The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-08

by such acts, make matters worse. Inc ciouos
that look 90 dark now may be lightsned up, in
part, from unlocked for quarters.
Again Paul says: ~ have finished my
course" Here the figure is changed from
battle to q race. Allusion 10 made to the
Grecian games. No obstacle had been allowed
to deter him from finishing the race be had
begun. During one Of the battles Of the late
war, two brothers moved side by side into bat
tie. Presently one WAS shot dead. The other
threw himself upon the body OF his brother,
uttered a cry Of grief, and then hurried on to
join his company. Trouble might arrest his
progress, might make him feel sad, but it did
not so overpower him as to render HIM unht
for duty For all this he would finish his
course.
I saw the other day picture OF Napoleon
crossing the Alps. Mountains are piled on
mountains, until the snow capped summiss
reach beyond the clouds. Yawning chasms,
and inaccessible heights are there. An ava
lanche now and then breaks the solemn solitude.
Napoleon and his army come to the base OF
these mountains and halt. To finish this
course, these must be passed The great Gen.
eral says to his Engineer, SIS it possible to
pass" Barely possible" was the reply
"Verv well. advance" was the immediate
command. Thirty thousand men, horses and
artillery go over the mountains and land in
triumph upon the plains Of Italy. In the
course prescribed for the christian. unnumber-
ed Alps are found surmount these as best
you can and 90 ahead.
Then Paul says: ~ have kept the faith"
In his struggles with the world, Paul did not
emerge with many possessions. As the old
hero comes out OF his dungeon and walks to
the place of execution, ask him what he has
kept" Have you any property Not dollar.
Have your friends at all times stood by you
No, all men forsook me-" Have you en-
joyed you hborty2 No, prison walls have been
around me. Have you saved you life, even'
No, the az at this moment is waiting to sever
my head from my body. Well then, Paul.
what have you kept? With face beaming with
kept the FAITH" While having lost all else, I
have chung to my hope in Christ, and the
hungry flames, the lions fangs and the heads
mans AZ are all alike powerless TO take that
from me.
To account for this, there was in Paul an
inward life that the world did not see. l have
stood fifteen miles away and looked of to-
wards the tower Of the FarnacS Works IN New
burg, o. BY day and by night the light WAS
flaming forth from the summit of that tower.
No ram extinguished that light. This WAS
because inside the building, unseen by those
outside, was fire whose heat was 30 intense
as to melt iron, This gave rise to the fame
that illuminated the heavens. And when we
see that Paul, amid the most trying circum-
stances, kept the light Of christian life ever
before the world, we know that deep in his
heart unseen OF men, were fires that God alone
could kindle.
6 Because OF this noble endurance he ex-
pected the crown of righteousness. He oftmes
exhorted christians to be on their guard that
this crown be not lost At the Centennial
saw the picture of 'he marriage of the Prince
of Wales. This is rare work OF art. 1t was
taken from the Queens palace and brought to
Philadelphia. man was employed to remain
with the picture constantly to guard it. The
Queen sent kilograms frequently inquiring
after its safety. To protect so valuable paint
ing it was worth while to watch it with great
carefulness. The admontion is. watch,
therefore that no man take thy crown"