The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-09

over the grave of an old man who had
served him for a good many years in
his house-the inscription most insig.
nidcant, and l defy any man to stand
th re and read it without tears com.
ing into his eyes-the epitaph: swell
done, good and faithful servant" Oh,
when our work is over, will it be found
that, because of anything we have
done for God or the church or suffer.
ing humanity, that such an inscrip-
ton is appropriate for us? God grant
it,!
Who are those who were bravest and
deserved the greatest monument, Lord
Claverhouse and his burly soldiers or
John Brown, the Edinburgh carrier
and his wife? Mr.. Atkins, the perse-
cuted minister of Jesus Christ, in Scot
land was secreted by John Brown and
his wife, and Claverhouse rode up one
day with his armed men and shouted
in front of the house. John Browns
little girl came out. He said to her:
"Well, miss, is Mr.. Atkins here?" She
made no answer for she could not be-
tray the minister of the Gospel. Hal"
Cl%averhouse said, then you are a chip
of the old block, are you? L have some
thing in my pocket for you. 1t is q
nosegay. Some people call it a thumb
screw, but l call it a nosegay." And
he got off his horse and he put it on
the little girls hand and began to urn
it until thes bones cracked and she
cried. He said: Don't cry! don't
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is q ~nossgay." And they heard the
child's cry, and the father and mother
came out, and Claverhouse said: "Ha!
1t seems that you three have had your
holy heads together, determined to die
like all the rest of your hypocritical,
canting ,snivelingcrew. Rather than give
up good Mr.. Atkins, pious Mr.. Atkins,
you would die. l have a telescope with
me that will improve your vision" and
he pulled out a 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, l 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 Ciaver-
house, 'look out, if you are going to
pray; steer clear of the king, the coun-
Gil and Richard Cameron" 20 Lord"
said John Brown, ''since it seems to
be Thy will that l should leave this
world for a world where 1 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
a good while, and nov we must look
forth to a better meeting in Heaven.
And as for these poor creatures, blind
folded and infatuated, hat 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, a 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"
1C oiOoC uhu III louDCl, tnC nOuI
has come of which l 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
hoad-gathering them up for burial
Claverhause looked into her face and
said: snow, my good woman, how do
you feel now about your bonnie man 2"
"Oh," she said, II always thought weel
of him; he has been very good to me-;
l had no reason for thinking anything
but weel of him, and l think better OF
him now" Oh, what a grand thing il
will be in the last day to see God pick
out his heroes and heroines. Who are
those paupers of eternity ~trudging of
from the gates of Heaven? Who are
hey? The Lord Claverhouses and the
Herods and those who had scepteru
and crowns and thrones, but they lived
tor their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and
they broke the heart of nations. He
roes of earth, but paupers in eternity.
| beat the drums of their eternal do
spair. Woe. woe, woe;
But there is great excitement in
Heaven. Why those long professions?
Why the booming of that great beH
in the tower? 1t is coronation day In
Heaven. Who are those rising on the
thrones with crowns of eternal roy
atty? They must have been great peo-
pie on the earth, world renowned
people. No. They taught in a ragged
school. Taught in a ragged school!
Is that all? That is all. Who are
those souls waving scepters of eternal
dominion? Why, they are little chill
dren who waited on invalid mothers.
That all? mat is all. She was called