Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-11-06

, swOru HI I06 EHt6 Oh Eueu, tUS Sttino uuht
Ezekiel saw upho'dinc the throne OF Goi.
| 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 soul out Of temptation! All those are
messengers Of light. These drove the Span
ish armada on the rocks. This turned Sem
nacherib's living hosts into a heap Of
1885 600 corpses. Those yonder chanted
the Christmas carol over Bethle-
hem until the chant awoke the
shepherds These, at creation. stood In the
balcony OF heaven and serenade1 the new
I 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 10000 chariots Of God and OF
the ten thousand times ten thousand angels.
I think God gives command to the arch
anpol. 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 on your lions! 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
stone. Though shalt tread upon the lion
and adder; the young lion and the dragon
shalt thou trample underfoot."
Though the arena be crowded with tempta-
Hons. we shall. with the angelic help, strike
them down In the name Of our God and lean
on their fallen carcasses! Oh, bending
throng Of bright. angelic faces and swift
wings and lightning foot. l hail you today
from the dust and struggle OF the arena!
Hook again, and sea the gallery OF the
prophets and apostles Who are those mighty
ones MP yonder? Hosea and Jeremiah and
Daniel and Isaiah and Paul and Peter and
John and James. There sits Noah. waiting
Moses, waiting till tie last Red Sea shall de
vide. and Jeremiah. waiting for the Jews to
return. and John of the Apocalypse. waiting
tor the swearing OF the angel that time shall
be no longer. Glorious spirits! Ye were.
howled at; 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
:he galleries to the men in the arena: "At
It again." Forward" some more stroke!"
''Iook OUT" .Fall backr' "Huzza! Huzza!"
So in that gallery. prophetic and ap 'stolc,
they caunot keep their peace. Daniel cries
out: ''Thy God will deliver thee from the
mouth Of the Iions!' David excaims. "He
will not suffer thy foot to be movedr' Isaiah
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 halleluiahs.
I look again and see the gallery OF the
martyrs. Who is hat? 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 1856? They are the
Theban legion who died for the faith. Here
TO- I,r1 h,1et
0O0-who perished 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
At last the mother becatne amartyr: There
they are, together-a family group in heav-
an! Yonder is John Bradford, who said in
the fire, eve shall have n merry supper with
who exclaimed as he died, "If I had
ten heads they should all fall Off
for Christ" The great throng of the
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, thew
would make the midnight all the world
over bright Rs MONDAY! And now they
SIT yonder in the martyrs gallery. For them
the fires OF persecution have gone out. The
swords are sheathei AMI the mob hushed.
Now they watch us with 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: "COu-age. The fire will not con-
sumo. The floods cannot drown. The lions
cannot devour! Courage, down there in the
arena"'
But here pause, overwhelmed with the
majesty and the joy of the scene! Gallery of
The King! Gallery Of angels! Gallery of
prophets and apostles! Gallery Of martyrs!
Gallery Of saints! Gallery of friends and
Kindred! Oh. majestic circles of light and
,hall We stand the gaze OF the universe?
Myriads of eyes beaming on us! Myriads of
hearts beating in sympathy for us! How
'hall We ever dare to sin again? How
hall We ever become discouraged again?
How shall we ever feel lonely again:
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
tindred for US, shall We give up the fight
and die? No, Son Of God, who didst die to
ave us! No, ye angels. whose wings are
lpread forth to shelter US. No. We prophets
md apostles, whose warnings startlo us.
No, ye loved ones, whose arms are out
stretched to receive US. No, We will never
surrender!
Sure must fight If 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 be Thine.
MY hearers, shall we die in the arena or
iss to join our friends in the gallery
Through Christ we may come of more thau
.onquerors. A soldier, dying in the hos
pital, rose up in bed the last moment and
.ried: "Here. Here!" His attendants put
aim back on his pillow and asked him why
ae shouted, .Herer'
"Oh! l heard the Soo III of heaven, and
was only answering 10 my name!' WON
der whether, after this battle of life is over,
our names will be called in the muster roll
of the pardoned and giorified, and with the
10y Of heaven breaking upon our souls We
shall cry: "Here, Here!''
Woman County Phy sician.
DR.. Mabel Spencer. a Kansas City wo-
man. has been appointed County Physician