopatra's
Barge" and, that barge was covered With
silken awning, and it's deck was soft with
Iuxuriant carpets, and the oars were Biiysx
tipped, and the prov was gold mounted
and the air was rcdolent with the BDieeEy
of tropical gardens and resonant with the
music that made the night glad as the dNy-
You may rejoice, oh woman, that yOu are
not Q Cleopatra, and that the one 10 whom
you may be afianced had none Of the sins
Of Cesar, the congueror. But IL suggests
10 me how you, soul e1iled from haPpi-
ness and peace, may find your way 10
the feet Of the eonguerOr Of earth
and sky. Though il may be dark night
of spiritual agitation in which You pot cut
into the harbOr of peace you may sail, And
when all the wrsppings of feal and dOHbt
and sin shall be removed you will b6
found at the feet Of Him who will put yOu
on throne, to be acknowledged Rs His iD
the day when all the silver tr1mpets Of tht
sky shall proclaim: Behold tbo bride
groom eometA, and in barge Of light yeu
sail with Him the river whose source IN
the foot of the throne and whose mouth is,
at the sea Of glasB mingled with FIRE.