Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-12-31

or human slaughter, as many other con-
querors have their attire, but his own
blood, blood Of cruciflxion agony, the
blood by which he redeemed you and me.
That deep red garment Is in vivid contrast
with the snowy white charger on which
our Lord is seated. And no saved sinner
can gaze on that red and that white with
out remembering that though his sins
were once red, like crimson, they have be-
bome whittier than snow.
The Lords Cavalry.
oh, those celestial cavalcades whom
our conqueror in scarlet shall lead on
through the streets of heavenI Wide
streets, hundreds Of mounted troops
abreast; long streets, thousands in sight,
followed by coming thousands through
the long day of heaven which hath no
setting sun. Mind you, only the caval
ry are In that shining procession, those
who did work outside the forts, those who
dared all things for God, those who had
In them the spirit Of holy dash. We who
did easy work may look at that procession,
but will not be part Of it There they
pass, the equestrians and equestriennes of
heaven, regiments of evangelists, of tract
distributors, Of street preachers, of saliva
tion armies, of once half starved home
missionaries on the frontiers, of those who
did inconspicuous service for Christ and
never had their names in the newspapers
but once, and that in the notice of their
own obsequies, notice not accompanied
by the request, "Send no flowers" for
there was no danger that there would be a
profusion of flowers
AS from the windows and doors of the
"house of many mansions" we look on the
passing spectacle some of us will wish that
on earth we had had less salary and more
hardship, less comfort and more exposure,
less caution and more courage, less shelter
and more storm, less smooth sailing and
moM cyclone, and that we had dared all
at the front instead of taking good care Of
ourselves in the rear. Forward, mounted
troopsl Favorites of heavenl Cavalrymen
and cavalrywomen of the Lord God AL
mighty. No chargers of heaven too white
or too arched of neck or too pranoing OF
gait for those seated on them. If Jobs
warhorse, while the battle was going on,
said, "Ha, hap shall not these chargers
now that the day is won, utter more jubi
liant "Ha, haH" Forward, under arches Of
triumph, by fountains rainbowed of eter.
nal joy and amid gardens abloom with
unfading eff1orescence and along palaces
where, after they have dismounted, thest
souls shall reign forever and ever, they
march, they brandish their weapons with
which they gained bloodless victory, ant
they rise in stirrups of gold to greet al
the rest of heaven, gazing upon them from
the amethystine balconies. A glorious
heaven 1t will be for all of us who any
where and anyhow served the Lord, but al
especial heaven, mounted heaven, pro
oessional heaven, for those who have don't
outside work, exposed work, and belonged
to the Lords cavalry. "The armies which
were in heaven followed him upon whit,
horses"
Then let the creaking door Of the closing
year go shut. When that closes, better door
will open. The worlds brightest and hap
piest years are yet to come. Toward then
we speed on in swiftest stirrup Cavalr,
charge at Inkerman was not SO rapid
At last the equestrians equal the chargers
At last the riders are as many as tn,
| horses.