The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04

brook Besor. to have no share IN the
spOils OF triumph 4 was in me Soldiers
hospital in Paris. and ! saw there some
OF the men OF the nrst Napoleon, and
asked them where they had fought under
] their sreat commander. One man aid,
i was at AusterAtZ. Another man
/ said, II was at the PyrGmlds-. Another
nan sad. Il was in the awful retreat
from MOSCOW" Another man said, i
was at the bridge OF Lodi" Some of them
were lame, they were all aged Did the
French government turn OF thoss
ola soldiers to die in WantZ
No; their last days were spent
Ike princes. DO you lllnk my Lc.1 -
gong to turn of rs old soldiers because
they are weak and worn and because
they tainted by the brook BesOr2 Are
they gong TO get no part IN the spells
Of the victory Just look at them. Do
you think those crevices in the face are
wrinkles No: they are battle scars. They
fought against sickness, they fought
against trouble, they fought against sin.
they fought for God, they fought for the
church, they fought for the truth, they
fought for heaven When they had plenty
or money Their names were always On
the subscription list. When there was
amy hard work to lie done for God they
Were ready 20 take the heaviest part Of
u When there came a great revival,
they were ready to pray all night for the
anxious and tine sln-struck. They were
ready to do any work, endure any sacri-
nee, do the most unpopular thing that
God demanded of them. But now they
cannot go further. Now they have Ehy-
rtcdA lGllfHlLleS- NOW their mead tr0u-
Dies them. lney are weak and faint by
t4ls brook BesCT. Are they to have no
share IN the triumph Are they TO get none
Of the treasures, none Of the spells Of
conquest You must think that Christ
has very short memory if you think he
mas forgotten their services.
Fret not. We aged ones. Just tarry by
the stun and wait for your share OF the
spells. Wonder they are coming. 1 hear
the bleating Of the fat lambs and 1 see the
jewels CLINT in the sun. IL makes me
he
when they throw a chain of gold over
your neck, and tell you TO so in and dine
with the king. ] see you backing out be-
cause you feel unworthy. The shining
ones come up on the one side, and the
shining ones come up on the other side,
and they push you on and they push yOE
of Jesus Christ" and the shining ones
will rush out toward you and say, Yes,
that man saved my soul;' or they will
rush out and say, .Oh, yes, she was with
me in the last sickness" And then the
cry will so round the circle, Come il,
come in, come in, come up; we saw you
crepit and discouraged because you could
not go to the front, but As his part is that
goeth down to the battle. so shall his
part be that tarricth by the stuff"
There is high consolation, also in this
for aged ministers see some of them
here to-day. They sit in pews in our
churches. They used to stand i'm pulpits.
Their hair is white with the blossoms of
the tree of life. Their names marked on
the roll OF the general assembly, or OF the
consolation, Emeritus" They sometimes
hear a text announced which brings to
mind a sermon they preached so years ago
on the same subject They preached more
gospel on 500 a year than some of their
successors preach on $1,000. Some Sunday
the old minister is in a church, and near
by in another pew there is a husband
and wife and row of children. And
after the benediction. the lady comes up
ana says, Doctor, you don't know me,
do your WELL he says, your face
iG hrnf I coll h.
name" why" she says, you baptized
me and you married me and you buried
my father and mother and sisters" oh,
yes, he says, my eyesight isn't as good
as it used to be- They are in all our
churches-the heroes of 1870, the heroes
of 1882, the heroes of 1857. BY the long
grave trench that cut through half a CEN
tury, they have stood sounding the resur-
rection. They have been in more Bala-
klavas and have taken more Sebastopols
than you ever heard of. Sometimes they
get a little fretful because they cannot be
at the front. They hear the sound of the
battle and the old war horse champs his
bit. But the $1,000 ministers of religion
this day standing in the brunt of the fray
shall have no more reward than those re-
tired veterans. My father, my father,
the chariots of Israel and the horsemen
thereof" i"As his part is that goeth down
to the battle, so shall his part be that
tarrieth by the stuff"
Cheer up, men and women of unappre-
ciated services. You will get your re-
ward, If not here, hereafter When
Charles Wesley comes up to Judgment and
the thousands of souls which We're waited
into glory through his songs shall be
enumerated he will take his throne. Then
john Wesley will come up to judgment.
and after his name has been mentioned
in connection with the salvation of the
millions of souls brought to God through
the Methodism which he founded, he will
take hts throne. But between the two
Thrones of Charles Wesley and John Wes-
ley. there will be a throne higher than
either, on which shall sit Susanna Yves
ley. who with maternal conservation in
Epworth rectory Lincolnshire, started
those two souls on their triumphant mis-
sion of sermon and song through all fol-
lowing ages. Oh, what a day that will be
for many who rocked Christian cradles
with weary foot, and who patched worm
out garments and darned socks, and out
of a small income made the children
comfortable for the winter. What a day
that will be for those to whom the world
gave the cold shoulder, and called them
nobodies, and begrudged them the least
recognition, and who, weary and worn and
sick, tainted by the brook Besor. Oh, that
will be a. mighty day when the Son of
David shall distribute among them the
garlands, the crowns the scepters, the
chariots the thrones And then il shall
be found out that all who on earth served
God in inconspicuous spheres, receive just
as much reward as those who filled the
earth with uproar of achievement. Then
they shall understand the hight, the depth.
the length, the breadth, the pillared and
doomed nIagnificence of my text. LAS is
part is that goeth down to the battle
SO shall his part be that tarrieth by the
stuff"