The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-03-27

can teach him myself or get some one who
can"
After little waiting she asked "sup.
pose should send Dim who would tcuch
him.
lie 1ccame greatly embarrassed NJ THE
question, and thought that Ii ever he got
out % the house be would never again
think Of any work IN the church. But
finally he replied:
"'Weil, II he comes I viii teach him my.
sell"
There was something in his frank state.
ment-the ring Of his voice-whish touched
the mother, and she said:
Net Sunday he viii be there"
He camc-he was the only boy in the
ciass-and when the young teacher told
him the story OF Jesus Christ he was con.
verified
As he told US the story the tears we're
in his eyes, and he said:
LET ne tell YOU the rest. Just before /
eft 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
almost gone, but he still whispered Fi-
nally his wife sDrang up and cried, He Is
dying / held him closer and kissed him,
for l loved him as though he had been my
own child"
I shall never forget how he looked as he
added:
chat 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 a work as this is possible to all
men everywhere ard he who is thus
faithful has awaiting him a crown Of re-
ioicing The hymn-"Must / 60 empty
handed -Wls written by one dying in his
youth, without one single soul to his credit.
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:
ooh. no, not that. / am not troubled
about that, but must 60 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 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 gem
orally, for in fact we are all of us shep-
herds A shepherd is one who looks after
the sheep, and the sheep that requires
most of his attention is the one most like
ly to wander and fall by the wayside. We
have a way of looking at the people, espe-
ciallv those who are new born babes IN
Christ md saying: 1--WE will see how they
hold out" and if they stumble we not in
frequently eXcla m: ut is Just as | expect
ed" A most un-Christly speech. and one
most deserving the ccnsure 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 i 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 70 walk,
after she had taken one step she started
to fall. and | had to put my arms. about
her and hold her up. She walked IN this
wav for days, but now we never think
of holding her up; she can run along and
not be weary the whole day long. To all
those who are faithful in this especial min
ictry God has promised a sure reward.
The crown Of Righteousness. 2 Timothy
": S-"Henceforth there is laid up for me
a 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
l have never yet been able to figure out
Just when the Lord shall come again, for
the Bible contains no record but with all
nv heart ! am looking for Him. l 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
down-trodden. He Himself would relieve
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 viii come in the fitness OF
70 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,
Caught up thro' the clouds, with our Lord,
into glory,
When Jesus receives "His own"
So 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 crvTn promised.
So l am watching and waiting each mo-
ment of the day.
If 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 "; 10.
This is a picture of the gioriied church.
! We are told that the four and twenty eld-
! ers cane in WITH crowns upon their heads,
clothed with white raiment, seated about