Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15

| thousands upon thousands, ten thous-
and times ten thousand, one hundred
and forty and four thousand, and
thousands of thousands, until / put
down the field-glass and say, II cannot
estimate it--a great multitude that no
man can number"
But my subject advances, and tells
! you of their antecedeuts, 'of all ma
tions and kindreds and tongues. 3"
Some of them spoke Scotch, Irish,
German, English, Italian, Spanish,
Tamil, Choctaw, Burmese. After men
have been long in the land you can tell
| by their accentuation from what ma
tionality they came; aud | 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 wheatfielns and
! those picked cotton from the pods.
These under blistering skies gathered
tamarinds and vans. These crossed
the desert on camels and those glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
and these mililed 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 London Tower They
fought with beasts in the amphithea-
tre They were Moravians. They
were Waldenses They were Albigenses.
They were Scotch Covenanters. They
were Sandwich islanders
In this world men prefer different
kinds of government. The United
States want republic. The British
government needs TO be a constitu-
tional monarchy. Austria wants alb
solutism. But when they come up
from earth from different nationali-
ties, they will prefer one great mon
archy-King Jesus ruler over it. And
if 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 re-
deemed, Christ would become the
president of the whole universe Mag
ma Chartas, bills of right, houses of
burgesses, triumvirates, congresses,
| misunderstanding in the presence
OF Chris's sceptre, swaying over all the
people who have entered upon that
great glory. Oh! can you imagine it?
What Il strange comminglng of tastes,
of histories, of nationalities, "of all
nations and kirdrcds and people and
| tongues"
My subject advances and tells you of
the dress Of those in heaven. The OBJ
ject of dress in this world is not only
TO veil the body, but to adorn it. The
God who dresses up the spring morn
ing with blue ribbon of sky around
the brow, and earrings of dew-drops
hung from tree branch, and mantle
of crimson cloud flung over the
shoulder, and the violeted slippers
of the grass for her feet I know
that God does not despise beautiful APP
parel. Well, what shall we wear in
heaven? II saw a great multitude
clothed in white robes" 1t is white!
In this world we had sometimes TO
have on working apparel. Bright and
lustrous garments would be ridicu-
lousy out of place sweltering amid
FORCES, 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 WEAKNESS, we shall stand before
: the throne robei in white. On earth
we sometimes had to wear mourning
apparel-blsclS scarf for the arm,
black veil for che face, black gloves for
the hands, black band for the hat.
Abraham mourning for Sarah; Isaac
mourning for Rebecca; Rachel mourn
ing for her children; David mourning
for Absalom; Mary mourning for Laz-
arus. Every second of every minute of
every hour of every day a 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 IL is so rich
with Wondering life. Graves! gravesl
graves! But when these bereavements
have 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 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:
Tourney 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 10 inherit
Goodnight till then.
hear my Savior calling;
The joyful hour has come
The angel guards are ready
To guide me 20 our home.
When Christ our Lord shall gather
Allhis redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Goodnight Till then.
My friends, will you join that an