The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-02

heavcni While speak It seems to me that il
will be the throne Of the drunkards wife, IL
sne with cheerful patience endured all her
| earthly torture. Heroes and heroines
1 find also in this roll the heroes of Christian
charity. We all admire the George Pea
bodys and the James Lenoxes of the earth.
who give tens and hundreds Of thousands of
dol ars to good objects.
But am speaking this morning OF those
who, out OF their pinched poverty, help
others-of such men as those Christian mis-.
sionaries at the West, who are living ON $3.50
year that they may proclaim Christ TO the
people; one OF them, writing to the Secretary
in New York, saying: ~ thank you
for that s25. Until yesterday we
| have had no meat in our house for
three months. We have su ifered terribly.
My children have no shoes this winter" And
| OF those people who have only half loaf of
bread, but give a piece Of IL to others who
are hungrier; and Of those who have only a
scuttle OF coal, but help others to fuel: and
OF those who have only a dollar in their
pocket, and give twenty five cents TO some.
body else; and OF that father VINO wears a
shabby coat, and Of that mother who wears
a faded dress, that their children may be well
apparelled You call them .paupers or
heroes and heroincs. on and may not know
where they live, or what their name is. God
knows, and they have more angels lowering
over them than you and have, and they
Will uhNe n nlBneT 81 at III neavcn.
They may have only a cup OF cold water
to give a poor traveller. or may have only
picked a splinter from under the nail of
child's finger, or have put only two mites
into the treasury, but the Lord knows them.
Considering what they had, they did more
than we have ever done, and their faded
dress will become white robe, and the
small room will be an eternal mansion,
and the old hat will be n coronet of vic.
tory, and all the applause Of earth
and all the shouting OF heaven will be drowned
out when God rises up to give his reward to
those humble workers in his kingdom, and to
say to them: "Well done, good and faithful
servant" You have all seen or heard OF the
ruin of Melrose Abbey. suppose in some
respects 1t is the most exquisite ruin on earth.
And yet looking at it was not SO impressed
you may set 10 down to bad taste-but
was not so deeply stirred rs was at tomb
stone at the foot of that Abbey--the tomb
stone placed by Walter Scott over the grave
OF an old man who had served him for good
many years in his house. The inscription most
stand there and read IL without tears coming
into his eyes. The epitaph: "Well done,
good and faithful servant" OH when our
work is over, will it be found that because
of anything we have done for God, or the
church, or suffering humanity that such an
inscription is appropriate for u.s. God grant
IL.
Who are those who were bravest and do
served the greatest tmonument--Iord Claver-
mousse and his burly soldiers, or John Brown,
the Edinburgh carrier, and his wifei Mr..
Atkins, the prosecuted minister OF Jesus
Christ in Scotland was secreted by John
Brown and his wife. and Claverhouse rode
up. one day with his armed men
and shouted in front of the house.
John Browns little girl came out He said
to her: "well. miss, is Mr.. Atkins here y
She made no answer, for she could not betray
the minister of the Gospel "Haw Clever
house said, "then You are chip Of the old
block, are you' / have something in my
pocket Tor you. it is a nosegay. Some peo-
pie call 1t a thumbscrew. but | call it nose-
gay" And he got Off his horse. and he put
It on the little girls hand, and began to turn
II until the bones cracked, and she cried He
said: Don't cry, don't cry; this isn't thumb
screw; this Is nosegayn And they heard
came out, and Caverhouse said "Hal 1t
seems that you three have laid your holy
heads together determined to die like all the
rest OF your hypocritical, canting. snivellng
crew; rather than give up good Mr.. Atkins,
pious MIR. Atkins, you would die. have n
telescope with me that will improve your
vision, and he pulled out pistol. Now"
ne SAID, you old pragmatical, lest you
should catch cold in this cold morning OF Scot
land, and for the honor and safety of the
God and the good OF our souls, l
will proceed simply and in the neatest
and most expeditions style possible TO blow
your brains out" John Brown fell upon his
knees and began to pray. "Ahw said Claver-
house, "look out IL you are going to pray
steer clear of the King, the council and
Richard Cameron" "Ol Lord,n said John
Brown, "snce it seems to be Thy will that
should leave this world for a world where /
can love Thee better and serve Thee more, l
put this poor widow woman and three help
less, fatherless children into Thy hands We
have been together in peace good
while, but now we must look forth to
a better meeting in heaven, and as
Tor these poor creatures, blindfolded
and infatuated, that stand before me, con.
vert them before it be too late, and may they
who have sat in judgment in this lonely place
on this blessed morning, upon me, a poor de-
Ienseess fellow ow-creature-may they in the
Last Judgment, find that mercy which they
have refused to me. Thy most unworthy, but
faithful servant. Amen.n He rose M and
said: Isabel. the hour has come of which
spoke TO you on the morning when proposed
hand and heart to you; and are YOU will
ing now, for the love of God to let me
dier She put her arms around him
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be- the the name me
Of the Lord" stop that snivelling," said
Claverhouse. 81 have had enough of it,
Soldiers, do your work. Take aim! Firer'
and the head of John Brown was scattered
on the ground. While the wife was gather.
husbands head-gathering them up for
burial-Claverhouse looked into her Sc ami
said: Now, my good woman. how do you
feel about your bonnie mani" "Ohm she
said, II always thought weel OF him; he has
been very good to me; / had no reason for
thinking anything but weel of him. and /
think better Of him now. Oh, what
grand thing it will be in the
Last Day to see God pick out his
heroes and heroines Who are those
paupers of eternity trudging Off from the
gates OF heaveni Who are theyi The Lord
Claverhouses and the Herods and those who
had sceptres, and crowns, and thrones, hut
they lived for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and
they broke the heart OF nations. Heroes of
earth, but paupers in eternity. beat the
wool
But there is great excitement In heaven.
Why those long processionsf Why the
booming of that great bell in the tower, IL
Is coronation day in heaven.
Who are those rising on the thrones, with
crowns Of eternal royaltyl They must have
been great people on earth, world renowned
people. No. They taught in a ragged school
Is that allf That is all Who are those wav,
ing sceptres OF eternal dominioni Why, they
are little children who waited ON Invalid