St. Landry democrat., 1893-07-15

-HoseoW, OUT the mounted COssacks. Cav
arymen decided the battles Of Leuthen ant
Lelpslc and Winchester and Hanover Coar1
House and Five Forks Some of Won ma,
nave been ID the relentless raids led on hy
| FORREST or Chalmers or Morgan or Stuart ri
! the southern side, or Pleasanton or Wilson
or hllpatrlck or Sheridan of the northern
SIDE: The army saddles are the thrones q;
oattte. Hurricanes i'll stirrups are the cav
! alrymen
-, NO wonder that Miriam was chiefly grateful
f tn tile EGYPTIAN cavalrymen. pursuing the
',5o'ii, Gown to midway the Red sea, were
uhsaddled, unstirruped, endorsed.
=, Ana L have to tell you O child of God. that
auo Lqrd' VINO IS on your side now and for
ever mas at HIS disposal and IiIldcf His con-
u'ahu al waters al winds. all li:htnings. all
tune ana all eternity. Cone, look ne i'll the
lace while L utter the WORT God commands
me to speak to you, no weapon formed
against you shall prosper" Don't throw
away your tambourina. You will want il as
sure as you sit there and stand here. and
Inc tune you will Yet play on it. whether
Stalidlhg on beach Of time or beach OF etaru-
NY will be the tune that Miriam played whrn
she cried ''SinS ye to the Lord, for He hath
iriumphed Siorlously the horse and his rider
hath He thrown into the sea"
expect to have good laugh with YOU in
heaven, Tor the Billie says in Luke. sixth
chapter twenty-trst verse. blessed are We
tAat weep now, for We shall laugh" We
snail not spend all eternity psalm singing.
put sometimes in review Of the past. Il,
Christ says, We shall iauyn. There is
nothing wrong in laughter. 1t all dap.n IS
On Wilat You laugh at, AMI when you lauyn
Nothln5, t seems, will more Thoroughly
htndie our heavenly hilarites after We nave
got inside the pearly gate than to see how in
this world we got scared at things which
ought not to have frightened US at all.
How often we work ourselves up into d
great stew about nothing The Fed apa be-
fore may be deep, and the Egyptian cavalry
behind Us may be well mounted. but if we
trust the Lord we viii go through no more
hurt by the water than when in hoyhood we
rolled our garments to the knee and bare
foot crossed the meadow brook on the Old
homestead. The odds may seem to be all
against you, but I guess it will Ee all right
with you if you have God or your aide aitd
all the angelic. cherubic seraphic and arch
angelic kingdoms. IF God be for you, who
can be against SOu?'
But let me criticse Miriam little for the
instrument of music she employed in the d.
vine service on the sandy beach. Why not
take some other ir5trument2 The harp was
a sacred instrument. Why did she hot take
that? The cymbal was sacred instrument
Why did she not take that? The trumpet
was sacred instrument. Why did she not
take that? Amid that great host there must
have been musical instruments more used in
religious service. No. She took that whinh
she liked the best and On which she could
best express her graduation over q nations
rescue' first through the retreat Of the waves
Of the Red sea; and then through the clap.
ping of the hands Of their destruction: So
withdraw my criticism OF Miriam. Let every
one take her or his best mode OF divine wor-
ship and celebration. My idea of heaven il
a w a
please and have everything we want. Of
course We will do nothing wrong and want
nothing harmful.
How much Of the material and physical
Will finally make up the heavenly world I
know not, but think Gabriel will have his
trumpet, and David his harp. and Handel his
organ, aid ThalberS his piano, and the great
Norwegian performer his violin, and Miriam
her tlmbrel, and as [ cannot make music on
any of them | think | will move around
among all of them and listen. But there are
our friends of the Scotch Covenanter church |
VINO DO not like musical Instruments at all in |
divine worship, and they need not have |
them.
What day it will be when we stand on |
The beach of heaven and look back on the |
Red sea of this world sin and trouble and |
celebrate the fact that We have got through |
md got over and got up. our sins and our
troubles attempting to follow gone clear down
lnder the waves.
Oh crimson floods roll over them and
brown them. and drown them forever! In
his world we have SO little time for that. I
IN looking forward to eternal sOcialities.
10 be with God and never sin against Him.
70 be with Christ and forever feel His love. To
walk together in robes of white with those with
Thom on earth We walked together in black
alment of mourning. To gather up the
members of our scattered families and en-
~ fpf lI-Ith or,,l,a ~ |
II heaven be looking on.
A mine in Scotland caved in and caught
mid the rocks young man who in a few
avs was to have been united in holy mar
aSe. No one could get heart to tell his
financed of the death OF her beloved. but
ONE one made her believe that he had
hanged his mind about the marriage and
'illfully disappeared. Fiftyye passed on.
hen one day the miners delving in the
arth suddenly came on the body OF that
Dung man, which had all those years been
ept from the air and looked Just as it was
le day of the calamity. Strong. manly,
Oble youth. he sat there looking as on the
ay he died. But no one recognized the |
lent form.
After awhile they called the oldest inhab-
ants to come and see if any one could rec
gniZe him. A woman with bent form and
er hair snowy white with years came last.
nd looking upon the silent form that had
cen SO completely preserved gave bitter
y and fell into long swoon. 1t was the
ne to whom half century before she was
have been welded. looking then just as
hen in the days Of their youth their affec-
ons had commingled. But the emotion Of
er soul was too great for mortal endurance,
nd two days after those who fifty years be-
're were to have joined hands in wedlock
ere at last married in the tomb. and side by
de they wait for the resurrection.
My friends. we shall come at last upon
lose OF our loved ones who long ago halted
the journey of life. They will be as fair
Id beautiful-yea, fairer and more beauti-
Il than when we parted from them.
see them now-the glcritied-a6sembled
n q celebration mightier and more jubilant
IAN that on the banks of the Red sea. and
ON all lands and ages. on beach OF light
,ove beach Of light. gallery above gallery
Id thrones above thrones, in circlns sweep
10, 900 miles of surrounding and upheaved
,lendor, while standing before them on sea
glass mingled with fire" Michael, the arch
lgel, with swinging scepter beats time lor
70 multitudinous chorus. crying: Sing
ng! Sing We to. the Lord. for He hath
iumphed gloriouslv the horse and his rldet
18th He thrown into the sea-