The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-02-27
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men everywhere. ard he who rs thus
faithful has awaiting him a crown of re.
ioicing The Lvmn-"Must | 90 empty.
handed s"-wAs written hy one diving 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 lie quickly answered;
oh. no, not that. | am not troubled
about that. but must | go emptyhsndcd"
Alas, many Of us NAV be Obliged 10
stand IN the presence ot the Master. and
10 be croWuleSs IN tins respect.
! Peter Y. {. And when the chief shep-
herd shall apnesr We shall receive a crown
OF glory that fadeth not away
Peter seems 20 have special message
here for officers of the church. Sunday
school teachers and church members gen
erallv, for IN fact We are all OF us shep-
herds. 4 shepherd IS one who looks after
the sheen and the sheep that requires
most of his attention is the one most like.
" 20 wander and fall hy the wayslde. We
have a way of looking at the people espe-
cialv those who are new born babes IN
Chris. nd saving: We will see how they
hold out " and n they stumble we not i'm
frequently excll m. ut ,s just as | eNpect-
ed \ most un-Christly speech, and one
most deserving the censure Of God! The
fact i. we are called into the church 10 be
lnhorers together with God. and Tie has
p,aced before us the privilege of helpng
TO hold up the weak ones IN Christ. There
never u time when one needs warm
hand ,lasp or word of symnathv as the
time when one is beginning his Christian
lfe just taknc his first steps toward God.
When my little Girl first began 20 walk.
after she had taken one sten she started
20 fall and | had 10 put my arms about
her and hold her up. She walked in this
wav Tor davs, hut now we never think
OF holding her IN; she can run alone and
not be weary the who'c dav long To all
those who are faithful in this especial min.
istrv God has promised A sure reward.
The crown of Righteousness Timothy
iv: S-"lIcnccfnrth there is laid un for me
p crown OF righteousness which tho Lord.
the righteous Judge. shall give me ~ that
dav, and not 10 me only. hut INTO all them
als' that love His appearing
| haze never vet hecn able To figure out
lust when the Iord shall come again for
the BiA!e contains ~ record hut with all
my heart ! p~n looking for Him. I know
not hut that He NAV come TODAY. He NAV
come tomorrow. | an perfectly sure that
the greatest blessing that could ever come
10 this world would be The visible presence
of the Lord Himself lie would lift m the
down -trodden He Himself would relieve
the oppressed, and He would apply the
whip to the oppressor.
1t MAJ be at morn, when the day is awak.
ing,
When sunlight thro' darkness and shadow
j. breaking.
That Jesus VIII come in the fulness Of
glory.
To receive from the world 'IIs own"
o JOY. . delight should we go without dy'
ing,
No sicknoss. 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 Tor Him and ] am longing
foe Hun and with all my soul | love His
anpcarinc, and unto everv such waiting one
there l. a crown promised.
So | am watching and waiting each mo-
mcnt of the day.
II il be morn or evening when He calleth
me away;
And it makes Che day grow brighter, and
its trials easier borne,
When ! am saying every moment, To-day
the Lord NAV come
But there IL something better still and
that u the full reward IN Revelation ". 10.
This - picture OF the glorhed church.
We are told that the four and twenty eld.
crs came IN with crowns upon their heads.
clothed with white raiment. seated about
appea Is. At once the four and twenty eld.
ers iall down before Him. and taking of
their crowns cast them before the throne,
saving.
''Tnou 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 plad day in England in 1855
when the soldiers came back from the Crl-
mean war, and the Queen gave them med
ais called Crimcan medals. Galleries were
constructed for the two houses OF Parlla.
mont and the roval family to witness the
presentation. Her Majesty herself came
in 20 give the soldiers their rewards. Here
comes a colonel who lost both his feet at
nkerman; he Is wheeled IN on a chair.
Here IS man whose arms are gone. And
20 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 | can think Of
something that wou'd have made the scene
more wonderful II these men had taken
Oh the medals which the Queen had paced
upon them and cast them back at her feet,
saying
mo, Your Majesty. we cannot keep
them We give back the medals. To see
thee IL the greatest reward.
That shall we do in heaven.
] have friend who was ~ the Crlmean
war He told me that he had that day re-
cciycd a medal with "luEerman" upon IT,
for that was his battle. but he said the
most touching part Of II all was the expe.
rencc of a friend of his who fought by his
side 4 cannon ball took off one OF his
lcgs. but the brave fellow sprang up inn
mediatclv and taking hold OF tree. drew
his sword and was ready 70 fight even 10
death Immediately another cannon ball
came crashing past and took Of the other
leg They carried him wounded. bleeding
and (as they supposed dying, 10 the hos
pital Strangely enough he came back 90
life again. When the day came for the
awarding o. medals they carried him upon
his stretcher before Her Majesty. the
Queen To the other soldiers she had sim
ply given the medals bv the hands Of her
secretary. but when she saw this man
carried IN on stretcher. his face 20 thin
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 ike rain upon the face OF the
brave soldier.
Thus trust IL will be with many OF us.
We shall come into Ills presence. stand
face % face with Him, and He viii rise
from HIS throne, coming forward 20 re-
ceive NJ. A. we look mp into His face,
thrones will vanish away and crowns viii
he as nothing. for - scc Him In all His
beauty viii be the fu,l reward
Uplifting Thoughts.
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