Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-11

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review the troops; and that accumu'
lated host from all ages seems like a
half formed regiment compared with
the great array of the redeemed.
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 on
upon the hosts of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
upon thousands, ten thousand times ten
thousand, one hundred and forty ana
/ four thousand, and thousands of thou
sands, until put down the field glass
| and say, 81 cannot estimate lt-a great
multitude that no man can number.
You may tax your imagination and
torture your ingenuity and break down
your powers Of calculation III attempt
! ing to express the multitudes of the re-
! leased from earth and the enraptured OF
| heaven. and talk of hundreds of hum
| drels of hundreds, of thousands of thou
sands of thousands, of millions OF mil
lions of millions, until your head aches
and your heart faints, and exhausted
and overburdened you exclailn, Il can
not count them-a great multitude that
no man can number
But my subject advances, and tells
You of their antecedents, "of all natlohS
and kindrels and tongues Some OF
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Eng
lish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Cnoctaw,
Burmese. After men have been long III
the land you can tell by their accentua-
ton from what nationality they came,
and suppose in the great throng around
the throne il will not be difficult to tell
from what part of the earth they came.
GATHERED OUT OF ALL NATIONS.
These reaped Siciian 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
wich Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United States
want 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. Oil 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 tc
veil the body, but to adorn it. The God
who dresses up the spring morning will
blue ribbon of sky around the brow and
earrings of dewdrops hung from tree
branch and mantle of crimson clouC
flung over the shoulder and the violettet
slippers of the grass for her feet-l know
that God does not despise beautiful ap
heaven? Il saw great multitude
clothed in white robes" 1t is white! Ii
this world we had sometimes to have OF
working apparel. Bright and lustrou
garments would be ridiculously out o
place sweltering amid forges, or mixin!
paints, or plastering ceilings, or binding
books.
In this world we must have the work
ing day apparel sometimes, and we car
not how coarse it is. 1t is appropriate
but when all the toll of earth is pas
and there is no more drudgery and II
more WEAKNESS, we shall stand befor
the throne robed in white. On cart
we sometimes had to wear mournin
apparel--black scarf for the arm, blac
veil for the face, black gloves for tn
hands, black band for the hat. Abri
nam mourning tor Sarah Isaac mourn
} ing for Rebecca; Rachel mourning fC
, her children; David mourning for Abs,
! lom; Mary mourning for Lazarus
Every second of every minute Of ever
hour OF every day heart breaks.
: THE RESURRECTION.
: The earth from zone to zone and froi
pole to pole is cleft with sepulchral ren
and the earth can easily afford to blool
and blossom when it is so rich wit
Q moldering life. Graves! graves! grave
= But when these bereavemeuts have a
D passed, and there are no more graves
I dig, and no more collins to make, an
a no more sorrow TO suffer, we shall pu
, I'LL this mourning aud be robed in whit
] see soul going right up from all tn
! scene of sin and trouble into glory.
Il seem TO hear him say;
i Journey forth rejoicing
= krom this dark vale of tears
|, To heavenly JOY and freedom,
a From earthly care and fears.
t When Christ my Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again,
His Kingdom 10 inherit
Good night till then.
I haar my SaNioup alling.