Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-05-02

realize It. the day IN which Christ shall.
in fuliil!mcnt II my text, divide the spoil
1t was great day when Queen Victoria.
in the midst uf the Crimcan war, distrib-
uted medals Ia the soldiers who had come
homo sic, =. 4 wounded NJ the Horse
guards, in presence 81 the royal family,
tho injured mon Woru carried in or came
on crutcht>- Colonel irowhridgc, who
lost butA feet so lnkcrmnnn, and Captain
Saycr, who had The ankle joint ut his right
leg shoI oil at Alma, ana Captain Cure,
his disabled limb supported hy a soldier,
and others manned and disi,gUrrd and
oxhaustrd-and with her own hand the
queen gave each the Crimcan medal. And
what triumphant days tor those soldiers
when, further ON, they received the French
medal with the imperial eagle and tho
Turkish medal with its representation Of
four flags France. Turkey, England and
Sardinia-and beneath IL ii map Of the Cri-
mca spread over "A gun wheel. And what
rewards are suggested to all readers of his
tory by mere mention of the Waterloo
medal, and the Cair 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 como in out OF tho battles of this
world, and, in the presence Of all the piled
up galleries of the redeemed and tho UNI
fallon, Jesus, our King, shall divide tho
spoill Tho more wounds the greater the
inheritance. The longer the forced march
tho brighter tho trophy. The moro ter
rible the exhaustion the more glorious tho
transport Not the gift Of brilliant rib
bon or medal ui brass or silver or gold,
but kingdom in which We are to reign
for ever and ever Mansions on the eternal
hills. Dominion> Of unfading power. En-
pircs of uncnding love Continents of ever
lasting light Atlantic and Pacific oceans
OF billowinS joy
1t was great day when Aurclinn, the
Roman emperor, came back from his vic
tories. In the front of the procession were
wild beasts from all lands, 900 gladia-
tors, richly clad; wagon loads of crowns
and trophies presented by conquered cities,
among the captives SyrianS Egyptians,
Goths NandalS, Sarmatians, Franks, and
Zcnobia the beautiful car ,tivc queen, ON
foot in chains OF gold that "a slave had To
help her carry, and jewels under the
weight Of which she almost tainted, and
then camc tho chariot of Aurelian drawn
by four elephants In gorgeous caparison
and followed by tho Roman senate and the
Roman army. and from dawn till dark
tho procession was passing. Rome In all
her history never saw anything moro mag
niflccnt. But how much greater the day
when our Conqucror. Jesus, shall ride I'M
der tho triumphal arches of heaven, his
captivos not on foot, but in chariots, all
the Kingdoms Of earth and heaven in pro-
ccssion, tho armies celestial on white
horses. Rambling artillery Of thunder
bolts never again to be unlimbcrcd. King
doms In line. centuries in line, sanity,
cherubic, seraphlc, archangclic splendors
in line, and Christ seated ON one great
rolling hosanna. made out Of all hallclu-
iahs of all worlds, shall cry halt to the
procession. And not forgetting even the
humhlest In all the reach II his omniprcs-
ence he shall rise, and then and there, his
work done and his glory consummated,
proceed, amid an ecstasy such rs neither
mortal nor immortal ever imagined 10 di-
vide the spoil.