Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-08

brought In Thank Col found Christ A. ny
Saviour last night, The.biooi OF Jesus Christ
HIS son. cleanssth u from all sin. on'
my friends. d an right for the next world,
the years cannot eallop past too rapidly. II
Il were possible Tor the centuries - take the
speed Of the years. aud the years the speed
OF the days, and tho days the speed OF tue
hours, they could do "a no harm. lhe
shorter our lie the longer our heaven. Inc
sooner We get out ofthe perils OF this HE II
our work b. done. the better. No man Is
sale till he Is dead. Better men than We
have been wrecked. and az all ages. Lord
aud Lady Napier were on horseback on q
road Ia India. Lord Napier suddenly SAID
20 Lady Napier, "Riie on aud fetch assist
ance and DO not ask me why" She sped on
and was soon out Of sight. The fact was u
tigers eyes glarsd on them from
the thieket, and he did not dara 70
tell her, lest, aflr,chted. she fall In the
danger and perhaps lose her life. From All
sides Of US, on this read OF life. there are
pcriis glazing on US, from tigers oil tempta-
ton, and tigers Of accident, and tigers OF
heath. aud the sooner We get out OF the perlli
OF this life the better. Let 1897 take the
place OF 1895, and 1898 the place OF 1897, and
our souls will be landed whore there shall be
"nOthing 10 hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
mount 'NO lion shall bs there, nor any
rayenous beast shall 20 up thereon. 1t shall
not he found there, but the redeemed shalt
walked there. And the raus0med OF the
Lord shall return and come TO Zion, with
songs and everlasting Joy upon their heads.
They shalt obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow ana signing shall flee away"
Oh, will 1t not be grand when from the
windows and doors OF the mouse OF many
mansions we look out and see passing along
the golden boulevards OF heaven the white
horse cavalry that st. John describes in
Revelation? John Wesley said he thought
horses had souls, but take the story in
Revelation as iigurative or literal, YOU
must admit that none but cavalry horses are
mentioned as being in heaven. John xix
II, 1.-THE armies which were IN heaven fol-
lowed Him upon white horses" You see.
they are mounted troops. Their leader is in
deep crimson attire. His vesture, We
are tcli, i5 clipped in blood not blood
OF human slaughter, as many other con-
querOrs have their attire, but His own
blood. blood Of crucinxion agony. the
blood by which He redeemed you and me.
That deep red of garment is in vivid con-
trast with the snowy white charger on which
our Lord is seated. And no saved sinner
can gaze on that rcd and tina. white without
remembering that Though his sins were once
red like crimson they have become whittier
than snow. Oh, those celestial cavalcades
whom our ConquerOr in scarlet shall lead on
through the streets OF heaven. Wide streets,
hundreds Of mounted troops abreast, long
streets, thousands in sight followed by CON-
ing thousands through the long day OF heav-
en- which hath no setting sun. Mind you. only
the cavalry 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 pro-
cession but will not be part Of it. There
, they pass, the equeStrians and equestrlennes
OF heaven, regiments OF eyanSelists, of tract
distributors, OF street preachers, of salvation
armies, of once half starved home mission
/ aries of the frontiers, of those who did in
/ cons picuOus service for Christ and never had
their name 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 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
Oh earth we had had less salary and more
/ hardship, less comfort and moro exposure,
/ less caution and more courage, less shelter
1 and more storm. less smooth sailing and
more cyclone, and that we had dared all at
the front instead OF taking good care OF our
selves in the rear. Forward mounted
/ troOps Favorites of heaven, Cavalrymen
| and cavairywomen of the Lord God Al
mighty. No chargers Of heaven too white
or too archel of neck or too prancing of
gait for those seated ON them II Jobs war
horse, whe the battle was going on, said,
"lIa. hal" shall not these chargers, now that
the day is won, utter a more iuDilant "Ha,
hap Forward, under arches of triumph, by
fountains rainbowed of eternal JOY and amid
gardens abloOm with unfallnE eflorescence,
and along palaces where. after they have
dismounted, these souls shall reign forever
and ever, they march. they braudish their
weapons with which they gained bloodless
victory. and they rise in stirrups of gold to
greet all the rest OF heaven gazing upon them
from the amethystinc balconies. A glorious
heaven it will be for all of US who anywhere
and anyhow served the Lord, but an especial
heaven, Il mounted heaven, a professional
heaven ior those who have done outside
work. exposed work, and belonged to the
Lords cavalry THE armies which were In
heaven followed Him upon white horses"
! Then, let the creaIing door Of the closing
year go shut. When that closes. better doors
will open. The world brightest and hap
piest years are yet to come. Toward them
we speed on in the swittest stirrup. Cav
airy charge at Inkerman was not 50 rapid.
At last the equestrians equal the chargers.
At last the riders are as many as the horses.