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ton. and all the heavens for those who

hlXnt dIteT MIN CONES SOUL tHht
makes great stir among the celes-
tials, and the angels rush to the
scene, each bringing her a dazzling
coronet. Who is she? Over what
realm Of earth was she queen? In
| what great Dusseldorf festival was
she the cantatricc? Neither. She was
an invalid who never left her room
for 20 years; but she was
strong in prayer, and she prayed
down revival after revival and PEN
tecost after pentecost, upon the
churches, and width her white hands
she knit many mitten or tippet for
the poor, and with her contrivances
she added joy to many holiday festi-
val, and now with those thin hands so
strong for kindness and with those
white lips SO strong for supplication,
she has won cornation and euthrone-
ment and jubilee. and Christ said to the
angles who have brought each
crown for the glorified invalid: mo,
not these; they are not good enough.
But in the jeweied vase at the right
hand side of my throne there is one
that i have been preparing for her
many year, and for her every pang l
have set an amethyst, and for her every
good deed have set pearl. Fetch it
now and fulfill the promise gave her
long ago in the sick room: BE thou
faithful unto death, and l will give
thee a crown"
But notice that there is only one
Being in the universe who can and will
distribute the trophies of earth and
Heaven. 1t is the Divine Warrior, the
Commander-in- chief of the Centuries,
the Champion of Ages. the Universal
Conqueror, the Son of God, Jesus. You
will take the spoils from His hand or
never take them at all. Have His
friendship and you may defy all time
and all eternity, but without 1t you
are pauper, though you had uni
verse at your command. We are told
In Revelation that Jacobs 10 sors
were so honored as to have the IL
gates of Heaven named after them
over one gate of Heaven Naph-
tall, over another gate of Heaven
Tssachar, over another Dan, over an
other Cad, over another Zebulon, over
another Judah, and so on. But Christ's
name is written all over the gates, and
on every panel of the gates; and have
His help, His pardon, His intercession,
His atonement, l must, or be fCrlorn
wretch forever. My Lord and my Godl
make me and all who hear me this day,
and all to whom these words shall
come, Thy repentant, believing, sworn,
consecrated and ransomed followers
forever.
What day it will bel This entire
aassemblage would rise to its feet if you
could realize it, the day in which Christ
shall, in fulfllment of my text, devide
the spoil 1t was great day when
Queen Victoria, in the midst of the
the soldiers who had come home
sick and wounded. At the Horse
guards, in presence of the royal
family, the injured men were
carried in or came on crutches-
Col. Trowbridge, who lost both feet at
mixer mann; and Capt. Sayer, who had
the ankle joint of his right leg shot
off at Alma; and Capt. Cure. his disa-
bled limb supported by soldier. and
others MANNED, and disfigured, and ex-
hausted-and with her own hands the
queen gave each the Crimean medal.
And what triumphant days for those
soldiers when. further on, they received
the French medal, with the imperial
eagle, and the Turkish medal, with its
representation OF four fags-France,
Turkey, England and Sardinia-and
beneath it nap of the Crimea spread
overn gunwheeL And what rewards
are suggested to all read ers of history
by mere mention of the Waterloo med
al, and the Cape medal, and the Gold
cross medal, and the medals struck for
bravery in our American wars.
But how insignificant all these when
compared with the day when the good
soldiers of Jesus Christ shall come In
out of the battles of this world, and in
tho presence of all the piled-up CALLER
les of the redeemed and the unfallen,
Jesus, our King, shall divide the spoil!
The more wounds, the greater the
inheritance. The longer the forced
march, the brighter the trophy. The
more terrible the exhaustion, the more
glorious the transport. Not the gift
of brilliant ribbon, or Q medal Of
brass, or silver, Oh gold, but king
dom in which we are to reign forever
and ever. Mansions ON the eternal hills.
Dominions of unfading power. En-
pires of amending love. Continents Of
everlasting light. Atlantic and Pacific
oceans of billowing JOY. 1t was a
day when Aurelian, the Roman emper-
or, came back from his victories. In the
front of the procession were wild
beasts from all lands, 1000 gladiators
richly clad, wagon loads of crowns and
trophies presented by conquered
cities among the captives Syrians,
Egyptians, Goths, Vandals Sar-
matiaus, Franks; and Zenobia, the
beautiful captive queen. on foot in
chains of gold that a slave had to help
her carry, and jewels under the
weight of which she almost faint ted.
And then came the chariot Aurelian,
drawn by four elephants in gorgeous
caparison. and followed by the Ro-
man senate and the Roman army;
and from dawn till dark the pro-
cession was passing. Rome in all her
history never saw anything moro
magnificent. But how much greater
the day when under our Conqueror,
Jesus, shall ride under the triumphal
arches of Heaven; His captives, not on
foot, but in chariots, all the kingdoms
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