Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-11-15

night for the anxious and the sin struck.
They were readyto do Any work. endure AnF
sacrifice, do the most unpopular thing that
God demanded % then. But nov they can
not 90 further. Nov they have phvsieAl
inhrmities. Now their head troubles them.
They arr weak AMI faint by the brook
Bes0r. Are thew 20 have no share In the
triumph Are they 10 Get none % the treas
ures. none Of the snoiis Of conqusst9 You
must think that Christ has a very short
memory u YOU think He has forgotten their
services.
Fret not. We ared onas. Just tarry by the
stun and wait for your share % the sno,ls.
Wonder they are coming. hear the hleat-
inc Of the fat lambs. and / see the jewels
CLINT in the sun. II makes me laugh tothink
how YOU will be surprised when they throw
q cnain Of gold over YOUR nerk AMI tell you
TO 20 I'm AMI dine with the king. / So YOU
backing out because YOU feel unworthy. The
shining ONES comes no on the one side and
the shining oueS come up on the other side.
and they push You on, AMI thew push
YOU up, and thew SAY, Hero Is
an ola soldier ~ Jesus Christ md
the shining ones will rush out toward v1u
and saw. ssy-s. that man saved my soul. " 0r
they will rush out and saw. ooh, yes; she
was witt me in the last sickness Aud then
the cry will 60 round the circle: "Come in.
come Ia, come ia. come 40, We saw You
away down there oil and sick and de'rcpit
AMI di>cpura god because Won coull not %
20 the front. hat As his part Is that g1'th
down 10 the battle ~ shall his part be that
tarrieth by the stun. p"
There Is high consolation also IN this Tor
aged ministers. / see some Of them here to-
day They cit in news in our churches.
They used "a stand in pulpits. Their hair
Is white with the blossoms OF the tree %
life. their names marcel on the roll % the
general assembly. or ~ the consolation.
emeritus They sometimes hear tex: an
nOunred which brings TO mind sermon they
prea he'd fifty years ago on the same sub
iect. They preached more gospel on 800 a
year than some Of their successors preach on
$4,000. Some sunday the old minister is in
"A church. AM near by in another pew
there ara husband AMI a wife AM n
row Of children. And after the haneiic-
ton the lady comes up and says. Doctor,
YOU don't know mo. 20 v0u2' "WPl.' he
saws. "your face is famili1-. but 7 cannot
call Won 10y name "Why.' she SAYS. "Fou
baptized me. aud Won married me- AMI Won |
buried my father aud mother aud sisters" F.
''On. va. he saw. "Mv eyeslght isn't rs f.
good as II used TO be-" They ara in all our .
ahurches-,he HEROES Of 1920. the heroes of /
1892, the heroes Of 1857. By the long grave Z
trench that cut through half century they /
have stood souu ling the resurrection. They F..
have been in more Bslaklavas an have taken /,
more SavaStODols than YOU ever haarl Of /
Sometimes they get little iratful because /
they cannot be az the front. They hear the /
sound Of tho battle aud the old war horse |
champs his bit. Bn' the 5000 ministers OF /
religion this day standing in the hrunt Of the /
'ray shall have no more reward than those +
retired veterans "My father. nv father.
he chariots OF Israel AMI the horsemen
hereof As his part is that corth down to
ne battle, 50 shall his part be that tarriath
" the stuff"
trrer up. men aud women OF uuqpDreriatel
nrviraS, You will gat vDur reward, II not
lerH, her 'attn-. When Charles We-Ieve1res /
m 10 judgment. ami the thOus gnds OF sous I
which were waited into glory through his
songs shall BE- e1Vm'rl'ai. he will taEe his Z
hrone. Tlen John WA-lcv wilt cone 10 10
Judgment, ani after nis name has been mem /
lonhi IN connection with the salvation ~
he millions Of souls brought Got through
he MesnCtiSn which he founded he Will
Ak his throne. Blr between the two
nroue7 Of Charles Wesley ami John Wesley
hare Will be q throne higher than either. on
ThlHh shall sit Susannah Wesley. who
With m7terua! conservation in Epyortn rae
DRY, Lincolnshire. started those two syuIs 4
~ their triumphant mission OF sermon and
cng through all the following ages, Oh
what day that will be for many who
''' Ia ''"'I'' Win weary IDOt. I
md VINO patched worn ont garments and
iRrnei socks. AMI out Of a small income
made the children comfortable for the win
er what day that will be for those 10
nom the world gave the cold shoulder ami
lilei them nob1iteS AMI beyrutged them
le least recognition. an who. weary and
orn and sick, tainted by the brook Basor
h. that will be a mchtv day when the
on OF David snail distribute among
lem the gariands. the crowns, the scepters.
le chariots. the thrones. And then 1t shall
, found that all who on earth served God
| inconspicuous spheres receive jusr az
UGH reward - thosJ who filed the earth
ith uproar Of achievement. Thea they
lali understand the height, the depth, the
myth. the breadth, the piIIared aud domed
agnihcence OF my text, "As his part is that
oeth down TO the battle, 50 shall his part be
lat tarrieth by the stun.