Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-06-08

II VIII be IN the last day 10 see God
pick ont his heroes and heroinesi Who
are those paupers OF eternity trudSing
of from the gates Of heaven? Who
are theyg The Lord Claverhouses and
the Hcrods and those who had scepters
and crowns and thrones. but they lived
for their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT. and
they broke the heart Of nations. He
roes Of earth. bat paupers In eternity.
l beat the drums or their eternal de
srair. Woe. woe. woe.
But there is great excitement in
heaven. Why those loag PROFESSIONS?
Why the booming OF that great bell i'm
the. tbwer2 IL is coronation day in
heaven. Who are those rising on the
thrones with crowns OF eternal royal
"? They must have been great people
on the earth. world renowned people
No They taught in ragged school.
Taught Ia Il ragged school, Is that all?
That Is all. Who are those souls wav-
ing sccptcTs of eternal dominion?
Why, they are little children who wait
ed on invalid mothers. That all? That
is all. She was called Little Mary" on
earth. She is an empress now. Who
are that great multitude on the highest
thrones OF heaven? Who are they +?
Why, they fed the hungry. they clothed
the naked. they healed the sick. they
comforted the hcartbroken. They
never found any rest until they put
their heads down on the pillow of the
sepulcher. God watched them. God
laughed defiance at the enemies who
put their heels hard down on these his
dear children. and one day the Lord
struck his hand so hard on his thigh
that the Omnipotept sword ratified in
the buckler as he said. 81 am their God,
md no weapon formed against them
,hall prosper"
The Great Captain.
What harm can the world do you
when the Lord Almighty with I'M
sheathed sword fights for you? I
preach this sermon for comfort. Go
home TO the place just where God has
put You to play the hero or the heroine.
Do not envy any man his money or his
applause or his social position. Do
not envy any woman her wardrobe or
her exquisite appearance. Be the hero
or the heroine. If there be no -four in
the house and you do not know where
your children are to get bread. listen.
and Won will hear something tapping
against the window pane. Go to the
window, and you will find it is the
beak of n raven, and open the window,
aud there will fly in the messenger
that fed Elijah. Do you think that the
God who grows the cotton OF the south
will let you freeze for lack OF clothes?
Do you think that the God who allow
ed his disciples on Sabbath morning to
so into the grainfield and then take the
grain and rub it in their hands and eat
do you think God viii let YOU starve?
Did you ever hear the experience of
that old man. IL have been young and
now am old, yet | have never seen the
righteous fOTsaken or his seed begging
breadE' Get up out of your discourage
meat. o troubled soul. O sewing wom-
an. o man kicked and cufred by I'M
just employers, o We who are hard be-
set in the battle Of life and know not
which way to turn. O you bereft one.
o you sick one with complaints you
have told TO no one, come and get the
comfort Of this subject, Listen to our
great Captains cheer. "ro him that
overcometh will | give 90 eat OF the
fruit of the tree OF life which is in the
midst Of the paradise OF God"
Copyright. 1900. by Louis Klopsch.l