Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-03

ed and mauied ana slain by The sepoys.
So great was the wrath against these
murderers that the Scotch regiment sat
down, and, cutting on the hair of this
dead daughter of General Wheeler. they
divided It among them, and each one
counted the number of hairs given him.
and eph took an oath, which was execu-
ted, TINT for each hair OF the murderei
sda6ghssr they would dash out the life OF a
.bestA sepoy, But as we look over the
st5iE5 u those who in all ages have suffered,
boz The truth, while we leave vengeance to
skAS Lord, let us band together In one
sHaemn VOW, one tremendous oath. after
Having counted the host OF the martyrs.
that for each one OF those glorious men
and women who died for the truth an I'M
mortal shall live. live with God and live
forever.
But. as I already limited in the first
sentence of this sermon, nothing can be
more beautiful than the figures of smoke
on a clear sky. You can see what you will
in the contour OF this volatile vapor, now
enchanted castles, now troops OF horse-
men, now bannereds procession, now
winged couriers. now at<black angel OF
wrath under a spear oil the sunshine
turned to an angel OF light. and now from
horizon to horizon the air Is a picture
gallery filed with masterpieces OF which
God is the artist, burning clouds Of smoke
born in the sunrise and evening CLOUDS
Of smoke laid In the FURNISHED sepuichers
ofshe sunset
The beauty OF the transfgured smoke Is
n divine symbol of the. beauty of the
chursh. The fairest OF afthe fair is she.
Do not call those persecntSH OF whom
spoke the church. They aretAe parasites
OF the church, not the church itself. Her
mission is to cover the earth witha superna-
turaI gladness, to open all the prison doors,
to bslsam all the woupds. to moss all the
graves, to burn Up tb|siebt inthe fireplace
OF great morni6iH ~ change iron hand
.l.,I -fa late - q tIo
whole race around and whereas it faced
death, commanding 1t, ssRi41t about face
for heaven!' According tASS6e number OF
the spires of the churches1 In all our cities,
towns and neighborhoods are the good
homes, the worldly properties and the
pure morals and the happy souls.
Meet me at any depotthe world over, and
with nv eyes closed take me by the hand
and lead me so that my feet will not stum-
BILE, and without my once looking down or
looking on the level take me to some high
roof or tower and let me see the tops OF
the churches, and will tell you the pro-
portion OF suicides, OF arsons, OF murders,
Of thefts. According as the churches are
numerous are the crimes few. According
as the churches are few the crimes are nu-
merous. Thesmost beautiful organization
the world evexRw or ever will see Is the
much malignU hurch, the friend OF all
good, the foe of all evil, "fair as the moon
aud clear as the SUM-" Beautiful in iitr
Author, beautiful IN ner mis- Ion, tne nero
inc OF the centuries, the bride of Christ,
the queen of the nationsI
Men may desecrateft, as Cromwell when
he stabbed his cavalry horses In st. Paul's
Cathedral; or break of the image OF
Christ, as did the iconoclasts in York min
I ster; or hurl against 1t august literary an
tipathies. as did Gibbon; or plot its over
throw, as do some in every community
whose pride and hate and debauehery are
reproved by the Ten Commandments
which it thunders and the sermon on the
mount which its breathes. But 1t will
stand as long as the earth stands, the
same unique and wonder working and
beatifc and miraculous thing for
which God decreed it. Small wits tax
| their brain to say things that will put
her at disadvantage, but many OF them
will send fer its confidence when dy-
! ing, and their children will be gathered up
| undersits benedictions' after the parental
curse has been removed. Through Der
gates will march all the Influences for good
I that shall ever reach oursworld.. Take her
t4nenaSS SSarsiiiD as" 49, 7peaking of the
acknowIed. they are the
noblest,gA Smen am
Si" m btYrr