West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-08-09

| scuttlo OF coal, but help others 70 fuel; and
OF those who have only dollar in their
body else; and OF that father who wears a
shabby coat, and of that mother who wears
faded dress, that their children may be vol
s srPs,a.s;L. You eau them PauPers, or
heroes and heroines. You and may not know
whore they live or what their name is God
knows, and they have more angels lowering
over them than you and have, and they
viii have higher seat in heaven.
They may have only cup OF cold water
| 20 give poor traveller, or may have only
| picked splinter from under the nail OF a
| child's finger, or have put only two 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 white robe, and the
small room will be an eternal mansion,
and the old hat will be n coronet of vic
tory, and all the applause OF earth
and all the shouting OF heaven will be drowned
out when God rises up 10 give his reward TO
those humble workers in his kingdom, and to
say TO them: well done, good and faithful
servant. You have all seen or heard of the
ruin OF Melrose Abbey. / suppose I'm some
respects 1t Is the most exquisite ruin on earth
And yet looking at 1t was not so impressed
you may set IL down 10 bad taste-but /
was not so deeply stirred as / was at g tomb
! stone at the foot of that Abbey-the tomb
stone placed by Walter Scott over the pravA
OF an old man who had served him for a good
a.asshy Jtoto HOust. ne Inscription most
significant, and l defy any man 10
stand there and read Il without tears coming
into his eyes The epitaph: ''WeIl done.
good and faithful servant" OH when our
work Is over, will 1t be found that because
OF anything we have done for God, or the
church, or suffering humanity, that such an
IL.
who are those who were brayest and do
served the greatest monument-T.ord Claver-
rouse and his burly soldiers, or John Brown
the Edinburgh carrier, and his wifel Mr.
Atkins, the prosecuted minister OF Jesus
S St In Scotland, was secreted by John
Brown aud his wife, and Claverhouse rode
up one day with his armed men
and shouted i'm front of the house
John Browns little girl came out He said
70 her; well. miss, is Mr.. Atkins hereP'
one made no answer, for she could not betrav
the minister of the Gospel HAP Clever
mousse said, then you are chip of the old
block, are you3 1 have something I'm my
I,I ,eI TOT %, you. it is nosegay. Some peo
pie call IT a thumbscrew, but call it nose
gay. And he got of his horse, and he put
II ON the little girls hand, and began to turn
~ . uhuii the bones cracked, and she cried. He
s sara: p t.' cry don't cry this isn't thumb
screw this is "a nosegay.n And they heard
the chlld's cry, and the father and mother
came out, and Claverhouse said: "Hal It
seems That you three have laid your holy
neanS together determined TO die like all the
rest OF your hypocritlcal, canting snivelling
crew rather than give up good Mr. Atkins.
plous MT. Atkins, you would die have a
telescope with me that will improve your
Vision and ne pulled out pistol. Now"
ne said, you old pragmaticaI Lest Won
should catch cold i'm this cold morning of Scot
land, and for the honor and safety of the
KING, 10 say nothing of the glory of
u01 ana the good OF our souls,
VIII proceed simply and I'm the neatest
and most expeditions style possible TO blow
your brains OUT John Brown fell upon his
Knees and began to pray "Ahln said Claver-
house house look out, II you are going to pray;
Steer clear OF the King, the council and
Richard Cameron" "ol Lord" said John
Brown, "since it seems TO be Thy will that /
should leave this world for a world where
can love Thee better aud serve Thee mora I
put this poor widow woman and three helm
less, fatherless children into Thy hands We
nave Deen together in peace good
while, but now we must look forth TO
better meeting in heaven, and as
tor these poor creatures, bliudfolded
ana Infatuated, that stand before mo, con-
vert them before it be too late and may thew
who have sat in Judgment in this lonely place
on TINS blessed morning, upon me, DOOR de-
1enseiess fellow creature-may they. In the
Last Judgment, find that mercy which they
nave refused to me, Thy most unworthy. but
faithful servant Amen" He rose up and
said: Isabel, the hour has come of which I
spoke TO you on the morning when proposed
nand and heart to you; and are you will
ing now, for the love OF God, to LET me
and said: THE Lord gave and tba
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name
OF OF the Lord" stop that snivelling," said
Claverhouse. 81 have had enough of Ia
Soldiers, do your work. Take aiml Firepi
and the head of John Brown was scattered
on the ground. While the wife was gather
ing up IN her apron the fragments of her
husbands head-gathering them up for
burial-ClaverlTouse looked into her fac AMI
said: Now, my good woman how do Won
feel about your bonnie mann "Ohp' she
SAID, Il always thought weel Of him; he has
been very good to me: had no reason for.
thinking anything but weel of him. and /
think better of him now. Oh, what
grand thing it viii be in the
Last Day TO see God pick out his
heroes and heroines Who ara those
paupers of eternity trudging Off from the
gates OF heavenl Who are theyl The Lord
Claverhouses and the Herods and those who
had sceptres, and crowns, and thrones, hut
they lived for their own ACCOMPLISHMENT and
they broke the heart OF nations Heroes on
earth, but paupers in eternity. / beat the
drums Of their eternal despair. Wool woel
But there is great excitement in heaven.
why those long processionsf Why the
booming Of that great bell in the towerl It
Is coronation day i'm heaven
Who are those rising on the thrones with
crowns OF eternal royaltyi They must have
been great people on earth, world renowned
people. NO. They taught in ragged SCHOOL,
Is that allf That Is all. Who are those wav.
ing sceptres Of eternal dominionl Why, they
are little children who waited on invalid
mothers That alii That is all. She was
called Little Mary on earth. She is an en-
press now. VINO are that great multitude
on the highest thrones OF besven7
Who are theyi Why. they FED the
hungry, they clothed the naked they healed
the sick, they cOmforted the heart-broken.
They never found any rest until they put
their head down or the pillow OF the
sepulchre. God watched them. God laughed
defiance ~ the enemies who put their heels
hard down on these His dear children: and
one day the Lord struck His hand 50 hard on
His thigh that the omuipotent sword RATED
IN the buckler, as he said: II am their God
aud no weapon formed against them shall
prosper" What harm can the world do you
when the Lord Almighty with unsheathed
sword fights for your
I preach this sermon for comfort Go
home 20 the place just where God has put
you 70 play the hero or the heroine DO not
envy any man his money or mis- applause. or
his social position. DO not envy any woman
heF wardrobe, or her exquisite appear
anoe BE the hero OF the heroine n
there be no -four ga the house, and you do
not know where your children are 70
get bread, listen, and You win hear
s9mething tapping against the windOw-pane
go ~ the window and you Will find it = the
peak OF raven, and open the window and
tnelo viii ny in the messenger that FED
Eilah Do you think that the God who
grows the cotton OF the South will let vOu
freeze Tor lack n ciothes} DO you think that
tho God who allowed The disciples ON Sunday
morning - 90 into the grain field and then