The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-16

his seed begging bread" They bathed
his brow, and they bathed his hands,
and they bathed his feet and they sue
ceeded in Strengthening out the feet,
but they did not succeed in bathing
open the hand so it would stay OPEN
They bathed the hand open, but II
came shut They bathed it open again,
but 1t came shut. What was the mat
ter with the thumb and the fingers of
that old hand2 Ali it had so long
clutched the sword of Christian con-
ilict that "Iis hand clave unto the
sword"
HONORABLE WOUNDS IN HOLY WAR
FARE.
l preach this sermon as tonic. /
want you to hold the truth with in.
eradicable grip, and want you to
strike so hard for God that it will re-
act, and while you take the sword the
sword will take you.
You noticed that the officers of the
northern army few years ago assem-
bled at Denver, and you noticed that
the officers OF the southern army as
sembled at Lexington. Soldiers COM
Ing together are very apt to recount
their experiences and to show their
sears. Here is soldier who pulls up
his sleeve and says, There, was
wounded in that arm" and shows the
scar. And another soldier pulls down
his collar and says, There, l was
wounded in the neck" And another
soldier says, II have had no use of that
limb since the gunshot fracture"
Oh, 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
God3 Christ will be there all covered
with scars. Scars on the brow, scars
on the hand, scars on the feet, scars all
over the heart won in the battle of re-
demption. 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 will show where
the coal first scorched the foot on that
day when his spirit took wing of flame
from Constance M'Millan and Camp
bell and Freeman, American mission
aries in India, will be there-the men
who with their wives and children
IN, tho oxpf,,l
at Cawnpore, and they will 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
deere will be those there who took care
IF the sick and who looked after the
poor, and they will have evidences of
earthly exhaustion. And Christ, with
his SCARED hand waving over the
Scared multitude, will say: You suf
fered with Inc on earth; now be glori
fed with me in heaven" And then
the great organs of eternity will take
up the chant and St John will play,
These are they who came out of great
tribulation and had their robes washed
rnd made white in the blood of the
Lamb"
But what will your chagrin and mine
be if it shall be told that day on the
streets of heaven that on earth we
shrank 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
tlf;lt Just once 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. Oh,
my Lord Jesus. rouse us to thy service.
Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer though they die;
They see the triumph from affair."
And seize 1t with the eye.
When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all thy armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies,
The glory shall be thine.