Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-07-16
ACCOMAC C. a. VA. SATURDAY. JULY l6, 1892

IOur CnOuSaQu, anu -InOuSuuCS OF CHOu-
sands, until put down the fell glass
and say, II cannot estimate tia great
multitude that 10 man can number"
You may fax 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 tho enraptured of
heaven, and talk Of hundreds of hun
drels of Hundreds, of thousands of thou
sands of thousands, Of millions of mil
lions of millions. until yonr head aches
and ycrr heart flints, anu exhausted
and werburdcncd you exclaim, Il cam
not count tlcnl-a great multitude that
no man can llun Ger.
But my subject advances, and tells
you of their antccedcnts, "of all nations
and kindreds and tongues" Some of
them spoke Scotch, Irish, German, Eng
lish, 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
3 the throne it will not be difficult to tell
from whatspart, Of theieal yseanle:s
GATHERED or OF All TaTfo
These reaped Sicilian wheat fields and
those picked cotton from the pods.
These under blistering skies gathered
tamarinds and yams. Those crossed
the desert Oh camels, and tfose glanced
over the snow, drawn by Siberian dogs,
and these MIXED the goats far up or
the Swiss crags. These fought the wal
rus ami white bear in regions of ever
lasting snow, and those heard the Song
of fiery winged birds i'll African thick
cts. They were white. They were
black. They were red. They were cop
per color From all lands. from all ages.
They were plunged into Austrian dun
geons They passed through Spanish
inquisitiors. They were confined in
London Tower. They fought with
beastsin the alnphithcater. They were
Moravians. They were Waldenses.
They were Aibigenses. They were
Scotch Covenanters. They were Sand
witch Islanders.
In this world men prefer different
kindsof government. The United States
want.a republic. The British govern
ment needs to be constitutional mon
archy Austria wants absolutisln. But
when they come up from earth from
different nationalities they will prefer
one great luonarchy-King Jesus ruler
over it. And if that monarchy were dis
banded and it were submitted to all the
hosts of heaven who should rule, then
by the unanimous suifrages OF all the
redeemed Christ would become the pres
ident of the whole universe. Magma
Chartas, bills Of right, houses of bur-
gcsses, triumviratcs, congresses, parlia-
ments = nothing III the presence of
Christ's scepter swaying over all the
people who have entered upon that great
glory. Oh! can you imagine it? What
a strange comminglins Of tastes, of his
tories, Of nationalities, "of all nations
and kindreds and people and tongues"
My subject advances and tells you of
the dress of those IN heaven. The OBJ
iect 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
Llue ribbon Of sky around the brow and
earrings of dcwdrops hung from tree
branch and mantle of crimson cloud
flung over the shoulder and the yioletted
slippers of the grass for her feet-l know
that God does not despise beautiful APP
III
heaven: II saw u great multitude
clothed in white robes 1t is white! In
this world we had sometimes to have on
working apparel. Bright and litstrous
garments would, be ridiculously out of
place sweltering amid FORCES, or mixing
paints, or plastcrins ceilings, or binding
books.
In this world we must have the work
ing day apparel sometimes, and we care
not how coarse it is. 1t is appropriate;
but when all the toll of Garth is past
and there is no more drudgery and no
more WEAKNESS, we shall stand before
the throne robed in white. On earth
We sometimes had to wear mourning
apparel-black scarf for the arm, black
v.li for the Lace, black gloves for the
Lards, 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 heart breaks.
TEE 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 are 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.
| SIZE a soul going right up from all this
scene of sin and trouble into glory. |
Bee,ln 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 ny Saviour calling;
The joyful hour has come;
The angel guards are ready
10 guide me to our home.
when Christ our Lord shall gather
All his redeemed again,
His kingdom to inherit
Good night till then.
by subject advances. and tells you of
the symbols they carry. If my text had
represented the good il heaven as car
rying cypress branches, that would have
meant sorrow. If my text had repre-
sented the good in heaven as carrying
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