The Bossier banner., 1892-09-15

of millions of millions; until your heat
aches and your heart faints, and ex
| hausted and overburdened you exclaim
II can not count them-a great multi
| tude that no man can number"
But my subject advances, and tell.
you of their antecedants, 'of all nations
and kindreds and tongues" Some o1
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, En-
glish, Italian, Spanish, Tamil, Choc
taw, Burmese. After men have been
long in the land you can tell by theil
accentuation from what nationality
they came; and l 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 wheat fields 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 milled the goats far up on the
Swiss crags. These fought the walrus
and white bear in regions of everlasting
snow, and those heard the songs 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-
tions. They We're confined in London
tower. They fought with beasts in the
amphitheater. They were Moravians
They were Waldenses. They were Abb
genses. They were Scotch Covenanters.
They were Sandwich islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United
States wants republic. The British
government needs to be constitu-
tional monarchy. Austria wants abso-
lutism. But when they come up from
earth from different nationalities, they
will prefer one great monarchy-King
Jesus ruler over it. And if that mon
archy were disbanded and it were SUBJ
mitted to all the hosts of Heaven who
should rule, then by the unanimous
suffrages of all the redeemed. Christ
would become president of the whole
universe. Magma chartas, bills of
right, houses of burgesses, triumvirates,
congresses, parliaments - nothing in
the presence of Christ's scepter, sway
ing over all the people who have en-
tered upon that great glory. Oh! can
you imagine it? What a strange COM
mingling of tastes, of histories, of ma
tionalities, ''of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues"
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 it. 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 Grim
son cloud flung over the shoulder, and
the violeted slipper of the grass
for her feet-I know that God
does not despise beautiful apparel
Well, what shall we wear in Heaven?
81 saw great multitude clothed in
white robes" It is white! In this
world we have sometimes to have
on working apparel. Bright and lus-
trous garments would be ridiculous
ly out of place sweltering among
forges, or mixing paints, or plastering
ceilings, or binding books In this
world we must have workingday ap-
parel sometimes, and we care not how
coarse tits. 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 some
times 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
for Sarah; Isaac mourning
Rebecca; Rachel mourning for her
children: David mourning for Absalom;
Mary mourning for Lazarus 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 moldering life. Graves! graves!
graves! But when these bereavements
have all passed, and there are no more
graves to dig, and no more coffins to
make, and no more sorrow to suffer, we
shall pull off this mourning and be
robed in white. I see a soul going
right up from all this scene of sin and
trouble into glory. seem to hear Him
say:
l journey forth rejoicing.
From this dark vale of tears
To Heavenly joy and freedom,
From earthly cares and fears
When Christ my Lord shall gather
All His redeemed again,
His Kinadom 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
carrying cypress branches, that would
have meant sorrow. If my text had
the good in Heaven as car
rying night-shade, that would have