Arizona republican., 1892-07-31

and say, "I cannot estimate it-a great multitude that no man can number" You may tax your imagination and torture your ingenuity and break down your powers of calculation in attempt 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 thou sands of thousands, of millions of mil lions of millions, antil your head aches and your heart faints, and exhausted and overburdened you exclaim, "l can not count them--a great multitude that no man can number"
 But my subject advances, and tells you of their antecedents, "of all nations and kindreds and tongues" Some of them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Eng fish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Choctaw, | Burmese. After men have been long in the land you can tell by their accentua- ton 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. GATHERED OUT OF ALL NATIONS.
 These reaped Sicilian wheat fields and those picked cotton from the pods These under blstering skies gathered tamarinds and yams, Those crossed the desert on camels, and those glanced over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs, and these milked 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. Tley were cop per color, From all lands. from all ages. They were plunged into Austrian dun geons. They passed through Spanish inquisitions. They were confined iii 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 wich Islanders.
 In this world men prefer different kinds of government, The United States want 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 monarchy-King Jesus ruler over it. And if that monarchy were dis banded and 1t were submitted to all the hosts of heaven who should rule, then 1 by the unanimous suffrages of all the ! redeemed Christ would become the pres | ident of the whole universe. Magma Chartas, bills of right, houses of bur gesses, triumvirates, congresses, parlia- mcnts - nothing in the presence of Christ's sceptcr swaying over all the people who have entered upon that great glory. Oh! can yOu imagine it? What a strange commingling of tastes, of his 1 tories, of uationalties, ''of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues"
 My subject advances and tells you of the dress of those m heaven. The ob- | ject of dress in this world Is not only to veil the body, but to adorn 1t. 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 crimson cloud flung over the shoulder and the violetted | slippers of the grass for her feet-l know that God does not despise beautiful ap- ! parel. Well, what shall we wear in heaven? "l saw great multitude | clothed in white robes" It is white, ln this world we had sometimes to have on working apparel. Bright and lustrous garments would be ridiculously out of place sweltering amid forges, or mixing | paints, or plastering ceilings, or binding | books.
 ! In this world we must have the work ing day apparel sometimes, and we care not how coarse it is. It is appropriate; | but when all the toil of earth is past and there is no more drudgery and no more weariness, 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. Abra- nam mourning for sarah; Isaac mourn ! ing for Rebecca; Rachel mourning for her children; David mourning for Absa- lom; Mary mourning for Lazarus. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day a heart breaks. THE RESURRECTION.
 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 moldering life. Graves! graves! graves! But when these bereavements have all passed, and there arc no more graves to dig, and no more collins to make, anc | no more sorrow to suffer, we shall pull off this mourning and be robed in white see a soul going 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 I' 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.
 hear 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.
 My 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 repre- sented the good in heaven as carrying ni0htshade that womb hava ,neant sin