Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-12-05

was and said: Arise; and she sat upl'
In what a short compass the great writer
put that--She sat up!" Oh, what time
there must have been around this town,
when the apostle brought her out among
her old friendsl How the tears of Joy
must haye startedI What clapping Of
hands there must have beenl What
singingl What laughter2 Sound it all
through that lanel Shout it down that
dark alleyl Let all Joppa hear It'll Dor
cas- is resurreetedl
You and have seen the same thing
many time; not dead body resusci-
tated, but the deceased coming up again
after death in the good accomplished.
If man labors up to fifty years of age,
serving God, and then dies, We are apt
to think that his earthly work is done.
No. His influence on earth will con-
tinue till the world ceases. Services
rendered for Christ never stop. A
Christian woman tolls for the upbuild-
ing of church through many Anxieties,
through many self denials, with prayers
and tears, and then she dies. It is if
teen years since she went away. Now
the spirit of God descends upon that
church; hundreds of souls stand up and
confess the faith of Christ Has that
Christian woman, who went away fifteen
years ago, nothing to do with these
things? 1 see the towering out of her .
noble heart. hear the echo of her
footsteps in all the songs over sins for
given, in all the prosperity of the
church. The good that seemed to be
buried has come up again. Dorcas is
resurrected.
After a while all these womanly
friends of Christ will put down their
needle forever. After making garments
for others, some one will make gar
ment for them; the last robe we ever
wear-the robe for the grave. You will
have heard the last cry of pain. You
will have witnessed the last orphanage.
You will have come in worn out from
your last round of mercy. / do not
know where you will sleep. nor what
your epitaph will be; but there will be
lamp burning at that tomb and an angel
of God guarding it, and through all the
long night no rude foot will disturb the
dust. Sleep on, sleep on! Soft bed,
pleasant shadows, undisturbed repose!
Sleep onl
Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep!
From which none ever wake toweep.
Then one day there will be q sky rend-
ing, and whirl of wheels, and the flash
of pageant; armies marching, chains
clanking, banners waving, thunders
booming, and that Christian woman will
arise from the dust, and she will be sud-
denly surrounded surrounded by the
wanderers of the street whom she re-
claimed, surrounded by the wounded
souls to whom she had administered!
Daughter of God, so strangely sur
rounded, what means this? 1t means
that reward has come, that the victory is
won, that the crown is ready, that the
banquet is spread. Shout it through all
the crumbling earth. Sing it through
all the flying heavens. Dorcas is resur-
rectedl
In 1866, when some of the soldiers
came back from the Crimean war to
London, the Queen of England distrib-
uted among them beautiful medals,
called Crimean medals. Galleries were
erected for the two houses of Parliament
and the royal family to sit in. There
was great audience to witness the dis
tribution of the metals. AColonel who
had lost both feet in the battle of Inker-
man was pulled in on wheel chair;
others came in limping ON their
crutches. Then the Queen of England
arose before them in the name of her
government, and uttered words of COM
mendation to the officers and men, and
distributed these medals, inscribed with
the four great battlefelds, Alma, Bala-
klava, Inkerman, and Sebastopol. As
the Queen gave these to the wounded
men and the wounded officers, the bands
of music struck upthe national air, and
the people with streaming eyes Joined
in the song:
God save our gracious queeni
Long live our noble Queenl
God save the queenl
And then they shouted "Huzza! huzzal"
Oh, it was proud day for those return
ing warriors! But brighter, better and
gladder day will come when Christ shall
gather those who have toiled in His
service, good soldiers of Jesus Christ.
He shall rise before them, and in the
presence of all the glorifed of Heaven
He will say: We'll done, good and
faithful servant!" and then He will dis
tribute the medals of eternal victory,
not inscribed with works of righteous
ness which we have done, but with those
four great battleields, dear to earth and
dear to Heaven. Bethlehem Nazareth!
Gethsemane! Calvaryl