The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07

long ago In the sickroom, BE thou faithful
unto death. and will give thee n crown"
But notice that there is only one Being
In the universe who can and will distribute
the trophies OF earth and heaven. II IL tho
Divine Warrior, tho Commander-in-Chief of
the Centuries, the Champion OF Ages. the
Universal Conqueror, the Son OF God, Jesus.
You Will take tho spoils from His hand or
never take them at all. Have His friendship
and you may defy all time and all eternity,
but without II you are paupor; though you
had n universe Mt your command. We are
told In Revelation that Jacobs twelve sons
were so honored M to have the twelve gates
OF heaven named after them--over one gate
OF heaven Naphtali. over another gate OF
heaven 1ssachar, over another Dan, over
| another Cad, over another Zebulon. over
another Judah. and so on. But Chrlsts
name n written over all tho gates AMI on
every panel OF the gates, aud have His help,
His pardon. His intercassion. His atonement,
must or be n forlorn wretch forever. MY
Lord and my God. make mo, and all who
hear me this day, and all TO whom these
words shall come. Thy repon,ant. believing.
sworn, consecrated and ransomcd followers
| forever.
What day II will be! This entire
| assembage would'risc to ia feet IL you could
realize II, the day In which Christ shall, in
fulallment OF my text, divide tho spoil.
II was great day when Queen Victoria. in
tHo iiliust VI tnb tEliueUu war, ulstrlOutOd
medals to tho soldiers who had como home
| sick and wounded. AT the Horseguards, in
presence OF tho Royal family, tho Injured
| men were carried IN or came on crutchcs-
Colonel Trowbtidge. who lost both fec, at
Inkermann, and Captain Sayer, who had tho
ankle Joint of his right lcg shot of at Alma.
and Captain Curre his disabled limb SUP.
ported by II soldier. and others maimed and
disngurod and exhaustod-and with her own
hand the Queen gave each the Crimean
medal. And what triumphant dnys for
those soldiers when. farther on. they received
the French medal. with tho imperial eagle,
and the Turkish medal. with its repre-
sentation OF four hags-Frauce, Turkey,
England aud Sardinia and beneath IL
map OF the Crimea spread over n
gun wheel. And what rewards ara
suggested TO nll readers Of history bv
mere mention OF tho Waterloo medal, Ond
tho Cape medal. and the Gold Cross medal.
and the medals struck for bravery in our
American wars! But how Insignificant all
these compared with tho day when the good
soldiers OF Jesus Christ shall come In out OF
the battles OF this world. and In the presence
OF all the piled up galleries ~ the redeemed
and the unfallen. Jesus. our King, shall di-
vide the spoil! The more wounds the creator
tho inheritance The longer the forced
march tho brighter the trophy. Tho moro
terrible the exhaustion the moro glorious the
transport Not the gilt ot n brilliant ribbon,
or medal OF brass, or silver or gold, but n
kingdom in which We ar, 90 reign forever
aud ever. Mansions on tho eternal hills
Dominions Of uniading power. Empires Of
unending love. Continents OF everlasting
light. Atlantic and Pacific O,eans OF billow-
ing Joy.
II was groat dav when Aurelian, the
Roman emperor. came back from his VIC
torios. In tho front oi the procession were
wild beasts from all lands. sixteen hundred
glndiators richly clai, wagon loads OF
crowns and trophies presented by conquered
cities. Among tho captives Syrlans. Egyp.
tiaus. Goths, Vandals. Samaritlns, Franks,
and Zenobla. the beautiful captive quoon. ON
foot In chains OF gold that II slave hal 10
help her carry and jewels under tho weight
OF which She almost tainted. And then came
tho chariot OF Aurelian drawn by four Gle.
puants in gorgeous caparison, aud followed
by the Roman senate and the Roman army
aud from dawn TIL day the procession
was passing. Rome in all nor his
niHcent. But how much greater tho
day when our conqueror. Jesus.
shall ride under tho triumphal arches Of
heaven. Hts captiyes, not on foot but in
thariois, all tho kingdoms OF earth and
eavon in procession. The armies celestial
On white horses. Rumbling artillery cf
thunderbolts neyor again to be unllmbere A.
Kingdoms In line, centuries In line, saint ly
"'"rubic, sernphir. arohangelic splendors. In
ilne, ana CnvIst seateu on one gre =. rviillig
hosanna, made ont OF all hslleluiahs OF all
worlds, shall cry halt to the procession. And
not forgetting even tho humblest In all the
reach on His omnipresence. Hs shall rise
aud then and thcrc His work done and His
glory yconsummated, proceed. amid an ecstasy
such as neither mortal nor immortal ever i'm
agincd, to divide the spoil.