Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-07-13

til re and read it without tears COM
ing into his eyes-the epitaph: "Well
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'll
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
Claverhouse said, then you are a chip
of the old block, are you? l have some
thing in my pocket for you. 1t is a
nosegay. Some people call it thumb
screw, but call it nosegay." And
he got off his horse and he put it 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 a nosegay." And they heard the
ehild'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, sniyelng 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 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, | 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 Claver-
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 l 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
good while, and now we must look
forth to a better meeting in Heaven.
And as for these poor creatures, blind
folded and infatuated, that 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, 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"
He arose and said: ISABEL, the hour
has come of which | 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 aimi
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
hcad-gathering them up for burial
Claverhause looked into her face and
said: Nov, my good woman, how dc
you feel now about your bonnie MANI
"Oh," she said, II always thought wee
of him; he has been very good to me;
| had no reason for thinking anything
but weel of him, and think better Of
aim now" Oh, what a grand thing il
will be in the last day TO see God picl
out his heroes and heroines. Who are
those paupers of eternity trudging of
srom the gates of Heaven? Who are
hey? The Lord Claverhouses and tn,
Herods and those who had scepter,
and crowns and thrones, but they livet
for their own aggrandizement, and
they broke the heart of nations. He
roes of earth, but paupers in eternity
beat the drums of their eternal de-
spair. Woe. woe, woe,
But there Is great excitement !,
Heaven. Why those long professions
Why the booming Of that great BEL
IN the tower? 1t is coronation day j.
Heaven. Who are those rising on tn,
thrones with crowns of eternal roy
atty? They must have been great PEG
pie on the earth, world renowned
people. No. They taught in ragged
school. Taught in ragged school
Is that all? That is all. Who ar
those souls waving scepters of eterna
dominion? Why, they are little chill
dren who waited on invalid mothers
That all? mat is all. She was callet
Little Mary" on earth. She is an EN-
press now. Who are that great multi
tude on the highest thrones of Heav
en-? Who are they? Why, they fet
the hungry; they clothed the naked
they healed the sick; they comforte,
the heartbroken. They never foun,
any rest until they put their hea,
down on the pillow of the sepu!cher
God watched them. God laughed de
family at The enemies who put thei
heels hard down on these, His dea
! children, and one day the Lord strucl
His hand so hard on His thigh tina
the Omnipotent sword ratified in tn
buckler as He said: ~ am their Goo