St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-18

that dark alley! Let all Joppa hear
it! Dorcas is resurrected!
You and I have seen the same thing
many time; not dead body re-
suscitated. but the deceased coming
up again after death in the good ac-
complished. If man labors up to 50
years of age, serving God, and then
dies, we are apt to think that his
earthly work is done. No. His in-
fluence on earth will continue till tho
world ceases. Services rendered for
Christ never. stop. A Christian wom-
an tolls for the upbuilding Of church
through many anxieties, through
many self-denials, with prayers and
tears, and then she dies. It is Is
years since she went away. Now the
spirit Of God descends upon that
church, hundreds Of souls stand up
and confess the faith Of Christ. Has
that Christian woman, who went away
Is years ago, nothing to do with these
things? I see the Towering out Of
her noble heart l hear the echo OF
her footsteps in all the songs over sins
forgiven, in all the prosperity of the
church. The good that seemed to be
buried has come up again. Dorcas 10
resurrected!
After awhile these womanly frienes
of Christ will put down their needle
forever. After making garments for
others, some one will make garment
for them; the last robe we ever wear
the robe for the grave. You will hays
heard the last cry of pain. You will
have witnessed the last orphanage.
You will have come in worn out from
your last round of mercy. 1 do not
know where you will sleep, nor what
your epitaph will be, but there will ce
lamp burning at that tomb, and IN
angel Of God guarding it, and through
all the long night no rude foot will dis
turb the dust. Sleep on, sleep on.
Soft bed. pleasant shadows, undis.
turbed repose! Sleep on!
Asleep IN Jesus. Blessed sleep
From which none ever wake to weepf
Then one day there will be sky
rending and a whirr of wheels and the
fash of a pageant, armies marching.
chains clanking. banners waving. thun-
ders booming, and that Christian wom-
an will rise from the dust, and she will
be suddenly surrounded-surrounded
by the wanderers of the street whom
she reclaimed, surrounded by the
wounded souls to whom she had ad-
ministered. Daughter Of God, so
strangely surrounded. what means
this? 1t means that reward has come.
that the victory is won, that the crown
is ready. that the banquet is spread.
Shout it through all the crumbling
earth. Sing it through all the flying
Heavens. Dorcas is resurrected.
In 1855, when some of the soldiers
came back from the Crimean war to
London, the queen of England distrib-
uted among them beautiful medals
called Crimean medals. Galleries were
erected for the two houses of parlia-
ment and the royal family to sit in.
There was great audience to witness
the distribution of the medals. A
colonel who had lost both feet in the
battle of Inkermann was pulled in on
a wheel chair; others came in limping
on their crutches. Then the queen Of
England arose before them in the name
of her government and uttered words
of commendation to the officers and
men and distributed those medals, I'M
scribed with the four great battlefields
Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann and Sc
yastopol. As the queen gave these to
the wounded officers the bands Of music
struck up the national air, and the
people, with streaming eyes, Joined in
the song 7s-=
God save our gracious queen!
Long live our noble queen!
God save the queen!
And then they shouted: "Huzza,
huzza!" Oh. it was a proud day for
those returned warriors! But bright
er, better and gladder day will come
when Christ shall gather those who
have toilcd in His service. good soldiers
of Jesus Christ He shall rise before
them, and in the presence of all the glo-
rifiedi of Heaven he will say: We'll
done, good and faithful servant" and
then He win distribute the medals Of
eternal victory, not inscribed with
works of righteousness which We have
done, but with those four great battle.