The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-15

or Q lew years Of trial The cross THAI
Chiist carried for us had compressed into
1t the ayonies Of eternity,
There has some one come here TODAY
whom you have not observed. He did not
come through the front door; He did not
come down any OF these aisles; yet know
He Is here. He il from the East, the far
Eat He comes with blist ,red foot, end
with broken heart, and checks red, not with
health, but with blood from the temples.
take hold Of His coat and say: sit does
not seem to at Thee" mo" he says, '.it
Is not mine; 1t Is borrowed; it does not be-
long to me now. For my vesture did they
cast lcts." And I say to Him: Thine
eyes are red as though from loss Of sleep"
He says: "Yes, the Son OF Nan had not
where to lay His head" And touch the log
on His back and l say: "Why earliest Thou
this" "Ah!" he says, ''that is Q cross
carry for thee and for the sins Of the
whole world. That is . cross. Fall into
line, march on with Me In this procession,
take your smaller crosses and your lighter
burdens, and join with Me in this march to
Heaven" And we JOIN that procession
with our smaller crosses ami our lighter
burdens, and Christ looks back and He
sees some are hating becau SO they can not
endure the shame, or bear the burden, and
with q voice which has in it majesty and
omnipOtence, He cries Until all the earth
trembles: 'WhOsocver aces net bear his
cross, and come after Me, can net 10 My
disciple"
D! my brethren, my sisters-for do act
speak professionally, speak as o brother
would speak to brother or sister-my
brother, can you not bear cross il at least
you can wear crOwnl Cone now, let US
divide eli. Who is on the Lords sidei Who
is ready to turn his back upon the Lamb Of
God that taketh away the SIN Of the world.
A Roman Emperor SAID to a Greek archi-
tect: "You build me n coliseum, a grand
coliseum, and II it suits me will crown
you in the presence of all the people and ]
will make great day Of festival on your
account" Tho Greek architect did his
work, did it magnihcenily, planned
the building, looked after its construc
ton. The building was done. The
day for opening arrived. In the coliseum
were the Emperor and the Greek architect
The Emperor rose amid the plaudits Of
vast assembly and said: 1--WE have gath
cred here to-day to open this coliseum and
to honor the Greek architect. 1t Is a great
day for the Roman empire. Let this build
ing bs prosperous, and let honor be put
upon the Greek architect o, We must have
q festival to-day. Bring out those Chris
tians and let Us have them put to death at
the mouth Of the lions" The Christians
were put into the center Of the amphi-
theater. 1t was to be great celebration
in their destruction. Then the lions,
hungry and three-fourths starved, were
let out from their dens in the side Of the
amphithea'cr, and they came forth with
mighty spring to destroy and rend the
Christians, and all tie galleries shouted:
''Huzza huzza! Long live the EmrerOrw
Tnen the Greek architect arose in one Of
the galleries and shouted until IN the vast
assemblage all heard HIM: Il, too, am
Christian" and they seized him in their
fury and flung him to the will beasts. IN
til his body, bleeding and dead, was tum-
bled over and over again in the dust Of
the amphitheater. Could you have done
that for Christi Gould you, in q vast As
all Of whom hated Christ, have |
said: Il am Christian" or, ~ want to |
be Christian" Would you have had the
ten thousandth part Of the enthusiasm and |
the courage OF the Greek architect
Nay, l ask you another question: Would |
you IN al ssscmblage where they are nearly |
all Christiaus-in an assemblage q vast |
willing TO live, and II need be to die for /
H'm-would you daro to say: II am a
or 81 want to be Christianf'
Would you say IN the presence OF the
friends Of Christ rs much rs the Greek
architect said in the presence OF the enc
niles OF Christi q, are there not multitudes
here this morning who are ready to say:
Lot the world look on, let all the galleries
IF earth and Heaven and hell look ON, take
Christ this day. Come applause or abuse,
come sickness or health, come life or death,
Christ now. Christ forever"
Are you for Christ, are you against himl
The destinies Of eternity tremble in the
balance. II seems as II the last day had
come and we were gathered for the
''Behold He cOmeth with
clouds and every eye shall see Him."
What say to one ! say to all What are
rou dong for Christ! What ire you bear
ng for Christi
. Christian man, o Christian womanl
Have you any scars to show in this con-
lictl When a war is over the heroes have
'cars to show. One hero rolls back his
sleeve and shows q gunshot fracture. or
10 pulls down the collar and shows where
le w 8 wounded in the neck. Another
nan says: II have never had the use Of my
limbs since was wounded at that great
,attle." When the last day comes,
when all our battles nre over, will we have
my wounds for Christi Some have wounds
or sin. wounds for the devil, wounds got
en- IN fighting on the wrong side. Have
We wounds that we can shOw-wounds got
en- in battle for Christ and for the truthi
On that resurrection day Christ will have
J cnty Of scars to show. Christ will stand
4. 4 IT, Il
ears on His hands and the scars on His
eet, and He will put aside the robe of His
'oyalty and show the scar on His side, aad
III Heaven will break down with emotion
md gratitude in one great sob and
hen in one great hosanna Will
'ou and have any scars to showl
There will lie Ignatiu on that day showing
he mark Of the paw AMI tooth VI the lion
hat struck him down in the Coliseum.
there will be glorious John Huss showing
ust where on his foot the flames began on
hat day when his soul took wing Of fame
nd SCARED up from Constance. There
will be Hugh McKail ready to point to
he mark on his neck where the axe struck
i'm. There will be Mcmillan and Camp
'ell and Freeman, tho American
wbo with their wives
md children. were put to death In
he awful massacre at CAwnpOre, |
howing tho place where the daggers Of
he Sepoys struck them. There will be the
Taldenses, showing where their limbs
rere broken on the day when the Pied.
nontess soldiery pitched them over the
ocks. Will you and have any wounds
o showl Have we Tough. any battles for
;hristl O, that we might all DC enlisted
or CLriss, that we might all be willing to
uffer for Christ, that VIC might all bear
ross for Christ.
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