The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-07-13

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exclaim: ~ cannot count them-a
great multitude that no man can num-
ber."
But my subject advances and tells
you OF their antecedents, "of all nations
and kindreds and tongues" Some OF
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, En-
glish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Choctaw,
Burmese. After men have been long in
the land you can tell by their accentu-
alton from what nationality they came;
and | suppose in the great throng
around the throne it will not be diff
cult to tell from what part OF the earth
they came
These reaped Sicilian wheatfelds 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 millIed the goats far up on
the Swiss crags. These fought the wal
rus and white bear in regions of ever
lasting snow, and those heard the songs
of tiery-wingcd birds in African thick
cts. 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 Span
ish inquisitions. They were confined
in London Tower. They fought with
beasts in the amphitheater They were
Moravans. They were Waldenses.
They were Albigenses. They were
Scotch Covenanters. They were Sand
wich Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United States
wants republic. The British govern
ment needs to be constitutional mon
archy. Austria wants absolutlon. But
when they come up from earth from dit-
ferent nationalities, they will prefer one
great monarchy-King Jesus ruler over
it. And if that monarchy were dis
banded, and it were submitted to all the
hosts of Heaven who should rule, then
by the unanimous suffrages OF all the
redeemed, Christ would become the
president of the whole universe. Magma
Chartas. bills Of right, houses OF bur
gesses, triumvirates, congresses, parlia-
ments - nothing in the presence OF
Christ's scepter, swaying over all the
people who have entered upon that
great glory. OH can You imagine II?
What strange commingling of tastes,
of histories, of nationalties, 'of all ma
tions, and kindreds, and people, and
tongues"
My subject advances and tells you of
! the dress Of those in Heaven. The OBJ
| iect of dress in this world is not only TO
yeh 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
J son cloud flung over the shoulder, and
the violeted slippers Of the grass for her
feet--I know that God does not despise
beautiful apparel. Well, what shall we
wear in Heaven? 81 saw great multi
tude clothed in white robes" 1t is
white! In this world we had sometimes
to have on working apparel. Bright
and lustrous garments would be ridicu-
lously out Of place sweltering amid
forges, or mixing paints, or plastering
ceilings, or binding books. In this
world we must have tho working day
apparel sometimes, anG we care not
how coarse it is 1t Ia appropriate; but
when all the toll of earth is past and
there is no more drudgery and no more
WEAKNESS, we shall stand before the
! throne robed in white. On earth we
sometimes had TO wear mourning APP
parel-black scarf for the arm, black
veil Tor the face, black gloves for the
hands, black band for the hat. Abra-
ham mourning for Sarah; Isaac mourn
/ ing for Rebecca; Rachel mourning for
her children: David mourning for Absa-
lom; Mary mourning for Lazarus.
Every second of every minute OF every
hour of every day a heart breaks.
The earth from zone to zone and from
pole TO pole is cleft with sepulchraI
rent, and the earth can easily afford "a
bloom and blossom when it is so rich
with moldering life. Graves! graves
graves! But when these bereavements
have all passed, and there are no NOR,
graves to dig, and no more collins u
make, and no more sorrow 10 suffer, we
shall pull off this mourning and bC
robed in white. / see soul going
right up from all this scene of sin and
trouble into glory. seem TO hear hin
say:
Journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale Of tears,
To heavenly JOY and freedom,
From earthly care and fears.
When Christ my Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
Ihcar my Saviour calling;
The Joyful hour has come,
The angel guards are ready
To guido me TO our home
When Christ our Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Good night TIL then.
My subject advances, ana tells you o
the symbols they carry. II my tex
had represented the good in Heaven a
carrying cypress branches, that woul,
have meant sorrow. II my text had REP
resented the good in Heaven as carry
ing night-shade, that would have mean
sin. But II is palm branch they cal
ry, and that is victory. When the pee
pie came home from war i'm olden times
the conqueror rode at the head of hi
troops, and there were triumpha
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