The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-03-01


1 eNhaustons and the irritating inte~rup.
4 tons ent fn" unreasonable demand, Of
all kinds. Lish official position is no. A
d SOccurp.
The heroes aud tho heroines o. any war
! are not a,wavs at the 'front.'. are not al.
! WAYS epau,e tod. are not always acqvaint.
| 81 with r'lhtarv tactics. and some cf
them would rot know how Ia p-esent
arms or ground arms or stack arms some
| ot them rendered taoir service IN hosn..
| ta.s. sN'r" -hv doing harder work on thc
! iarn whi," the h"ea0wlNncr was AT Get.
! ushurE. We al know the names o. the
I distinguished Northern aud Southern
women who bound up the wo,~6s of the
| h2ttlehelds. but there were loon women
| INST as brave who never lett the farm.
mousse or cotton plantation, aud who were
/ so worn out mn taking care OF their tereft
| homes that when the soldier came homo
| they had only strength left % die. Ard
| the PAGES where they sleep the last slccN
| are sot marked with 50 much as a plain
slab; while those who suffered not half 20
| much are IN sculptured mausclorum.
There Is woman who has suffered DO
nestle injustice ot which there Is no cog.
nl2ance. sac saws nothing about Il An
ihGnisitors machine of torture could not
wiring from her the story of domestic woe
| Ever since the day of orange blossoms and
long white veil she has done her tuil duty
and received for II harshnrss and blame
and neglect. The marriage ring. that was
supposed to be 4 sign of uneniing airec.
ton. has turned out - I've one link of \
| chain Of horrible Servitude 4 wreath Of
nettle and nightshadc ~ brightest form
| would have been a more accurate nronhe-
| cv. There are those who find il hard 10
believe that there is such a place as hell.
but YOU could 20 right out in any cnmmu.
nlty and find more than one he'll OF domcs.
tic torment There Is no escape for that
| N hrtN h.a d tl.s 4
with the life she now lives. will be an ar.
hor of jasmine and VI the humming birds
song poured into the ear Of the honey.
sucIle Sears, II there he none on the
brow showing where he struck her arriv.
lng homo from midnight carousal never
,heicsS there are scars all up and down
| her injured and immortal soul which will
b. remembered on the dav when there
shall leap forth for her avcngemcrt tao
| live thundcrholts of an inccnscd God
When we see veteran IN any land who
| has lost limb in battle. our svmpathiea
are stirred but. oh how many have IN
| the domestic realm lost their life and vet
are denied pillow of dust ON which to
! slumber' Bctter enlarge your roll Of mar
| tvrs: better adont n new mode NJ count.
| ing human sacrhcatlons. \ broken bone
is not half as bad as a broken heart
There are many who can IN the same
sens" that Paul uttered IL say. II bear IN
that is for the sake of Christ and His
cause they carry scars which keen their
| lrdenturc through all tire and all eter
nifty. DO YOU think that Paul was accur.
ate when he said thatg II YOU have stud
| led his career YOU have no doubt OF it In
| his youth he learned how 20 fashion the
| har oi the tiliclan goat into canvas. a
| Quiet trade, and then went to college. the
| President of which was Gamaliel. an in
| stitution which scholars say could not have
been verv thorough because of what they
| call PauTs imperfect command of Greek
syntay But his history became exciting
| on the road to Damascus, where he was
unhorsci and blinded. His conversion was
a conyulson. Whether that fall from the
| horse hay have left a mark upon him.
| know not but the mob soon took after
HIM and Aogecd and imprisoned and NAL.
| treated HIM until he had scars more than
enough To assure the truthfulness of his
uttgeran,ce, II bear IN my body the marks
OF the Lord Jesus"
| All ye who bear IN your body the marks
OF the Lord Jesus, have you thought what
| use those marks will be IN the heaven Y
world What source of glorious reminls.
| cencc, In that world YOU will sit to.
! gcthcr and talk over earthly experiences.
| Where did you get that scary saint will
say 10 saint. and there will come back a
story OF hardship and struggle and pcrse-
! cutlon and wounds and victory through
the grace OF the gospel.
Where did yoI get thai mark?' saws
another spirit 10 listening spirit, and tic
! answer comes. That il reminder of a
! great bereavement, of a dcsolated house.
! hold. oi deep grave, OF all the heart.
| strings at one stroke snapUed altogcthe'.
! But YOU see A. ~ no longer iaccration,
! for the wound has been healed, and my
! once bcroit spirit Is now ~ companion
ship with the one from whom for awhile
/ was separated ~
! Where did YOU get that long deep
! scar says another immortal 10 listening
/ immortal, and the answer comes That
was the awful fatigue of n lifetime strrg.
! gle IN attempting amid adverse crcum.
! stances, 10 achieve . J 'clihood For
/ thirty wears | was tlrcd-oh, ~ tired :
J But Won sec it ~ n healed wound. for
/ have found rest at last for body and SOUL
! the complete rest the everlasting red
! tHat ! heard o, before ! came here aR the
! rest that remaineth for thc people oi
! God -
Some one in heaven will say, MARTYR
! John Rogers Where did you get that
| come, "Oh. that was a burn ! suffered
/ when the flames oi nartyrdJm were KIN.
/ died beneath ~" 'IgnatIuF. what ~ that
mark on your chcckf' "Oh. that w5s
/ made by the paw OF the lion 10 which |
! was thrown by the order oi 1ralan'
/
! tia that must have been a deep cut once
the mark which / see on yolr neck -
| And Paul says That was made b. the
sword which struck me at my bchoadmant
/ OBJ thC road 10 O.tia" But we Oh have
scars a. some kind. and those are some oil
! the things we viii talk over ~ the h'av.
! cul" rCd while We celebrate tn Vra""
/ tina, MADE Us triumphant over al antag-
/ Cnrr.
/ Now, what il the practical use %. thls
suOIccty n ls the cultivation of Christian
/ heroic. Inc most Oi us want ~ say
/ Things and do things for God whcn there
! ~ no danger oi getting hurt. W, are all
/ ready 10! easy work. Tor popular work.
! iO. cympcnsatIng work but We all greatly
need more courage 90 brave the world and
/ brave satanic assault when there ~ some
! thing aggressive and bold and dangerous
/ tD be undertaken Tor God and righteous.
! ness. And II we happen 10 get hlt what
! an ado we make about 49, We all need
more Oi the stuff that martyrs are made
| ont Of. We want more sanctlhc1 grit.
more Christian pluck, more holy reckless
/ uess az % what the world may say and 10
! no any crisis Of our lie We right ana do
/ right. and all earth and hell combined can
! NOT mt you down.
! The same little missionary who wrote
my text also uttered that piled up mag
/ nihccnce 10 be found In those words winch
] ring like batt'rago. on splitting helmets:
! In ali these thing we are nor" than cDn.
! qgrrDrs, through HIM that loved ~, for !
| am persuaded that neither death nor lie
nor angels nor prnrpdlIties nor powers
/ nor things present nor things 20 come nor
/ height nor depth nor any other creature
/ shall be- abe - separate NJ from the love
'of God, which - IN Christ Jesus Ous
! Lord
/ How do you like that YOU towards. VINO
shrink back from aggressive work. and Vt