The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-07-22


those picked cotton from the pods.
These under blistering skies gathered
tamarinds and yams, Those crossed the
desert on camels and those glanced ovsr
the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs, and
these millzed the goats far up on the
Swiss crags- These fought the walrus
and white bear i'm regions of everlasting
snow, and those heard the songs of
fiery-winged birds In African thicIxets.
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 inquisi-
tons They were confined IN London
tower. They fought with beasts in the
amphitheater. They were 1Ioravians.
They were Waldenses. They were Abb
genses. They were Scotch Covenanters.
They were Sandwich islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United
States wants a republic. The British
government needs TO be constitu-
tional monarchy. Austria wants abso-
lutism. But when they come mp from
earth from different nationalities, they
will prefer one great monarchy King
Jesus ruler over it. And il that mon
srchy were disbanded and Il were sub
mitted TO all the hosts of Heaven who
should rule, then by the unanimous
suffrages of all the redeemed. Christ
would become president of the whole
universe. Magma chartas, bills of
right, houses of burgesses, triumvirates,
congresses, ,parliaments nothing in
the presence Of Christ's scepter, sway
ing over all the people who, have en-
tered upon that great glory OH can
you imagine il? What a strange com
mingling of tastes, Of histories, of ma
tionalities, "of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues" rr..
Ny subject advances and tells you
of the dress of those in. Heaven. The
object of dressins 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 Grim
son cloud flung over the shoulder, and
the violeted slipper of the grass
for her sfeet-I know that God
does not despise beautiful apparel.
Well, what shall we wear in Heavenq
81 saw great multitude clothed in
white robes.'' 1t is whitel In this
world we have sometimes 20 have
on working apparel Bright and lus-
trous garments would be ridiculous
ly out of place swelteringr among
FORCES, or mixing paints, or plastering
ceilings, or binding books. In this
world we must have worlingday APP
parel sometimes, and we care not how
coarse tits Its appropriate; but when
all the toll of earth is past and there is
no more drudgery and no more weari-
ness, we shall stand before the throne
robed in white. On earth we some
times 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
Rebecca; Rachel mourning for her
children: David mourning for A hsalon;
Mary mourning for Lazarus. Every
second of every minute of 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 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 a soul going
right up from all this scene of sin and
trouble into glory. 1 seem to hear Him
say: rAEhI ~ III ts-F EE n
j journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale OF tears
To Heavenly joy and freedom.
From earthly cares and fears.
When Christ my Lord shall gather
q An HIS redeemed again, III q
His Kingdorn TO inherit-- 4 9tL4l8e
IT Good night tn then " 2Jt4tJ
hear my Saviour calling;
The joyful hour has come
The angel guards ready.
To guide me to our Home
When Christ our Lord shall gather
AL His redeemed again,
His Kingdom TO inherit
Good night till then.
My subject advances and tells you of
the symbols they carry. If nv text
hdu Represented tHC ROOu IN I1edVeH as
carrying cypress branches, that would
have meant sorrow.-If my text had
represented the good in Heaven as car
rying night-shade, that would have
meant sin. But it is a palm branch
they carry, and that is victory
When the people came home from
war in olden times the con-
queror rose at the head of his troops,
and there were triumphal arches, and
the people would come out with
branches of the palm tree and wave
them all along the host. What signifi-
can't 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 infa-
nous hands strike them on both cheeks.
Internal spite spat in their faces. Their
back ached with sorrow.
Their brow reeled with unalleviated
toll How weary they werel Some
times they broke the heart of the mid
night in the midst of all their ang lish,
crying out: s'Oh, Godr' But bark
now to the shout of the delivered cap
tives 40 they lift their arms from the
shacxles and they cry out: "Freel
Free!" They look back upon all the
trials through which they have passed,
the battles they have fought, the bur-
dens they carried, the misrepresenta-
lions they suffered, and because
they are delivered from all these they
stand before God waving their palms.
They come to the feet of Christ and