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Christiaui" and they seiz'd him in their
fury and flung him to the wild beasts,
until his body, bleeding and dead, vac
tumbled over and over again in the dust
Of The amphithester.
Could you have done that for Christ?
Could you, in vast assemolsge, all of
whom hated Christ, have said: "I nm q
Christian" or, "I want to be 8 Chris
tian?" Would you have had the ten
thoussndsh part OF the enthusiasm and
courage OF the Greek architect Nay, l
in an assemblage where they are nearly
multitude Of whom love Christ
and are willing to live, and, II need
be, to die for Him-woald you
dare to say: 81 am Christian" or II
want to be Cnristisn?" Would you
ssy in The presence Of the friends Of
Christ, as much es the Greek architect
said in the presence sf the enemies OF
Christ? o! sre there not multitudes here
this morning who ere ready to say: "Let
the world lock or, let all the galleries Of
esrth and heaven and hell look OF, take
Christ this day. Come applause or abuse,
come sickness Or health, come life or
death, Cnrist now, Christ forever"
Are you for Christ, are you against
Him? The destiGies of eternity tremble
IN the balance. L seems SIS II the last
Day had come snd we were gathered for
the reckoning. "Bshosd, He cometh
with clouds, ard every eye shall see
Him" WHAT l say to one say to ell.
What are you doing for Chris! What
sre you bearing for Cbrisi?
D! Caristisn msn, o! Christian womsu!
Have you any SCARS to show in this con-
aicl? When q war is over
THE HEROES HAVE SCARS
to show. One hero rolls oack his sleeve
and shows 3 gunshot fracture, or he pulls
down the cellar and shows where he
was wounded in the nec6. Another man
ssys: 81 have never had the use Of my
limb since l wss wounded at that great
battle" When the last day comes, when
sill our battles are over, will we have any
wounds for Christ? Some 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
ard for the truth? Ga that resurrection
Day Christ will have plenty Of SCARS to
show. Christ will stand there and show
the SEATS on His brow, the scsrs On His
hands and the SEATS on His feet, and He
Will put sside the robe of His royal = and
show the scar on His side, and all heaven
Aill break down with emotion and graft
tude in one great SOB, and tten in one
great h0sa1ns. Will you and have any
scers to show?
There will De Iguatius, on thai day,
showing the mark of the paw aud teeth
of the hon that struck him down in the
coliseum. There will be glorious John
Huss, showing just where on his foot the
flames began on that day wnen lis soul
took wing OF dame and scared up from
Constance. There will be Hugh McKail,
ready to point to the mark on his neck
where the axe struck him. there will be
Mcmillan and Campbell and Freeman,
the American missionaries who, with
their wives and children, were put to
death in the awful massacre al Cawnpore,
showing the place where the daggers Of
the Sepoys struck them There will be
the Waldenses, showing where their
limbs were broken on the dsy when the
Piedmontess soldiery pitched them over
the rocks. VIII you and 1 have any
wounds to show? Have we fought snY
battles for Christ? o, that we might sll
be enlisted for Christ, that we might all
be- willing to suffer for Christ, that we
might all bear Cross for Christ!
When the Scottish chieftsins wanted to
raise sn army, they would make wooden
cross, sud then set 1t on fire, and carry it
with other CROSSES they had, through
the mountains, through the high
lands and among the people, and IS
they waved the cross the people would
gather to the standard and fight for Scot
land. So to-day, come out with the
cross of the Son of God. 1t is flaming
cross-faming with suffering, flaming
with triumph, flaming with glory. 1 carry
1t out among sll the people. Who will
be on the Lords side? Who will gather
to the STANDARD of Emmanuel? A cross,
a cross. cross! "Whosoever doth rot
bear his cross, snd come after Me, esn-
not. cannot be My disciple" 80,
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