The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-15

Hosts, as 'le says. Behold, this Day ] /
10 the way II Cd the earth. aod God
hath not failed - fulfil bis proaIisa
concerning Israei" Ha dying hand
oiaye unto tho sword.
There u the heailese body Of Paul
On the road 70 OsteA III. great brain
ard hls great heart have beon severeL
The cimwccd rods tod stlng him iet.--
.uiiy. when the corn .ni1 broke ur
10 s7nr, ashore, coming up drsucb"d
Nth ghe brine. Every cay s!uco that
da- tIn The nors. rearrsi unGe- MIN
Ia tho suburbs Of Damascus. - the
gupe natural Light fell, down to THU
day when ne il siJty-eight years Of age
and old ard decrepit from the prison
cell OF tho Manertine, he has been ont
rageousiy treated. and hp f. waiting &c
do. How does 10 grond his last bours'
Telling tho world how badly he feels, .
and describing the rheumntisIn that hs
go+ tn prison. the Rheumatism afiictina
HE limbs, or chc neuralgia piercing III
tern los, or the Thirst that fevers hb
gcrque; On no. IFS lagt words are
the battle shout fer Chrietepdon: y
an now ready ~ 20 offered, and THE
1Tno Of ny departure is TT hand; ]
pave fought the good fight" And &C
al dying hand clave unto the sword.
I. wns - the front room on the SEQ
on floor TINT my father 10y a-dying
Il vas Saturday morning, fonF o'clock.
Jurt three years before that day my
mother Rad loft him for the skies, and
. he he'd boon honesick To Join her com
oa-y. 10 We eighty-three years Of
rE2a. Einisters OF the Gospel came n TO
comfort hin. but he confo-ted them
{ How wonderfully the words sounded
oUt from his dying pillow, II have
'roDn yoUng and now ON old, yet have
. I never seen the righteous forsaken or
III 9oed begging bread" They bathod
/ ois brow, and they bathed his hands,
III they bathed bis feet and they sue
: aee1cd * Strengthening out the feet
! ont they did not succeed in bathing
I 1pln tho hand so It would stay open.
I rAov bathed the hand open, but it
/ came shut. They bathed it open again,
but i5 c3mc shut. What was the mat
; soa With tho thumb and tho fingers Of
that Old hanc2 Ali it bad so long
! clutchcd TIE sword Of Christian con-
/, fiict that "EI;s hand clave unto the
! sword
/ HONORABLE WOUNDS t. HOLY WAR
FARE.
preach this sermon n u tonic.
want you to bold the truth with In
eradicable grip, and / want you to
strike so hard for God that 1t will re-
act, and while you take tire sword the
sword will take you.
Tou noticed that the officers of the
northern GrlEy Il few years ago assem-
bled at Denver, and you noticed that
the officers Of the southern army as.
scInbled st Lexington. Soldiers com
ing together are very apt to recount
their experiences and to show thei,
scars Here is n soldier who pulls up
his sleeve and says, There, ] was
wounded in that arm, and shows the
scar. And another soldier pulls down
bis collier and says, There, wes
wounded In the neck" And another
soldier says, 'y have had no use Of thai
limb siaca the grnshct fracture"
Oh. my friends, when tho battle OF III,
is over and the rosIIr-ection has come
aoi OK bf-3ias rise ron the deed, 81,
VIC have on rs any sca-s Of bravery TO-
! Co67 Christ will be there all covere(
with scars. Scars on the brow, sca>,
or the hend, scars on the feet, scars al
, | over the heart won in the battle of ne
! denpticn. Aud All heaven will sol
aloud with emotion as they look a
those scars. Ignatius will be there, ant
he will point ont the place where tn
tooth md the paw Of the lion seizet
, him In The Coliseum; and John Hus
! viii be there, and he will show whert
the coal first scorched the foot on tina
, day when his spirit took wing Of fa1nt
. from Constance. M'Minan and Camp
hell and Freeman, American mission
aries in India, will be tkere-the ne;
!, who with their wives and children
! went down ID the agiul massacr
. ct Cavnporc, and they win show
| vheso tie daSgers Of the Sepoy
, struck them. The Waldenses vii
!. Do there, ard they will show wller
! ! their bones we're broken Oh tia
, Gay when the PiedmooteSe soldier:
, pitched them over the rookie. Ant
fleve viii be those there who TOOK car
If the sick and who looked after til
poor, and they will have evidences c
!, earthly exhaustion And Christ, wit
his SCARED hand waving over th
:, gcarrod multitude, will say: You su.
= tered with me Oh earth; now be glor
d, fed with me IN heaven" And thel
,, the great organs Of eternity will tax
I, Up tle chant and st. John will play
;, '@ghese are they who came out Of gree
tr'bulation and had their robes washe
;, and made white in the blood of ii,
!, Lamb"
=, But what viii your chagrin and min
= be Il It shall be told that day on tn
=. streets of heesven thet On earth W
; shranii back from all toll and sacrifc
:, and hardship No scars to show til
heavenly soldiery. Not so much as on
. ridge on the palm of the hand to sho,
:, that just once in the battle for God an
the truth We Just once grasped til
q sword 80 firmly and struck 80 hard ths
4 the sword and the hand stuck together
a and the hand clsve to the sword. Or
my Lord Jesus, rouse Us to thy service
. Thy saints IN all this glorious wsx
Shall conquer though they dtes
!, They see the triumph from sfay
~ And seize Il with the eye
J. When tbs. iilnstrio1s day shall rise,
. And all thy armies shine
In robes Of victory through the skies
The glory shall be thine.
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