The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-06-08

from Loss Of sleep" Hes aysi "Yes, the Bon
Of man had not where to lay his heads
And I touch the log on his back and I say,
why earliest thou thtsf' "Ahr' he says,
shat 10 a cross I carry for thee and Tor the
sins Of the whole world That IL o crosa
Fall into line, march on with me In this pro
cession, a K your smaller crosses and your
lighter burdens, and join me In this march
to heaven" And w Join that procession
with our smaller crosses and our lighter
burdens, and Christ looks back and he sees
some are halting because they cannot endure
the shame, or bear the burden, and with a
voice which has In 10 majesty and omnipot-
"Whosoever doth not bear bis eros, and
come after me, cannot be my disciple"
Of my brethren, my sisters-for I do not
speak professionally, ! speak as a brother
would speak to a brother or sister-my
brother, can you not bear q cross IL at last
you can wear q crowni Come, now, Let us
divide of. Who 10 on the Lords sidef Who
Is ready 10 turn his back upon the Lamb Of
God that taketh away the sin of the woridi
A Roman emperor said toa Greek archtr
tect; "You build me O coliseum grand
coliseum, and II Il suits me I win crown you
in the presence Of all the people, and I win
make q great day Of festival on your 40
count." The Greek architect did bis work,
did 1t m~agniacently, planned the building,
looked after its construction. The building
was done The day Tor opening arrived In
the coliseum were the emperor and the great
architect The emperor aroseamid the plaud-
Its Of O vast assembly and said: 1--WE
have gathered hare today TO open
this coliseum and 10 honor the Greek
architect It 70 q great day for the Roman
empire Let this building be prosperous, and
let honor be put upon the Greek architect
Of we must have q festival today. 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 the
amphitheatre Il was to be q great celebra-
ton In their destruction Then the Hons.
hungry and three-fourths starved, were let
out from their dens In the side of the amphi-
theatre, and they came forth with mighty
spring to destroy and rend the Christians,
and all the galleries shouted; "Huzza, huzzai
Long live the emperorr" Then the Greek
architect arose In Nj Of the galleries, and
shouted until In the vast assemblage all
heard him: 81, too, am a ChristianfS and
they seized him In their fury and flung him
to the wild beasts, until his body, bleeding
and dead, was tumbled over and over again
In the dust of the amphitheatre
Could you have done that for Christi
Could you, In q vast assemblage, all Of
whom hated Christ, have said: 81 am q
Christian" or 81 want to bel Christianp'
Would you have had the ten thousandth
part Of the enthusiasm and the courage of
the Greek architect Nay, I ask you another
question, Would you In an assemblage where
they are nearly all Ch~ristians-in an assem-
blage, a vast multitude Of whom love Christ
and are willing to live. and II need be to die
for ~him-would you dare to say. ~ am q
Christian" or 81 want to be a ChristianF'
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 Christi Oh,
are there not multitudes here this morning
who are ready to say Let the world look
on, let all the galleries Of earth and heaven
and he'll 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 Christi Are you against himi
The destinies Of eternity tremble In the bal
anc It seems as If the last day had come,
and we were gathered Tor the reckoning.
"Beholdi he cometh with clouds, and every
eye shall see him" What I say to one I say
to all. What are you doing for Christi
What are you bearing for Christi
Oh Christian man, Of Christian womanl
Have you any scars to show in this conflict
When a wa Is over the heroes nave scars to
show. One hero rolls back his sleeve and
shows a gunshot fracture, or be pulls down
the collar and shows where he was wounded
in the neck Another man says, al have never
had the use of my limb stnce I was wounded
at that great battla' When the last day
comes, when all our battles are over, viii we
have any wounds for Christi Some have
wounds for sin, wounds for the devil, wounds
gotten In fighting on the wrong sida Have
we wounds hat we can show-wounds gotten
In the battle for Christ and for the TRUTH
On that resurrection day Christ win have
plenty Of scars 10 show. Christ win stand
there and show the scars on his brow, the
scars on his hands, and the scars on his feet
and he win put aside the robe Of bis royalty
and show the scar On his side, and all heaven
win break down with emotion and gratitude |
In one great sob, and then in one great ho- |
n WIN you and l nave any scars to
showf
There win be Ignatius on that day showing
the mark Of the paw and teeth Of the hon
that struck him down In the coliseum. There
win be glorious John Hus showing Just
where on his foot the flames began on that
day when bis soul took wing Of fame and
scared up from Constance There win be
Hugh McKafl ready 10 point TO the mark on
his neck where the az struck him. There
win be Mcmillan and Campbell and Free
man, 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 win b the Waldenses
showing where their limbs were broken on
the day when the Piedmontese soldiery
pitched them over the rocks. VIII you and
I have any wounds to showi Have we fought
any battles for Christi Oh, that we might
all be enlisted for Christ that we might all
be willing to suffer for Christ, that we might
all bear a cross for Christ
When the Scottish chieftains wanted 30
raise an army they would make a wooden
cross, and then set Il on fire and 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 standard and fight
for Scotland Today I come out with the
crosse of the Son of God. It Is q flaming cross
flaming with suffering, flaming with tn
umph, flaming with glory. carry 10 out
among all the people. Who win be on the
Lords sidef Who will gather to the standard
Of Emmanuel A cross, q cross, a crossi
"Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and
come after me, cannot be my disciple"
THE:Rock county, Herald, whose edi.