The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-28
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"The sword Of the Lord and of Gideon"
1t was she who gave to Luther the cour-
age to eXclaim "lf there were as many
devils at Worms as there are tiles upon
the housetops l will 60" From prison
house and cavern and mildewed dungeon
she came, where she had been imprisoned
a thousand years. Ignorance and bigotry
and superstition clung to her garments
and attempted to manacle her hands and
shackle her feet, but she arose in the
power of her might, shook herself from
the demons of tyranny, snapped her
fetters and set out on her march of pro-
gress. She turned her back on the past
and left behind her the ghosts and spectres
of fallen empires, broken Kingdoms and
buried republics; and the proud power of
absolutism wthered at her touch. With
"A sweep of her hand she destroyed the in
QUESTION of Spain, demolished the bastile
of France, quenched the martyr fires of
England, and gave to the world the glOri-
Gus era Of the Reformation. She plucked
the feathers from the eagles of Napoleon
and with them weaved crown of victory
for Wellington at Waterloo. She stood
by Washington at Valley Forge in the
storm of winter and war and warmed his
heart with the ardent glow Of patriotism.
And in the war of the Rebellion she was
foremost in the conflict and, although
battered and torn, and bleeding from
every pose, amid Kissing bullets and clash
OF arms and q nations tears, she pluCked
victory out of defeat and planted
the bullet riddled flag of freedom
upon the broken ramparts of
temple of fame, she wrote upon its wall
with her blOod-stained fingers the i'm
mortal name of Lincoln. And stretching
her banner across the American sky she
whispered in the ears of Grant the magic
sentiment Let us have peace" The
!. L.,
nation embarrassed her war chariots
stacked her rifles, sheathed her sword,
and the victorious armies returned to
their homes to follow their avOCatiOns of
peaceful industry. And now once year
the nation unites to honor the names of
the living heroes and to scatter flowers
upon the graves of those who fought so
gloriously to liberate the slave and to
defend the principles of a united father
land. The noble dead sleep and we sing
Under the sod and dew, waiting the iudg'
ment Jay.
Love and tears for The blue, tears and love
for the gray.
As calm weather follows the storm so
peace follows in the footsteps of war.
The smoke of the battle field is gone
and the fields of carnage are covered
by the fruits of industry and sweetened
by the perfume of flowers, and Decoration
Day is consecrated to the memory of the
dead. Flags are displayed, the drums
beat and the bugles play; poets sing
jOyously and orators descant eloquently
of the blessings procured by the herolsm
of the dead and thousands of children
Join their young hosanahs to the great
cnoirs of the nation while they sing, my
country tits of thee. sweet land of
liberty of thee | sing" The conflict of
the battle field followed by the blessings
of peace are striking emblems of the
warfare of life and the glorious triumphs
of the redeemed in Heaven. Decoration
| Day, besides being a day of hallowed
memories of the past, is also a day of
| festive adOrnment We mingle flowers
with our tears and the teardrops of love
make the flowers of our memory all the
more sweet in the sunshine of our joys.
Here below in the sepulchre of human
| sorrow we lay flowers on the graves
| of our beloved dead but at the Decoration
| Day in Heaven it will be the adorning of
| the living-the immortal, the spiritual
| bOdy-in white array, golden crowns,
victorious palms, and the unfading flowers
| of the paradise of God. The promise of
the Divine presence is assured. "They
| shall walk with me" i'm the Holy City,
| new Jerusalem when Is to be pre-.
pared as a bride adorned for her hus-
! band The words prepared" and
adorned are very suggestive On festive
occasions we prepare and adorn our cities,
| We ulllbll OlI bhlAltIS W bllt blttAti VIZ
drape our houses in flags and bun ing
and make everything as attractive as
possible. We fill our streets with music
and song and the voice of praise and
prayer is heard in the sanctuary of the
| Lord. What then, shall be the deCura
tiOns of heaven The city of God will be
surprisingly beautiful her streets oi
pearl her temples of light, and the
great white throne will far excel the
highest ideal of human conception. "Fol
eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
hath it entered the heart of man to con
ceive." "They shall walk with me il
white, for they are worthy" Notice
None but the worthy will participate il
the glories Of Heaven. Only those VIII,
have been made worthy Through tn
righteousness of God and our Savior
Jesus Christ" A redeemed multitude
; that no man can number, all of al
nations, kindred people and tongues,
bloOd-WaShed thrOng from every elm
and zone from the blistering skies o
India and the burning sands of Arabs
they shall come; from the icy crags o
the Alps and the eternal SHOWS of Swift
b erland they shall come; from crowde
cities of civilization and the wilds of tn
desert from the patriarchal ages an
from modern times, they shall come froI
the dangerous deep and mountain fast
! ness, from martyrs fire an
famine and sword they shall come
, a great multitude "out of great tribulf
: tiOn," whose garments have been 'washe
and made white in the blood of tn
3 Lamb" "They shall walk with me j
white" White garments will be worn 4
= the grand review in Heaven. In thi
! world our dress must be adopted to ou
calling. White robes would be out G
place in the factory, the kitchen and tn
mine, contact with labor will soil whit
garments; and so we dress according I
circumstances. We have our wOrkin
, clothes, Sunday suits, wedding garment
and our sable robes of mourning; but
Heaven, where nothing can defile, ou
Z adornment will be white, beautiful en-
blem of purity and truth, God maket
. all things beautiful. 1t ia SIN that d
stroys and disfgures the haudiwOrk
God. We reason from the analogy
earth. How glorious must be the dwell
: ing place Of God the home of the saint
y How resplendent are the stars in the
brightness, the flowers in their lovelines
and the sun in his strength He pain
n the sky in amber, scarlet and gold, al
n mantles the spring time in verdai
/ beauty. Surely, then If nature is
charming to the natural senses the supe
natual glories of Heaven will far exc
y all things terrestrial. The prime obje
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