The Yale expositor., 1902-02-28
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/ Eden. the same that Ezekiel saw up
holding tne throne OF God. and from
which look away. for the splendor Is
insufferable. Here are the guardian
angels. That one watched a patriarch;
this one protected a child: that one has
been pulling a soul out OF temptation!
| All these are messengers OF light,
Those drove the Spanish armada on
the rocks. This turned Seunachorib's
living hosts into a heap OF $4,000
corpses. Those yondor chanted the
Christmas carol over Bethlehem until
the chant awoke tho shepherds. And
! there. boiler and mightier than all. Is
| Michael, the archnnEel. To command
an earthly host gives dignity. but this
one ia leader OF the 10000 chariots Of
God and OF the ten thousand times ten
| thousand angels. ! think God gives
! command 90 the archangel. and the
archangel 10 the scrnpnlm. and the
/ scraphim % The chcrubim. until all the
lower orders Of heaven hear the com
mand and ,, forth on tho high bchest
Now bring on your lions, Who can
fear? All the spectators In tho angelic
/ gallery are our friends. Though the
arena be crowned with temptations VIC
/ shall. with the angelic help strike
them down In the name OF our God
AMI leap on their fallen carcasses! o
bending throng OF bright angelic faces
and swift wings and lightning foot, !
hail you to-day from the dust and
strug gle OF the arena!
look again. ana see the gallery OF
the 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
/ all the world % come into the ark. and
Moses. waiting tin the last Rcd sea
shall divide. and jeremiah waiting for
/ the Jews 10 return, and John Of the
| apocalypse. waiting for the swearing
% .ho angel that time shall be no
/ longer. Glorious spirits, We were
howled AZ. &c were stoned. 20 were spit
upon They have been IN this fight
Themselves. and they are al with rs
Daniel knows all about lions. Paul
look again, and see the gallery Of
the martyrs. Who Is that? Hugh Lat
/ inner. sure enough. Ho would not
apologize for the truth he preached. and
so he died. the night before swinging
from the bcdpost In perfect gle1 ut the
thought OF emancipation. Who Is that
army OF $500? They ara the The
ban legion who died for the faith.
Here is n larger host In magnificent
array. SSi 900. who persisted for Christ
| In the prosecutions OF Dioeletian. Yon-
der Is n family group. Fellcitas OF
/ Rome and her children While they
were dying for the faith she stood en-
couraging then. One son was whipped
TO death by thorng; another was flung
| from rock: another was beheadcd. At
/ last the mother became martyr
/ There they are together a family group
/ In heaven! Yondor IL 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. III I had ten heads. they
should all fall OF for Christ" The
| great throng OF the martyrs They had
/ hot lead poured down their threats:
horses were fastened 90 their hands
and other horses TO their feet. and thus
they were pulled apart; they had their
tongues pulled out by rcdhot plnchers:
they were sewed up In the skins OF an
finals and then thrown to the dogs
they were daubcd with combustiblcs
and set on FIRE! II all the martyrs
stakes that have been kindlCd could he
set at proper distances. they would
make the midnight all the world over
bright as MONDAY! And now they sit
yonder In the martyrs gallery. For
them the fires OF persecution have gone
out: the swords are shcathcd and the
mob hushed. Now they watch us with
an all observing sympathy. They know
all tho pain. all the injustice all the
priyation. They cry: Courage The
fire will not consume; tho floods can
not drown; the lions cannot deyour
Courage down there In the arena"
WHAT Are they all looking? This
hour we answer back the sGlutation
they give and cry. Hail. sons and
daughters OF the fire."
/ look again and | zee another gal
lery-that OF eminent Christians. WHAT
strikes me strangely Is the mixing In
companionship Of those who on earth
could not agree. There Is Albert
Barnes and around him the presbytory
who tried him for heterodoxy. Yon-
der are Lyman Beecher and the church
court that denounced him. Stranger
than all. there are John Calvin and
James Arminiusl Who would have
thought that they would SIT so loving.
j. together? There ere George White.
field and the ministers who would not
let him come into their pulpits bccaus,
they thought him a fanatic. There arC
. the swco; singers Toplady. Montgom
cry. Charles Wesley. Isaac Watts and
Mrs. SIgournoy. II heaven had had
70 music before they went up. the,
{ would have started the singing. And
% there the hand OF missionarios-DlviC
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