Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-04
of kindred, and they shall never be
driven out. Many OF
1-tJr- x-IT,TOPC FROM EARTH


driven out. Many of
THE YICTORS FROM EARTH
have already got their palaces. and
they are pointed out as those newly ar
rived. Soon after our getting there we
will ask TO be shown the Apostolic res
licences. and ask where does Paul live.
and John: and shown the patriarchial
residences. and shall say: Where does
Abraham live. or jacob" and shcwn
the martyr residences and say: Where
does John Huss live, and Ridley
We will want TO see the bouleyards
where the chariojs OF conquerors roll.
I will want TO see the garden wher: The
princes walk. We will want TO see
the Music Row. where Handel, and Hay
den. and Mozart, and Charles Wesley,
and Thomas Hartings. and Bradbury
have their homes, out of their windows.
ever and anon, rolling some snatch OF
an earthly oratorio or hymn TRIMS
ported with the composer. We will
want 10 see Revival Terrace, where
Whitefeld and Nettleton and Payson
and Rowland Hill and Charles Finney
and other giants Of soul-reaping are
I resting from their almost supernatural
labors. their doors thronged with con-
verts just arrived, coming TO report
| themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset. and like
the leaves for number, are the celestial
homes yet 10 be awarded, when Christ
10 you. and millions OF others. shall d.
vide the spoil What you you want
/ there?
YOU SHALL HAVE IT.
An orchard? There il is; twelve man.
ner OF fruits. and fruit every month. Do
you want river scenery? Take your
choice on the banks of the river. in
longer. wider. deeper roll than the Dan
ube or Amazon or Mississippi if mingled
in one. and emptying into the sea Of
glass. mingled with fire. Do you want
Your kindred back again? Go out and
meet you father or mother without the
staff or the stoop. and your children
in a dance OF mortal glee. Do you
want a throne? Select it from the mil
lion FURNISHED elevations Do you want
a crown? Pick it out of that mountain
! OF diamond coronets. Do you want
your old church friends OF earth around
YOU? Begin TO hum an old revival
tune and they will flock from all quar-
| tiers 10 revel with you in sacred remin-
iscence. All the earth for those who
are here on earth at the time OF the con-
tinental and planetary distribution, and
all the heavens for those who are
there.
What day il will be. This entire
assemblage would rise to its feet If you
could realize it, the day in which Christ
shall, in fulfillment of my text, divide
the spoil
The more wounds, the greater the in
heritance. The longer the forced march,
the brighter the trophy. The more ter
rible the exhaustion, the more glorious
the transport. Not the gift OF bril-
liant ribbon, or medal of brass, or sill
yer, OF gold, but kingdom in which
we are to reign for ever and ever Man.
sions on the eternal hills. Dominions
OF unfading power Empires OF unend-
ing love. Continents OF everlasting
light. Atlantic and Pacific oceans Of
billowing JOY. II was great day when
Aurelian, the Roman Emperor,
CAME BACK FROM HIS VICTORIES.
In the front OF the procession were wild
beasts from all lands. sixteen hundred
gladiators richly clad, wagon leads Of
crowns and trophies presented by con-
quered cities: among the captives Sy-
rians. Egyptians. Goths. Vandals, Sar-
nlatfans. Franks; and Zenobia, the
beautiful captive queen. on foot in
chains Of gold that slave had 10 help
her carry, and jewels under the weight
OF which she almost tainted. And then
came the chariot OF Aurelian drawn BY
four elephants in glorious comparison.
and followed by the Roman Senate and
the Roman Army: and from dawn till
dark the procession was passing. Rome
In all her history never saw anything
more magnificent But how much
greater the day when our Conqueror,
Jesus, shall ride under the iriumphal
arch OF heaven: His oaptives. not on
foot but in chariots. all the kingdoms
OF heaven and earth In procession; the
armies celestial on white horses. Rum
bling artillery o. thunderbolts never
again 10 be unlimbsred. Kingdoms in
line. centuries in line sera phic. arch
angelic splendOrs in line: and Christ
seated on one great rolling HoSanna.
made ont az al Hallelujahs o. al
worlds. shall CRY Halt 20 the procession.
And not forgetting even the humblest
IN all the reach % his omnipresence.
he shall rise. and then and there. his
work done end his glory commutatei.
proceed. amid an ecstacy such as neither
marital nor immortal ever imagined, 10
divide the spoil.