Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-07-15

what part OF the earth they came
These reaped Sicilian wheatlelds and
those picked cotton from the pods These
under hlistering skies gathered tamariuds
and yams. Those crossed the desert on
icamels and those glanced over the snow,
drawn by Siberian dogs, and these MIXED
THE goats far up on the Swiss crags. These
Aought the walrus and white bear IN
gions of everlasting snow and those
ard the song OF hels -siuged birds In
.s-an thickets. They were ...ita They
were blac,9, They were red. They w4sa
copper colo6. From all lands, from hll
ages. TheyAwere plunged into Austrian
dungeons. They passed through Spanish
lnqbisitions. They We're confined in Lon
don tower. They fought with beasts in
this amphitheater. They were Moravians.
They were Waldenses. They were Al
bigenses They were Scotch COvenahters.
They were Sandwich islanders.
In this world men prefer different kinds
OF government. The United States wasn't
republic. The British government needs
t0 be a constitutional monarchy. Austria
wants absolutisn. But when they come
up from earth from different nationalities
they wiz prefer one great lnonarchy-king
Jesus euler over it. AIsl If that monarchy
were disbanded, and It were submitted e
ali the hosts Of heaven who should rule,
then By the unanimous suffrages Of all the
redeemed Christ would become the presl-
dent Of the whole universe. Magma
Chartas, bills Of right, houses OF bnr-
gesses, triumvirates, congresses parlia-
ments nothing in the presence of Christ's
scepter, swaying over all the people who
have entered upon that great gloEy. OH
can you imagine it9 What . strange
commingling Of tastes, Of histories, Of ma
tionalities, .'of all nations and kindreds
and people and tongues"
IN ROBES or PURITY.
Ny subject advances, and tellsyou 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 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 heaveng Il saw
great multitude clothed in white robes "
II is whitei In this world we had some
times to have on working apparel Bright
and lustrous garments would be ridicu-
lously out Of place sweltering amid FORCES,
or mixing paints. or plastering ceilings, Of
binding books
In this world we must have the working
day apparel sometimes, and we care not
how course 1t is. 1t is appropriate; but
when all the toll Of earth is past and there
Is no more drndgery and no more weari-
ness we shall stand before the throne
robed in white On earth we sometimes
bad 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 Rebecca; Rachel
mourning for her children; David mourn
ing for Absalom;' Mary mourning for Lag
arua 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 aiford 10 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 a 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.
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.
NV 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 bad represented the
good ia heaven as carrying nightshade,
that would have meant sin. But It is a
palm branch they curry, and that is vic
tory When the people came home from
war in o. zen times the cOnquerOr rode at
the head Of his troops, and there were
triumphal arches and the people would
come out 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 heavenl On
earth they were condemned, and were put
out Of pOligs circles They had Infamous
bands strike them on both checks. In
fernal spite spat IN their faces. Their back
ached with sorrow.
JOY or THE REDEEMED.
Their brow reeked with unalleyiated toll
How weary they werel Sometimes they
broke the heart OF the midnight in the
midst of all their anguish, crying out, 20
Godw But bark now to the shout Of the
delivered captives. rs they lift their arms
from the shackles and they cry out, Free!
freer They look back upon all the trials
through which they have passed, the but
ties they have fought, the burdens they
carried, the Misrepresentation they sur
fered and because they are delivered from
all these they stand before God waving
their palms. They come to the feet OF
Christ and they look up into his face, and
they remember his sorrows, and they re-
meniber his pain, and they remember his
groans, and they say: "Why, was saved
by that Christ lie pardoned my sins, he
soothcd my sorrows, and standing there
they shall be exultant, waving their palms
That hand once held the implement Of
toll or welded the sword Of war, but now
IL plucks down branches from the tree Of
life as they stand before the throne way
ing their palms. Once he was a pilgrim
on earth; lie crunched the hard crusts, he
walked the weary way. But i is all gone
now-the sin gone, the WEAKNESS gone, the
sickness gone. the sorrow gone. As Christ
exams up Derore the great array " the
saved and rccounts his victories it viii 10
like the rocking and tossing Of a forest in
a tempest, as all the redeemed rise up,
host beyond host. rank beyond rank wav-
ing, waving their pains.
Ny subject makes another advancement
and speaks Of the song they sing.
Dr. Dick, in "a very learned work, says
that among other things ia heaven he
thinks they win give q great deal Of time
to tie study Of arithmetic and the higher
branches Of mathematics. ! do not be-
lieve it, It wonld upset my idea of heaven
a. a. q. Inn IT,.