The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-22

heart Just enough 10 got him through, and
20 him Is given aGecond-hnnd crown which
ono OF the saints wore az the start, but ex-
changed for p brighter ono ~ ho vent on
from glory % glory. Aud be "a put in an
old house once occupied By an angel who
was hurled out OF heaven al the time Of
satan's rebellion.
RIghtaitor him comes d soul that makes
great stir among the oeloltlaia and tho an.
gels rush 90 the scene. each bringing 90 hera
dazzling eoronoi Who o. shc2 Over what
realm on earth was she quosn2 In what
great Dusseldorf festival was she the cauta-
tHcol Neither She was an invalid who
never left her room for twenty yeam, but she
was strong Ia prayor-and she prayed down
revival after revival and pentocost alter pen-
tecogt upon the churches, and with her pale
hand she knit many a mittan OR tlppot for
the poor, and with her e0ntnvnncos she add
"a 10y 10 many holiday festival, and now
with those thin hands 30 strong FOR kindness
and with those white lips 30 strong for sup
plication she has won coronation and in-
thronoment and jubilee. And Christ said 20
the angels who have brought each a crown
for tho glonned invalid mo. not these.
They are not good enough. But in the
ieweled vase at the right hand side OF Ny
throne there Is one that have been propar-
ing Tor her many year, and for her every
pang have set an amethyst and for her
every good deed have set pearl. Fetch
It now aud iulall the promise / gave her
long ago In the slckroom, BE thou faithful
unto death. and 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. II a the
Divine Warrior. the C0mmander-ln-Chief Of
the Centuries, tho Champion OF Ages, tho
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 Il you are n pauper; though you
had o universe at your command. We arc
told In Revelation that Jacobs twelve sons
were so honored as 10 have the twelve gates
OF heaven named after them-over one gate
Of heaven Naphtali, over another gate Of
heaven Issaohar, over another Dan, over
another Cad, over another Zebulon. over
another Judah. and so on. But Christ's
name is written over all the gates and on
every panel OF the gates, aud have His help,
His pardon, His intercesslon, His atonement,
! I must or be forlorn wretch forever. Ny
Lord and my God, make me, and all who
| hear me this day. and all to whom these
words shall come, Thy repenlant. believing,
! sworn, consecrated and ransomed followers
forever.
What a day II will be! This entire
assemblage would rise TO its feet n you could
| realize IT, the day In which Christ shall, in
| fulnllment OF my text, divide the spoil.
II was great day when Queen Victoria. in
the midst OF the Crlmean War, distributed
medals to the soldiers who had come home
sick and wounded. At the Horseguards. in
! presence Of the Royal family the injured
men were carried in or came on crutches-
| Colonel Trowbddge, who lost both feet at
Inkermann, and Captain Sayer, who had the
/ - 1. a
/ and Captain Cure, his disabled limb sup
/ ported by a soldier, and others MANNED and
| disagured and exhausted-and with her own
| hand the Queen gave each the Crimean
/ medal. And what triumphant days Tor
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 1t
a map Of the Crimea spread over a
| gun Wheel And what rewards are
suggested to nil readers Of history by
mere mention Of the Waterloo medal, end
the Cape medal, and the Gold Gross medal
and the medals struck for bravery In our
American warsl 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
duu inc uuldllbus jesus our mug buhA III
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 gloriousth
transport. Not the Gift OF a brilliant ribbon,
or medal Of brass, or silver or gold but a
kingdom in which we are to reign forever
and ever. Mansions on the eternal hills
Dominions OF unfading power. Empires Of
unending love. Continents of everlasting
light. Atlantic and Pacific Oceans of billow-
ing Joy.
It was great day when Aurellan, the
Roman emperor. came back from his vic
tories. In the front of the procession were
wild beasts from all lands, sixteen hundred
gIadiators richly clad, wagon loads OF
crowns and trophies presented by conquered
cities. Among the captives Syrlans, Egyp-
tians. Cloths, Vandals. Samaritans, Franks,
and Zenobia, the beautiful captive 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 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 tho procession
was passing. Rome in all her his
tory never saw anything more mag
nificent. But how much greater the
day when our conqueror, Jesus,
shall ride under the triumpnal arcneS Oh
heaven. His captives, not on foot. but in
chariots, all the kingdoms of earth and
heaven In procession. The armies celestial
on white horses Rambling artillery OF
thunderbolts never again to be unlimbered.
Kingdoms in line, centuries in line, sanity
cherubic, seraphic, archangelic splendors in
line, and Christ seated on one great rolling
hosanna, made out Of all halleluiahs of al
worlds, shall cry halt to the procession. And
To- hv4y ,laak In al
reach of His omnipresence, He shall rise
and then and there. His work done and Iii
glory consummated, proceed, amid an ecstasy
such as neither mortal nor immortal ever inn
agined, to divide the spoil.
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