The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-16

sreIJs-,e- the world how badly he feeiA
and describing the rheumatism that be
got in prison the rheumatism. IN Iictlns
his limbs, or the nenrztg1s piercing ms
temples, or the thirst that fevers MS
touGue2 o. no. His last words are the
battle shout for Christendom; Il am
now ready TO be offered, and the time
of nv departure is at hand; have
foBgft the good fight" And SO his
diving hand clave unto the sword
I breach this sermon as a tonic /
want you to hold the truth with in
eradicabIe grip, and want you to
strike so hard for God that it will react,
and while you take the sword the
sword will take you
90 You a0tieed that the officers OF the
northern army few years ago assem-
bIed at Denver, and you noticed that the
officers Of the southern army had As
sem bled at Lexington Soldiers .coras
ing together are very apt to recount
their Experiences aud to show their
scars Here is a soldier who pulls up
his sleeve and says; There, I was
wounded in that arm" and shows the
scar. And another soldier pulls down
his collar and says: There, / was
wounded in the neck" And another
soldier saws: II have had no use Of
that limb since the gunshOt fracture"
D. nv friends when the battle of
1lLas Is over anu AAAo rs Ia lIbA'1AA mas
come, and our bodies rise from the
dead, will we have on us any scars of
bravery for God? Christ will be there
all covered with scars. Sears on the
brow, scars on the hand, sears on the
feet scars all over the heart won in the
battle of redemption And all Heaven
will sob aloud with emotion as they
look at those scars Ignatius Will be
there, and he will point out the place
where the tooth and the paw of the
lion seized him in the Coliseum,
and John Huss will be there, and he
viii show where the coal first scOrched
the foot on that day when his spirit
took wing of flame from Constance.
Mcmillan and Campbell and Freeman,
American missionaries in India, will be
there-the men who with their wives
and children went down in the awful
massacre ut CawEPore, and they viii
show where the daggers of the SepOYs
struck them. The Waldenses will be
there, and they will show where
their bones were broken on that day
when the Piedmontese sOldiery
pitched them over the rocks. And
/ there will be those there who
! took care of the sick and who looked
after the poor, and they viii have evil
dences of earthly exhaustion And
Christ, with His SCARED hand waving
over the Scared multitude, will say:
You suffered with Me on earth; now
be gloriied with Ne in Heaven" And
thensthe great organs of eternity Will
| take up the chant, and St John viii
/ play: These are they who came out
/ Of great tribulation and had their TO es
washed and made white in the blood Of
/ of the lamb"
/ But what will your chagrin and mine
! be if it shall be told that day on the
I stress of Heaven that on earth we
/ shranI back from all toll and sacrifice
and hardship. No scars to show the
/ heavenly soldiery. Not so much as one
ridge on the palm of the hand to show
that in the battle for God and the
truth, we just once grasped the sword
so firmly, and struck so hard that the
sword and the hand stuck together, and
/ the hand clave to the sword. o, my
! Lord Jesus, rouse US to Thy service.
Thy saints I'm all this glorious war
! snail conquer though they dies
| They the triump PHI from afar,
! And seize it with this eye
] When that ulustrIous day shall rise.
! And all Thy armies shine
IN robes OF victory through the skies,
The glory shall be Thine.