, 1873-03-31

days before, 1nado ready for tho otornal world.j
and tho announcement haH bcen givo,l through |
nelf when ho stands upon tile very verge Of otor-
nifty hayo lnado my puaco With 0od nm
on tho 'Lord'a side; I mn going etraight to
Heaven" I do not Say these men aro nos
esss'S3 ass 3 o ease ' Il es ia @ 10 fhssssass hs
to mako out; md when q ,non is tahen hold Of,
1t seems to DO for ha fntorept to ylcla to tito n-
poal. That tloro 10 any deception rraotiaotl III
tho case, cf' course gay nothing about, one WY
hoss transaction that, II aprliod to anything o,tt
psyohologcally impossible for tnan WHO haa
6oen SINFUL corrupt. 1lckod oil his lifo, a., hour
dies, to bo made roady to ontor tho eternal
world mid to riso np into grandeur md perfect.
ness Of a Baintly man. lconcode TINT tho ,corst
criminal rnny ropent, nnl bo pincoro III lliH ro-
pcntanoo consider TINT tho ast 1nonons nt,,o oeo
tloHa sontoncoa which 1t is pleasant for 1is to
hear but to carry the Idea to tho community
tint man, by anything dono for him, or by him,
in Tint tshort time, takos RINK Tiih tlo augois n
u making lttlo less than a moolory OF relIglon
Lot mo rclnto to you d briof incident. A. brother
who llas been at my llouBe during the past weol,
told 1no Of tho following circumstance Tint canlo
city whero 1o pzoaohoa, goodman ,,shile in tho
performance OF his ordinary business WAS aEot
and instantly killed. Ho was not tho person
tho murderer intended to lill, but wna mistakon
pose of. Tho murdered man attended, ths
Univcrsa1ist Church, and was n correct and
%S,fnssg r. En- s!10n NY # rons se9a aPor ta
flny or two before his execution, called upon him
in his cell. He asked him how ho folt with ro-
gard to tho fato before him, md ho said, ~ aln
al right. I hnyo made my peace with God. l
IN % ortys M Fea{ a SSsi sad no sYsa eisg
man, Iwlat do you think Is tho condition Of tho
nan you killed." Said he, "Tllat bothera mo L
good doal. I have bccn, thiphinE about TINT
since was conyorted' how it. VIII soem 'dn tor
down tS "ap upon him n in holl:" "What
makes you think ho ia in he'll r. "Why, hocauso
shot him 30 quickly ho hadn't chauco to ro-
RSnt md Is aad e. 99 t6a as apoa8 cut 0' OIL 10
against solid character. YoG ri know, which ia
tic higher you al know Which houisty rosts
your daughters, in b,slnoas mon: in citizens
gonorally,-a wild impulse Of religion or solid
morality iugrainod into tho worry abro
Of ones manhood and ,a a,xon Eet omot3nsI fand
10 little Of it that think It is mostly froth), and
solid character let's him down tho other way.
Now, mark you, I recommend md plead for
emotioual piety. Bettor tint man should show
Tel1Blou8 lnleTeat, III AlO NlcoAeHlua w tno
burial of his Lord, than not ut al. Better for
the hayward Bon to say. tho last hour before ho
/ dies, "Fnther, ronounco thia wicked living Of
miuo; ask your pardon for the wrong dono."
Taoro is comfort in that's. but when you come
at tito handa Of Ills God than tho son
who Ind lived faithfully, aud nobly,
and generously ali tho ,vhilo,. you
! utterly peryert tho Now Testament. ln the par
ablo Of lilo Prodigal Son, the father ehowB hia
{f1,f1n Ev mn
| ward son has come home, but 10 you think llo
| put that son In Ills affection aud confidence
| above that othor son who had remained faith
fully by him and boon dutiful oil the while
Furthermore, such spoctacles as am consid-
As iii Il ~ man should say, "Wol, now, II I mur-
dor another shall probably he hung. 30 far aa
| human law Is concerned, shall have to sutteI
cornod, linow how to get rid Of that. I can
| mauago that part. I eau live forty and mind
years In sin, and wipe away tho consequences,
but cannot do anything against mans Law with.
out in ali probability bong arrested These de-
quricB that 1t ia pretty hard to get rid Of them
| but 10 far Nh God iH concerned, know how te
eludo 1lie law. md slirk the penalty Of #: Il an
everything Of that kind is demoralizlng. It Il
not giving man his dcsorts I maintain thu.
the conviction ought to rest upon your heart and
mino that, 1t We go through tho world in opposi.
| ton 10 God, He will hold us answerablo fol
those things, not only while wo liyo. but afterws
pass out Of this body ns we'll and TINT tho chhr
actor iugratned into the human organization can
not DO wiped out by nny oiaculatory sentences
| uttered at any time. ...
I am rominded here Of what Jesus said to tht
ment of many, to stand in opposition to what
am toaching. In reference to what our Lore
said to the man who WAS cruciaed by Ills sldo,
there arc two facts to bo stated
| FirsEIt ia confessedly difficult to detorInin'
how much the robber understood about tht
mission OF Christ. For it hardly seems prob
;able that he understood thnt Christ hat
Bet up a spiritual kingdom when His disciplo
supposed Ho was setting up . naaterial kingdom
If tho Apostles, whom tloy found our Lord wa
crucifled CT M surprising Ills work lad come to al
end, went their way, 1t is not likely that this Grim
inal understood much about Christs spiritua
Kingdom.
Second-preoiaely what is meant by tho worI
"laradiae" il not clear, and perhnps nevor can b.
now. so1no individuals say it means ''stato Of til
dead" Us il our Lord mennt to any, "You as
mo to ro1pombor you when como into my King
dom. Why, this day both Of US are to be in til
state Of tho dad, aud, therefore, what cnn so
expect in my Kingdon2 Others understand
to include something moro that tho htnto of th
doad-to include what the Crooks meant by til
word Enpium.' In view Of all tho facts,
seoms to me thnt our Lord roforred to tho Bpiri
unl world into which they we're both Boon t
approyingly Of tho condition Of tho ponlter
thief in connection with that reference. But, Il
already said, tho precise meaning 1t
difficult to affirm. Thoro iB. howevo,
. no reason to suppose that our Lord meant
Say, "Yhis day you will be perfect huma
being this day you will DO an angel Of light
or this day you will DO with mo in leayen = b.
causo that is contradictory Of what our Lor
says subsequently. For, after His resurrection
tomb In which His body had been placed, as ri
corded In the 17th verge Of the goth chapter {
Of John, wo aro told that Jesus sai
to Mary, when nho Addressed Him: "Touc
mo not; for am not yot ascon1ed to IN
Father" This was tho third day after tho or,
citixion. Jesus, tooroforo, could not hay
meant that the repeutant robber would bo th'
dny with Him in Heaven, because what our Lor
, afterwards says Of himself shows that Ha Hin
self had not been there. His reference prohab]
waa to tho spiritual realm.
I do not wish. Christian frfenls In what "a