Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-11
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the goats r.ir up OH the Swiss Gags. These
fought che Walrus and white bear in
regions Of everlasting snow and those
heard the song Of fiery winged birds in
African thckets. 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
inquisitons. They were confined in Lon
don tower They fought with beasts in
the amphitheater They were Moravians.
| They were Waldenses. They were AL
bigenses They were Scotch Covenanters.
| THEY were Sandwich Islanders
| In this world men prefer. different kinds
OF government. The United States want n
republic. The British government needs
| to be a consti .utiSnal monarchy Austria
wants ubsolutism. But when they come
up from earth from different nationalities
1 they will prefer one great monarchy-King
| Jesus ruler over it, And if that monarchy
were disband cd and it were submitted to
| all the hosts If heaven who should rule,
| then by the unanimous suffrages of all the
redeemed Christ would become the presi-
| dent of tho whole universe. Magma
| Chartas, bills of right, houses of bar
| gesses, triupvirates congresses, parlia
merits nothing in the presence of Christ's
scepter, swaying over all the people who
have entered upon that great glory. Oh!
can you Imagine it? What strange
commingIinr of tastes, of histories, of ma
tionulties, "of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues"
IN ROBES OF PURITY
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 ear
rings Of dew drops hung from tree branch
and mantle of crimson cloud flung over
! the shoulder and the yioletted slippers of
tho grass for her feet-l know that God
does not despise beautiful apparel. Well,
what shall we wear in heavenp 81 saw Il
great multitude clothed in white robes "
| 1t is white In this world we had some
times to have on working apparel Bright
aud iustrous garments would be ridicu-
lousy out Of place sweltering amid FORCES,
or mixing paints, or plastering ceilings, or
binding books,
In this world we must have the working
day apparel sometimes and we care not
how coarse it is. 1t is appropriate; but
when all the toll of earth is past and there
is 10 more drudgery and no more weari-
ness we shall stand before the throne
ROBBED in white. On earth we sometimes
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 for Rebecca; Rachel
mourning for her children; David mourn
ing for Absalon; Mary mourning for Lag
arus 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 rich with mold
ering life. Grayesl gravesl gravesl But
| when these bereayements have all passed.
and there are no more graves to dig and
nOmore collins to make and no more sor
row to suffer, we shall pull off this mourn
ing and be robed in white. see soul go
ing 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 care and fears
When Christ my Lord shall 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 till then
My subject advances, and tells you of the
symbols they carry. If my text had rep
resented the good in heaven as carrying
cypress branches, that would have meant
sorrow. II my text had represented the
good in heaven us carrying nightshade,
that would have meant sin, But it is q
palm branch they carry, and that Is vic
tory. When the people came home from
war in olden times the conqueror rode at
the head Of his troops, and there were
trumphal arches and the people would
come out with branches of the palm tree
and wave them all along the host. What
u significant type this of the greeting and
of the joy Of the redeemed in heavenl On
earth they were condemned, and were put
out of polite circles. They had infamous
hands strike them ON both cheeks In
ach"I ,yit, sdrro,y
nov or ruF REDEEMED
Their brow rocked with unalleviated toll
How ,yeary they werel Sometimes they
broke the Lcort Of the midnight in the
midst Of Mi lheir anguish, CRYING out, &C
Godp But b,sl now to the shout of the
delivered captiyes, rs they lift their arms
from the sb3clsies and they cry out, Free
frgpr Thcy look bacI; upon nil the trials
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