Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-14

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There has some one come here to-day
whom you have not observed. He did not
come through the trout door; He did not
come down any OF these sisles; yet know
He is here. He is from the East the far
East he comes with blistered foot, and
with broken heart, and cheeks red, not with
health. but with blood from the temples.
take hold Of His coat and say: ut does
not seem to fit Thee" mo" he says, sit
is not mine; it is borrowed; it does not be-
long to me now. For my vesture did they
cast lots" And l say to Him: Thine
eyes are red as though from loss OF Sleep"
He says: ''Yes, the Son OF Man had not
where to lay His head" And touch the log
on His back and say: "Why earliest Thou
this" "Ah" he says, ''that is cross
l carry for thee and for the sins Of the
whole world. That is a cross. Fail into
line, march on with Ne in this procession,
take your smaller crosses and your lighter
burdens, and JOIN with Ne in this march to
Heaven" And we join that procession
with our smaller crosses and our lighter
burdens, and Christ looks back and He
sees some are hating because they can OF
endure the shame, or bear the burden, and
with a voice which has in it majesty and
trembles: "Whos oever doee net bear lis
cross, and come after Ne, can not he My
disciple"
my brethren, my sisters-for I do cot
speak professionally, speak as brother
would speak to u brother or sister-my
brother, can you not bear cross if at least
you can wear 4 crown? Cone now. let US
divide OF. Who is on the Lords side! Vino
is ready to turn his back upon the Lamb Of
God that taketh away the SIN Of the world.
A Roman Emperor SAID 10 a Greek archi-
tect: "You build me q coliseum, grand
coliseum, and ii it suits me l will crown
you in the presence OF all The people and
will make great day OF festival on your
account" The Greek architect did his
work, did it magnikcenily, planned
the building, looked after its construc.
ton. The building WAS DONE The
day for opening arrived. In the coliseum
were the Emperor and the Greek architect.
The Emperor rose amid the paudits Of
vast assembly and said: I'VE have gath
cred here to-day to open this coliseum and
TO honor the Greek architect. It is q great
day Tor the Roman empire. Let this build
ing be prosperous, and let honor be put
upon the Greek architect. o, we must have
festival to-day. Bring out those Chris
tians aud let US have them put to death at
the mouth Of the lions" The Christians
were put into the center of the amph-
theater. 1t was to be a great celebration
in their destruction. Then the lions,
hungry and three-foarths starved, were
let out from their dens IN the side of the
amphithea.cr, and they came forth with
mighty spring to destroy and rend the
Christians, and all tue galleries shouted:
"HuZza. hnzza! Long live the Emperor!'
Tnen the Greek architect arose in one Of
the galleries and shouted until in the vast
all heard h N: Il. too, am |
Christian" ana they seized him in their |
fury and flung him to the wild beasts, I'M
til his body, bleeding and dead. was tum-
bled over and over again in the dust OF |
the amph1theater. Could you have done |
that for Christ! Gould you, in vast as |
scmblage, all OF whom hated Christ, have |
said: Il am Christian" or, 81 want to |
be Christian" 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 near.y
all Christlaus-ln an assemblage q vast |
multitude OF whom love Christ and are
willing to live, and il need be to Gle for
d'm-would YOU dare to say: Il am a
Christian" or II want to be a Chris tian!'
Would you say N the presence Of the
friends OF Christ as much as the Greek |
architect said in the presence of the enc
mics OF Christ! O., are there not multitudes
lere tins morning who are ready to say:
Let the world look on, let all the galleries
II earth and Heaven and hell look on, take
Christ this day. Come applause or abuse,
.ome sickness or health, come life or death,
Christ now, Christ forever"
Are you for Christ, are you against hint
The destiuies of eternity tremble in the
balance. 1t seems as If the last day had
'ome and we were gathered for the
eckoning. Behold He cometh with
iouds and every eye shall see Him."
v hat say to one l say to all. What are
'ou doing for Christ! What are you bear
ng for Christi
o Christian man, o Christian womanl
lave you any scars to show in this con-
ict! When war is over the heroes have
cars to show. One hero rolls back his
leeve and shows gunshot fracture. or
&c pulls down the collar and shows where
e w s wounded in the neck. Another
IAN says: II have never had the use of my
mbs since l Was wounded at that great
attic" When the last day comes,
'hen all our battles ore over, will we have
ny wounds for Christ! Some have wounds
Or sin. wounds for the devil, wounds got
en- IN fighting on the wrong side. Have
'e wounds that we can show-woundsg got
IN in battle for Christ and for the truth!
On that resur, ection day Christ will have
'enty Of scars to show. Christ will stand
lere and show the scars on His brow, the
cars on His hands and the scars on His
let, and He will put aside the robe of HIS
oya!ty and show the scar on His side, and
II Heaven will break down with emotion
nd gratitude In one great sob and
zen in one great hosanna. Will
on and l have any scars to show!
here will be Ignatius on that day showing
lie mark OF the paw AMI teeth of the lion
lat struck him down in the Coliseum.
here will be glorious John Huss showing
st where on mis- foot the flames began on
lat day when his soul took wing of fame
I'd scared up from Constance There
i'll be Hugh Mckail ready to point to
re mark on his neck where the axe struck
m. There will be Mcmillan and Camp
Ill and Freeman, the American
issionaries, who, with their wives
I'd children, were put to death IN
e awful massacre ut Cswnpore,
owing the place where the daggers Of
. Sepoys struck them. There will be the
aldenses, showing where their limbs
ere broken on the day when the Pied:
ontcse soidicry pitched them over the
cks. Will you ana have any wounds
shows Have we fought any battles for
lrists o. that we might all be enlisted
r Christ, that We might ali be willing to
her for Christ, that We might all bear
oss for Christ.
When the Scottish chief;ans wanted to
Use an army, they would make a wooden
oss and then set it on fire and carry it
til other crosses they had, through the