The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-22

! Nnrlslenu0m: II am now ready To he
ollercd, and the time OF my departure is
at hand; have fought he GOOD ii.it."
And so his dying haud cluvo unto lhr
| sword.
IL was in the front room on the second
iioor That my father lay a.dying. !, was
saturday morning tour O'Clock. just
thrcc years before that day my mother
ilad !elt him for the skies, and he had
bcen homcsick to join her company. lie
was clghty-thrcC years of age Minis.
ters OF the Gospel came in 20 ,)!ntort
hlm,. but he Conlorted them. IIow
wonderfully tbs words sounded out from
his dying pillow, IL have bccu Young
and now am old, set have | never seen
the righteous iorsaken, or las see hcy-
Ging bread" They bnthcl his brow,
and they batled his hands. and hey
hathcd his feet and they succeeded n
sltaiShtt ming OUT the feet: hut they I'D
not succeed IN bathing oUcn Che hand 50
II would stay open. Tncv bat.cd tIir
! hahd ol en-, but It came shut. They
hllhcI 1t open again, bu: It came
shut. what was the matter with the
thumb and The fingers o'' that old band:
All! 1t had SO long clutchc;, the sword
or Christian counict That 'hia hand
| ''''Nf ullGp tilC y" Clt.
SPIRIT5 OF TIE MAN'rYE&
L preach this sermon as Il tnniC.
want you to hold the truth with incra-
ulcable grip, and l want you to strike 80
hard for God lh It IL will react aud while
you take the sword, The sword HllI take
you.
You noticed that the officers o! the
northern army a few Years ag0 assem-
blcd at Denver, and You noticed dat
Tue officers OF the southern army assem-.
blcd at Lexington. Soldiers coming to-
Selhcr are very apt TO recount thcir en-
pcrlences and to show their scars. lIrlc
Is a soldier who pulls up his sleeve and
says: ''Thcrc, was wounded III that
arm,' and shows tic scar. And an
other soldier pulls down his Collar. and
says, "Therc, | was wOUnI2d iu thn
ncck.' And another soldier saws. Il
have had no use Of that jmb aincc the
gunshot fracture" On. my lr,rn,Is,
when the battle oE life is ever .l,i the
resurrection has come and ouy bodies
rise from ,hc dead. will We haze IN Us
any scars OF bravery ior GOO: Christ
VIII be There ali covered wiz. sears.
SCARS Oh the brow, Scura on tl.,. hluI,
Scars Oh che feet. sears al ever tie heart
won i'll the battle OF redemption. AuI
all heaven will sob aloud with cmo!ion
as tnGy lUOn Cm those scars. l.ma,inS
Will be there. and Eo VIII pui... .,ru the
places Where The toO.h ara the uaw OF
the lion seized him liz The coliseum:
aud John lluss will be there, aud II"
Will show where Lhc coal irst scr:rt:uL
the loot on that day whcu las su:riY tu,,k
wing Of flame from Constance. NJ Mil
Ian and Campbell ana Freeman. Amer
lean missionaries in India. will be there
the men who with Their wives and
children went down in The awful fnaaaa-
ere al CaWnporc, aud they viii She y
where The da9gcrS Of the SrDrl; Suiirk
! them.
The Waldenscs will he there. and ti.cv
Wlll show where thCirbauoS were broken
on that day when the rirGmGntcs,. Sol.
diery pitched them over nc rocks. Ana
there will be those there who took Gaze
OF the sick and no looked alter ,,tc poor.
and they will have evidences OG cailn',
exhaustion. And Christ, with his "rai.r,,l
hand waving over the SCARED mu!titnur,
VIII say, "GOu suffered with me ,!i
earth; now DC = g!orllrU With me - hcay-
cn.' And then the great ORGANS of
eternity will take up the chant aud =.
John will play. "Thcsc are they vino
came out Of great iribuiaIiou and had
their robes washed and IN ,dc whiic il
| the blood Of the J.amD.'
But what will your c.ugrin anl ms"
| be il it shall be told that day on tnr
streets OF heaven that on earth sc
s!rank back from all toll a,,l y;..:ilirr
and hardship. No Scars t. ":.o% t;.c
heavenly s'i;'ic.y. So. 50 mu.h ns