The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-31

not make them bl;fnch. Martyrs are
made ont OF such stuf as they are.
But let them mot wait fol- such days az
pray to God may never come. Drawn
by the sense Of fairness and justice
and obligation, let them show their
colors. Let the redeemed Of the Lord
say so!
We miss one Of the chief ideas Of q
last judgment. We put into the picture
the fire, and the smoke, and the earth
quake, and the descending angels, and
the uprising dead, but we omit to put
into the picture that which makes the
last Judgment a Magnificent opportu-
nifty. We omit the fact that it is to be
a day of glorious explanation and COM
mendation. The first justice that
millions Of unrewarded, and un-
recognized, and unappreciated men and
women get will be on that day, when
services thatnever called forth so much
as newspaper line Of finest pearl or
diamond type, as the printers term it.
shall be called up for coronation. That
will be the day Of enforcement for
those whom the world called ''No-
bodies" Joshua, who commanded the
sun and moon to stand still,
needs no last judgment to get justice
done him, but those men do need a
last Judgment who at times, in all
armies, under the most violent as
sault, in obedience to command, them
selves stood still Deborah, who en-
c1raged Barak to bravery in battle
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no last Judgment to get justice
done her, for thousands of years
have clapped her applause. But
the wives who in all ages
have encouraged their husbands
in the battles of life, women whose
names were hardly known beyond the
next street or the next farmhouse,
must have God say to them: "You did
well! You did gloriously! I saw you
down in that dairy. / watched You in
the old farmhouse, mending those chill
dren's clothes. / heard what You said
in the way of cheer when the bread
winner of the household was in despair.
/ remember all the sick cradles you
have sung to. 1 remember the back
achs, the headachs, the heartaches. I
know the story of your knitting-needle
as well as know the story of a queens
scepter. Your castle on the heavenly
hill is all ready for you. Go up and
take It'll" And turning to the surprised
multitudes of Heaven, He will say,
"She did what she could" God will
say so.
And now close will. giving my
own personal testimony, for l must
not enjoin upon others that which
decline myself to do. Born at Bound
brook, N. j., of parentage as pious
as the world ever saw, ! attest before
earth and Heaven that have always
felt the elevating and restraining in
fuence of having had good father
and good mother, and if am
able to do half as well for my
children as the old folks did
for me / will be thankful forever.
The years of my life passed on until,
at about eighteen years of age, felt
the pressure of eternal realities, and
after prayer and religious counsel I
passed into what / took to be a saved
state, and joined the church, and
attest before earth and Heaven that I
have found it a most helpful and
inspiring association. / like the
,ompanionship SO well that I can
not be satisfied If I have day less
If it than all eternity. After gradu-
lting at college and theological in
situations / had the hands .of ten or
,welve good men put upon my head in
solemn ordination, at Belleville, N. j.,
ind attest before earth and Heaven
hat the work of the Gospel ministry
las been delightful, and l expect to
preach until my last hour. Many
lines Ihave passed through deep water
If bereavement, and but for the divine
promise of heavenly reunion l would |
lave gone under, but 1 attest |
,efore earth and Heaven that the COM
ort of the Gospel is high, deep, glor-
Gus, eternal. Many times have been
naligned and my work been misrepre-
ented, but all such falsehood and per
ecution have turned out for my adj |
antage and enlarged my work, and I |
ttest before earth and Heaven that
rod has fulfilled to me the promises:
'Lo! | arm with you always" and
The gates of hell shall not prevail
gainst YOU"
For the cheer of younger men in all
apartments, let me say you will como
ut all right if you mind your own
usiness and are patient. The assault
( the world is only being rubbed
own by rough Turkish towel, and
; improves the circulation and
lakes one more vigorous. While
he future holds for me many mystic
les which do not pretend to solve,
m living in expectation that when my