Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-06-16

mighty spring to destroy and rcnd tit
Christians, and all the galleries shouted
"Iiuzza, hiZza! Long live the emperor!
Then The Greek architect arose in II O
the galleries and shouted until in the vas
a@scmbIage all heard him: # too ana 4
Christian,' and they seized bin IN lheil
fury and flung him TO the wild beasts.
un,il his body, bleeding and dead, was
tumhlcd over and over again in the dust
of the amrhithea'fc.
Could YOU have done that for Christ!
Could you, in a vast as~sernblage. All Of
whom hated Chris. have said. II am a
Christian, or, Il want to pe a Chris
tam Would YOU have had the ten
thousandth part of the enthusiasm and
The courage Of the Greek architect? Nay.
| ask You another question. Would YOU
IN an asscmblagc where they are nearly
all Christians-in an assemhlagc "A vast
multitude of whom love Christ and are
willing to live, and if need be, to die for
llim-would YOU dare to say Il am a
Christian or, II want to be a Chris.
TAM Would You say in the presence
of the friends of Christ, as much rs the
Greek architect said ia the presence of
the enemies Of Christ? O, are there not
multitudes here this morning who are
ready TO say: Let the world look on, let
all the galleries Of earth and heaven and
he'll look ON, ! take Christ this day.
Come applause or abuse, come sickness
or heal;h, come life or death, Christ now,
Christ forever"
Are you for Christ? are you against
Him. The destinics oi eternity trcmblc
in the balance. IT seems rs if the last
day had comc and We were gathered for
the reckoning. Behold, He cometh
with clouds, and every eye Shall see
Him" What | say 10 one | say to all.
What axe you doing for Christ? What
are You bearing for Christi
Q, Christian man, .. Christian woman
Have YOU amy scars 10 show in this con.
ilict? When a war is over the heroes
have scars 80 show. One hero rolls back
his sleeve and shows a gunshOt fracture.
o. he pulls down the collar and shows
whore hc was wounded in thc neck, An
other man says; II have never had the
use Of my limb slice ! was wounded at
that great battle" When the
last day comes, when al our
battles are over. will we have
any wounds for Christi some have
wounds for sin, wounds for the devil.
wounds gotten IN fighting on the wrong
side. Have we wounds that we can show.
wounds gotten IL the battle for Christ
and for the truth? On that resurrection
day Christ will have plenty of scars 10
show. Christ will stand there and show
the scars on his brow, the scars on his
hands aud the scars on his feet, and he
will put aside the robe of his royalty and
show the scar on his side, and all heaven
viii break down with emotion and graft
tude in M great sob, and then in one
great hosGnna. Wiz You and ! have any
scars TO show?
There will he lgnatius. on that day
showing the mark of the paw and
of the lion that struck him down in
the Coliseum. There will be glorious
John Huss showing just where ON hisfoot
the flames began on that day when his
soul took wing of flame and scared up
from Constance. There viii be Hugh
McKail ready 20 point to the mark on his
neck whore the axe struck him. There
will be Mcmillan and Campbell and Free
man, the American missionaries who
with their wives and children were put TO
death in the awful massacreat Cawnporc.
showing the place whore the daggprs Of
the ScpOvs struck them. There will be
the Waldcnses showing where their limbs
were broken on the day when the Pied
mon'ese soldiery pitched them over the
rocks. Will you and | have any wounds
to show? Have we fought any battles
for Christ? O! that we might all be en-
listed for Christ, that we might all be
willing to suffer for Chris, that we might
all bear a cross for Christ.
When the Scottish chieftains wanted
10 raise an army, they would make a
wooden cross. and then set il on fire, and
carry il with other crosses they had
through the highlands, and among the
people, and as they waved the ross the
people would gather 70 the standard and
fight for Scotland. SO today, ! come out
with the cross Of the Son of God. 1t is
a flaming cross-tlaming with suffering,
flaming with triumph, flaming with glory.
! carry 1t out among all the people, Who
will be on the Lords side? Who will
gather to the standard of Emmanuel?
A cross, "A cross Il cross! whatsoever
doth not bear the cross, and coinc after
Me, cannot, cannot be my Disciple"