The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-11-22

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rhey gave 10 the men IN The arena. IN the
oldon time. food 90 thioken their blood 80
lhnt IL would How slowly, ana that TOT
LONGER limo the people might gioat over the
scone. But our King has no pleasure Pm our
wounds. for we are bone 81 Ills bone, hcsh
OF His flesh, blood Of His blood.
In an the anguish Of our heart,
Tho Man OF Sorrows bore a part.
Once in the ancient amphlthoater, lion
with ono nav caught the c0mhatants sword,
and with the other paw caught his shield.
The man took he knife fr-m his gr1le and
slew iho beast. The king. sitting ln th' ghl-
lorv. saidi "rh1t was not f1Ir The lion
must be slain hy % sw0ri' Other Hons
were turned out, nnd tho poor victim
iell. You cry ,'aaame' Shame. 9l
such meannesg hut the King, in This
ease. Be- our brother. and He win see that We
have fair play. he viii forbid the rushing
out OF more lions than we can meet He
viii not suffer us 20 be- tempted above That
we AFRO able. Thank Godl The King sin
the gallery His eyes are on us His heart
h with ne HIS hand win deliver us.
"Blessad arc an they who put their trusi IN
Him"
look again, and see the angelic gallery.
There they are-the angel that swung tho
sword nj the gate OF Eden, the same that
Fgeliel saw unfolding the throne Of Col,
and from which look away. for the splen-
dor h ingnfferable. Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched q uatnarch; this
one protected q child that one has been pull
ing q soul out Of temptutionl AT those ara
messengers OF light. Those drove the snan-
ish armada on therocks. This turned Sem
nacharbs living hosts into n heap OF
$4,000 corpses. Those yonder ehanted
the Christmas carol over Bethle-
hem until the chant awoke the
shepherds. These. at creation. stood In the
balcony Of heaven and serenaded the new
born world wrapped I'm swaddling clothes OF
light. And there. holier and mighter than
all, Is Michael. tho archangel. To command
an earthly host gives dignity. but this one is
leader ofthe 10000 chariots OF God and Of
the ten thousand times ten thousand angels.
I think God gives command 10 the arch-
angel. and the archangel to the seraphint,
and the seraphim to the cherubim, until ali
the lower orders Of heaven hear the COM
maud and 90 forth on the high behest.
Now bring on your lionsl Who can fear?
All the spectators In the angelic gallery are
our friends. "He shall give His angels
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy
ways. They shall bear thee up in their
hands lest thou dash thy foot against n
stone Though shalt tread upon the lion
and adder; the young lion and the dragon
shalt thou trample underioot."
Though the arena be crowded with tompta-
tions. we shall. with the angelic help, strike
them down in tho name Of our God and lean
on their fallen carcasses Oh, bending
throng OF bright, angelic faces and swift
wings and lightning foot. hail you to-day
from the dust and struggle Of the arena
look again. and I seq the gallery OF the
prophets and anostles. Who are those mighty
ones no yonder2 Hosea and Jeremiah and
Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and
John and James. There sits Noah. waiting
for all the world to come into the ark. and
Moses waiting till tie last Red Sea shall d.
vide, and Jeremiah waiting for the Jews to
return, and John Of the Apocalypse waiting
for the swearing OF the angel that time shall
be no longer. Glorious spirits! Ye were
howled at; We were stoned: We were spit
uponl They have been in the fight them
selves aud they are all with US. Daniel
knows all about lions. Paul fought with
beasts ut Ephesus.
In the ancient amDhitheatre the people
got so excited that they would shout from
the galleries to the men in the arena: IA
81 again!" "Forwardm zone more stroken
"Iook ont" "Fali back" "Huzza! Huzza!'
So in that gallery. prophetic and apostolic
out: "Thy God will deliver thee from thu
month Of thelionsT' David exclaims. "Ht
will not suffer thy foot to be movedm Isaiah
calls out: "Fear mott I am with theel BIZ
not dismayed" Paul exclaims; "Victory
through our Lord Jesus CHRISTI Tha
throng OF prophets and apostles cannot keeI
still. They make the w3lkin ring witt
shouting and halleluiahs.
I look again and I see fine gallery OF tho
martyrs Who is ;hat2 Hugh Latlmer, sur,
enough! He would not apologize for the
truth preached. and 50 he died, the nigh
before swinging from the bedpost in perfec
glee at the thought o. emancipation. VIII
are that army OF 1856? They are TIL
Thehau legion who died for the faith. Her
Is n larger host in magnificent array--8e4,
000-who persisted for Christ IN the perse
cution of DiOcletiau. Yonder is a famil
group-Felieitas, of Rome, and her chill
dren. While they were dying for the faitl
she stood encouraging them. One son wa
whipped to death by thorns. another wa
flung from rock. another was beheaded
At last the mother became amartyr. Their
they are. togather-a family group in heay
enl Yonder is John Bradford. who said 1
the fire, eve shall have merry supper wit
the Lord tonight" Yonder is Henry Voc
who exclaimed rs he died, "If I ha
ten heads they should all fall o
for Christ" The great throng of tn
martyrsl They had hot lead poured dow
their throats. horses were fastened to thel
hands and other horses TO their feet. an
thus they were pulled apart. They had the
tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers; the
were sewed up in the skins OF animals an
then thrown to the Dogs they we're daube
with combustbles and set on flre If all th
martyrs stakes that have been kindle
could be set at proper distances the
would make the midnight all the worl
over bright as MONDAY And now the
sit yonder in the martyrs gallery. For the
the fires Of persecution have gone out. TT
swords ara sheathel ami tho mob hushet
Now they watch us with an all obseryin
sympathy. They know all the pain, all th
hardship all this anguish, all the injustice
| all the prYation. nnnY cannot keen still