The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-22

of hundreds OF hundreds Of hundreds,
of thousands Of thousands of thousands,
Uf millions Of milfons of millions until
your head aches and your heart faints,
and exhausted and overburdcned you
cxclaim: ~ cannot count them-a
great multitude that no man a mum.
ber.'
But my subject advances and tells you
Of their antcccdents, ''of all nations and
kindreds and tongues" Some Of them
spoke Scotch, Irish, German, English,
Italian, Spanish. Tamil. Choctaw, Bur
mese. After men have been long In tho
land you can tell by their accumulation
from what nationality they came; and I
suppose In the great throng around the
throne II will not be difficult 10 tell
from what part Of the earth they came.
These reapcd Sicilian whcatfields
and those picked cotton from the poda
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 crngs. 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 amphithcatcr. They were
Moraviaus They were Waldenses.
| They were Albigcnses. They were
Scotch Covcnantcrs They were Sand.
| wich 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 absolutism. But
when they come up from earth from
different ~nationalities, they will prefer
one great moparchy-King Jesus ruler
over H. And II that monarchy were
| disbanded, and ID were submitted to all
the hosts Of Heaven who should rule
them. then by the unanimous sun rages
of all the redeemed Christ would be-
come the president of the whole uni
verse. Magma Chartas, bills OF right,
houses Of burgcsses, triumvirates, con-
crosses, misunderstanding in the
presence OF Christ's sccpter, swaying
over all the people who have entered
upon that great glory. o! can you i'm
agine IL? What n strange commingling
of tastes. Of histories, Of nationalities
'.of all nations and kindrcds and people
and tongues"
My subject advances and tells you OF
the dress Of those in Heaven. The OBJ
iect of dress IN this world Is not only Il
veil the body. but to adorn it. The
God who dresses up the spring morning
with blue ribbon of sky around thu
brow, and earrings Of dcwdrops hun,
from tree branch, and mantle of Grim
son cloud flung ovcr the shoulder. AM
the violcted slippers Of the grass 70
her feet know that God does not de
spise beautiful apparel. Well, wha
shall we wear in Heaven? II saw
great multitude clothed in whit
robes" II Is white! In this world W
had sometimes tn have on working NJ
parel. Bright and lustrous garment
. would be ridiculously out Of plac
sweltering amid forges, or mixin
|, paints. or plastering ceilings or biudin
books. In this world we must have I'll
working day apparel sometimes, m
, we care not how coarse II Is It is M
propriatc; but when all the toll ri cart
|. is past and there Is no more drudgeI
and no more WEAKNESS, we shall star
n before the throne robcd In white. {
n earth we sometimes had to wear mour
@ ing apparcl--black scarf for the arr
@ black vail for the face, black gloves {,
s the hands, black band for the hu
Abraham mourning for Sarah; lsai
mourning for Rebecca; Rachel mour
ing for her children; David mourning I
Absolcm; Mary mourning for Lazarr
Every second of every minute of eve
hour ofevery day IL heart breaks.
The earth from ION to zone and fro
pole to pole is cleft with sepulchr
rent, and the earth can easily afford
bloom and blossom when 1t Is so ri
.. with moldering life. Graves! grav'
gravesl But when these bereavement
have all passed and there are no INC
~ graves tn dig and no more collins
ne make and no more sorrow to suffer
90 shall pull off this mourning and
n. ROBBED In white. ] see a soul going ,is
up from this scene OF sin and trout
he into glory, ! seem to hear him say:
he Journey forth Rejoicing
m From this dark vale OF tears,
To heavenly Joy and freedom,
From earthly care and fears.
ho When Christ nv Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again,
,' His Kingdom to inherit
he Good night till then.
hear my Saviour calling,
=" The joyful hour hns come,
Ter The angel guards are ready
de To guide me 10 our home.
When Chris, our Lord shall gather
s l All His redeemed again.
nd His Kingdom to Inherit
ne. Good night Till then
ng. My subject advances and tells you
ion the symbols they carry. II my text
SUIT represented the good in Heaven as 4,
the rying cypress branches that wo
der have meant sorrow. IL my text
represented the good in Heaven rs
IN ryinu niphtshnde that would n