Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-09-08
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OF SpettatC > u ~ Watch our StrugSic",
aud in tho first divine gallery, rs
shall call it,sits our King, one Jesus. On
his head are many crowns. The Roman
Emperor got his place by cold
hloodea conquegts but our King hath
come Ga his ace by the broken
away, and tho souls redeemed,
The Roman Emperor sat, with folded
arms, indifferent aS To whether the
swordsman or the lion beat; but our
Kings sympathies are all with us
Nay, unhcard-oi condcsconsion' I 500
him comc down rom the gallery into
thl arena To help Ms in the fight, shout,
ing until all up aud down his voice Is
heard; Fear not | viii help thee, |
will stmngthcn thee hv the righ, hand
Of my power"
They gave 10 men ia the arena, in
the oldcu time, food To thiclicn their
blood, SO that IL would flow slowly,
and that for u longer time the people
might g!oat over the scene hut our
king has no pleasure in our wounds,
for we are bone nf his bone, flesh Of HE
ncSh, blood OF his blood,
In all The anguish orcpr heart
The man of SORROWS bore part
Once, IN the ancient amphitheater, u
lion with one pay" caught the combat
ants sword and with his pther paw
caught his shield, The mHa took his
knit, FROM his girdlc aud slew he
beast, The King, sitting in the sal.
lcry, said, "Thut was not fair, the
lion must he slain by sword"
Other lions were turned out and
the poor victim fell. You cry.
"Shame, shamer' at such mcanness.
But the King In this case Is our brother,
and he will see that We have fair play,
lie will forbid The rushing out Of more
lions than we can meet; he will not
suffer ms Ia be tempted above that we
nre able Thank God! The King Is in
the gallery Ills eyes are ON us, His
heart Is with Ms. His hand will de-
liver N. blessed are all they who
put their trust in him. "
| look again, and see the angelic
gallery, There they ARE; the angel
that swung the sword at TIE gate of
Eden, the same that Eek, Il saw up
holding the throne Of God, and from
which look away, for tho splcndor IL
inSuifcrablc Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched patri.
arch; this one protected IA child, That
one has been pulling u soul out
Of tcmpta tionl All these are mes
sengers of light! That drove tho
Spanish Armada ON the rocks, This
turned Scnnachcrip's living hosts into
n heap of one hundred and cighty-five
Thousand corpscs Those, yondcr,
chnntcd the Christmas carol over Beth
lchcm, until the chant awolse the shcp.
herds These, at creation, stood In the
balcony of heaven and serenaded the
newborn world wrapped in swaddling-
clothes of light And there, holier and
mightier than all, Is Michael, the arch.
angel To command an earthly host
gives dignity; but this one Is leader Of
the twenty thousand chariots of God,
and OF the ten thousand times ten
thousand angels, | think God gives
command to the arehangcl, and tho
archungel Ia the seraphim, and the
scraphim Ia the chcrubim, until all the
lower orders Of heaven hear the com
Wnnd aud 40 forth ON the high bchesi.
Now, bring on your lions! Who can
fear? All the spectators In the angelic
gallery are our friends. "llc shall give
his angels charge over thee, 10 keep
thee in all thy ways. They shall lrAr
| thee up In their hands, lest thou dash
| thy foot against stone Thou shalt
tread upon the lion and adder; tho
young lion and the dragon shalt thou
trnmplc under foot"
Sure must fight II would reigr--
Bo faithful TO my lori;
| And bear the cross, endure the pain
Supported by thy word
Thy saints Ia all this glorious war
Shall conquer though thcy die.
They zee the triumph from nfar,
Aud seize II with their eye,
When that illustrious day shall rise
| And all thine armies shine
In robes OF victory through the skies.
| The glory shall be thine.
Ny hearcrsl shall we die In the arens
or rise to join our friends In the gal
| lery? Through Christ we may com,
off more than conquerors. A soldier,
dying in the hospital, rose up In bed
| the last moment and cried, "lierei
| IIerep His attendants put him back
| on his pillow, and asked him why he
shouted "IIerev' "Oh! heard the
roll-call of heaven, and | was only an
swering 10 my namcw wonder
whether, after this battle of life is
| over, our names will be called in the
muster-roll Of the pardoned and glori-
fed, and, with the joy Of heaven break
ing upon our souls,we shall cry, Here!
Herer'