The Penn's Grove record., 1895-11-01
NUMBER l5.

7 the gallery His eyes are on us. His heart
Is with us. His hand will deliver us.
BLESSED are all they whe put their trust in
| Him."
look again, and l see the angelic gallery.
| There they are-the angel that swung the
| sword at the gate OF Eden, the same that
Ezekiel saw upholding the throne Of God,
| and from which I look away. for the splen-
dor Is insufferable. Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched a patriarch; this
one protected a child that one has been pull
| ing a soul out Of temptation! All those are
messengers of light. Those drove the Span
ish armada on the rocks. This turned SEN
nacherib's living hosts into n hemp OF
$4,000 corpses. Those yonder chanted
the Christmas carol over Bethle-
hem until the chant awoke the.
shepherds. These. at creation. stood in tho
balcony OF heaven and sereuaded the new
born world wrapped in swaddling clothes OF
light. And there, holier and mighter than
all. is Michael, the archangel. To command
an earthly host gives dignity, but this one is
leader of the 1000 charlots Of God and of
the ten thousand times ten thousand angels.
l think God gives command to the arch
angel. and the archangel to the seraphim,
and the seraphim to the cherubim, until all
the lower orders of heaven hear the COM
mand and go forth on the high behest.
Now bring Cd your lions! Who can fear9
All the spectators in the angelic gallery are
our IrltnlS. n S1til ElNo MS huI'fo
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy
ways. They shall bear thee up in their
hands. lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone. Though shalt treal uDon the lion
and adder; the young lion and the dragon
shalt thou trample underfoot."
Though the arena be W with tempta-
tions, we shall, with the angelic help, strike
them down in the name Of our God md lean
on their fallen carcasses! Oh. bending
throng Of bright, angelic faces aud swift
wings and lightning foot. I hail you to-day
from the dust and struggle of the arena!
Hook again, and | see the gallery OF the
prophets and apostles. Who are those mighty
ones up yonder? Hosea and Jeremiah and
Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and
Fohn aud James. There sits Noah. waiting
for all the world to come into the ark. and
Moses. waiting till tie last Red Sea shall di-
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 Mt; We were stoned: We were spit
upon! They have been in the fight them
selves. and they are all with us. Daniel
knows all about lions. Paul fought With
beasts at Ephesus.
In the ancient amphitheatre the people
got so excited that they would shout from
the galleries to the men in the arena: "At
It again. ''Forward!' "0ne more stroke!"
1Look out!" "Fall back" "Huzza! Huzza!"
10 in that gallery. prophetic and apostolic,
they cannot keep their peace. Daniel cries
out: 'Thy God will deliver thee from the
mouth of the lionsI" David exclaims. "He
will not suffer thy foot to be moved!' Isaiah
calls out: "Fear mott l am with thee! Be
not dismayedr' Paul exclaims: "victory
through our Lord Jesus Christi That
throng of prophets and apostles cannot keep
still. They make the welkin ring With
shouting and hallelniahs.
| 1 look again and j see the gallery OF the
martyrs. Who is that2 Hugh Latimer, sure
enough! He would not apologize for the
truth preached, and so he died, the night
| before swinging from the bedpost in perfect
glee at the thought OF emancipation. Who
| are that army of $685.? They are h
Theban legion who died for the faith. Here
lis a larger host in magnificent array-884,-
O00-who persisted for Christ in the perse-
cution Of Diocletian. Yonder is a family
group-Felicitas, of Rome. and her chill
dren. While they were dying for the faith
| she stood encouraging them. One son was
whipped to death by thorns, another was
flung from a rock. another was behended.
| At last the mother became amartyr. There
| they are, together-a family group in heav-
| EN-! Yonder is John Bradford, who said in
the fire, ave shall have a merry supper with
the Lord tonight" Yonder is Henry Woes,
| who exclaimed as he died, at ] had
ten heads they should all fall of
martyrs! They had hot lead poured down
their throats. horses were fastened to their
hands and other horses to their feet. and
thus they were pulled apart. They had their
tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers; they
| were sewed up in the skins OF animals and
then thrown to the dogs; they were daubed
| with combustibles and set on fire! II all the
martyrs stakes that have been kindled
| could be set at proper distances, they
| would make the midnight all the world
over bright as MONDAY! And now they
| SIT yonder in the martyrs gallery. For them
| the fires of persecution have gone out. b
| swords are sheathed and the mob hushed.
Now they watch us with an all observing
| sympathy. They know all the pain, all the
| hardship, all the anguish, all the injustice,
| all the privation. They cannot keep still.
| They cry: "Courage! The fire will not con-
sumo. The floods cannot drown. The lions
cannot devour! Courage, down there in the
| arena!"
majesty and the joy of the scene! Gallery OF
the King! Gallery of angels! Gallery of
| prophets and apostles! Gallery OF martyrsl
Gallery of saintsl Gallery of friends and
kindred! Oh, majestic circles of light and
lowell Throngs! Throngs! Throngs! How
shall we stand the gaze Of the universe?
Myriads of eyes beaming on us! Myriads OF
hearts beating In sympathy for us! How
| shall We ever dare to sin again? How
| shall we ever become discouraged again?
| How shall we ever feel lonely again2
With God for us, and angels for US, and
/ prophets and apostles for US, and the great
| souls of the ages for us, and our glorified
kindred for US, shall We give up the fight
and die? No, Son Of God, who didst die to
save US! No, ye angels. whose wings are
spread forth to shelter us. No. We prophets
and apostles, whose warnings startlo US.
| No, ye loved ones, whose arms are out
stretched to receive us. No, We will never
surrender!
Sure I must fight If I would reign
Be faithful to my Lord,
And bear the cross, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy word.
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die.
They see the triumph from afar.
And seize it with their eye.
When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all Thine armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies.
The glory shall BIS Thine.
Ny hearers, shall we die in the arena or
rise to join our friends in the gallery
Through Christ we may come of more than
conquerors. A soldier, dying in the hos
| pitai, rose up in bed the last moment and
! cried: '.Here. Here!' His attendants PUT
him back on his pillow and asked him why
he shouted, ''HereI'
"Ohl 1 heard the 80 Ii of heaven, and
[ was only ans wering TO my name!'' l won
der whether, after this battle OF life is over.
our names will be called in the muster roll
Of the p%ardoned and glori6ed, and with the
| Joy OF heaven breaking upon QUE souls VS.
shall cry: "Here! Here!'
Woman County Physician.
DIR. Mabel Spencer, a Kansas City wo-
man, has been appointed County Physician