Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
Dlstribution of spoils.

Mnat 90 you Wano tneref You snail have
1t. An orchardS Thevs it is-12 manner
Of fruits, and fruit every month. Do you
want river scenery Take your choice on
the banks of the river, 10 longer, wider,
deeper roll than Danube or Amazon or
Mississippi, If mingled In one, and empty
ing into the sea Of glass, mingled with
fire. Do you want your kindred back
again? Go out and meet your father and
mother, without the staff og the stoop, and
your children In dance OF immortal Rlee.
Do you want throneP Select it from the
1000, 600 FURNISHED elevations. Do you
want CROWN Pick 1t out of that noun
tain of diamorded coronets. Do you want
your old church friends of earth around
your Begin to hum an old revival tune,
and they will flock from all quarters to
revel with you In sacred reminiscence.
All the earth for those who are here on
earth at the time of continental and plan
etary distribution, and all the heavens for
those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of spoils will
be surprise to many. Here enters heaven
the soul of man who took up great deal
of room In the church ON earth, but sacri-
feed little, and among his good works
selflshness was evident. He Just crowds
through the shining gate, but it's very
tight squeeze, so that the doorkeeper has
to pull hard to get him in, and this man
expects half of heaven for his share of
trophies, and he would like monopoly of
all Its splendor, and to purchase lots in
the suburbs, so that he could get advantage
Of tn, growth Of ths piY, Well little By
I.sc.o n.c. ne gets grace OF neart, just enough
to get him through, and to him Is given
secondhand crown, which one OF the
saints wore at the start, but exchanged for
brighter one as he went on from glory to
glory. And he Is put in an old house once
occupied by All angel who was hurled out
Of heaven at the time Of satan's rebellion.
Right after him comes Q soul THAT
makes great stir among the celestials
and the angels rush to the scene, each
bringing to her dazzling coronet. Who
is she? Over what realm on earth was she
queenP In what great Dusseldorf festival
was she the cantatricep 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
pentecost after pentecost upon the churches
and with her pale hands she knit many a
mitten or tippet for the poor, and with her
contriyanoes she added Joy to many holi-
day festival, and now with those thin
hands SO strong for kindness and with
those white lips SO strong for supplication
she has won coronation and inthronement
and jubilee. And Christ said to the angels
who have brought each a crown for the
glorided invalid: mo, not these they are
not good enough. But in the jeweled vase
at the right hand side of my throne there
Is one that l have been preparing for her
many year and for her every pang have
set an amethyst and for her every good
deed have set a pearl. Fetch 1t now and
fulfill the promise gave her long ago In
the sickroom, Be thou faithful unto death
and will give thee 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 it you ore pau
per, though you had a universe at your
command. We are told in Revelation that
Jacobs 10 sons were SO honored as to have
the IL gates of heaven named after them
over one gate of heaven Naphtali over an
other gate of heaven Issachar, over another
Dan, over another Cad, over another Zeb-
ulon, over another Judah, and SO on. But
Christ's name Is written over all the gates,
and on every panel Of the gates, and have
his help, his pardon, his intercession, his
atonement, must or be forlorn wretch
forever. My Lord and my God, mako me
and all who hear me this day and all tc
whom these words shall come, thy repent
ant, believing, sworn, consecrated and
ransomed followers forever.
A Day Of Triumph.
What day 1t will be! This entire as
semblage would rise to Its feet If you could
realize 1t, the day in which Christ shall,
in fulillment Of my text, divide the spoil.
1t was a great day when Queen Victoria,
in the midst Of the Crimean war; distrib.
uted medals to 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-Colonel Trowbridge, who
lost both feet at Inkermann, and Captain
Sayer, who had the ankle joint of his right
leg shot off at Alma, and Captain Cure,
his disabled limb supported by soldier,
and others MANNED and disfgured and
exhausted-and with her own hand 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 flags-France, Turkey, England and
Sardinia-and beneath 1t map of the Cri-
mea spread over gun wheel. And what
rewards are suggested to all readers of his
tory by mere mention of the Waterloo
medal, and the Cape medal, and the Gold
Cross medal, and the medals struck for
bravery in our American wars. But how
insignificant all these compared with the
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 of the redeemed and the un-
fallen, Jesus, our King, shall divide the
spoil! The more wounds the greater the
inheritance. The longer the forced march
tho brighter the trophy. The more ter
rible the exhaustion the moro glorious the
transport. Not the gift of q brilliant rib
bon or a medal Of brass or silver or gold,
but a kingdom in which we are to reign
for ever and ever. Mansions on the eternal
hills. Dominions of unfading power. EN-
pires Of unending love. Continents of ever
lasting light. Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Of billowing joy.
1t was great day when Aurelian, the
Roman emperor, came back from his VIC
tories In the front of the procession were
wild beasts from all lands, 1000 gladia-
tors, richly clad; wagon loads Of crowns
and trophies presented by csPquered Cities
among the captives Syrians, Egyptians,
Goths, Vandals, Sarmatians, Franks and
Zenobia, the beautiful captive queen. on