The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-12-22
peace was upon hun, and with biz
stripes we are healed"


Simply to thy cross lelirg"
Well may the venerable Laii-
mer have clung TO his trusts, even
to DEATH Well may the Christ
ians of the dark ages, us, at the
instance Of their prosecutors, they
were hu lied upon the spiked pill
lows, claim their fidelity 10 the
HFriend of sinners.
Example is more potent than
precepr; but history IS void of
any examples of true greatness,
unullied to Christianity.
Twas his choosingChrist as his.
portion that rendered Henry Ham
losk worthy Of the oppvlation
every inch a soldier, every inch
Christian Sustained from an
unseen source he could endure
without murmur, the scorching
sands of the desert, the drenching
rains of a tropical cline, and all
the attendant evils of war.
The hero of modern Baptist
Missions goes from America to
Aslatic soil, and after an earnest
proelama ion OF the eternal r.uth.
we see him on his knees thank,
ing God for having brought him
TO a successful close of his Bur
mese Bible, which was destined
10 find its way into hundreds of
Burmese homes, and thus feed
the occupants on the "Bread of
Ldfe."
Among the youth of clvillza-
ton S curly strides IN America,
we find one who did not with
others, attend the ball room and
other places of gayety, but chose
rather to devote his time and
talents to toll, honoring his pa
rents and serving his country.
Thirty years pass. The tender
ness of youth is gone, and he Is
M arshallog armies to battle. A
countries independence Is born
and we hear AmericA's people
shooting in honor 10 him: "First
in war, first in peace and first in
he hearts of his coanrrymen."
If the young of this audience
will permit me, | will saf, if you
would stand on the pinnacle OF
greatness, if you would be honor
ed by men and approved BY God,
look to the beacon star, of whom
Moses IN the law, and the proph-
cts did write. Turn your gaze
upon the nultltudes Of lesser
lights, which have she'd lustre Of
glory upon the affdirs of church
and te;down through the ages,
and then let me tell you that it
was the light of the great Star IN
the souls of these multitudes that
made them shine with their cx-
ceedInp brightness. so 1--we that
whom the end draws nigh, you
may be able to say, with the dy.
ing youth on the battle field:
"Tell my mother Lam lying with
out hope Of recovery; | have
stood before the enemy fighting
in a good aud glorious cause, and
have fallen. My hope is ii
Christ. Or with that one whom
loosing sight OF earth and gaining
a view OF sweet fields of living
green, you can exclaim: 81 would
not take ten thousand worlds fol
my prospect of heaven
rhe song entitled 80 Para
disel'' was then sung by the
choir and when they cea Cd
silence reigned supreme.
Rev. j. A. Lee, of Wesso n.
Miss, was next introduced by thC
herald. The speakers subjec
was: "a view OF the past, ther
what Of the future?" As repre-
sentative OF the Missionary So
ciety be said:
ssMy honorable audience, IL
order to answer the promise cou
tanned in my subject, / find j
necessary 10 place myself upon al
eminence of the past, aud to draw
aside the dalk thick curtain be
hind Which have been enacte,
many hidcous scenes
As | draw aside this curtain
and look far back along the mis-
| ty corridors of time, | see al
apparent highway over whicl
each Of the generations hay
successvely trod. Many genera
tions have passed away, an'
with them have passed tbei
laws and customs whic
were as numerous as they. TIL
world seemed to have been on
gu,fed in sin and disobedience.
Taking more convenient stan
npon tins imaginary eminence
and peeling far luto the past,
beautiful scene comes to view