The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-07

onu Al sno nrst olVlno gallery, as 1 snail
call 1t sitsour King, one Jesus On His
head are many crownsl The Roman
emperor got his place by cold blooded
conquests; but our King hath come tc
His place by the broken hearts healed,
and the tears wiped away, and the souls
redeemed. The Roman emperor sat,
with folded arms, Indifferent as To
whether the swordsman or the lion
beat; but our Kings sympathies are all
with us Nay, unheard of condescen-
sionl see him come down from the
gallery into the arena to help us In the
fight, shouting until all up and down
His voice is heard:' "Fear notl will
help theel I will strengthen thee by
the right hand Of My power"
They gave to the men in the arena, In
the olden time, food to thicken their
blood, so that 1t would flow slowly, and
that for longer time the people might
gloat over the scene. But our king has
no pleasure In our wounds, for we are
bone OF his bone, flesh Of his flesh, blood
OF his blood.
In oil the anguish OF our heart
The man OF sorrows bore part
Once, In an ancient amphitheater, n
lion with one paw caught the combat
ants sword, and with his other paw
caught his shield. The man took his
knife from his girdle and slew tho
beast. The king, sitting In the gallery,
said THAT was not fair; the lion must
be slain by a sword. Other lions were
were turned out and the poor victim
fell, You cry ''Shame! shamel' at such
meanness But the king in this case Is
our brother, and he will see that we
have fair play. He will forbid the rush
ing out Of more lions than we can meet;
he will not suffer us to be tempted
above that we are able. Thank Go1l
The King Is In the gallery! His eyes
arc on u.s. His heart is with us. His
hand will deliver us. Blessed are all
they who put their trust In Him"
l look again, and I see the angelic
gallery. There they are; the angel that
swung the sword at the gate of Eden,
the same that Ezekiel saw upholding
the throne Of God, and from which l
look away, for the splendor is insuffer-
able. Here are the guardian angels
That one watched a patriarch; this one
protected q child. That one has been
pulling a soul out of temptation All
these are messengers of light! Those
drove the Spanish Armada on the
rocks. This turned Sennacherib's living
hosts into one hundred and eighty
five thousand corpses. Those yonder
chanted the Christmas carol over
Bethlehem, until the chant awoke the
shepherds. These, at creation, stood
in the balcony of Heaven, and sere-
naded the newborn world wrapped in
swaddling clothes of light. And there,
holier and mightier than all, Is
Michael, the archangel. To command
an earthly host gives dignity; but this
rle is leader of the twenty thousand
.chariots Of God, and of the ten thou
Sand times ten thousand angels.
think God gives command to the arch
angel, and the archangel TO the sera-
phim, and the seraphim to the cheru-
bin, until all the lower orders of
Heaven hear the command, and 90 forth
on the high behest.
Now, bring on your lionsl Who can
fear? All the spectators in the angelic
gallery are our frinds "He shall give
his angels charge over thee, to keep
thee in all thy ways. They shall bear
thee up In their hands, lest thou dash
thy foot against stone Thou shalt
tread upon the lion and adder; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou
trample under foot"
Though the arena be crowded with
temptations, we shall, with the angelic
help, strike them down In the name Of
our God, and leap on their fallen car
cassesl o bending throng Of bright
angelic faces, and swift wings, and
lightning footl l hail you to-day, from
the dust and struggle OF the arenal
! look again, and / soc the gallery of
the prophets and apostles Who are
those mighty ones up yonder1 Hosea,
and Jeremiah, and DaLiel, and Isaiah,
and Paul, and Peter, and John, and
James There sits Noah, waiting for
all the world TO come into the ark; and
Moses, waiting till the last Red Sea
shall divide; and Jeremiah, waiting for
the Jews to return; and John, of the
Apocalypse, waiting for the swearing
Of the angel that time shall be
no longer. Glorious spiritsl Ye were
howled at; ye were stoned; ye
were spit uponl They have Been In this
fight themselves; and they are all with
us. Daniel knows all about lions Paul
fought with beasts at EphesuA
In the ancient amphitheater the peo-
pie got so excited that they would shout
from the galleries TO the men In the
arena; cat It againl" Forward"
"one more strok er' Look outp
Fall bacltl" "Huzzal Huzzal' So in
that gallery, prophetic and apostolic,
they cannot keep their peace Daniel
cries out Thy God will deliver thee
from the mouth of the lionsl" David
exclaims: HE will not suffer thy foot
TO be movedp' Isaiah calls out: "Fear
notl am with theei Be not dismnyedr'
Paul exclaims: "Viotory through our
Lord Jesus Christ" That throng of
prophets and apostles cannot keep still.
They mako the well1in ring with shout
ing and hsllelujahs
Hook again and I see the gallery OF
the martyrs. Who Is thatf Hugh
Latimer, sure enoughl He would not
apologize for Ae truth preached, and 30
he died. the night before swinging
from the bedpost In perfect glee at tho
thought Of emancipation. Who are
that army six thousand, six hundred
and aixtv-six? Thov arc The Thaban