Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-14

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sands, of millions OF millions of millions
until your head aches and your heart
faints, and exhausted and overburdened
you exclaim. II cannot count them-a
great multitude that no man can mum
| ber"
But my subject advances, and tells you
of their antecedents, "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 the
land you can tell by their accentuation
from what nationality they came; and |
suppose in the great throng around the
| throne it will not be difficult to tell from
what part of the earth they came.
| These reaped Sicilian wheatfelds 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 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
| inquisitions. They were confined in Lon
don tower. They fought with beasts in
the amphitheater. They were Moravinns
They were Waldenses. They were AL
bigenses. They were Scotch Covenanters
| They were Sandwich Islanders.
| In this world men prefer different kinds
| of government. The United States want a
republic. The British government needs
TO be a constitutional monarchy. Austria
wants absolutism. But when they come
up from earth from different nationalities
they will prefer one great monarchy-K
Jesus ruler over it. And il that monarchy
were disbanded, and it were submitted to
all the hosts of heaven who should rule
then by the unanimous suffrages of all the
redeemed Christ would become the presi-
dent of the whole universe. Magma
| Chartas, bills of right. houses of bur
gesses, triumvirates, congresses, parlia-
understanding in the presence Of Christ's
scepter, swaying over all the people who
nave entered upon that great glory Obi
can you imagine itl What strange
commingling Of tastes, of histories, OF ma
tionalities, ''of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues"
IN ROBES OF PURITY.
My subject advances, and tells you of the
dress Of those in heaven The object OF
dress in this world is not only to veil the
body, but to adorn il. The God who
dresses up the spring morning with blue
ribbon of sky around the brow and ear
rings of dew drops hung from tree branch
and mantle OF crimson cloud flung over
the shoulder and the violetted slippers of
the grass for her feet-I know that God
does not despise beautiful apparel. Well,
what shall we wear in heavenf III saw n
great multitude clothed in white robes
1t is white In this world we had some
times to have on working apparel. Bright
and lustrous garments would be ridicu-
lousy out of place sweltering amid forges,
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 appropriate; but
when all the toll Of earth is past and there
is no more drudgery and no more weari-
ness we shall stand before the throne
robed in white. On earth we sometimes
had to wear mourning apparel-black
scarf for the arm, black veil for the face.
black gloves for the hands, black band for
the hat. Abraham mourning for Sarah;
Isaac mourning for Rebeeea; Rachel
mourning for her children; David mourn
ing for Absalom; Mary mourning for Laz-
arus. Every second Of every minute Of
every hour Of every day heart breaks.
The earth from zone to 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 mold
ering life. Gravesl gravesl gravesl But
when these bereavements have all passed,
and there are no more graves to dig and
no more collins to make and no more sor
row to suffer, we shall pull off this mourn
ing and be rObed in white. see soul go
ing right up from all this scene of sin and
trouble into glory. ! seem to 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
All 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
All his redeemed again.
His kingdom TO inherit
Good night till then.
Ny subject advances, and tells You Of the
symbols they carry. If my text had rep
resented the good in heaven as carrying
cypress branches, that would have meant
sorrow. II my text had represented the
good in heaven as carrying nightshade,
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palm branch they carry, and that is vic
tory. When the people came home from
war in olden times the conqueror rode at
the head of his troops. and there were
triumphal arches and the people would
come ont 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 heayeni On
earth they were condemned and were nut