The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-06-09

e II until the bones cracked and sh'
! cried. He said; Don't cry! dom
o cryl This isn't a thumbscrew, thii
= is a nosegay." And they heard the
r. child's cry, and the father and mother
i came out, and Claverhouse said: "Ha!
I 1t seems that you three have had your
b holy heads together, determined to die
{ like all the rest of your hypocritical
e canting ,snivelingcrew. Rather than give
e up good Mr.. Atkins. pious Mr.. Atkins,
4 you would die. l have telescope with
E me that will improve your vision" and
I he pulled out pistol. "Now," he said,
: you old pragmatic, lest you should
) catch cold in this cold morning of Scot
land and for the honor and safety of
the king, to say nothing of the glory
of God and the good of our souls, | will
proceed simply and in the neatest and
most expeditions style possible to blow
your brains out"
John Brown fell upon his knees and
began to pray. ''Ah," said Claver-
house, "look out, if you are going to
pray; steer clear of the king, the coun-
ell and Richard Cameron" 30 Lord"
said John Brown, ''since it seems to
be Thy will that 1 should leave this
world for a world where | can love
Thee better and serve Thee more, l
put this poor widow woman and these
helpless, fatherless children into Thy
hands. We have been together in peace
good while, and now we must look
forth to better meeting in Heaven.
And as for these poor creatures, blind
folded and infatuated, that stand be-
fore me, convert them before it is too
late, and may they who have sat in
judgment in this lonely place on this
blessed morning upon me, poor, de-
fenseless fellow creature-may they
in the last judgment find that mercy
which they have refused to me, thy
most unworthy but faithful servant.
Amen"
He arose and said: Isabel, the hour
has come of which 1 spoke to you ON
the morning when / proposed hand and
heart to you, and are you willing now,
for the love of God, to let me die ?'' She |
put her arms around him and said: |
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath |
taken away. Blessed is the name of
the Lord stop that sniveling," said
Claverhouse. 81 have had enough of
it. Soldiers, do your work. Take aim!
Fire!" And the head of John Brown
was scattered on the ground. While
the wife was gathering up in her
apron the fragments of her husbands
head-gathering them up for burial
Claverhause looked into her face and
said: Now, my good woman, how do
you feel now about your bonnie man?"
oh, she said, Il always thought weel
of him; he has been very good to me;
had no reason for thinking anything
but weel of him, and l think better of
him now" Oh, what grand thing it
Will be in the last day to see God pick
out his heroes and heroines. Who are
hose paupers of eternity trudging off
from the gates of Heaven? Who are
hey? The Lord Claverhouses and the
derods and those who had scepters
md crowns and thrones, but they lived
Ior their own ggrandizement, and
hey broke the heart of nations. He
oes of earth, but paupers in eternity.
beat the drums of their eternal de-
pair. Woe. woe, woe!
But there is great excitement in
ieaven. Why those long professions?
Why the booming of that great bell Q
n the tower? 1t is coronation day in d,
ieaven. Who are those rising on the
hrones with crowns of eternal row. 4
lty? They must have been great peo-
he on the earth, world renowned
'eople. No. They taught in a ragged :
chool' Taught in a ragged school!
s that all? That is all. Who are
hose souls waving scepters of eternal
ominion? Why, they are little chill a
rem who waited on invalid mothers. I;
hat all? mat is all. She was called ::
Little Mary" on earth. She is an en- :;
ress now. Who are that great multi !:
ude on the highest thrones of Heav- !;
n? Who are they? Why, they fed :
he hungry; they clothed the naked; !
hey healed the sick; they comforted &
he heartbroken. They never found !.
ny rest until they put their head &
own on the pillow of the sepulcher.
cd watched them. God laughed de- 81
antly at The enemies who put their :.
cells hard down on these, His dear 4
lildren, and one day the Lord struck !.
is hand so hard on His thigh that Z
lie Omnipotent sword ratified in the I.
lckler as He said: 81 am their God, =
nd no weapon formed against them !
lall prosper Z
What harm can the world do you
hen the Lord Almighty with un- Z
leathed sword fights for you? 1
each this sermon for comfort Go &
'me to the place just where God has
1t you to play the hero or the he 8
lne. Do not envy any man his !.
oney or his applause or his social po- :
ton. Do not envy any woman her !
ardrobe or her exquisite appear Z
ice. Be the hero or the heroine. If !.
ere be no flour in the house and you =
not know where your children are !.
get bread, listen and you will hear Z
tapping against the vim /
w pane. Go to the window, and you z
IL find it is the beak of a raven. and !.
en- the window, and there will fly =
the messenger that fed Elijah. Do !
u think that the God who grows the v"
ton of the south will let you freeze
: lack of clothes? Do you think
at the God who allowed His disci-
IS on Sabbath morning to go into =
: grainfield and then take the grain r
rub it with their hands and eat
you think God will let you starve?
1 you ever hear the experience of
1T old man: Il have been young
now am old, vet / have never