The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-30

hlc TO blow your brains out" John
Brown fell upon his knees and began to
pray. "Ahl' said Clavcrhousc, "look
out, II you are going TO pray; steer clear of
the King, the council, and Richard Came.
rom go! Lord" said John Brown,
since Il seems TO be thy will that should
leave this world for a world where can
love thee better and serve thee more,
put this poor widow woman and these
helpless, intherleSs children into thy
hands. We have been together in peace
u good while, hut now we must look forth
TO a better meeting Ia heaven, and as for
these poor creatures, blinlloldcd aud in
latua,ed, that stand before me, convert
them before II bc too late, and may they
who have sat in judgment in this lonely
place on this blessed morning upon mo,
poor, deicnsclcSs fellow creature may
they, in the last judgment find that mercy
which they have refused tO me, thy most
unworthy, but faithful servant Amen.
lie rose up and said. Isabel, the hour
has come OF which spoke 10 YOU ON the
morning when proposed hand and heart
10 You; aud are you willing now, for the
love of God, 20 let mo dic1' She
put her arms around him and
said: Tho lorl gave, and the
Lord hath taken away. blessed be the
name Of the Lord" "Stop that sniycll.
ing," said Clavcrhousc. III have had
enough of IL. Soldiers, do your work.
Take aiml fire." aud the head OF John
Brown was scattered on the ground,
While the wife was gathering mp In her
apron the fragments OF her husbands
head gathering them up for burial
Clnvcrhousc looked into her face aud said:
"Now my good woman, how do YOU feel
now about your bonnie MANI OH
she said, III always thought wccl OF him,
hc has been very good 30 me; had no
reason for thinking ANYTHING hut wccl oi
him, aud think better of him now q
what grand thing Il will be- In the last
day TO see tod pick ont his heroes and
hcroincs. Who nc those paupcrs ol ctcr
nifty trudging of from the gates Of heaven
Who are thew The Lord Clnycrhousc and
the llcrods and those who had sccptcrs,
aud crowns, and thrones, bat they lived
lor their own agrrandscmcnt, aud they
broke the heart oi nations. Heroes oi
earth, hut paupcrs In eternity. beat the
drums of their ctornal despair. Wocl wocl
wocl
Hut there Is great excitement In heaven.
Why those long proccssionsi Why the
booming ol that great bell in the tOwcrl
II Is coronation day in heaven.
Who are those riHng ON the thrones,
with crowns Of eternal royalty They
must have been great people on the earth.
world renowned people so They taught
ina ragged school. Taught IN ragged
school Il that all2 That is all. Who are
thoso souls waving ncccpicrs oi eternal
.I.t.tVtHs.uu wIV fl.a,f a.. lttflE Yhtlt1fgu
who waited on invalid mothers That nll'
That Is all. She WIS called Little
Mary" on earth She IL an empress
ON the highest thrones Of hcnycn'
Who are lhcy' Why they icd tho
hungry, they cluihed the naked, they
healed the sick, they cpmiprlcd the heart.
| broken. They never found any rest until
| they put their head down ON the pillow ui
| the scpulchrr. God watched them. God
| laughed defiance ut tho enemies Who put
their heels hard down ON these, his chil
| drrn: and one dav ,ho lord struck hi-
! hand ~ hard on his thigh that the omnip.
/ olrnt sworl ratified iu the hucklcr ns hc
nil 81 am their Gui und M weapon
! formed against them shall prosper What
| harm can the world do YOU when the lord
Almighty, with unshclihcd sword, fights
for your
Iprcach this sermon for comfort. Go
| home tO thc place Just where God has put
/ YOU, 10 play the hvru ~ th" heroine. l'p
/ not envy any man his money, ~ his ap.
/ pluusr. uf his social position. DO not envy
nny woman hcr wardrobe ~ her exquisite
appearance. BE- the hero ~ the heroine.
II there be- NJ Hour la the house and you
| DO not know where your children are io
/ yet bread, listen, aud YOU will hear some
| thing tapping against the window pane.
Go ~ the window aud YOU will iind u is
/ the hcik Of % raven, aud open the window
and there will ily in the messenger that
icd Elijah DO you think that the God
who grows tho cotton Of the south
will let you freeze iut lack
ui clothcs7 DO YOU think that
tho God Who allowed the disciples on sun.
day morning to 90 into the grain field and
then ;nkr tho grain aud rub Il ia their
hands aud eat 10 you think God will let
YOU ftnryc1 pll YOU ever hear the cN.
pcfiencr Oi that old man. II have been
Young. and now ana ! old, yet have never
seen the righteous iorsakcn, or his seed
bcgying hfrllg Get up out Oi your dis.
courarcment. o. troubled soul, o. sewing
woman, ~ man kicked aud cuilcd hy un.
lust employers. ~ yc who arc bard bcsct
la tho battle ui life, aud know not which
way iu turn. ~ you bcrcit one, o. you
sick one with complaints You have told 10
no one. come and got the comfort ol this
subject Listen to our great captain =
cheer "To him that oycrcomcih will |
give to eat ~ the fruit IT the tree oi life,
which is Ia the midst VI the paradise oi
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