The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-02-13

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brought In: Thank God found Christ as my
Saviour last night! The.blood Of Jesus Christ,
His son, fcleanseth us from all sin. !" oh,
my friends, II all right for tho next world,
the years cannot gallop past too rapidly. It
1t we're possible for the centuries to take the
speed of the years, and the years the speed
OF the days, and the days the speed of the
shorter our life the longer our heaven. The
sooner we get out Of the perils OF this life, II
our work be done, the better. No man Is
safe till he Is dead. Better men than we
have been wrecked, and at all ages. Lord
and Lady Napier were on horseback on a
road in India. Lord Napier suddenly said
to Lady Napier, "Ride on and fetch assist
and was soon out OF sight. The fact was a
tigers eyes glared on them from
the thicket, and he did not daro to
tell her, lest, affrlghted, she fall in the
danger and perhaps lose her life From all
sides of US, on this read of life, there are
perils glaring on us, from tigers of tempta-
ton, and tigers of accident. and tigers of
death and the sooner we get out Of the perils
of this life the better. Let 1897 take the
place of 1896, aud 1898 the place of 1897, and
our souls will be landed where there shall be
'snothing to hurt or destroy in all Gods holy
mount" ''No lion shall be there, nor any
ravenous beast shall go up thereon. 1t shall
not be found there, but the redeemed shall
walked there. And the ransomed Of the
Lord shall return and come to Zion, with
songs and everlasting Joy upon their heads.
They shall obtain Joy and gladness, and
sorrow and 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 bouevards 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 igurative or literal, you
must admit that none but cavalry horses are
mentioned as being in heaven. John xix
IA, THE armies which we're 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 tcid. ia Clipped in blood" not blood
OF human slaughter. as many other con-
blood, blood of crucifixion 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 red 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 COM
ing thousands through the long day ofheav-
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 a part of it. There
they pass, the equestrians and equestriennes
of heaven, regiments of evangelists, of tract
distributors, of street preachers, OF salvation
armies, of once half starved home mission
aries OF the frontiers, OF those who did in
conspicuous service for Christ and never had
their name in the newspapers but once, and
that In the notice of their own o5sequies-a
notice not accompanied by the request,
''Send no flowers" for there was no danger
that there would be a 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 more exposure,
less caution and more courage, less shelter
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 cavalrywomen of the Lord God Al
mighty. No chargers OF heaven too white
or too arched OF neck or too prancng OF
gait for those seated on them. If Jobs war
horse. while the battle was going on, said,
"Ha, hal" shall not these chargers, now that
the day is won, utter more jubilant "Ha,
hai" Forward, under arches of triumph, by
rainbowed of eternal JOY and amid
gardens abloom with unfading effiorescence,
and along palaces where. after they have
these souls shall reign forever
and ever, they march. they brandlsh their
weapons with which they gained bloodless
victory, and they risa in stirrups of gold to
greet all the rest of heaven gazing upon them
from the amethystine balconies. A glorious
heaven it will be for all Of us who anywhere
and anyhow served the Lord, but an especial
heaven, a mounted heaven, professional
heaven for 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 breaking door OF the closing
year go shut. When that closes. better doors
will open. The world Is brightest and hap
piest years are yet to come. Toward them
we speed on in the swiftest stirrup. Cav
airy charge at Inkerman was not so rapid.
At last the equestrians equal the chargers,
At last the riders are as many as the horses.