Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-07

crets of her lifetime, but she will not
tell that. Not until /he books of
eternity are opened on the throne OF
judgment will ever be known what she
has suffered. Oh, We. who are twisting
a garland for the victor. put II on that
pale brow! When she Is dead the
neighbors will beg linen to make her
shroud, and she will be carried out
in plain box, with no silver plate to
tell her years. for she has lived a
thousand years of trial and anguish.
The gamblers and swindlers who de-
stroyed her husband will not come to
the funeral. One carriage will be
enough for that funeral-one carriage
to carry the orphans and the two
Christian women who presided over
the obsequies.
Tho Celestial Door Opened.
But there is flash and the opening
Of celestial door and shout, Lift
up your head, We everlasting gate, and
let her come in!" And Christ will
step forth and say, Come in. Ye
suffered with me on earth; be glorified
with me in heaven" What is the
highest throne in heaven? You say,
"The throne of the Lord God Almighty
and the Lamb" No doubt about 1t.
What is the next highest throne In
heaven? While l speak it seems to
me 1t will be the throne of the drunk
ards wife. IL she with cheerful pa
thence endured all her earthly tor
ture. Heroes and heroines!
Reward of Devotion.
You have all seen or heard OF the
ruins of Melrose abbey. l suppose in
some respects they are the most ex-
quisite ruins on earth And yet. look
ing at II was not so impressed-you
may set 1t down to bad taste-but
was not so deeply stirred as | was al
tombstone at the foot of that alb.
hey, the tombstone placed by Walter
Scott over the grave of an old man
who had served him for good many
years In his house-the inscription
most significant. and l defy any man
to stand there and read 1t wlthou,
tears coming into, his eyes-the cpl
taph, well done, good and faithful
servant" Oh, when our work Is over
will 1t be found that, because oil
| anything we have done for God or the
church or suffering humanity thai
such an inscription is appropriate
for us? God grant It!
John Browns Prayer.
John Brown fell upon his knees and
began to pray. "Ah." said Claver.
house, look. out IL you are going to
pray; steer clear of the king. the coun
ell and Richard Cameron" 20 Lord.
said John Brown, "since II seems tc
be thy will that l should leave this
| world for a world where / can love
thee better and serve thee more.
put this poor widow woman and these
helpless, fatherless children into thy
hands. We have been together II
peace good while, but now we mus
| look forth to a better meeting II
heaven. And as for these poor crea
lures, blindfolded and infatuated, thai
stand before me, convert them before
| II be too late, and may they who have
sat in judgment in this lonely place or
this blessed morning upon me, poor
! defenseless 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 | spoke to you or
the morning when | proposed
| hand and heart to you, and are yor
| willing now, for the love of God, tc
let me die?" She put her arms around
| him and said: THE Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away. Blessed
be the name of the Lord" stop that
sniveling," said Claverhouse. Il have
had enough OF 1t. 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 frag,
ments of her husbands head-gather.
| ing them up for Claverhousc
looked into her face and said, Now
my good woman, how do you feel ROW
| about your bonnie MANI" 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 / think better
of him now" Oh, what a grand thing
| 1t will be In the last day to see God
pick out his heroes and heroines
Who are those paupers of eternity
trudging off from the gates Of heaven
Who are they? The Lord Claver-
houses and the Herods and those who
had scepters and crowns and thrones,
but they lived for their own aggrand-
izement, and they broke the heart OF
nations. Heroes Of earth, but pau
pers in eternity. / beat the drums of
their eternal despair. Woe, woe, woe!
The Heroes OF Heaven.
What harm can the world do you
when the Lord Almighty with un-
sheathed sword fights for you?
preach this sermon fog comfort. Go
home to the place just where God has
put you to play the hero or the hero
inc. 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. II there. be no
flour in the house and you do not
know where your children are to get
bread, listen. and you will hear some
thing tanning against tho window