Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-14

fnd that mercy which they have
refused to me, thy most unworthy
but faithful servant, Amen" He rose
up and said: "lsabel, the hour is come OF
which l spoke to you on the morning when
proposed hand and heart to you, and are
you willing now for the love of God TO let
me diep She put her arms around him
and said; "The Lord gave, and the Lord
nath taken away. Blessed be the name OF
the LordV Stop that snivelling," said
ClaverhOuse; al have had ENOUGH of It.
soldiers, do your work. Take aim FireW
ana the head OF John Brown was scattered
on the ground. While the wife was gath
ering ny In her apron the fragments OF her
husbands head, gathering them up for
burial, Claverhouse looked into her face
and said: "Now, my good woman. how
do you feel now about your bonnie manw
on" she said 81 always thought we'll OF
him; he has been very good to me. l had
no reason for thinking anything but we'll
OF him, and think better OF him now"
., what n grand thing 10 will be in the
last day to see God pick out His heroes
and heroinesl Who are those paupers
OF eternity trudging of from the gates of
heavenY Who are they? The Loru
ClaVerhouses and the Herods, and those
who had sceptres and crowns and thorns,
but they lived for their own aggrandize-
ment, and they broke the heart of nations.
Heroes OF earth, but paupers in eternity
beat the drums of their eternal despair.
Woel woel woel
But there is great excitement in heaven.
Why those long prOcessionsp Why the
booming OF that great bell In the towerg
1t is coronation day In heaven. Who are
those rising on the thrones with crowns
OF eternal royalty? They must have been
great people on earth-world-renow
people. No; they taught in ragged
school. Taught in ragged schooy
Taught In ragged SCHOOL, Is that allY
That 10 all. Who are those souls waving
sceptres Of eternal dominionS Why,
they were little children who waited
on invalid mothers. That all2 That's
all. She was called "Little Mary" on
earth; she Is an empress now. Who are
that great multitude on the highest
thrones OF heaven? Who are they2 Why,
they fed the hungry, they clothed the
naked, they healed the sick, they com
forted the heart-broken. They never
found any rest until they put their head
down on the sepulchre. God watched
them. God laughed defiance at the enc
mics who put their heels hard down on
these, His dear children; and one day the
Lord struck his hand so hard on His
thigh that the omnipotent sword ratified
in the scabbard as He said: ~ am their
God, and no weapon formed against them
shall prosper" What harm can the
world do you when the Lord Almighty,
with unsheathed sword, fights for you?
l preach this sermon this morning in
comfort. Go home to the place where
God has put you to play the hero or the
heroine. Do not envy any man his money
or his applause, or his social position.
DO not envy any woman her wardrobe or
her exquisite appearance. BE the hero
or the heroine. Ii there be no -four In the
house, and YOU don't know where your
children are TO get bread, listen and you
viii hear something tapping against the
window pane. Go 10 the window and
you will find it is the beak OF a raven,
and open the window and there will fly
In the messenger that fed Elijah. Do you
think that the God who grows the cotton
OF the South will let you freeze for lack
OF clothes? Do you think that
the God who allowed the dlscl-
pies, on Sunday morning, 70 20 into
the grainheld, and then take
the grain and rub IL In their hands and
eat--dO you think God VIII let you starve?
Did you ever hear the experience OF that
old manY 81 have been young, and now
am old; yet have ! not seen the righteous
man iorsaken, nor hts seed begging
bread" Get up out OF your discourage
ment, o troubled sOull o, sewing wOmenl
o, men kicked and cufed by unjust en-
ployersl o. We who are hard beset I'm the
battle of life, and know not which way TO
turn o, you bereft onel o, you sick one
with complaints you have told TO no Onel
Come and get the comfort OF this subject.
Listen 10 our great Captains cheer; "To
him that overcOmeth viii give TO eat OF
the tree Of life which Is In the midst OF
the paradise Of GodV