St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-06-27

you want your old church friends Of
earth around you? Begin TO hum IN
old revival tune and they will hock
from all quarters to revel with you in
sacred "reminiscences. All the earth for
those who are here ON earth 1T the time
Of continental and planetary distribn.
ton, and all the heavens for those who
are there.
That heavenly distribution Of spoil,
will be surprise to many. Here en-
tiers Heaven the soul of . man who
took up . great deal Of room in the
church on earth, but sacrificed little
and among his good works selfishnese
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, 50 that he could get nd
vantage of the growth Of the city. Well
little by little he.gets grace OF heart
just enough to get him through, and
to him is given q secondhand crown,
which one of the saints wore at the
start, but exchanged for q brighter
one as he went from glory to glory.
And he is put in an old house once oc'
cupied by an angel who was hurled
out Of Heaven at the time of Satan'i
rebellion.
Right after him comes a soul that
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 cantatrice? 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 a mitten or tippet for
the poor, and with her contrivsnccs
she added Joy to many holiday festi-
val, and now with those thin hands &c
strong for kindness and with those
white lips SO strong for supplication,
she has won cornation and enthrone'
ment and jubilee. and Christ said to the
angles who have brought each Z
crown for the glorified 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 a year, and for her every panR
have set an amethyst, and for her every
good deed have set pearl. Fetch II
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
Communicated chief of the Centuries,
the Champion of Ages. the Universal
Conqueror, the Son of God. Jesus. You
will take the spoils from His hand Q,
never take them at all. Have Hit
friendship and you may defy all time
and all eternity, but without it you
are . pauper, though you had . uni
verse at your command. We are told
in Revelation that Jacobs 12 son,
were so honored as to have the 1:
gates of Heaven named after them
over one gate of Heaven Naph
tall. over another gate of Heaven
Issachar, over another Dan, over an
other Cad, over another Zebulon, oveI
another Judah, and so on. But Christ.
name is written all over the gates, and
on every panel of the gates; and have
His help, His pardon, His intercession
His atonefaent, must, Or be q fcrlorr
wretch forever. My Lord and my God
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 II will Dol This entif,
assemblage would rise to its feet II yor
could realize it, the day in which Chris,
shall, in fulfillment Of my text, devid'
the spoil. It was q great day wher
Queen Victoria, in the midst of tn.
Crimean war, distributed medals K
the soldiers who had come home
sick and wounded. At the Horsa
guards, in presence Of the roya
family, the injured men wer'
m vv{>1 - ~ cov,n m ~rm<~hne-
Col. Trowbridge, who lost both feet Al
mixer mann: and Capt Sayer, who hae
the ankle joint of his right leg sho
OF at Alma; and Capt. Cure. his disa
bled limb supported by soldier. and
others MANNED, and disdgured, and ex
hausted-and with her own hands tn,
queen gave each the Crimean medal
And what triumphant days for thos,
soldiers when, further on, they received
the French medal, with the imperia
eagle, and the Turkish medal, with 1t.
representation of four nags-Francc
Turkey, England and Sardinia-ant
beneath It q m ap of the Crimea spread
over a gunwheel. And what reward
are suggested to all readers Of history
Nv mcTc IucuuiOu VI INC NdtcAlOO mcu
III, and the Cape medal, and the Cole
cross medal, and the medals struck TO
bravery in our American wars.
But how Insignificant all these whel
compared with the day when the goo,
soldiers of Jesus Christ shall come il
out Of the battles of this world, and il
the 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 thu
inheritance. The longer the force,
march, the brighter the trophy. Tn
more terrible the exhaustion, the NOR
glorious the transport. Not the gif
Of . brilliant ribbon, or . medal o
brass, or silver, or gold, but . king
dom in which we are to reign foreve
and ever. Mansions on the eternal hills
Dominions of unfading power. EN-
pires of amending love. Continents o
everlasting light. Atlantic and Pacif
oceans Of billowinR joy. It was
day when Aurelian, the Roman emper
or, came back from his victories. In tn
front of the procession were viii,
heastA from all lands 600 Gladiator,