Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-11-13
NO. 4S.

7 part OF the spoils ofthe 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. thev !ouGht
| against sin. they fought for God.
| they fought for the church. they
fought for the truth. they fought for
heaven. When they hal plenty Of money
their names were always on the subscription
list. When there was any hard work to ba
done for God they We're real ly to take tho
heaviest part OF it. When there came
great revival they were ready to pray all
night for the anxious AMI the sin struck.
Thew were readyto do aCy work. endure any
sacrifice, do the most unpopular thing that
God demanded of them. But now they can
not go further. Now they have phvsical
lnfrnities. Now their heal troubles them.
They are weak AMI faint by the brook
Besor. Are they to have no share in the
triumph? Are they to get none Of the treas
hres. none Of the spoils of con1u at? You
must think that Christ has very short
memory If you think He has forgotten their
Iervices.
Fret not. We aged ones. just tarry by ths
ruh and wait for your share OF the spoils.
Yonder they are coming. 1 hear the hleat-
ng of the fat lambs. and / see the jewels
flint in the sun. 1t makes me- elaugh tothink
low you will he surprised when they throw
chain of gold over vour meek AMI tell You
o 60 in and dine with the king. / see You
Inning ones comes up on the one side and
ne shining onas come up on the other side.
nd they push YOU on. AMI they push
ou up, and thev say, "Hare is
n old soldier Of Jesus Christ" AMI
he shining ones will rush out towarl You
nd saw. "Yes; that man savai my soul. or
hev will rush out AMI say. "Oh. yes: shn
vas with me in the last sickness An then
he cry will go round the circle: "Cona in.
:ome in. come in. come IN, Wa saw You
Iway down there. oil AMI sick AMI de ,repit
md discouraged because Won coull not %
o the front. but 'As his part is that goth
iown to the battle So shall his part be that
arrieth by the stuff"
There is high consolation also in thi- f1r
Iced ministers. I sea some Of them here to-
lay. They sit in pewS in our churches.
They used to stand in pulpits. Their hair
white with the blossoms of the tree az
life. their names markell on the roll or the
yaneral assembly. or of the consolation.
emeritus. They sometimes hear n text an
bounced which brings to mini sermon they
1rea ,hei fifty years ago on tho same sub
ect. They preache more gospel on 400 Il
year than some of their SUCCESSORS preach on
$4,000. Some Sunday the old minister is in
l church, an1 near by in another pew
here are husband and n wife anI
.ow of children. And after the bnna lie
ion the lady comes up and says. "Dort0r,
'ou don't know me-. do you?' "Wnll." he
'avs. "your face is familiar. but cannot
.all YOU by name" ''Whv." she says. "yDu
baptized me-. and you married me-, aui vou
buried my father AMI mother AMI sisters"
'Oh. yes," he says. "Mv eyesight isn't as
good az it usel to be-" They are in all our
churches-.he heroes of 1920. the heroes Of
1882. the heroes Of 1857. By the long gravs
trench that cut through half n century they
have stool sounding the resurrection. They
have o,en in more Balaklavas ani hnvata',an
more SevaStopols than you ever haarl Of.
Sometimes they get little fretfuI because
thav cannot be at the front. They hear the
sound of the battle AMI the oli war horse
champs his bit But the 90, 900 ministers Of
relicion this day standing in the brnnt Of the
lrav shall have no more reward than those
-atral veterans. "My father my father.
:he chariots of Israel AMI the hor+ men
:haraOf." ''As his part is that goeth down to
he battle. :, shall his part be that tarrnth
~ the stuff"
Cheer up. men and women OF unarpreriatel
iervices. You will get your reward. If not
lare. hereafter. When Charles Wesley 'pmas
IN to iudg nent. AMI the thous tnls Of souls
which were waited into glory ,h his
,ong5 shall be enunarstei. ha will tax" his
throne. Then John Wesley will com, upto
Judgment, and after his nama has h"An mem
ione1 in connection with tho salvation Of
the millions of souls brought Col through
The Methodism which he founiei he will
take his throne. But between thH two
thrones of Charles Wesley AMI John Wesley
which shall sit Susannah Wesley, who,
with maternal consecration in Epworth rec
tory, Lincolnshire. started those two souls
on their triumphant mission Of sermon AMI
song through all the following ages. Oh,
what q day that will be for many who
rocked Christian cradles with weary foot,
AMI who patched worn out garments and
darned socks, an1 out of n small iunoma
made the children comfortable for the win
ter What day that will be for those to
whom the world gave the cold shoulder and
called them nobOdieS ani begruigei them
the least recognition an who, weary and
worn AMI sick. tainted by the brook Basor
Oh, that will be mighty day when tho
Son of David shall distribute among
hem the garlands. the crowns, the scepters,
he chariots, the thrones. And then it shall
,e found that all who on earth served God
n inconspicuous spheres receive Just rs
nuch reward as those who iilei the earth
With uprear of achievement. Then they
nall understand the height. the depth tho
enSth, the brea ith, the pillarsI and dpmei
nagnifi ,ence of nv text ''As his part is that
,oeth down to the battle. so shall his part ba
hat tarrieth by the stuff