The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-05

class-and when the young teacher told
him the story of Jesus Christ he was con-
verted.
| As he told us the story the tears were
| in his eyes, and he said:
"Let ne tell you the rest. Just before
left New York was called to the room Of
a man who was dying. AS / entered he
called me to his bedside and said: Come
just as near as you can took his head
and pillowed It on my arms. and we
talked. He said: Teacher, has this not
been a wonderful work. His voice was
almosk gone, but he still whispered. Fl
nally his wife sprang up and cried, He 10
dying held him closer and kissed him,
for l loved him as though he had been my
I shall never forget how he looked as he
added:
"That was the boy I led to Christ He
was my associate in SundaY-school work.
We led hundreds of souls to Christ"
Then he said with great emphasis and
in tears: II had rather have had the sat-
isfaction of leading that one boy to Christ
than to have conquered the whole world"
Such work as this is possible to all
men everywhere. ard he who is thus
faithful has awaiting him a crown of re-
ioicing. The nymn-"Must / go empty
handed?"-was written by one dying in his
When the shadow of death fell across his
face some watcher by his bedside ex-
pressed concern for his happiness or his
fear of death. He quickly answered:
"Oh no, not that. / am not troubled
about that. but must l go empty handed""
Alas! many of us may be. obliged to
stand in the presence of the Master, and
to be crownless in this respect.
] Peter v: 4, "And when the chief shep-
herd shall appear We shall receive a crown
of glory that fadeth not away"
Peter seems to have a special message
here for officers of the church, Sunday
school teachers and church members gen.
orally, for in fact we are all of US shep-
herds. shepherd is one who looks after
the sheep. and the sheep that requires
most of his attention is the one most like
lly to wander and fall by the wayside. We
have way of looking at the people. espe-
G eay those nd who are U new born h babes
hold out" and if they stumble we not in
frequently exclaim: cit is just as expect
ed" A most un-C hristly speech. and one
most deserving the censure of God! The
fact Is, we are called into the church to be
laborers together with God. and He has
placed before us the privilege of helping
to hold up the weak ones in Christ. There
never j. a time when one needs a warm
hand clasp or a word of sympathy as the
time when one is beginning his Christian
life, just taking his first steps toward God
When my little girl first began to walk
dkter she HdQ TAKEN one SCep she SCdTLeQf
to fall, and | had to put my arms about
her and hold her up. She walked in this,
way for days, but now we never think
of holding her up; she can run along and
not be weary the whole dav long. To all
those who are faithful in this especial min
istrv God has promised sure reward.
The crown of Righteousness. Timothy,
iv: SE"Henceforth there is laid up for me,
crown of righteousness. which the Lord
the righteous Judge, shall give me at that
day, and not to me only, but unto all them
also that love His appearing"
have never vet been able to figure out
just when the Lord shall come again. for
my heart I am looking for Him. know,
not but that He may come to-day. He may
come tomorrow. / am perfectly sure that
the greatest blessing that could ever come
to this world would be the visible presence
of the Lord Himself. He would lift up the
the oppressed, and He would apply the
whip to the oppressor
1t NAV be at morn, when the day is awak'
ing,
When sunlight thro' darkness and shadow
is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fulness OF
glory,
To receive from the world ellis own"
O joy; 0 delight! should we go without dy.
ing,
No sickness, no sadness. no dread and no
crying. 4
Caught up thro' the clouds, with our Lord.
into glory, i
When Jesus receives ellis own"
So am looking for Him and am longing
for HIM and with all my soul I love His
and unto every such waiting one
there Is crown promised.
So l am watching and waiting each mo-
ment of the day, 4
It it be morn or evening when He calleth
me away;
And it makes the day grow brighter, and
its trials easier borne,
When | am saying every moment, To-day
the Lord may come"
But there is something better still, and
that is the full reward in Revelation Nv: TO-
This is a picture of the glorifed church.
We are told that the four and twenty eld.l
ers came in with crowns upon their heads,
clothed with white raiment, seated about
the throne. Suddenly. the King of Kings
appears. AT once the four and twenty eld.l
ers fall down before Him, and taking off
their crowns cast them before the thrones
''Thou are worthy, o Lord, to receive,
glory and honor and power"
The best reward of all, then, is to be,
with Him.
That was a glad day in England in 1855
when the soldiers came back from the Cri-
mean war, and the Queen gave them med
ais. called Crimean medals. Galleries were
constructed for the two houses of Parlia.l
ment and the royal family to witness the
presentation. Her Majesty herself came
in to give the soldiers their rewards. Here
comes colonel who lost both his feet at
Inkerman; he is wheeled in on chair.
Here is man whose arms are gone. And
so they came, MANNED and halt. Then the
Queen, in the name Of the English people,
gave the medals, and the thousands OF
people with streaming eyes sang: God
save the Queen" But I can think Of
something that would have made the scene
more wonderful. If these men had taken
off the medals which the Queen had paced
upon them and cast them back at her feet,
saying:
"No, Your Majesty, we cannot keep
them: We give back the medals To see
thee is the greatest reward" -
That shall we do in heaven.
have friend who was in the Crimean
war. He told me that he had that day rel
ceived a medal with "Inkerman" upon it,
for that was his battle, but he said the
most touching part of it all was the expes
rience of friend of his who fought by hisf
side. A cannon ball took off one of his