Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-17

living on his dying pillow, his dying
hand clave 10 his sword. :.
o, II there ever was any one who had
O right to retire from the conflict 1t was
old Joshua Soldiers come back from
battle have the names OF the battles on
their flags, showing where they distin-
guished themselves, and II Is very ap-
propriate inscription. Look ut the nag
OF old General Joshua. On 1t, Jericho,
Gideon, Hazar, City OF Al and instead
of the stars sprinkled on the flag the
sun and the moon which stood still.
There he is 1l0years old. He is lying
fat on his back, but he Is preaching.
His dping words are battle charge
against idolatry, and rallying cry for
the Lord OF Hosts as he says: Behold
this day go the way OF all the earth,
and God hath not failed to fulfill his
promise concerning Israel" His dying
hand clave unto the sword.
There is the headless body OF Paul
on the road to Ostea. His great brain
and his great heart have been severed.
The elmwood rods had stung him fear
fully. When the corn ship broke up
he swan ashore, coming up drenched
with the brine. Every day since that
day when the horse reared under him
in the suburbs OF Damascus, as the su-
perngtural light fell. down to this day
when he is 0S years Of age and old and
decrepit from the prison cell OF the Ma
mertine, he has been outrage ously
treated, and he is waiting to die.
o, my friends, when the battle OF life
is over, and the resurrection has 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. Scars on the brow, scars on
the hand. scars on the feet, scars al
over the heart won in the battle OF re-
demption. And all heaven will sol
aloud with emotion as they look al
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 Hus;
will be there, and he will show where
the coal first scorched the foot on tina
day when his spirit took wing OF fame
from Constance. Mcmillan and Camp
bell and Freeman, American mission
aries in India. will be there-the mel
who with their wives and child
rem went down in the awful mass
acre at Cawnpore, and they viii
show where the daggers OF thu
Sepoys struck them. The Waldense
will be there, and they will snow wher'
their bones were broken on that da.
when the Piedmontese soldiery pitches
them over the rocks. And there vii
be those there who too, are OF the sick
and who looked after q! poor, and the.
will have evidences o! .sthly exhaus
ton. And Christ, W ~ His SCARE!
hand waving over the CARED multi
tude, will say: "You ~ erred with Nj
on earth, now be gloriiI Il with Me II
heaven" And then the great organs q
eternity will take up the chant and S;
John will play: "These are they VIII
came out OF great tribulation, and ha'
their robes washed and made white il
the blood OF the lamb"
But what will your chagrin and min
be il it shall be told that day on tn
streets of heaven that on earth w
shrank back from all toll and sacrifice
and hardship. No scars to show tn
heavenly soldiery. Not so much a
one ridge in the palm of the hand t
show, that in the battle for God and tn
truth, we just once grasped the swor'
so firmly, and struck so hard that tn
sword and the hand stuck together. ant
the hand clave to the sword. o, m.
Lord Jesus, rouse us to thy service.
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from ufar,
And sc re IL with the eye.
When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all thy srmies shine
In robes OF victory through the skies,
The glory shall be Thine