Milford chronicle., 1892-09-09

49, eitu WAtA MS OlHtE paw caught M
shield The man took his knife from hi
glr"le and slew the beast The king, sit
ting ia the gallery, said. "That was no
fair; the lion must be slain bv sword
Other LQns were turned out and the moo
victim fell. You cry, "ShameI shaD,er' n
such meanness. But the King in this cas-,
is our brother, and he will sec thar w,
have fair paay. He will forbid the rushins
ont OF more lions than we can meet. h,
will not suffer us to be temp led above that
We are able. Thank God The King is IL
the gallery His eyes are on us. His hear,
is with us. His hand will deliver us
blessed are all they who put their trust
| in him"
ALL THE GOOD ANSEls sYMPATnIzE.
look again, and see the angelic gal
! lery. There they are - the ANGEL that
swung the sword Mt the gate of Eden. tire
same that Ezekiel saw upholding the
throne of God, and from which I lool,
away, for the splendor is insuflerable.
Here are the guardian angels. That one
watched patriarch; this one protected a
child. That one has been pulling a soul
out Of temptation All theseare messengers
Of light! Those drove the Spanish armada
on the rocks. This turned Sennacherib's
living hosts into n heap OF one hundred and
eighty-tive Thousand corpses. Those, yon-
der, chanted the Christmas carol over
Bethlehem until the chant awoke the shep-
herds These, at creation, stood in the
balcony Of heaven and serenaded the new
born 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:
6ut this one is leader Of the ten thousand
cbariOts Of God. and Of the ten thousand
times ten thousand Angels. / think God
gives command to the Archangel. and the
archangel to the seraphiIn, and the ser
aphim to the cherubim. 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 Ia the angelic
gallery are u.r friends 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 n 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 !
we shall, with the angelic /
HELM strike them down in the name of our
God and leap on their fallen carcassesl
Oh, bending throng of bright angelic faces
and swift wings and lightning foot!
hail you today from the dust and struggle
Of the arena!
THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES.
! look again and see the gallery of the
prophets and apostles. Who are those
mighty ones up youder? Hosea and Jere
niah and Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and
Peter and John and James There sits
"a D. sguf Q 81.
nto the ark. and Moses, waiting till the
ast Red sea shall divide; and Jeremiah,
Waiting for the Jews 10 return; and John.
II the Apocalypse, waiting for the swear
ng of the angel that Time shall be no
onger. Glorious spiritsl Ye were howled
Il, ye were stoned, We were sDit upont
They have been in this fight themselves
nd they are all with us. Daniel knows
II about lions. Paul fought with beasts
t Ephesus
IN the ancient amphitheater the people
ot so excited that they would shout from
be galleries 10 the men in the arena: AT
again~ Forward Zone more
-roken Look outr' Fall backp'
Huzza! Huzza" So in that gallery. ,
rophetic and apostolic, they cannot keen /
heir peacr. Daniel cries out, '"Thy God /
i'll deliver thee from the mouth Of the I
onsl" David eXclaims, "He will not 5
ltler thy foot To be moyedr' Isaiah calls a
At: Pear not! | an with thee! Be not v
Paul exclaims, Victory Z
rough our Lord Jesus Christr That q
lrong Of prophets and apostles cannot $
yep still. They make the welkin ring
it'll shouting and halleluiahs
THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS
/ look again aud / sec the gallery of the q,
artyrs. Who is thatg Hugh Latimer. =,
ire enough lie would not apologize for !,
e truth preached, and so he died the Il
ght before swinging from the hedpost in n
rfect glee ut the thought of emancipa- =,
IN. Who are that army Of six thousand =,
< hundred and siXty-six? They are the d
ieban legion, who died for the faith. +,
ere is a larger host in magnificent array n
eight hundred and cighty-four thou ~
nd-who persisted for Christ in the perse- -
tions OF Di0cletian.
Yonder is a family group, Felicitas of 90
,nie, and Ler children. While they were n.
ing for the faith she stood encouraging ~
sm One son was whipped Ia death by W. W.
)rns; another WA flung from a rock; -,
other was beheaded At last the mother -.
anne martyr. There they are together -
family group in heaven! Yondcr is ~,
ln Bradford, who said in the fire, 1--WE -,
Ill have a merry supper with the Lord -,
ightp Ycuder is Henry Woes who ex- .,
inicd as he died, If / had ten heads ,
y should all fail Off for Christp' 80;
he great throLg Of the martyrs! They 49,,
Eot lead poured down their throats; 80,
ses were fastened to their hands, and NJ.
err horses 10 their feet, and thus they 90,
&c pulled apart; they had their tongues ~,
led out by red hot pincers; they were b.,
red up in the skins Of animals and then ''''
own TO the dogs; they were daubed with 49,,
lbustiblcs and set on fre II all tie ~,
rtyrs' stakes that had been kindlcd =
Id be set at proper distances they would alN
Re the midnight all the world over sio
yht as MONDAY. the
THE EMINENT CHRISTIANS. rl'
nd now they sit yonder in the martyrs 7
cry. For them the fires of persecution era
e gone out The swords are sheathud stai
the mob hushed. Now they watch us inv
4 an all observing sympathy. They
W all the pain, all the hardship, all the
uish, all the injustice, all the privation. I
y cannot keep still. They cry; "Cour- cen
The fire will not consume. The hTe
Is cannot drown. The lions eannct de- aga
RI Courage down there in the arena" her
answer back the salutatlOn they give, Ma
cry, Hail sons aud daughters of the tun
- thr,
oob again, and see another gallery dan
Of eminent Christians. What strikes van
is the mixing in companion red'
Of those who on earth could not agree. iast
e is Albert Barnes, end around him llsa
preshytery WHO tried him for hetero- go
7 Wonder is Lyman Bcecher, and the S 81,
oh court that denounced hint Strau- Ane
than all, there is john Calvin and M
Is Arminiusl Who would have thought JUL
they would sit SO lovingly togethcrs srle
WHO ,yonIJ M, i.t IN, '.,, 'i,u ti; ly Il
its because they thought him fanatic. YAM
c are the sweet singers, TOplady,
-gomery, Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts w
WIS. slgoaFReY II heaven had had no Rjac
g before they went ap they would man
started the singing. III
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