The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-10

an = q De &lorlEed with me in
heaven What is the highest tbraro \
heayen2 Yon say: "The throne ~ IVA -.
1od Almighty end the Lemb. No donht
aDout i. What is the next highest throne Il
heayenf While | speak ii seems to me tba+
VIII De the throne of the drunknrd's w;fe II
she Win cheerful patienns endured AM bar
earthly torture. Heroes and hofoines.
una also IN this RON the heroes OF Chris.
nan CHARITY. We all admire the GEORGE
ea9oaJs ana une James LenOxes of the
eaIsn Wno gave tens and hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars TO good objects
But ! an speaking this morning ~ tl.os.
who, u of their pinched poye-tv beIn
others-of such men as those Christian mis-
slonaries at the West, who are living an $3.50
a year that they may proclaim Christ Ia tbe
people, one OF them, writing to the secretarv
IN New York, saying: 81 thank Won for tbat
20. Until yesterday we have had no meat.
IN our house for three months. We have
suheFed terribly. My children have no
sloes TINS winter" And of those people
WHO nave only a half loaf OF bread but
give a piece Of it to others who are bun.
grier; and Of those who have only 4
seuttle Of coal, but help Others to fuel;
and OF those who have onIv Il
dollar IN their pocket, and give % cents to
somebody else; and of that father who wears
2 shabby coat, and ofthat mother who wears
O faded dress, that their children may be well
appareled. You call them pauDers. or raga-
mmls' or emlgrants, I call them heroes
and heroines. You and / NAV not know
where they live, or what their name is. God
Knows, and they have more angels lowering
over them than you end / have, and they win
nave q higher seat in heaven.
They mayhave only a cup Of cold water to
give apoor traveller, ormay have only picked a
splinter from underthenail Of a child's finger,
or have put only 5wo mites into the treasury.
but the Lord knows them. Considering what
they had, they did more than we have ever
done, and their faded dress will become a
white robe, and the small room will be an
eternal mansion, and the old hat viii be a
coronet Of victory, anG all the applause OF
earth and OIL the shouting of hoaven viii be
drowned ont when God rises up to give his
reward to these humble workers in his king
dom, and to sayfto them. well done, good
and faithful servant" You have all seen or
heard of the ruin of Melrose Abbey. / sup
pose in some respects it is the most exquisite
ruin on earth. And yet, looking at it / was
not so impressed-you may set it down to
badtaste-but | was not so deeply stirred as
! was at a tombstone at the foot of that alb
bey--the tombstone placed by Walter Scott
over the grave of an old man who had
served him for agood many years in his
house-.the inscription most significant, and
! defy any man to stand there and read it
without tears coming into his eyes--the
epitaph: "Well done, good and faithful sew
ant" GIL when our work is over. will it be
found that because Of anything we have done
for God, or the church, or suffering humanity,
that such an inscription is appropriate for
us2 God grant it.
Who arethose who are bravest and deserved
The greatest monument-Lord Claysrhouse
and his burly soldiers, or John Brown, the
Edinburgh carrier, and his wife? Mr.. Atkins,
the prosecuted minister of Jesus Christ in
Scotland, was secreted by John Brown and
his wife, and Claverhouse rode up one day
with his armed men and shouted in front Of
the house, John Browns little girl came out.
He said to her: ."WeIl, is Mr.. Atkins here?''
She made no answer. for she could not betray
the minister Of the Gospel. 'Ho!' Claver
house said, sthen you are a chip of the old
block, are yoG2 / have something In my
pocket for you. 1t is a nosegay. Some peo-
pie call it a thumbseFew, but i Call it a nose
gay And he got off his horse, and be put
it on the little girls hand; and began TO turn
it until the bones cracked, and she cried. He
said; "Don'tery, don't cry; this isn't athumb-
screw; this is a nosegaY." And they heard
the child's cry, and the father and mother
came out, and Glaverhouse said; Hal it
seems that you three nave laid your holy
heads together determined to die Ike all the
rest Of your hypoeFitical, canting, sniyelling
crew; rather than give up good Mr.. Atkins:
pious Mr.. Atkins, you would die. Ihave q
telescope with me that will improve your
vision, and he pulled out a pistol. "Now,"
he said, you old pragmatical, lest you should
catca cold in this cold morning Of Scotland,
and for the honor and safety of the king, to
say nothing of the glory Of God and The
GOOD of our soul, l will proceed simply and
ia the neatest and most expeditions style
possible to blow your brains out" John
Brown fell upon his knees and began to pray.
itAhlp said C~laverhouse, look out, If you
are going to pray; steer clear OF
the king, the council, and Richard
Cameron .0hl Lord said John Brown,
''since it seems to be Thy will that / should
leave this world for O world where l can love
Thee better and serve Thee more, ! put this
poor widow woman and these helpless, father
less children into Thy hands. We have been
together in peace a good while, but now we
look to q better meeting in heaven,
as for these poor creatures, blindfolded and
infatuated, that stand before me, convert me
before it be too late, and may they who have
sat i~njudgment in this lonely place on this
blessed morning, uponme, a!poor, deienseiess
fellow creature-may they in the Last Judg-
ment find mercy which they have refused to
me, Thy most unworthy, butfaithful servant.
Amen.1 He rose up and said, slsabel the
hour has come Of which / spoke to you on on
TIE morning when I promised hand and heart
~ Won. and are you willing now, for the love
ofGod. to let me die23 She put her rms AROUND
him and said: ssThe Lord gave and the Lord
hathtaken away. Blessed be the name OF the
Lordls s'Stop that snivelling, said gtayer.
honae. "IhaY6 had enough Of 1t. Soldiers,
az vour work. Take himl Fire" and the
head Of John Brown was scattered on the
rround. While the wife was gathering up IN
her apron the fragments Of her ~husnand's
head-gaehering them up for bur1al-Ciayer
honae looked into her face and said: Now
no oond woman, how do YOU feel now about
renr bonnie man9w fsOhl" she said, ~ al
wavs Thought veal Of him; he has been very
oood IL ngs. J had no reason for thinking
fSt VOL al him. and i think bet
~ n him now. D what q grand thing
\ ssiIi he M the last day to see God
nick ont his heroes and herolnes' VINO arc
those paupers Of eternity trudelnE on lrUM
fhe gates Of heaTsHs Mao are ,ney
Who had scepters. and crowns, am ghrones'
XIV, thev lived for their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
INA 4hey broke the hearts ofnations. Heroes
81 earth. but pauperA IN eternity. 4 Deau lne
drnms Of their eternal despair. Wool roel
woel
frt tatre is great excitement IN heaven.
Wbv fhoes long professional why we
hooninr Of that great bell in the towerf ~
N e~aroration day IN heaven.
yVhn are those rising on toe thrones Wltn
erov,s 81 eternal royalty2 They must nave
s.nsr sraaf people on the earth, woria-re-
cowned neopls. No. They taughD