The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-15

WlJh DfohSn lteafL, auu choeKs red mot bs
health, but with blood from the Temples
take hold of His. ecat and / say. III
not seem to fitrrhee." No. iSe sss
is not mine it Is borrowed; IL does NV
long to Me now. For Ny Yesiure did t
cast lots" Ana | say 70 HIM: VI
eyes are red as though from loss Of asa
He says: Yes, the Son of man ha8
where to lay His head." And / touef,
log on His back and | saw: s'Why easr;s
Thou this?" "Ahw He says, Sthnf !
eros: l carry for thee and for the Sins n
whole word. That Is II cross Fall IT.
line, march on with me Ia this pfocasx@
take your smaller crosses and YOUR iiets
burdens and JON me in THIS marcR
heaven" Ana we JOIN that Procession 81
our smaller crosses and our Hgater barae,.
and Chr It looks back and He secs SOMA
hating because they can not endure
shame or bear the burden, and with 4 NJ
which has in it majesty and omnipoteh
He cries until all the earth trembles: ..3Fsal
soeyer doth not bear his cross and CONF
ter me can not be My disciple"
Oh, my brethren. my sisters-fOr da ~
speak professionally; | speak as a BROS
would speak TO Il brother or klster--M
brother, car you not bear a cross III at lss
you can wear u crown? Come now, let
divide off. Who is on the Loru's sides YVE
= ready 10 turn his back upon the Lqmb n
God, tuat taketh away the six Of the wor,S
A Roman emperor said to Il Greek areb
teCt: You buId me q coliseum, q pr,S
coliseum Of all the people, and l will msk,
q great day Of festival on your a~ccounf1
The Greek architect did his work. dIdt
magniicently, planned the building, look4s
after its construction. The building nay
done. The day for opening arrived. Inths
coliseum were the emperor and the GreF'
architect. The emperor arose amid IN
plaudlts of a vast assembly and said: s.Ne
Lave gathered here today t. on n TIL.
coliseum and TO honor the Cheek archtfse
1t is Il great day for the Roman empire. IA
this building be prosperous, and let hCn9eh
put upOn the Greek architect. Oh, we mlS
nave q festival to day. Bring out tho,e
Christians and let us have them nut 10 daats
at the mouth Of the lions" The Christisss
were put into the center OF tie amphitaeA'
ter. II was IT, be a great celebration "a
their destruction. Then the lions hWugsg
and thu 'e-fourlhS starved, We're lot out nor.
their Ills in the side Of the amphitheafre
and they came forth with mighty SDrihsh
destroy and rend the Christians, ana al In
galleries sLouted: "Huzza l. HuzZa! Lona
live the emperor Then the Greek arehts
tect arose in one of the galleries and Shouted
until III the vast asSemblage ali heard lnm.
~, too, am q Christian p and they SEIZED
MI AA NAANlA AAA IN AAAAAAA AAlA " IN WIAN
beasts, until his boay, bleeding aud dead
was tumbled over and over again in the dgsl
of the am%phitheater.
Could you have done that for Christ
Could you, in u vast assemblage, all Of whoa
hated Christ, have said: II am q sChrs
tian,'" or, 81 vrlnt to be d Christian
Would you have had the ten thousandtA
part Of the enthusiasm and the courage d
the Greek architect? Nay, / ask you anothtr
question: would you in an assembling
where they are nearly all Chr~lstians--tn IN
as,emblage a vast multitude Of whom love
Christ and are willing to live, and il need
be to die, for Him-wOuId you dare 10 SAG,
II Rm u Christian" or, ii want to be /
Christian" Would you say in the presenee
of the friends Of Christ, as much as the Greek
architect sal. in the presence of the enemie,
of Christi Oh, are there not multitude
here this morning who are ready TO say.
''Let the world lcoS on, let ali the galleries
of earth and heaven and he'll look on. !
take Christ this day. Come applause d
abuse, come sickness or health, come life d
death, Christ now, Christ forever"
Are you for Christ; are you against HIM
The destinies of eternity tremble In the BAL
aiiGe. It seems as If the inst day had cone
and we were gathered Tor tile reckoning.
.'Behoid, He CCmeth With clouds, and ever
eye shall see Him." What l say to one I
say to all. What are you doing for Christ
What are you bearing for Christi
oh, Christian man On, Christian woman
Have you any scars TO show in this conHici,
When q war Is over the heroes have sears ID
show. One hero rolls back his sleeve and
shows a gunshot fracture, or he pulls dow
the collar and shows where he was WOUNDED
in the neck. Another man says: II hayt
never had the use Of my limb since / wal
wounded at that great battie.W When til
last day comes, when all our battles are over
will we have any wounds for Christi Semi
have wounds for sin, wounds for the devil
wounds gotten in fighting on the wrong side
Have we wounds that we can shoW-wound
gotten in the battle for Christ and the trUtlf
On that resurrection day Christ Will haYl
plenty Of scars 10 show. Christ will stanl
there and show the scars on bis brow, til
scars on His hands, aud the scars on Ills feet
and lie will put aside the robe of tHs royal
ty and show the scar on Ills sida aud al
heaven will break down with egJotion ana
gratitude in one great sob, and Fhen N on
great hosanna. VIII yoa and Ihayc an
sears to show?
There will be Ignatj1s on that day show
ing the mark Of the paw and teeth OF ID
lion that truck HIM down In the coliseum
There viii be glorious John Huss shown;
Just where on his loot the flames began d
that day when his soul took wing Of liam
and scared up fIom Constance. There Wi
be Hugh McKml ready TO point TO the mari
on his meek where the ak struck him. Their
will be Mcmillan and Campbell aad Tree
man, the American missionaries, who, viii
their wives and children, were put to deat
In the awful asassacre at CawnIore, shown
the place where the daggers Of tue Sep9y
struck them. There viii be the Waldensci
showing where tier limbs were broken q
the day when the Piedmont soldiery pitche
them over the rocks. Will you and 4 nav
any wounds to sho''tf Have we fought az
battles for Ghristy 9Th, that we might all ,
enlightened for Christ, that we might Al !
willing 70 suffer for Christ, That we might q
bear 4 cross for Christ.
When the Scottish chieftains wanted I
raise an army, they would make q woods
cross, and then set il on fire, AM carry
with other crosses they had through th
mountains, through the highlands, nm
among the people; and as they waved ~
cross the people would gather to the stant
ard and fight for Scotland. So tc-days
come out with the cross OF the Son Of Co
III is d tanning cross-faming with SUFFERING
banning with triumph. flaming with glory.
carry 1t out among all the people. Who wi
be on the Lords side? Who will gather
the standard al Emmanuelg "A. cross. il eros
i cross 'xWhos oever doth not bear his eros
and come after Me- can not can not be n
disciple.n
How Momntalns Are Made.
nj. Fayt, the astronomer. has draw
tho attenti Dn Of the French Academ
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