The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-05-14

long ago in the scSroor2. 'ea .hou faithful
unto death. ani will CIV ther = Gown"
BIT notice that there is only one Being
in the universe who can an. viii Distribute
the trophies % earth aai halTen. I is the
Divine Warrior. the Commander-il Chief OF
the Centuries, tho ChanpiOn % AGES, the
Universal COn1uerOr. the Son OF God. Jesus.
NOu will t:.ie tho sDoiiS from His han1 Or
never tqka thon at all. Have His frien lship.
md YOU may defy all time AMI all eternity.
but without it YOU are q pauDer, thou n you
hal a I'M verse at Your command. We are
toII in Revelation that jacobs twelve sons
were 50 hOnored as TO have the twelve gates
OF heaven named after tham-over one gate
OF heaven NaDhtai, over anOthe- gate Of
heaven 1esachar. over another Dan. over
another Cad. over another ZnbulOn. 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 atoneEnent.
I must or be forlorn wretch forever. My
Lord and my God, make me, and all who
hear ne this day. and all to whom these
words shall come, Thy repentant. believing,
sworn, consecratai and ransoned followers
forever.
What day it will be. This entire
assemb!age would rise to its feet if Won could
| realize it. the day in which Christ shall. in
fullllmolt Of my text, divide the SPOIL.
1t was great day when Queen Victoria. in
the midst Of the Crimean War, distributed
medals to the soldiers who had como home
sick ana wounded. At the Horseguards in
presence of the Royal family. the injured
men wero carried in or came on crutches-
Colonel Tro wbridge. VINO lost both feet at
Inkermann, and Captain Sayar. who had the
ankle Joint of his right leg shot OF at Alma,
and Captain Cure, his disabled limb sup
ported by Il soldier, and others MANNED and
| disfgurol and exhausted-and with her own
hand the Queen gave each the Crimean
medal. And what triumphant days for
those soldiers when, farther on. they received
| the French medal. with the imperial eagle.
| and the Turkish medal, with its repre-
sentation of four fags-France, Turkey
England and Sardinia-and beneath it
a map Of the Crimea spread over a
gun wheel. And what rewards are
suggested to all readers OF history by
mere mention of the Waterloo medal, and
the Cape medal, and the Gold Cross medal
and tho 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 unfallen. Jesus, our King. shall d.
vide 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 gloriousthe
transport. Not the gift Of a brilliant ribbon,
or a medal of brass, or silver or gold. but q
kingdom in which we are to reign forever
and ever. Mansions on the eternal hills.
Dominions Of unfading power. Empires Of
amending love- Continents of everlasting
light Atlantic and Pacific Oceans of bilow-
ing Joy.
It was a great day when Aure!ia1. the
Roman emperor. came back from his vic
tories. In the front of the procession were
wild beasts from all lands. sixteen hundred
gladiators richly clad, wagon loads OF
! crowns and trophies presented by conquered
| tians. Goths, Vandals. SamaritanS, Franks.
and Zenobia. the beautiful captive queen, on
| foot in chains OF gold that slave ha to
help her carry AMI jewels under the weight
| of which she almost tainted. And then came
the chariot Of Aurelian drawn by four ele-
puants in gorgeous caparison, and followed
by the Roman senate and the Roman army,
and from dawn till day the procession
was passing. Rome in all her his
tory never saw anything more mag
nifcent. But how much greater the
day when our conqueror. Jesus.
shall ride under the triumphal arches of
heaven. His captives, not on foot. but in
chariots, all the kingdoms Of earth and
heaven in procession. The armies celestial
! on Whlte horses. RumOnnS artillery OF
! thunterbolts never again to be numbered.
Kingdoms in line, centuries in line. sanity
cherubic, seraphic, arcnangelic spendors in
line, and Christ seated on one great rolling
hosanna, made out of all halleluiahs of a!
worlds. shall cry halt to the procession. And
not forgetting even the humbess in all The
reach of His omnipresence. He shall rise
and then and there. His work done and Hi:
glory consummated, proceed. amid al ecstasy
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acined, to divide the spoil.