The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-07-21

ing to express the multitudes of the re-
leased from earth and the enraptured of
heaven, and talk of hundreds of hun.
dreds of hundreds, of thousands Of
thousands of thousands, of millions of
of millions, until YOUR head
aches and your heart faints, and ex-
hausted and ovcrburdencd you exclaim,
~ cannot count them-a great multitude
that no man can number"
But my subject advances, and tells
you Of their antecedents, 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
III the land you can toll by their accentu-
atior from what nationality they came;
and suppose i'll the great thrsng around
the throne it will not be difficult to tell
from what part of the earth they came.
These reaped Sicilian wheatGelds and
those picked cotton from the pods.
These under blistcring skies gathered
tamarinds and yams. Those crossed
the dcsert on camels and those glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
and these milked the goats lar up 90 the
Swiss crags. These fought the walrus
and white bear in regions of everlasting
snow and those heard the song of fiery
winged birds in African thickets. 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 Spanish inquisi-
tons. They were confined in London
tower. They fought with beasts in the
amphltheatcr. They were Moravians.
Ihey were Waldenses. They were AL.
blgcnses. They were Scotch Covenan-
ters. They were Sandwich Islanders.
IN this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United
States want republic. The British
government eds to be constitutional
monarchy. Austria wants absolutism.
But when they come up fro1u earth from
different natlonalities they will prefer
one great monarchy-King Jesus ruler
over 1t. And if that monarchy were
dlsbandcd, and it were submitted to all
the hosts of heaven who should rule,
then by the unanimous sutlraces of ali
The redeemed Christ would become the
president OF the whole universe. Magma
Chartas, bills Of right, houses of bur-
Sesses, trlumvlra!es, congresses, parlia-
ments--nothlng in the presence of
Chrlst's scerter, swaying over all the
people who have entered upon that
great glory. Oh! can you imagine ii?
what strange commingling of tastes,
OF histories, OF nationalities, "of all ma
tlons and kinGreds and people and
My subject advances, and tells you of
tho dress Of those in heaven. The OBJ.
ject OF dress in this world is not only to
ven the body, but to adorn it. The God
who dresses up the spring morning with
blue ribbon OF sky around the bow and
earrings of dew drops hung from tree
branch and mantle Of crimson cloud |
liung over the shoulder and the violctted |
slippers OF the grass Tor her feet--I know
That God does not desplsc beautiful ap.
parel. We'll, what shall we wear in |
heavch: II saw great multitude
clothed i'll white robes" 1t is white!
In Tins world we had sometimes to have
ON working apparel. Bright and lus.
trous garments would be ridlculously out
OF place sweltering amid torges, OF mix
my paints, or plastcring ceilings, or
binding books.
In this world we must have the work
ING day apparel sometimes, and we care
iloI no" coarse 1t Is. 1t Is appropriate;
but when all the toll of earth is past and
thcrc IS no more drudgcry and no more
WEAKNESS we shall stand before the |
throne robcd in white. On earth we
some times had to wear mourning apparel |
black scarf Tor the arm, black veil for
the lace, black gloves tor the hands,
black band for the hat. Abraham
Tor Sarah; Isaac mom ming for
hebecca; Rachel mourning for her chill
drcn; David mourning for Absalom:
nlary mourning for Lazarus. Every
second OF every minute Of every hour of
every day heart BREAKS.
The earth from zone to zone and from
polc 10 pole Is cleft with sepulchral
rent. and the earth can caslY afford to
ploom and blossom when it is so rich |
with mtlderlng life Graves! graves!
graves. But when these bereavcments
nave all passed, and there are no more
graves to dig and no more collins TO |
make and no more sorrow TO suffer, we
shall pull ohthis mourning and be robed |
IN white. see soul going right up |
from all this scene Of Sin and trouble into |
glory. l seem to hear HIM say:
journey forth rejoicing
FROM this dark vale Of tears,
10 heavenly joy and freedom
from earthly care and fears.
When Chlist my Lord shall gather
All redeemed again,
II s kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
hear my Saviour calling;
The joyful hour has come
The angel guards are ready
10 guide me to our home.
When Christ our Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again.
His kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
My subject advances, and tells YOU of |
the symbols they carry. If my text
had represented the good in heaven as |
carrying cypress branches, that would |
have meant sorrow. If my text had |
represented the good in heaven as carry.
ing nightshade, that would have meant |
sih. But it IS a palm branch they car.
ry, and that is victory. When the peo.
pie came home from war in olden times |