The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

Then he said with great emphasis and
in. tears: 81 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 crown of re.
ioicing; -. The hymn-"Must go empty
handed!"--was written by one diving in his
youth, without one single soul to his credit
When the shadow of death fell across hi.
face some watcher by his bedside ex.
pressed concern for his happiness. or his
fear Of death. He quickly answered:
."Oh. no, not that. l 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 crowness in this respect.
l Peter, ": 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 gen
orally. for in fact we are all Of MS 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
have way of looking at the people. espe
ciallv those who are new born babes in
Christ md SAVING: 1--WE will see how they
hold out" and il thev stumble we not in
frequently excl1im; "It is Just rs l expect
ed" A most ur.Christlv speoch. and one
most deserving the censurc Of Cod The
fact is, we are called into the church to be
laborers together with God. and He has
placed before us the PRIVILEGE Of he'ping
to hold up the weak ones in Christ. There
never ia time when one needs q warm
hand tlasp or a word Of svmoathv as the
time when one is beginning his Christian
life, Just tal;irr his first ste1s toward God.
- n.
after she bad taken one step she started
70 fall. and I had to put my ,rrcs about
her and hold her mp. She walked in this
wav for davs. but now we never think
of holding her up; she can run alone and
rot be weary the whole dav long. To all
those who are faithf full in this especal min
ictrv God has promised n sure reward.
The crown Of righteousness Timothy
iv: S-"Henceforth there is laid IN for me
a crown Of righteousness which the Lord.
the righteors Judge. shalt give me 1T that
day. and not to me only. hut INTO all them
alsn that love His appearing"
I haze ne.-er vet heen able to figure out
iust when the Lord shall come again. fo-
the Bible contains NO record. but with all
my heart ] -, looking for Him. 7 know
not but that He msy come to-day. He NAV
come Tomorrow | am perfect'v sure that
the greatest blessing that could ever come
tn this world would be the visible preserce
Of the Eo~d Hinsolf He would lift m the
down-tJadder He Himself would relieve
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 His own"
o joy; 0 delight! should we go without dy-
No sickness, no sadness, no dread and no
crying.
Caught up thro' the clouds, with our Lord,
into glory,
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 crown promised.
So l am watching and waiting each mo.
ment of the day,
If it be morn or evening when He caleth
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 as the full reward in Revelation iv: 10.
This is q picture OF the glorified church.
We are told that the four and twenty eld-
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.
ers fall down before Him, and taking off
saying;
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
mean war, and the Queen gave them med
ais. called Crimean medals. Galleries were
constructed for the two houses of Parlia-
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
fnkerman; he is wheeled in on chair:
Here is man whose arms are gone. And
Sc 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 l can think OF
something that would have made the scene
off the medals which the Queen had pSced
upon them and cast them back at her feet,
"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 re-
ceived a medal with "Inkerman" upon it,
for that was his battle. but he sad the
most touching part of it all was the expe-
rence of 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 tree, drew
his sword and was ready to fight even to
death. Immediately another cannon ball
came crashing past and took off the other
leg. They carried him wounded, bleeding
and (as they supposedly diving, to the hos
pital. Strangely enough he came hack 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
secretary, but when she saw this man
carried in on stretcher. his face so 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 telrs fell like rain upon the face of the
brave soldier.
Thus trust it will be with many of us.
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,
thrones will vanish away and crowns will
be as nothing, for to see Him in all His
beauty will be the full reward.
Many fellow has gone hungry with
mouthful OF gold Filings in his teeth.