Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-17

scaled and the tears wiped away and
the souls redeemed The Roman cm-
per3r sat. wi,h folded arms. ind.nc.
ent as to whether the swordsman or
the lion beat. but our Kings svmpa-
thics are all with us-nay. uuheard OF
condescensionl | see him come down
from the gallery into the arena 70 help
MS in the fight. shouting until all up
and down his voice is heard: Fear
not! ! will help theel ] will strength
en- thee by the right hand of my pow
err
| look again, and see the angelic
gallery. There they are-the angel
that swung tbs sword az the gate Of
Eden, the same that Ezekiel saw up
holding tue throne of God. and from
which ! look away, for the splendor is
insufferable Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched patriarch;
this one protected a child; that one has
been pulling soul out of temptation!
All these are messengers of light!
Ihosc drove the Spanish armada on
the rocks. This turned Sennacherib's
living hosts into a heap of $4,000
corpses. Those yonder chanted the
Christmas carol over Bethlehem until
the chant awoke the shepherds. And
there, holier and mightier than all, is
Michael, the archangel. TO command
an earthly host gives dignity but this
one is leader of the 10000 chariots of
God and Of the ten thousand times ten
thousand angels. | think God gives
command to the archangel, and the
archangel to the seraphim. and the
seraphim to the cherubim. until all the
| lower orders of heaven hear the com
| mand ana 80 forth on the high behest
Now bring on your lions! Who can
| fear? All the spectators in the angelic
| gallery are our friends. Though the
arena be crowned with temptations. we
shall, with the angelic help, strike
them down in the name of our God
and leap un their isllep carcasses, o
bending throng Of bright angelic faces
and swift wings and lightning foot. l
hail you to-day from the dust and
struggle of the arenal
look again, and | see the gallery of
! tho prophets and apostles Who are
those mighty ones up yonder? Hosea
and jeremiah and Daniel and Isaiah
and Paul and Peter and John and
James. There sits Noah. waiting for
ali tue world to come into the ark, and
Moses, waiting till the last Red sea
shall divide, and jeremiah. waiting for
the Jews to return. and John of the
apocalypse, waiting for the swearing
OF the angel that time shall be no
longer. Glorious spirits Ye were
howled at, ye were stoned, ye were spit
upon! They have been in this fsht
themselves and they are all with us.
Daniel knows all about lions. Paul
fought with beasts at Ephesus.
! look again, and see the gallery of
the martyrs Who is that? Hugh Lat
imer sure enough! He would not
apologize for the truth he preached, and
so he died, the night before swinging
from the bedpost in perfect CLEO at the
thought of emancipation Who is that
army of 6,666? They are the The
ban legion who died for the faith.
Here is a larger host in magnificent
array, $4,000, who perished for Christ
der is a family group, Felicitas OF
Rome and her children. While they
were dying for the faith she stood en-
couraging them. One son was whipped
to death by thorns another was flung
from a rock; another was beheaded. Al
last the mother became martyr
There they are together, family group
in heavenl Yonder is John Bradford
who said in The fire, I'VE shall have a
merry supper with the Lord tonight
Yonder is Henry Woes, who exclaimed
as he died. IF | had ten heads, they
should all fall off for Christi The
great throng of the martyrsl They haC
hot lead poured down their throats;
horses were fastened to their hand.
and other horses to their feet, and thus
they were pulled apart; they had theil
tongues pulled out by redhot pinchers
they were sewed up in the skins of an,
imals and then thrown to the dogs
they were daubed with combustiblel
and set on fret If all the martyrs
stakes that have been kndled could bt
set at proper distances. they woulC
make the midnight all the world ovei
bright as MONDAY! And now they si
yonder in the martyrs gallery Fol
them the fires of persecution have gon,
out; the swords are sheathed and tn,
/ mob hushed, Now they watch US Will