The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-03

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earth they came.
These reaped Sicilian wheat fields and
those picked cotton from the pods.
These under blistering skies gathered
tamarinds and yams. Those crossed the
desert on camels and those glanced over
the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs, and
these milked the goats far up on the
Swiss crags. These fought the walrus
and white bear in regions of everlasting
snow, and those heard the songs OF
iery-winged birds in African thickets.
They were white. they were black.
They were red. They were copper color.
From all lands. from all ages. They
were plunged into Austrian dungeons.
They passed through Spanish inquisi-
tons. They were confined in London
tower They fought with beasts in the
amphitheater. They were Noravians.
They were Waldenses. They were Abb
genses. They were Scotch CovenanteTa
They were Sandwich islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government The United
States wants . republic. The British
government needs to be a constitu-
tional monarchy. Austria wants abso-
lutism. But when they come up from
earth from different nationalities, they
will prefer one great monarchy-King
Jesus ruler over it. And if that mon
archy were disbanded and 1t were sub
mitted to all the hosts of Heaven who
should rule, then by the unanimous
suffrages of all the redeemed. Christ
would become president of the whole
universe. Magma chartas, bills Of
right, houses of burgesses, triumvirates,
congresses, parliaments = nothing in
the presence of .Christ's scepter. sway
ing over all the people who have en-
tered upon that great glory. Oh! can
you imagine it? What strange COM
mingling of tastes, Of histories, of ma
tionalities, "of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues.
My subject advances and tells you
Of the dress Of those in Heaven. The
object of dress in this world is not only
to veil the body, but to adorn it. The
God who dresses up the spring morning
with blue ribbon of sky around the
brow, and earrings of dewdrops hung
from tree branch, and mantle of GRIM
son cloud flung over the shoulder, and
the violeted slipper of the grass
for her feet-I know that God
does not despise beautiful apparel.
Well, what shall we wear in Heaven?
II saw a great multitude clothed in
white robes" 1t is white! In this
world we have sometimes to have
on working apparel. Bright and lus-
trous garments would be ridiculous
ly out of place sweltering among
FORCES, or mixing paints, or plastering
ceilings, or binding books. In this
world we must have workingday APP
parel sometimes, and we care not how
coarse tbs. tits appropriate; but when
all the toll of earth is past, and there is
no more drudgsry and no more weari-
ness, we shall stand before the throne
robed in white. On earth we some
times had to wear mourning apparel
black scarf for the arm. black, veil for
the face, black gloves for the hands,
black band for the hat Abraham
mourning for Sarah; Isaac mourning
Rebecca; Rachel mourning for her
children: David mourning for Absalom;
Mary mourning for Lazarus. Every
second of every minute of every hour
of every day heart breaks.
The earth from zone to zone and
from pole to pole is cleft with sepulchral
rent; and the earth can easily afford to
bloom and blossom when it is so RI n
with moldering life. Graves! graves!
gravesi But when these bereavements
have all passed. and there are no more
graves to dig, and no more collins to
make, and no more sorrow to suffer, we
shall pull of this mourning and be
robed in white. / see q soul going
right up from all this scene of sin and
trouble into glory. seem to hear Him
say:
journey forth rejoicing.
From this dark vale OF tears
To Heavenly Joy and freedom,
From earthly cares and fears.
When Christ my Lord shan gather
All His redeemed again,
His Kingdom to Inherit
Good night till then.
hear my Saviour calling;
The joyful hour has come
The angel guards are ready
To guide me to our Home
When Christ our Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again,
His Kingdom to inherit
Good night TIN then.
My subject advances and tells you Of
the symbols they carry. If my text
had represented the good in Heaven as
carrying cypress branches, that would
have meant sorrow. If my text had
represented the good in Heaven as car
rying night-shade, that would have
meant sin. But it is a palm branch
they carry, and that is victory.
When the people came home from
war in olden times the con-
queror rose at the head Of his troops,
and there were triumphal arches, and
the people would come out with
branches Of the palm tree and wave
them all along the host. What signifi-
cant type this of the greeting and of
the joy of the redeemed in Heaven! On
earth they were condemned and were
put out of polite circles. They had infa-
nous hands strike them on both cheeks
Internal spite spat in their faces. Their
back ached with sorrow.
Their brow reeled with unalleviated
toll. How weary they were! Some
times they broke the heart of the mid