The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-15

His there was a pool Of carnage that
FLASHED the horses fetlocks. You have
friends to sYmpathize with youin carry z
ing the cross; Christ trod the wine press
Of Gods wrath alone-aIonel The cross
that you and I ought to carry represents
only few days or few years Of trial.
The cross that Christ carried for US had
compressed into it the agonies OF eter-
nifty.
There Las some one come here to-day
whom you have not observed. He did not
come through the front door; He did not
come down any Of these alsIes; yet
know He is here. He is from the Easts
foot, and with broken heart, and cheeks
red not with health but with blood from
the temples. take hold of His Coat and I
say:
fIt does not seem to fit Thee"
mo, "He says, ''ft is not mine; it is bors
rowed; it does not belong to me now. For
my venture did they cast lots.D And Isay
unto Him:
''Thine eyes are red as though from loss
eyes, the Son of man had not where to
lay His head.' And 1 touch the log on His
back and 1 say:
"Why earliest thou this?"
'tAh!' He says, "that is a cross carry
for thee and for the sins Of the whole
world. That is cross. Fall into line,
march on with me in this procession
take your smaller crosses and your lighter
burdens, and join mo in this march to
Heaven"
And we join til at procession with our
smaller crosses and our lighter burdens,
and Christ looks back and He sees some
are hGIhng because they can not endure
the shame, or bear the burden, and with
a voice which has in it majesty and ON
l viz "a all arff7
| trembleS:
/ Whosoever doth not bear his cross and come
after me, can not be my disciple.
A Roman Emperor said 20 a Greek
architect: ''You build me a coliseum, q
grand coliseum, and if it suits me 1 viii
crown you in the presence of all the
| people, and I will make a great day Of
| festival on your account"
| The Greek architect did his work, did Is
magnifcently, planned the building.
| looked after its construction. The build
| ing was done. The day for opening ar
| rived. In the coliseum were the Emperor
| and the Greek architect. The Emperor
rose amid the plaudits of a vast assembly
and said:
eve have gathered here to-day to oFen
| this coliseum and to honor the Greek
architect 1t is great day for the Roman
| Empire. Let this building befprosperous,
| let honor be put upon the Greek architect.
| 0, we must have afestival to day. 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 amphitheateT. It was to be a great
| celebration in their destruction. Then
the lions, hungry and three-fourths
starved, were let out from their dens in
the side Of the amphithearer, and they
came forth with mighty spring to destOr y
and rend the Christians, and all the gall
leries shouted: ttHuzzal huzza! Long
live the Emperor!" Then tho Greek
architect arose in one of the galleries and
shouted until the vast asse1nblage all
heard him: IL too, am a Christian l'
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
amphitheater.
Could you have done that for Christl
Could you, in a vast assemblage, an OF
whom hated Christ, have saidg 81 am a
Christian or 'I want to be a Christian?'i
Would you have had the ten thousandth
part of the enthusiasm and the courage OF
the Greek architect? Nay, 1 ask you
another question: Would you, in an as
semblage where they are nearly all Chris
tians-In an assenblage a vast multitude
of whom love Christ and are willing to
live, and if need be, to die for Hiln-Would
|
81 want to be u Christian" 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
OF are there not mUltitudes here this
morning who are ready to say:
''Let the world look on, let all the gal
Ieries of earth and Heaven and hell1ool
on, 1 take Christ this day. Come ap.
plause or abuse, come sickness or health
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ever"
OF Christian man, o Christian woman!
Have you any scars to show in this con-
hict? When a war is over the heroes have
scars to show. One hero rolls back his
sleeve and shows gunshot fracture, OF
he pulls down the collar and shows where
he was woun ded in the neck. Another
man says:
II have never had the use of my IimI
since 1 was wounded at that great bat
5 tie"
r When the last day comes when all Ou
] battles are over, will we have any wounds
[ for Christ? Some have wounds for sin
/ wounds for the devil, wounds gotten il
t fighting on the wrong side. Have W.
t wounds that we can shOw-wOunds gottel
in the battle for Christ and for the truth
. On that resurrection day Christ will hav
/. plenty of scars to show. Christ viii stant
, | there and show the scars on His brow, thu
t scars on His hands, and the scars on Hi
e feet, and He will put aside the robe Of Hi
l royalty and show the scar on his. side
/ and all Heaven will break down with emo
l ton and gratitude in one great sob, an
r then in one great hOsanna- win you an
i 1 have any scars TO show?
I There will be Ignatius on that day show
a ing the mark OF the paw and teetheoI tn
/ lion that struck him down in the Coliseum
= There will be glorious John Huss shOwin
| lust where on his foot the flames began Of
Q that day when his soul took wing of fam
. and scared up from Constance! Their
r will be Hugh McKa1 ready to point TO tn
4 | mark on his neck where the axe struc
q him. There will be Mcmillan an
q Campbell and Freeman, the Ameri
1 can missionaries, who, with thei
a wives and children. were put to- deaf
e in the awful massacre at Gavin
t pore, showing the place where th
daggers of the Sepoys struck them. Their
4; will be the Waldenses showing. wher
5 1 their limbs were broken on the day whe
d 1.-THE Piedmontese soldiery pitched theI
4 lover the. rocks. viii you and / have an
4 wounds. to show? Have we fought Jan
battles for Christ? o. that we might a
!, be enlisted for Christ, that we might a.
! be willing to suf er for Christ that "
4 Knight all bear a cross for Christ
y When the Scottish chieftains wanted {
raise an army they would make a wOodel
4 cross and then set it on fire and carry j
. withsother crosses they had through tn
mountains, through the highlands an
a among the people, and as they waved tn
cross the people would gather to tn