The Penn's Grove record., 1903-02-27
I shall never forget how he looked as he

Il SHul uCfEI lOERPt now ne lOOKeQ as ne
added:
That was the boy I led to Christ. He
vas my associate in Su~nday-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
lsfaction of leading that one hoy 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-
loicing. The lymn-"Must / go empty
handed?"-wa 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:
Oh. no, not that. ] am not troubled
about that. but must / 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.
l Peter v: a, "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 gem
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 in
Christ md saving: 1--WE will see how they
mold out" and if thew stumble we not in
frequently excla m: att is just as I expect
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 helping
to hold up the weak ones in Christ. There
never i 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 stems toward God.
When nv little girl first began to WALK.
after che had taken one step she started
to fall. and | had to put my arms abont
her and hold her up. She walked in this
wav for days, but now we never think
of holding her up; she can run alone and
not be weary the whole dav long. To all
those who are faithful in this especial min
istrv God has promised a sure reward.
The crown of righteousness. 9 Timothy
iv: s"Henceforth there is laid I'D for me
a crown of righteousness. which the Lord.
the righteous judge. shall give me at that
day, and not to me only. but INTO all them
alsn that love His appearing" Fl
| hate never vet been able to figure out
inst when the Lord shall come again. for
the Bible contains no record. but with all
my heart ] am looking for Him. 7 know
not but that He NAV come to-day. He NAV
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 M 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,
VIyL~- ~.-ls-Lk ILL., 1n-f---- -1-1--
is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fitness of
glory.
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
crying.
Caught up thro' the clouds, with our Lord,
into glory.
Wher, Jesus receives "His own"
So I 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 it be morn or evening when He calleth
me away;
And it makes the day grow brighter, and
us Ir1dtS easier DOEHe,
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 iv: 10.
This is a picture of the gloriied church,
We are told that the four and twenty ED
ers came IN with crowns upon their heads,
clothed with white raiment. seated about
the throne. Suddenly the King of Kings
appea 8. At once the four and twenty eld-
-. fo1f Io.~- I1f~-& H. 81 4l.,- ~
their crowns cast them before the throne,
saving:
Chou are worthy, o Lord, to receive
glory and honor and power" tf
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-
ais. called Crimean medals. Galleries were
constructed for the WI houses of Par,la-
ment and the royal family to witness the
presentation. Her Majesty herself came
in to give the soldiers their rewards. Here
comes a colonel who lost both his feet at
fnkerman; he is wheeled in on a chair.
Here IS a 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 placed
upon them and cast them back at her feet,
saving:
mo, Your Majesty. we cannot keep
them. We give back the medals. To see
thee is the greatest reward" e.
That shall we do in heaven.
I have a friend who was in the Crimean
war. He told me that he had that day re-
ceiyed a medal with NInkerman' pom it,
for that was his battle, but he said the
most touching part of it all was the expe-
rience of a friend Of his who fought by his
side. A cannon ball took off one of his
legs, but the brave fellow sprang up i'm
mediately and taking hold of a tree, drew
his sword and was ready to fight even TO
death. Immediately another cannon bah
leg. They carried him wounded, bleeding
and las they supposed dying, to the hos
pital. Strangely enough he came back to
life again. When the day came for the
awarding of medals they carried him upon
his stretcher before Her Majesty, the
Queen. To the other soldiers she had sim
ply given the medals by the hands of her
carried in on a stretcher, his face so hin
and pale, she rose from her seat, stopped
down by his side, and with her own hands
pinned the medal upon his breast, while
the tears fell like rain upon the face of the
brave soldier.
Thus I trust it win be with many of US.
We shall come into His presence, stand
face to face with Him, and He will rise
from His throne, coming forward to re-
ceive US. As We look up into His face,
thr ones will vanish away and crowns will
as nothing, for to see Him in all His
beauty will be the full reward.
Uplifting Thoughts.
A holy life is the best commentary on
the Scsiptures.-Wellspring
Notning else rusts so rapidly from dis
use as rcligion.-Chicago Interior.
Even weak faith is worth infinitely more
than an indefinite amount of sanctimonious
convietion-United Presbyterian.
Hath any wounded thee? Soft language
dresses it, forgiveness cures it and obliv- +,
ion takes away the scar Quarles