Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-06-13

VI tuOSc pcOplt WHO nave only Hdll iOdt
of bread, but give piece of it to others
who are hungrier, and of those who have
only scuttle of coal, but help others
to fuel, and of those who have only
dollar in their pocket and give twenty
five cents to somebody else, and of that
that mother who wears a faded dress,
that their children may be well appar-
eled. You call them paupers or ragamuf.
fins or emigrants. l call them heroes and
heroines. You and L may not know
where they live or what their name is
God knows, and they have more angels
lowering over them than you and l have,
and they will have a higher seat in heaven.
They may have only a cup of cold water
to give a poor traveller or may have only
picked a splinter from the nail OF child's
nnger or have put only two mites into
the treasury, but the Lord knows them.
Considering what they had, they did
more than we have ever done, and their
faded dress will become a white robe.
and the small room will be an external
mansion and the old hat will be exchanged
for coronet of victory and all the ap-
plause of earth and the shouting of heaven
will be drowned out when God rises up
to give His reward to those humble work
ers in His kingdom and to say to them,
well done, goo1 and faithful servant
You have all seen or heard of the ruins
of Melrose Abbey. l suppose in some
respects they are the most exquisite ruins
on earth, and vet, looking at it, was
not SO impressed-you may set it dowh
to bad taste, but l was not so deeply
stirred as L was at a tombstone at the
foot of that abbey, the tombstone placed
by Walter Scott over the grave of an
old man who had served him a good
many years in his house, the 'scrption
most significant. and l defy any man to
stand there and read it without tears
coming into his eyes--the epitaph, We'll
done, good and faithful servant" Oh,
when our work is over, will 1T be found,
because of anything we have done for
God or the church or suffering humanity,
that such an inscription 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 prosecuted
minister of Jesus Christ in Scotland, was
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 betray the minister OF the
gospel. Hal" Clavarhouse said, "Then
you are a chip of the old block. arc you?
| have something in my pocket for you.
1t is a nOsegay. Some people call 1t
thumbscrew, but l call 1t nosegay.
And he got off his horse, and lie put it
IN the little girls hand and began to turn
it until the bones cracked and she cried.
He said: Don't cry, don't cry. This
isn't thumbscrew; this is n nosegay."
And they heard the child's cry, and the
father and mother came ont, and Ciaver-
have laid your holy heads together. dc
termined to die like all the rest of your
hypocritical, canting, sniveling crew.
Rather than give up good Mr.. Atkins.
pious Mr.. Atkins you would die. ] have
4 telescope with me that will improve
tol. "Now," he said, ''you old pragnatic,
lest you should catch cold in this cold
morning of Scotland, and for the honor
and safety of the king, to say nothing
of the glory of God and the good of our
souls, 1 will proceed simply and in the
neatest and most expeditions style to
blow your brains out
John Brown fell upon his knees and
began to pray "AhH' said Claverhouse,
look out if you are going to pray. Steer
clear of the king, the council and Richard
20 LSrd or said aid tGhn tSht BFS%n sTo~Ia
!. leave this world for world where /
| .an love Thee better and serve Thee more,
| [ put this poor widow woman and these
| helpless, fatherless children into Thy
hands. We have been together in peace
good while, but now we must look forth
to better meeting in heaven, and as for
these poor creatures. blindfolded and in
| fatuated, that stand before me, convert
them before it be too late, and may they
who have sat in Judgment in this lonely
place on 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 rose and said, Isabel, the hour has
come of which l spoke to you on the
l \ ay-N
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 be the name of the Lord stop
that ,sniveling,'' said Clav,erhouse. Il
work! Take aim! Fire!' And the head
of John Brown was scattered on the
ground. While the wife gathering
up in her apron the fragment of her nus
bands head-gathering them up for bur,
ial-Claverhouse looked into her face and
said: Now, my good woman, how do YOU
feel now about your bonnie man.! On,
| she said, Il always thought weel of him
He has been very good to me; l had no
reason for thinking anything but weel OF
him, and think better of him now; Oh
what a grand thing it will be in the last
day to see God pick out His heroes and
heroinesi Who are those paupers of oter.
lity trudging off from the gates of heaven|
Who are they? The Lord Clavcrhouses
and Herods and those who had scenterii
and crowns and thrones, but they lived
for their own aggrandzement, and they
broke the heart of nations. Heroes o
earth, but paupers in eternity. l beat the
drums of their eternal despair. Woe
woe, woe!
What harm can the world do you wheI
the Lord Almighty with unsheathed sworo
fights for you? 1 preach this sermon fol
To,.A hI., tn. N
where God has put you to play the herr
or the heroines. Do not envy any maj
his money or his applause or his social po
sition. DO not envy any woman her ward
! robe or her exquisite appearance BE th'
hero or the heroine. II there be no tiou
, in the house and you do not know wher
your children are to get bread, listen, ant
YOU will hear something tapping agains
the window pane. Go to the window, an'
YOU will find it is the beak of raven, an'
open the window. and there vii fly IN tn
messenger that fed EllJan: Do you thlnl
that the God who grows the cotton of tn
, south will let you freeze for lack o
clothes? Do you think that the God VIII
allowed His disciples on Sabbath mornin
to go into the grainfield and then TAX
: the grain and rub it in their hands ant
! eat-do you think God will let you starve
Did you ever hear of the experience o
} that old man, 81 have been young ant
now am old, yet / have never seen tn
= righteous forsaken or his seed begin
bread?" Get up out of your discourage
e ment, o troubled soul, o sewing woman
l o man kicked and cuffed by unjust en-
ployers, o We who are hard bese. in tn
! battle of life and know not which way t
turn, o bereft one, o YOU sick cne wit
complaints you have told 10 no one, com
4 and get the comfort of = subject Ii
ten to our great Captains cheer. TO hi1
e that overcometh will | give to eat OF th
p fruit of the tree of life which is IN til
;, midst of the paradise OF God"
Street cars in Germany have co
spicuously displayed the number
: passengers which they are permit
, to carry. When the stated number
= on the car, no other passenger will
; permitted to enter.
!, -Suez Canal receipts for the fl
9 quarter of 1900 were 1900 900 agail
y S4.690,000 in the same quarter OF Is
and 81 .235. 900 in 1898.
India rubber nails are novelty
Il Germany. They are used IN pla'
u where metallic nails would be liable
e corrode.