Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11

Steed YOU iu.sy l4Ge ;Ion5 the llne sSiI0
review the ,roois; .;:-.d that accu1nI- !
lated host from ;til it5os s-c-1s like a
half formed regiment compared with |
the great array Of the redeemed
L stood one day at Willialaspert, 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 10 end to
the procession. But now let me take
the field glass of ST. John and look OF
upon the hosts of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
upon thousands, ten thousand times ten
thousand. one hundred and forty and
four thousand, and thousands of thou
sands, until / put down the field glass
and say, 81 cannot estimate it-a 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
inc to express the mUltitudas OF the re-
leased from earth and the enraptured OF
heaven, and talk of hundreds OF hun
dreds 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 eXclal1n, Il cam
not count them-a great multitude that
no man can number.
But my subject advances, and tells
YOU Of their antecedents, 'sof all nations
and lzindreds and tongues Some OF
them. spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Eng
lish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, ChoctaW,
Burmese. After men have been long IN
the land YOU 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 ca1nels, and those glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
and these MIXED the goats far up OF
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 We're 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 We're
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 a republic. The British govern
ment needs to be d constitutional mon
archy. Austria wants absOlutlSm. But
when they come up from earth from
different nationalities they will prefer
one great 1nonarchy-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, the1
by the unanimous suHrages OF all Tilt
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 @
Christ's scepter swaying over all tn
people who have entered upon that grea
glory. Oh! can you imagine 1t? Wha
a strange commin4ing Of tastes, OF his
| tories, Of Municipalities, ''of all nation
and Izindreds and people and tongues"
NV subject advances and tells you
the dress OF those al heaven. The OF
iect of dress in this word is not only t
veil the body but to adorn 1t. The 90
who dresses up the spring morning wit
. blue ribbon OF sky around the brow an
earrings of dewdrops hung from ire
branch and mantle of crimson clou
| CHI orr V1Olaffa
slippers Of the grass for her feet kno'
that God does not despise beautiful al
Darel. Well, what shall we wear /
! heaven? 81 saw q great muIt1tud
clothed in white robes" 1t is white! |
l this world we had sometimes to have o
: working apparel. Bright and lustrou
| garments would be ridicuIousIy out
: place sweltering amid FORCES, or mlx1n
! paints, or plastering ceilings, or b1ndin
g | books.
S La this world we must have the worl
!, ing day apparel sometimes. and we Cal
4 not how coarse it is. 1t Is appropr1at
e but when all the toll of earth is pa
g and there is no more drudgery and l
. more WEAKNESS, we shall stand befo,
+ the throne robed in white. On cart
e | we sometimes had to wear mourn1I
o apparel-black scarf for the arm, blaC
veil for the face, black gloves for Il
e hands. black band for the hat. Abr
it nam mourning for Sarah; Isaac mour
e ing for Rebecca; Rachel mourning f
O | her children; David mourning for Abs
n lom: Mary mourning for Lazaru
" Every second of every minute OF eve
= hour Of every day heart breaks.
v THE RESURRECTION.
l. The earth from zone to zone and fro
E pole to pole is cleft with sepulchral rel
d and the earth can easily afford to bloc
and blossom when it is so rich WI
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