Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-11

may take al the armies that the earth
has ever seon-ths lsgions under sen
naeherib aud Gurus and Cesar. AsF1es
sAd Alexander and Aspolsoa. and al
cur aodern forces and pat them II Gle
great array. and thea On some swift
stsed you LAY ride along the line and
review rhe troops; and that sccana-
lated host from AL ages seems like q
half formed regiment compared with
the great array Of the redsemed.
stood one day a. Wi.liamsport. and
saw on tAs onpoeise slts Of the Potomac
t1e forces coming down. regiment after
regiment. and brigade after origads. IL
seemed - though there was no end 70
the procession But now leu me take
the nelt glass OF ST. John and look OF
upon the hosts Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
upon thousands, ten thousand tiInes ten
Thousand. one hundred and forty and
four thousand. ana thousands OF thou
sands. until put down the neld glass
and say, Il cannot estimate it--a great
multitude that no man can number"
You may tax your imagination and
torture your ingenuity and break down
your powers OF calculation Ia attempt
ing 70 express the mllritudes OF the To-
leased from earth and the enraptured Of
heaven. and talk Of hundreds OF hun
dreds or hundreds, of thousands Of thou
sands Of thousands, of millions OF mil
lions Of millions, until your head aches
and your heart faints. and exhausted
and oyerburdened you exclsim, Il can
not count them-a great multitude that
no man can number"
Bot my subject advances. and tells
you of their antecedents, 'of all nations
and kindreds and tongues" Some OF
them spoke Scotch. Irish, German. Eng
hsh, Italian. spanish, Tamil, Choctaw,
Burmese. After men have been long IN
the land you can tell by their accentua-
ton from what nationality they came,
and suppose in the great throng around
the throne it viii not be difficult to tell
from what part Of the earth they came.
GATHERED OUT or ALL NATIONS.
These reaped Sicilian wheat fields and
those picked cotton from the pods.
These under clustering skies gathered
tsmarinds and yams. Those crossed
the desert on camels, and those glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
and these MIXED 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 song
Of fiery winged birds in African thick.
cts. They were white. They were
black They were red. They were cop
per color. From al lands. from all ages.
They were plunged into Austrian dun
geons- They passed through Spanish
inquisitions- They were confined in
London Tower. They fought with
beasts in the amphithester. They were
Aoravians- They were Waldenses.
They were Albigenses. They were
Scotch Covenantcrs. They were Sand
witch Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United States
want republic. The British govern
ment needs to be . constitutional mon
srchy. Austria wants absolutism. But
when they come up from earth from
different nationalitiss they will prefer
one great monarchy-King Jesus ruler
over it. And il that monarchy were dis.
banded and il were submitted TO all the
hosts Of heaven who should rule, then
by the unanimous SURFACES OF all the
redeemed Christ would become the pres
ident Of tho whole universe. Magma
Charsas, bills Of right. houses Of bur.
gesses, triumvirases, congresses, parlia-
ments - nothing in the presence OF
Christ's scepter swaying over all the
people who have entered upon that grea,
glory. Oh! can You imagine its What
a strange commiugling of tastes, Of his
tories, OF nationalities, ''of all nations
and kindreds and people and tongues"
Ny subject advances. and tells you Of
the dress Of those In heaven. The OBJ
Jet Of dress In this world il not only tc
veil the body, but to adorn it. The God
who dresses mp the spring morning with
blue ribbon Of sky around the brow and
earrings OF dewdrops hung from tres
branch and mantle Of crimson cloud
dung over the shoulder and the violettet
clippers Of the grass for her feet-I know
that God does not despise beautiful ap
parel. Well, what shall we wear il
heaven? II saw q great multitud.
clothed in white robes" 1t Is white! II
this world we had sometimes to have OF
working apparel. Bright sad lustrou,
garments would DO ridiculously out o.
place sweltering amid FORCES, or mixing
paints, or plastering ceilings. or binding
books.
In this world we must have the work
ing day apparel sometimes, and we cars
not how coarse it is. 1t is appropriate
bat when ali the toll Of earth is pas
and there is no more drudgery and IA
moro WEAKNESS. we shall stand befor,
the throne robed in white. On eartt
we sometimes lad TO wear mourning
apparel--blsck scarf for the arm, blacl
veil for the face. black gloves for tn,
hands. black band for the hat. Abra
nam mourning for Sarah: Isaac. mourn
ing for Rsbecca; Rachel mourning fol
her children, David mourning for Aba
loIn; Mary mourning for Lazarus
Every second Of every minute Of every
hour Of every day q heart breaks.
raE RESURRECTION.
The earth from zone TO rome and from
pole to pole Is cleft with sepulchral rent
and the earth can easily afford to bloom
and blossom when il is so rich with
molderins life. 0ravesl srsvesl graves
But when these bereavensnts have al
passed. and there are no more graves q
dig. and 40 more eofhns TO make. and
no more sorrow TO suffer, we shall pui
Of this mourning and De robed in white
zee soul going right up from all thii
scene Of san and trouble into glory.
seem "a hear him say:
ieurney forth rr5oiosng
From shis dark vAse II seArS