New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-13


take hold OF His ccat and + say: tit does
not seem to fit Thee. no, he says; lit
is not mine; it is borrowed; it does not be-
long to Me now. For Ny vesture did they
cast lots. And 1 say to HIM: Zine
He SAYS: YES, the Son of man had not
where to lay His head" And / touch the
log on His back and say: ssNVlly earliest
Thou thisy' s.Ahw He says, t.tbat is
cross carry for thee and for the sins of the
whole world That is u cross. FaH into
line, march ON with me in this procession,
take your smaller crosses and your lighter
burdens and JON me in this march TO
heaven Ana we JOIN that pros ession with
our smaller crosses anu Our Ing alter burdens,
| and Chr st looks back and he sees some are
hating because they can not endure the
shame or bear the burden, and with a voice
which has in it majesty and omnipotence.
BE cries until all the earth trembles: - ho-s
soeyer doth not bear his cross and come. at
ter me can not be My disciple
Oh, my brethren. my sisters-for lido not
speak professionally; 1 speak as a brother
would speak toa brother or s1ster-my
brother, can you not bear a cross if at last
you can wear crown? Come now, let us
divide off. Who is on the Loru's side? Who
is ready 10 turn his back upon the Lamb OF
God, tnat taketh away the sin OF the world2
A Roman emperor said to a Greek archi-
tect: You bulid me a coliseum, grand
coliseum of all the people, and j will make
a great day OF festival on your account"
The Greek architect did his work, did it
magniicently, planned the building, looked
after its construction. The building was
done. The day for opening arrived. In the
coliseum were the emperor and the Greek
architeer. The emperor arose amid the
plaudlts of a vast assembly and said: s.We
have gathered here to-day to opsn this
coliseum and to honor the Greek architect
1t is "a great day for the Roman empire. Let
this building be prosperous, aud leu honor be
put upon the Greek architect. Oh, we must
nave festival to-day. Bring out those
Christians and let us have them put to death
| at the mouth OF the lions" The Christians
were put into the center Of tie amphithea-
ter. 1t was TO be a great celeb ration in
their destruction. Then the lions, hungry
and thr ,e-fourths starved, were let out fEon
their Gems in the side of the ;.mph1theatre,
and they came forth with mighty spring to
destroy and rend the Christians ana all the
galleries shouted: .sHuzzai HuZZai Long
live tie emperor Then the Greek archl-
tect arose in one of the galleries and shouted
until III the vast assembIage all heard him.
81. too, am d Christiany' and they seized
him in their fury and flung kim to The wild
beasts, until his BODY, bleeding aud dead,
was tumbled over and over again in the dust
of the amphitheater.
Could you have done that for Christi
Could you, in vast assemblage. all of whom
L
tian,,o or, II want to be a Chrisiian?,'
| 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 assemblage
| where they are nearly all Chrlstians-in an
| assemblage vast multitude OF whom love
Christ and are willing to live, and if need
be to die, for Him-wouId you dare to say,
II am a Christian or, 81 want to be a
Christian Would you say in the presence
OF the friends of Christ, as much as the Greek
architect said in the presence of the enemies
OF Christ: Oh, are there not multitudes
here this morning who are ready to say:
ssLet the world lcok on, let all the galleries
of 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 Him?
The destinies of eternity tremble in the bal
| ance. Itseems'as it the last day had come
and we We're gathered Tor the reckoning.
'sBehold, He ccmeth with clolds and every
| eye shall see Him." What say to che /
say to all. What are you doing for Christi
| What are you bearing for Christ!
Oh, Christian man! On, Christian womani
Have you any scars to show in this conflict?
| When war IS over the heroes have scars to
show. One hero rolls back his sleeve and
shows a gunShot fracture, or he pulls down
| the collar and shows Where he was wounded
in the neck. Another man says: 81 have
never had the use of my limb since was
wounded at that great BATTLE" When the
last day comes, when all our battles are over.
will we have any wounds for Christi Sumo
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 in the battle for Christ and the truths
On that resurrection day Christ Will have
| plenty of scars to show. Christ will stand
there and show the scars or his brow, the
scars on His hands, and the sears OH His feet.
and lie will put aside the robe of HIS royaI-
| ty and show the scar on His side, and all
heaven will break down with emotion and
gratitude in one great sob, and then in one
great hosanna. VIII you and I have any
scars to show?
There will be Ignatitls, on that day show
| ing the mark of the paw and teeth OF the
lion that struck HIM down in the coliseum.
There will be glorious John Huss showing
| Just where on his loot the flames began on
| that day when his soul took wing of name
and scared up flom Constance. There will
| be Hugh Mckall ready to point to the mark
| on his neck where the AK struck him. There
will be Mcmillan and Campbell and Free
man, the American missionaries, who with
their wives and children, We're put to death
IN the awful massacre at CawnLore, showing
the place where the daggers Of the Sepoys
struck them. There will be the WaIdenses.
showing where their limbs were broken on
| the day when the Piedmont soIdiery pitched
! them over the rocks. Will you and / have
any wounds to show? Have we fought any
! battles for Christ? Oh, that we might all be
enlightened for Christ that We might all lie
! willing to suffer for Christ, that we might ali
1 bear a cross tor Christ.
When the Scottish chieftains wanted 10
raise an army, they would make a wooden
cross, and then set it on fire, AMI carry il
| with other crosses they had through the
mountains, through the highlands, and
among the people; and as they waved the
| cross the people would gather to the stand
ard and fight for Scotland. So to-day.
come out with the cross of the Son Of Coz.
It is flaming cross-faming with suffering.
flaming with triumph, flaming with glory. I
| carry it out among all the people WhowiE
be on the Lords side? Who will gather 10
The standard of Emmanuel Al cross. Il cross
cross! Whosoever doth not bear his cross
and come after Me, can not, can not be nv
disciple" -
How Mountains Are Made
". Faye, the astronomer, has drawn
the attention of the French Academy
of Sciences to the apparent geological
law that the cooling of the Terrestrial,