The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-02-12

ont! II you are going to pray steer clear OF
the King, the Council and Richard Cam
erou.v 80 Lord" said John Brown, "since
IL seems to be thy will that 1 should leave
this world Tor q world where can love thee
hotter and serve thee more, put this poor
widow woman, and these helpless, father
less children into thy hands. We have been
together in peace and good will, but
now we must look forth to better meeting
in heaven: and as for these poor creatures.
blindfolded and infatuated, that stand be-
fore me. convert them before it be too late,
and NAV they who have sat in Judgment
in this little place, on this blessed morning.
upon me, poor, defenseless feiiow-cre
ture, may they in that last Judgment find
that mercy which they had refused to me,
thy most unworthy, but faithful servant.
Amenw He rose up and said: isabel,
the hour is come of which I spoke to you
on the morning when proposed hand and
heart to you, and are you willing for the
love of God to let me dieW She put her
arms around him and said: 1.-The Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord" "Stop
that snivelling," said Clavehouse; II have
had enough of 1t. Soldiers, do your
work. Take aim! Fire" and the
head of John Brown was scattered on
the ground. While the wife was
gathering up in her apron the fragments
ments of her husbands head, gathering
them up for burial, Claverhouse looked into
her face and said: snow, my good woman,
how do you feel now about your bonnie
mani" "Oh," she said, 81 always thought
wen of him; he has been very good to me.
had no reason for thinking anything but
now.n
o, what u grand thing 1t win be in the
last day to see God pick out his heroes and
heroines! Who are those paupers of eter-
nifty srudging of from the gates of Heaven!
Who are theyy The Lord Claverhouses
and the Herods, and those who had scep-
ters and crowns and thrones; but they
lived for their own aggrandizement, and
they have broke the heart of nations.
Heroes of earth, but paupers of eternity!
beat the drums of their eternal despair.
Woe! Woe Woe!
But there is great excitement in Heaven.
Why those long processionss Why the
booming of that great bell in the toweri It
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, worldrenowned
people. No, they taught in a ragged
school. Taught in a ragged school?
Taught in ragged school. Is that all?
That is all, who are those souls waving
scepters Of eternal dominion! Why, they
were little children who waited on invalid
mothers. That all: That's all. She was
called Little Mary" on earth; she is an
Empress now. Who are that great multi
tude ON the highest thrones Of Heaven?
Who are theyf Why, they fed the hum
cry, they clothed the naked, they
healed the sick, they comforted
the heart broken. They never
found any rest until they put their head
down on the sepulcher. God watched
them. God laughed defiance at the ene-
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 rs he said: al am their God, and
no weapon formed against them shall
prosper" What harm can the world do
you when the Lord Almighty, with un-
sheathed sword, fights for you?
Ipreach the 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, Of his
social position. Do not envy any
woman her wardrobe or her exquisite APP
pearance. 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 will hear something
tapping against the window pane. Go to
the window and you win find it is the beak
Of a raven, and open the window and there
win dy In the messenger that fed Elijah.
Do you think that the God who grows the
cotton in the South will let you freeze for
lack Of clothess Do you think that the
God who allowed the disciples, ON Sunday
morning, to 60 into the grain field, and
then take the grain and rub it in their
hands and eat, do you think God
will let You starve: Did you
ever hear the experience Of
that old mani II have been young and
now am old; yet have not seen the right
eous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread"
Get up out Of your Encouragement, o
troubled souli O sewing women! O men
kicked and cufRed by unjust employersl o
ye who are hard beset in the battle Of life,
and know not which way to turn! o you
bereft one! o you sick one with complaints
you have told to no one! come and get the
comfort OF this subject. Listen to our great
Captains cheer:
ITO him that overcometh win I give to
eat Of the tree Of life which il in the midst
Of the paradise Of 0odv'
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