The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-07-01

ambition OF this soldier was to weld
all nations into one vast empire with
common laws and language emanating
from a central throne.
New Worlds to Conquer.
Four centuries later another war.
rior stood on the border OF Asia, un.
der the shadow of the tomb OF
Achilles listening to the Macedonian
cry, looking for new worlds to con.
Quer. He too was hero OF battles,
he bore in his hand an invincible
sword, he was moved by quenchlcss
ambition that could not be satisfied
while there was another foot OF land
that had not been trodden by the her.
aids of the cross. Paul, the apostle,
had come to do by spiritual power
what Alexander the Great had failed
to accomplish with all his cohorts.
weld by the sword OF the Spirit all
nations into one universal kingdom
with common laws and language, is
suing from central throne.
On the Firing Line.
The pioneer in untraveled regions,
the pathfinder in the forests and in
the mountains, does not explore for
himself alone. While he looks for.
ward in anticipation he is ever con.
scious of the host pressing on behind
him. and he seeks for them the safest
places and the shortest cuts, and as
he goes he slashes with axe the
trunks OF great trees, that those who
follow after may never be out Of sight
Of signals of the proper trail. The ca
reer OF the Apostle Paul was much
like that. He was the pioneer of the
churches advancement. He was on
the picket line OF the oncoming host.
He kept far in advance of the main
body OF the army of conquest. He
chafed and fretted In confinement.
He was the embodiment OF Charles
Kingsley's book Westward the Star
of Empire Takes Its Way" When he
gives a summary of quarter OF a
century of service. when his work
was not yet finished he makes out this
catalogue; 5"Of the Jews five times
received | 40 stripes save one-flve
Zines 80 equals 1875 stripes.-Thrice /
suffered shipwreck, a night and day
have been in the deep. In journey
ing often, in perils of waters, in perils
Of robbers, in perils by mine own
countrymen, in perils by the heath
en-. in perils in the city, In perils in
the wilderness, in perils in the sea. in
perils among false brethren; In weari-
ness and painfulness, in watchings
often. in hunger and thirst, in fastings
often, in cold and nakedness." And
like true soldier instead of saying
these things to murmur and complain
the old hero says: Seeing that many
glory after the flesh, | will glory also"
Honorable Scars.
Oliver Cromwell had vivid scar on
his face received in battle. Once
portrait painter attempted to pose
him in such a way as that the scar
would be concealed. But the grim
old warrior would not submit to it.
Paint me as am" he said, II will have
scars and ALL" The scars OF honora-
BILE conflict are badges of honor, certi-
fcates of loyalty Of which any man
should be proud, and this old Chris
tian hero said, 'If you think you have
reason to glory in what you have ac-
complished l have few credentials
myself" And then he proceeds to
show his scars received while blazing
the trail for generations yet unborn.
No genuine pathfinder ever was
known to complain of the roughness
Of the way. The men who blaze the
trail expect to endure hardness as
good soldiers. DR.. Grenfell, the hero
of Labrador, lay down on the ice and
slept while drifting on an ice foe out
to sea. John Brown had no maledic-
tions for his enemies though riddled
with bullets. Commander Peary,
again and again, has flung himself
against the icy barriers of the North
in his attempts to reach the battling
pole. David Livingston, breathing out
his life alone in the heart of the Dark
Continent, uttered not syllable of
regret over a mis-spent career. Dr..
Judson. the light-bearer for India
counted not his life dear unto him.
self, 80 that he could get the Scrip
lures of truth into the hands of the
teeming millions of that empire. AM
Paul. looking across the AEGEAN sea
TO the Grecian shore. and feeling tn
divine call stirring within him, to car
~ the cross to those regions where
the Roman eagle was the highes
symbol of power, hesitated not an IN,
slant to cut himself off from his base
of supplies, and plant the standard o.
the cross on European soil Europe
md America have been redeeme
'"om barbarism. because Paul, the
apostle, blazed the trail for the ccf'
G. ,r,rg c-n..c5 OF tho Cross.