The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-08


family by the product of the farm
One night Ed has retired to mis- room
and there is a family conference about
him. The sisters say: Father,
wish you would send Ed to col
lege; if you will, we will work
harder than we ever did, and we will
make our old dresses do" The motl-er
says: Yes, l will; get along without
any hired help; although | am not as
strong as / used to be. think can
get along without any hired help"
The father says: "Well, l think by
husking corn nights, l can get along
without any assistance" Sugar is
banished from the table, butter is
banished from the plate. That family
is put down on rigid, yea, suffering
economy that the boy NAV go
to college. Time passes on. Com
mencement day has come. Thfnk not
that mention an imaginary case. God
knows it happened. Commencement
day has come, and the professors walk
in on the stare in their long gowns.
The interest of the occc sion is passing
on, and after awhile it comes to a
climax of interest as the valedictOrian
is to be introduced. Ed has studied so
hard and worked so well that he has
had the honor conferred upon him.
There are rounds of applause, some
times breaking into vociferation. 1t
is great day for Ed. But away back
in the galleries are his sisters in
their plain hats and their faded
shawls, and the oldfashioned IA
Their and mother-dear me. she has
not had a new hat for six years, he
has not had a new coat for six years
and they get up and look over on the
| platform. and they laugh and they cry,
and they sit down, and they look pale,
and then they are very much flushed.
| Ed gets the garlands, and the old
| fashioned group in the gallery have
their full share of the triumph. They
have made that scene possible, and in
the dav when God shall more fully re-
ward self sacrifices made for others,
He will give grand and glorious recog-
milton. AS his part is that goeth
down to the battle. so shall his part be
that tarrieth by the stuff"
There is high encouragement in this
subject. also. for those who once
wrought nightly for Christ and the
church, but through sickness or col
lapse of fortune or advanced years, can
not now go to the front. These POO
men of the text were veterans. Let
that man bare his ARM and show how
the muscles were torn. Let him pull
aside the turban and see the mark of a
battle AK Pull aside the coat and see
where the spear thrust him. Would it
have been fair for those men. crippled,
weak and old, by the brook BesOr. to
have no share in the spOils Of triumph
was in the soldiers hospital in
Paris, and saw there some of the men
Of the first Napoleon and | asked them
where they had fought under their
great commander. One man said: Il
was at Austeriitz. Another man said:
II was. at the Pyramids" Another
man saidc II was in the awful retreat
from Moscow" Another man said: j
was at the bridge of Lodi" Some of
them were lame: they were all aged
Did the French government turn
off those old soldiers to die in
want? No: their last days were
spent like princes. Do you
think the Lord is going to turn
of His old soldiers. because they are
weak and worn and because they
tainted by the brook Besor? Are they
going to get no part of the spoils OF
victory? Just look at them DO you
think those crevices in, the face arc
wrinkles? No; they are battle sears.
They fought against sickness, they
fought against trouble. they fought
against sin. they fought for tod. they
fought for the church, they fought for
truth. they fought for Heaven. When
they had plenty of money
their names were always on
the subscription list When there
was any hard work to- be doEe for
God they were ready to take the
heaviest part of it. When there came
great revival they were ready to
pray all night for the anxious and sim
struck. They were ready to do any
work. endure any sacrifice dG the
most unpopular thing God demanded
of them. But now they cannot go fur
Their Now they have. physical intirm-
tiles. Now their head troubles them.
They are weak and faint by the brook
Besor. Are they to have no share in
the triumph? Are they to get none of
the treasures, none of the spoilS of con-
quest? You must think that Christ
has very short memory if you think
He has forgotten their services
Fret not, We aged ones. Just tarry
by the stuff and wait for your share of
the spoils. Yonder they are coming.
1 hear the bleating- of the fat lambs
and see the jewels CLINT in the sun.
1t makes me laugh to- think how you
will be surprised when they throw q
chain of gold over your neck and tell
you to go in and dine with the king. /
see you backing out because You feel
unworthy.
Cheer up. men and women of unap-
preciated services Tou will get your
reward, if not here hereafter. When
Charles Wesley comes mp to Judgment,
and the thousands of souls which
were 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 viii take his throne. But
between the two thrones of Charles
Wesley and John Wesley there
will be a throne higher than either, on
which will sit Susannah Wesley who
with maternal conservation in Epworth
rectory, Lincolnshire, started these
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