Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-02-26

me it Sunday he will be there" "

"Let ne tell you the rest. just before :!
! left New York / was called to the room OF
man who was dying. AS l entered he
called me to his bedside and said: Come
just as near as you can l took his head
.. . and pillqwed il on my arms, and we
been a wonderful work? His voice was
almost gone, but he still whispered, Fl
nally his wife sprang up and cried, He is
dying | held him closer and kissed him,
for loved him as though he had been my
own child"
shall never forget how he looked as he
added:
"That was the boy led to Christ He
was my associate in Sunday..s school work
We led hundreds of souls to Christ"
Then he said with great emphasis and
in tears: "T 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
jocing. The nymn-"Must I go empty
handed?'-was written by one dying III hls
youth, without one single soul to his credit.
When the shadow of death fel across his
face some watcher by his bedside ex-
pressed concern for his happiness or his
fear of death. He quickly answered: :,
ooh, no. not that. I am not troubled
about that, but must go empty handed"
Alas. many of lis may be obliged to
stand in the presence of the Master, and
to be crownless in this respect.
Peter v: T. "And when the chief shcp
herd shall appear We shall receive 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. A shepherd is one who looks after
the sheen. and the sheep that requires
most of his attention is the one most like.
" to wander and fall by the wayside. We
have a way of looking at the people, espe.
ciallv those who are new born babes III
Christ ond saving: eve will see how they
hold out" and if thev stumble we not IN.
ed" A most un-Christly 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 helnlns
to hold up the weak ones in Christ. There
never il a time when one needs warm
hand clasp or a word Of sympathy as the
time when one is beginning his Christian
life, lust taking his first stems toward God.
When my little girl first began to walk;
after she had taken one step she started
her and hold her up. She walked in this
way for DAYS but now we never think
of holding her MP; she can run along and
not be weary the whole dav long. To all
those who are faithful in this especial min.
igtrv God has promised n sure reward.
The crown Of Righteousness. Timothy
iv: S-"ITenccforth there is laid up TOR me
crown of righteousness. which the Lord
the righteous Judge, shall give me ut that
day, and not to me only hut unto all them
ais, that love His appearing"
T haze never vet been able to figure out
inst when the Lord shall come again; for
the Bible contains no record. hut with all
nv heart am looking for Him. ! know
not but that lie NAV come to-day. lie 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 lft VI, the
down-trodden He Himself would reheeye
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
That Jesus viii come in the fulnrss Of
To receive from the world "His own"
o joy: 0 delight. should we go without dy'
ing,
No sickness no sadness, no dread and no
Caught up thro' the clouds, with our Lord,
into glory, .,
When Jesus receives "His own"
Sol am looking for Him and ! am longing
for HIM and with all my soul | love HIS
appearing, and unto every such waiting one
there Is a crown promised.
So | am watching and waiting each mo-
ment of the day.
II If he morn or evening when He calleth
me away;
And it makes the day grow brighter, and
its trials easier borne, ,,,
When an saying every moment, Today
the Lord may come"
But there is something better still, and
that is the full reward in Revelation ": ~.
This is a picture of the glorltied churc9'
We are tod that the four and twenty eiu'
crs came in with crowns upon their heads,
clothed with white raiment. seated about
tbe throne, Suddenly the King of Kings
appea,s. At once the four and twenty ED.
era fall down before Him, and taking OIL
their crowns cast them before the throne,
saying: 1n, - rooo;vs
glory and honor and power.
The best reward of all, then, Is to be
with Him. ,oz-
when the soldiers came back from the Cri'
mean war, and the Queen gave them meu,
ais. called Crimean medals. Galleries. were
constructed for the two houses or Iar,,a'
ment and the royal family to witness the
presentation. Her Majesty herself came
in to give the soldiers their rewards. Hero
comes colonel who lost both his feet at
InEermau: he is wheeled in on a char;
Here is a man whose arms are gone. anu
SO they came, maned and halt. linen tne
Queen in the name OF the Lnggllsh peoPle:
people with streaming eyes sang: "of f
save the Queen" But L 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
mon them and cast them back at her feet'
mo, Your Majesty, we cannot keep
them We give back the medals 10 see
thee is the greatest reward.
That shall we do in heaven.
| have a friend who was in the Crlmean
war. He told mo that he had that day re- re
ceiyed n medal with "Inkerman" upon 1t,
for that was his battle, but he said the
most touching part of it all was the, eXInc-
rience of friend OF his W ho fought by hi3
side A cannon ball took OH one OF ms
legs. but the brave fellow sprang up, M
mediately and taking hold of tree, drew
his sword and was ready to fight even 10 70
death Immediately another cannon pail
came crashing past and took of, the other her
leg. They carried him wounded bleeding
and as they supposed dT"s Ea s,me r0 1 hack n9
life again. Wien the day came for the
awarding of medals they carried hlm upon
his stretcher before Her Majesty; the
Queen. To the other soldiers she had sim
Div given the medals by the hands OF her
secretary but when she saw, this nan nan
carried in on II stretcher, his face so thln
and pale, she rose from her seat, stopped