. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. with the young Prince Imperial,son of the Emperor, over at the Tuileries; itwas better to have been a soldier of the GreatNapoleon, than to be young, and rich, and theheir to a throne. Ah, it is much more to be aChristian! Then, oici- General is coming home againsome day. Not as Napoleon came; —moregloriously even than they brought him; andnot sleeping in a coffin unmindful of all that isdone in his honor. He will come as the LivingRedeemer; come with the angels attending, andnot riding in ships, or in funeral cars, but inchar
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. with the young Prince Imperial,son of the Emperor, over at the Tuileries; itwas better to have been a soldier of the GreatNapoleon, than to be young, and rich, and theheir to a throne. Ah, it is much more to be aChristian! Then, oici- General is coming home againsome day. Not as Napoleon came; —moregloriously even than they brought him; andnot sleeping in a coffin unmindful of all that isdone in his honor. He will come as the LivingRedeemer; come with the angels attending, andnot riding in ships, or in funeral cars, but inchariots of salvation. He will come, not to behoused in a tomb, as Napoleon is, however gor-geously, but to open the tombs with the word HOW THE GENERAL CAME HOME. 139 of his mouth, and to call up the sleeping saintsto meet their Lord in the air. Oh, let me be a soldier of Jesus. Let me beone of those who shall welcome him when hecomes again to be admired in all them thatbelieve, to take unto him his kingdom in finaltriumph, and reign forever and ever. Uncle
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