The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-12

great array, and then on some swlIt
steed you may ride along the line and
review the troops; and that sccumu-
lated host from all ages seems ike
half formed regiment compared Win
the great array of the redeemed.
I stood one day at Williamsport, and
saw on the opposite side Of the Potomac
the forces coming down, regiment after
regiment. and brigade after brigade. 1t
seemed as though there was no end TO
the procession. But now let me take
the field glass Of St John and look OF
upon the hosts of heaven-thousands
upon thousands, ten Thousand times ten
thousand. one hundred and forty and
four thousand, and thousands of thou
sands, until put down the held glass
and say. Il cannot estimate lt-e great
multitude that no man can number.
You may tax your imagination and
torture your ingenuity and break down
your powers of calculation IN attempt
ing to express the multitudes of the re-
leased from earth and the enraptured of
sesven. and talk of hundreds of hun
SF.stls of hundreds, of thOusandsOf thou
sands Of thousands. Of millions of mil
lions of millions, until your head aches
and your heart fsints, and exhausted
and Overburdened you eNclalm. 81 can
not count them-a great multitude that
no man can number.
But my subject advances, and tells
Won 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 vou can tell by their accentua-
ton from what nationality they came,
and I suppose in the great throng around
the throne It 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 milked 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 republic. The British govern
ment needs to be a constitutional mon
archy. Austria wants absOlutism. But
when they come up from earth from
! different nationalities they will prefer
! one great lnonarchy-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. Magns
| Chartas, bills of right, houses OF bur
gesses, triumvirates, congresses, parha
nents - 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: VIVA
a strange commingllng of tastes, OF his
tories. Of nationalities, ''of all nations
aud klndreds and people and tongues"
Nv subject advances. and tells you o
the dress OF those IL heaven. The ob
iect Of dress in tins world is not only t.
veil the body, bat o. aGOrn II. The GO'
VINO dresses up the spring morning Wit
blue ribbon OF SKY ABOUND the brow an
earnings of dewGruP- HING from ire
branch and mantle Of crimson clou'
. fang over tue shoulder and the vlolette'
Shippers of the grass for herfeeU-Ik know
( tn.t God does not desFise beautiful AZ
u.-.l. ~ eli. what shall we wear i
heaven. II saw a gIgAs uC-htrd
cIo.G.d iu white robes. - II white, l.
this world ,vo had sometimes 10 hEye o
working apparel. Bright and lnstrou
garments would DO rdiculOusly out 9
place swelterlug amid FORCES, or mlNn
paints, or pias;erlng ceilings, or biud'n
, books.
In this world we must have the wors
ing Gay apparel sometimes, and we car
not how coarse It is. II Is appropriate
. but when ali the toll Of earth Is pas
= and there Is No more dTudgery and Il
more WEAKNESS, we shall stand befOI
- the throne robed In white. On cart
2 we sometimes had to wear mOurnln
} apparel-black scarf for the arm, blac
veil for the face, black gloves for I'll
9 HANDS, black band fCr the hat. ABR
t nam mourning for Sarah; Isaac mourn
e ing for Rebecca: Rachel mourning Il
D her children; David mourning for Abs
4 lon; Mary mourning for Lazaru
Y Every second of every minute of ever
= hour of every day heart breaks.
v THE RESURRECTION.
+ The earth from zone to zone and fro
= pole to pole is cleft with sePulchral rem
d and the earth can easily afford to bloc
and blossom when it is so rich wit
e moldering life. Graves! graves! grave
l. But when these bereavements have q
o passed, and there are no more graves
# dig. and no more collins to make, al
n no more sorrow to suffer, we shall pr