Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-04

would speak to brother or sister-my
brother, can You not bear cross If at last
Won can wear a crown? Come now, Let rs
divide of. Who is on the Lords side
who ia ready to turn his back upon the
Lamb OF God that taketh away the sin OF
the worldP
Are you for Christ, or are you sgsiost
Him? The destinies of eternity tremble In
the balance. It seems as if the LAST day
had come and we were gathered for tine
reckoning. Behold, He cometh with
clouds, and every eye shall see him. "
What say to one / say all. What are
YOU doing for Christ? What are you bear
ing for Christi
o! Christian man, o! Christian woman.
Have you any scars to show IN TINS con-
fiict? When war Is over the heroes nave
scars to show. One hero rolls bsck his
sleeve and shows q gunshot fracture. or he
pulls down the collar and shows where he
was wounded in the neck. Another man
saws: 81 have never had the use OF my
limb since l was wounded at that great
battle" When the last day comes, when
all our battles are over. will We have any
wounds for Christ? Some have wounds
for sin, wounds for the devil, wounds got
ten in fighting on the wrong side. Have
We wounds that We can show-wounas
gotten in battle for Christ and for the
truth9 On that resurrection day Christ
will have plenty of scars to show. Chrlst
will stand there and show the scars on His
brow. the scars on His hands, and the scars
on His feet, and He will put aside the robe
of His royalty aud show the scar on His
side, and all heaven will break down with
emotion a-d gratitude iu one great sch,
and then in one great hosanna. VIII you
and have any scars to show?
THERE WILL BE IGNATIus,
on that day showing the msrk OF the pa"
an 4 teeth of the lion that struck him down
iu the Coliseum. There will be glorious
John Huss showing just where on his foot
the flames began on that day when his
soul took wing of flame and scared ~
from Constance. There will be Hugh Nc
Kali ready to point to the mark on his
neck where the axe struck biu. Ihere
will be Mcmillan and Campbell and Free
man. the American millionaires WHO with
their wives and children were put to death
in the awful massacre at Cswnpore, show
ing the place where the daggers of tho
Sepoys struck them. There will be the
Waldensss showing where the limbs were
broken on the day when the Piedmontes.
soldiery pitched them over the rocks. Will
you and l have any wounds to show? Have
we fought any battles for Christ? o! thai
we might all be enlisted for Christ, thai
we might oil be willing to suffer for Christ
that We might all bear cross for Christ.
When the Scottish chieftains wanted tt
raise an army, they would make wooder
cross, and then set it on fire, and carry Il
with other crosses they had, through tn,
mountains, through the highlands, and
among the people, and as they waved thu
cross the people would gather TO th'
standard and fight for Scotland. So to
day, come out with the cross OF the Sor
of God. It is a flaming cross-aamint
with suffering, flaming with triumph
flaming with glory. carry it out amont
all the people. Who will be on the Lord
side? Who will gather to the standa d o
Emanuel9 A cross, a cross, a cross
whatsoever doth not bear his cross, ant
come after Ne, cannot, cannot be Ny
disciple"