The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-22


from what part of the earth they came
These reaped Sicilian wheatields
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
copper color. From all lands, from all
ages. They were plunged into Austrian
dungeons They passed through Span
ish 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 a republic. The British govern
ment needs to be a constitutional mon
archy. Austria wants absolutisrn. 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
disbanGed, and il were submitted to all
the hosts of Heaven who should rule
them, then by the unanimous suffrages
r Ill IL
come the president of the whole uni
verse Magma Chartas, bills of right,
houses of burgesses, triumvirates, con-
crosses, misunderstanding in the
presence of Christs scepter, swaying
over all the people who have entered
upon that great glory. o! can you i'm
agine it? What Il strange commingling
of tastes, of histories. of nationaiities
"of all nations and llindreds and people
and tongues"
Ny subject advances and tells you of
the dress of those in Heaven. The OBJ
icct of dress IN 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 slippers of the grass for
her fcet-I know that God does not de
5pise beautiful apparel. Well, what
shall we wear IN Heaven? Il saw =
great multitude clothed in white
robes" II is white! In this world we
had sometimes to have on working ap-
parel Bright and lustrous garments
would be ridiculously out of place
swelteriug amid FORCES. or mixing
paints, or plastering ceilings or binding
books. In this world we must have the
working day apparel sometimes, and
we care not how coarse it is 1t is APP
propriate; but when all the toll of earth
IS past and there is no more drudgery
and no more WEAKNESS, we shall stand
before the throne ROBBED in white. On
earth we sometimes had towear mourn
ing apparel-black scarf for the arm,
black vail for the face, black gloves for
the hands, black band for the hat
Abraham mourning for Sarah; Isaac
mourning for Rebecca; Rachel mourn
ing for her children: David mourning for
Absolem; Mary mourning for Lazarus.
Every second of every minute of every
hour ofevery day heart breaks
The earth from zone 20 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
III
graves to dig and no more cotfins to
make and no more sorrow to suffer we
shall pull off this mourning and be
ROBBED in white. l see soul going right
up from this scene of sin and trou bic
into glory. l seem 10 hear him say:
journey forth rejoicing
From this dark vale OF tears,
To heavenly Joy and freedom,
From earthly care and fears
When Christ my Lord shall gather
AL his redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Good night till then
Ihear my Saviour calling,
The joyful hour has come,
The angel guards are ready
To guide me TO our home.
When Christ our Lord shall gather
AL His redeemed again,
His kingdom 10 inherit
Good night till then.
NV subject advances and tells You of
the symbols they carry. If my text had
represented the good in Heaven as car
rying cypress branches that would
have meant sorrow. If my text had
represented the good in Heaven as car
rying nightshade 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 conquerer rode 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 a
significant type this OF the greeting and
of the JOY of the redeemed in Heaven!
On earth they were condemned and
Were put out of polite circles They
had infamous hands strike them on
both cheeks Internal spite spat in
their faces. Their back ached with
sorrow. Their brow reeled with unal-
leviated toll. How weary they We're!
Sometimes they broke the heart of the
midnight in the midst of all their an
guish, crying out: 20 GOd.' But bark
now to the shout of the delivered cap
tives, as they lift their arms from the
shackles and they cry out: Free.
Freev'
They look back upon all the trials
through which they have passed, the
battles they have fought, the burdens
they carried, the misrepresentation
they suffered, and because they are de-