The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

not count thein--a great multitude that
no man can number"
But my subject advances, and tells
you Of their antecedents, "of all nations
and kindreds and tongues" Some of
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Eng.
lish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Choctaw,
Burmese, After men have been long in
the land you can tell by their accentua'
ton from what nationality they camej
and | suppose in the great throng around
the throne ii will not be difficult to tell
from what part of the earth they came.
GATHERED OUT OF ALL NATIONS.
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 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 all 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 amphitheater. They were
Moravians. They were Waldenses.
They were Albigenses. They were
Scotch Covenanters. They were Sand
witch Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United States
want a republic. The British govern
ment needs to be constitutional mon
archy. Austria wants absolutism. But
when they come up from earth from
different 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 pres
ident 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 it! What
a strange commingling of tastes, of his
tories, of nationalities, 'of all nations
and kindreds and people and tongues"
My subject advances. and tells you of
the dress of those in heaven. The OBJ
ject 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 crimson cloud
flung over the shoulder and the violetted
slippers of the grass for her feet-I know
that God does not despise beautiful APP
parel. Well, what shall we wear in
heaven2 81 saw great multitude
clothed In white robes" 1t is whitel In
this world we had sometimes to have on
working apparel. Bright and lustrous
garments would be ridiculously out Of
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 care
not how coarse it is. 1t Is 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
apparel-black scarf for the arm, black
veil for the face, black gloves for the
hands, black band for the hat. Abra-
nam 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 heart breaks.
THE RESURRECTION.
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
moldering life. Graves! graves gravesl
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
off this mourning and be robed in white.
see 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 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
represented the good in heaven as car
rying cypress branches, that would have
meant sorrow. If my text had repre-
sented the good in heaven as carrying
nightshade, that would have meant sin.
But it is palm branch they carry, and
that is victory. When the people came
home from war in olden times the con-