The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-07

MUflt lllcN i've OF WlHl lnGli name is.
God knows, and they have more angels
lowering over them than YOU and ] have,
and they will have higher seat in heaven
They may have only cup of cold water
TO give u poor traveller or may have only
picked a splinter from the nail OF q child's
nnger or have put only two mites nth
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 white robe
aud the small room will be an ,xtcrnal
mansion and the old hat will be exchanged
for coronet OF victory and all the APP
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, g9cu and faithful servant"
You have all seen or heard of the ruins
OF Melrose Abbey. | suppose in some
respects. they are the most exquisite ruins
on earth, and yet looking at II, ] was
not so impressed-you may set it do .
to bad taste, but was not so deeply
stirred as | was Mt tombstone at the
foot of that abbey the tomb, tone placed
by Walter Scott over the grayc of an
old man who had served him good
many Years in his house, the scription
most significant. and | defy any man to
stand there and read it without tears
coming into his eyes-thc epitaph. well
done, good aud faithful serN ant Oh.
when our work is over, will it he found.
because OF anything we have done Tor
God or the church or suffering humanity,
that such an inscription is approp late
for us? God grant il,
Who are those who were bravcst and
deserved the greatest monument Lord
Claverhouse and his burly soldiers OF
John Brown. the Edinburgh carrier. and
his wife? Mr.. Atkins. the prosecuted
minister OF Jesus Christ in Scotland was
spqratpI hy Holm RYn,rt, aud he ga
and Caverhouse 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 "Ha.' Clavorhouse said. Then
YOU are chip of the old block. are YOU;
! have something in my pocket for you.
1t is n nosegay. Some people call 1t -
thumbscrew, but | call it nosegay.'
And he got off his horse. and lac put II
on 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 a thumbscrew this is nosegay.'
And they heard the child's cry, and the
father and mother came out, and ClaVer-
house said: 1T seems that you three
have laid your holy heads together de
termned to die like all the rest ii your
hypocritical, canting, snivelng crew
Rather than give up good Mr. Atkins
pious Mr. Atkins, YOU would die. ] have
telescope with me that will improve
your vision And he pulled out pis
toll. Now" he said. YOU old pragmatic.
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. ! will proceed simply and in the
neatest and most expeditions style tp
blow your brains out
IL.
began to pray. "Ah' said Claverhouse,
look out ii you are going to pray Steer
clear OF the king. the council and Richard
Cameron" 20 Lord said John Brown,
since it seems to be Thy will that / should
leave this world for world where i
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 in peace
Il good while, but now we must look forth
TO better meeting in heaven. and as for
these poor creatures. blindiolded 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.
a 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
tOlnC VI WHICH SpDht w Nbu VII 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 be the name of the Lord "Stop
| that sniveling" said Claverhouse. ~
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 fragment of her nus
| bands gathering them up for bur.
| ial-Claverhouse looked into her face and
| said: Now, my good woman. how do yoll
| feel now about your bonnie man" "Oh,
| she said 81 always thought weel of him
| lie has been very good to me. | had nc
reason for thinking anything but weel Of
him, and think better OF him now; Oh,
what n grand thing IT will he in the last
day to see God pick out His heroes and
herones! Who are those paupers of otcr-
] nifty trudgng off from the gates OF heaven
| Who are they? The Lord Clavcrhouses
| and Herods and those who had scertcrs
| and crowns and thrones, but they. live!
for their own aggrandizement, and they
broke the heart OF nations. Heroes OF
earth, but paupers in eternity, ! beat the
drums OF their eternal despair. Woe,
| woe, woe!
| What harm can the world do you when
| the Lord Almighty withunsheathed sword
| tights for you? / preach this sermon for
comfort. Go home to the place just
where God has put you to play the hero
! or the heroines. Do not envy any man
his money or his applause or his social po-
sition Do not envy any woman her ward
| robe 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 something tapping against
| the window pane Go to the window, and
| YOU will find it is the beak of a raven, and
open the window. and there will fly i'll the
| messenger that fed Ehjah. Do YOU think
| that the God who grows the cotton of tho
south will let You freeze for lack OF
clothes? Do you think that the God who
| allowed His disciples ON Sabbath morning
to go into the grainheld and then take
| the grain and rub IT i'm their hands and
eat-do YOU think God will let you starve
Did you ever hear OF the experience OF
that old man, Il have been young and
now am old, vet ] have never seen the
righteous forsaken or his seed begging
breadW Get up out OF your discourage
ment, . troubled soul. o sewing woman
O man kicked and cuffed by unjust EN-
ployers, o ye who are hard hese in the
battle of life and know not which way to
turn, o bereft one, o YOU sick cne with
complaints you have told TO no one, come
and get the comfort OF tl<s subject Lis
ten to our great Captains cheer, 10 him
fruit OF the tree OF life which is in the
midst OF the paradise OF Cod
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Dangers of Night Parties.
Tabominate night parties for M
dren,' said a prominent city physi
clan recently, while speaking of the