Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-14

dreds, of thousands of thousands Of thou
sands, of millions Of millions of millions,
until your head aches and your heart
faiuts, and exhausted and overburdened
you exclsim, II cannot count them-a
great multitude that no man can num-
Der"
But my subject advances, and tells you
of their antecedents, "of all nations and
kindreds and tongues" Some of them
spoke Scotch, Irish, German, English,
Italian, Spanish, Tamil Choctaw, Bur
mese. After men have been long in the
land you can tell by their accentuation
from what nationality they came; and |
suppose in the great throng around the
throne it will not be difficult to tell from
what part of the earth they came.
These reaped Sicilian wheatfields and
those picked cotton from the pods. These
under blistering skies gathered tamarinds
and vans. 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 warus and white bear in
regions Of everlasting snow and those
heard the song of fiery winged birds in
African thickets. They were white. They
were black They were red. They were
copper color From all lands from all
ages. They We're plunged into Austrian
dungeons. They passed through Spanish
inqusitions. They were confined in Lon
don tower. They fought with beasts in
the amphithcater. They were Moravians.
They were Waldeuscs. They were AL
higenscs They were Scotch Covenanters.
They were Sandwich Islanders.
In this world men prefer different kinds
of government. The United States want n
gh dc
to be a constitutional monarchy. Austria
wants absolutsm. 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 disbanded, and it were submitted to
| all the hosts of heaven who should rule,
! then by the unanimous suttrages of all the
| redeemed Christ would become the prcsi-
! dent of the whole universe. Magma
! Chartas. bills of right, houses of bur
gesscs, triumvirates, congresses, parlia-
mcnts-nothin2 in the presence of Christ =
Sccptcr, swaying over all the people who
| have entered upon that great glory. Oh!
can you imagine it? What a strange
| commnglng of tastes, of histories of ma
! tonalitics of all nations and kindrcds
| and people and tongues
IN ROBES OF PURITY.
Ny 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
lrc~Ses 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
,he shoulder and the violetted slippers OF
the grass for her feetI know that God
.ors not despise beautiful apparel. Well
what shall we wear in heaven? II saw Il
great multitude clothed in white robes. y
Il j. white. In this world we had some
times to have on working apparel. Bright
and lustrous garments would be ridicu-
lousy out Of place swcltering amid FORCES
or mixing paints or plastering ceilings, OF
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 no more drudgery and no more wcari
ness we shall stand before the throne
robed in white. On earth we sometimes
had to wear mourning apparel-blacl
scarf for the arm. black veil for the face
black gloves for the hands, black band fol
the hat. Abraham mourning for Sarah
Isaac mourning for Rebecca; Rache
mourning for her children; David mourn
ing for Absalom; Mary mourning for Lac
arus. Every second Of every minute o
every hour Of every day a 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
cring life Graves. graves! graves. Blu
when these bereavcments have all passed
and there are no more graves to dig ant
nOmore collins to make and no more sor
, row to suffer. we shall pull off this mourn
, ing and be ROBBED in white. | see a soul sc
, ing right up from all this scene of sin AM
trouble into glory. | seem to hear him say
, l journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale Of tears,
To heavenly JOY and freedom
J From earthly care and fears.
, When Christ my Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again,
; His kingdom to Inherit
Good night till then.
3 hear my Saviour calling;
? The joyful hour hus come.
, The angel guards are ready
a To guide Inc to our home.
? When Christ our Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again,
5 His kingdom 20 inherit
Good night till then.
= Ny subject advances, and tells you Of til
+ symbols they carry. If my text had rel
resented the good in heaven as carryn
( cypress branches, that would have NEAR
@ sorrow. If my text had represented tn
{ good in heaven as carrying night shad,
e that would have meant sin. But it is
p palm branch they carry, and that is VII
i tory. When the people came home froI
=, war in Ollpn tiIneS the COnOuerOr rode s