, 1873-04-21

AllE Ct1lCAdO "DE
soon in tho foga. Tho ohristIana should trim
their lamps. for moro light waa required.
Morning dIspollotl tho foars and torrors in
Bpirod by night. Moro sin and orlmo would be
committed to night than in al tho aoven 1eyn @ q
einco they. interferod with their wiokodness.
Men could not sin with THO same impuMity,
whom churcli-bol]B Bounded IN their oara; Wlon
mons oyoH ,woro thus darkerotl, tnoy , ue,
taoy lad faculties or.sooing, but would not use
them. Tho spirit convicted, but They would not
yield. They would not road the Blblo or go to
shnro1 Lost they 10 converted. ohIiat called to
done with them? Sill pour into tho world tho
| light Of Bonuino Christian ptoty. Alon out Ct
Christ wero not roalIy at roat, and thelr souls
alarming forobodinga thoy could not es,
cnpo. There was NC poaco for soul
at yar With God. Sinners e. must Y M. not nnp bs
Of their guilt toward God. Mon woro not at rest,
NJ they aeo,ned to bo, in tho hours Of their DO
liriutn' and wandering from Cod. Tho soul was
Tho e1 rejootoI truth aunto1 u tholn. Thoy might
! rontraii, prayer and forsaka tho Church, but
spectral voieos would wliispor thcn' One infldol
aaid to anotAor tho happiness Of his lifo WAS
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would be happy il he know death was an
was ono Of tho most torriblo, unan-
M istaG o s I; HfgoS1 go a aas aE'ss on fesl si anco
Portable, it WE tho mon who should bo changed,
and 10 one should complain Of tho mifilater who
preached It.
THOSE fears wore tho motions Of tho soul to
nud rent in God Yiod to tlom md they would
DO at poaco. What made any man suspicious OF
othorH? Mono wore 20 prompt to suspect a8
those who lnd WRONG, IN tholr hoartp. Ono nan
Thoro we1o mon who shoo}s liko d lonf ut the
mention Of death: 10 know a hard, close,
woalthy ma'i In Vermont, 80 agonized IN hia
slcep that ho started up in terror, and WIG, when
away from homo to sleep, tiod himself to the bod
post lost ho should leap from the window in tor
ror. There wore mon who did not enjoy wealth,
since thoy feared death, and vol they might.
How different tho deaths Of tho Bkeptic and the
bolioyer. Religion gayo its joys when everything
| olse failed.
Another man feared eternity. Tho thunder Of
Il rovcrboratoa through tho cayerns Of bis soul.
Ho could endure death, but not tlnt endless
hereafter. Thero must bc terrible, dreadful
anxioty in tho soul Of Buch man, whom ho hoard
tho swelling Of Jordan, but to whom all was
awful night Of uncertainty, without Christ. But
tho Christinn Church lived in tho light oven IN
tlo shadow of death. Tho Christian passcd
through tloro in light, and his pathway was
Tho Church was as fair as tho moon,. tho qucon
Of tho sky. Schools, aciences, onipircs woro
surpassed by tho dazzling aplondor ,of tho
ghuren tho acAnoweagea @ soVe1eSa u sne ar;. ~
H. ~ sn1 .o1s .mo oon Msn .no o a5 ar;n,n aTj
carried comfort to the yiotimB eho ataunohod
tho wounds and ministored to tho aching hearta
o. eno Mnnen saen aen o, al ~ 'S bor tof MnathcS
nmds a were no hosnlt,,a nu1n for % human bo
ings in suffering. Whntoyor was truo
honest, just and pure, Whatever vas
pest III mans aenlevementa, Has aue to =; 1Hp 70
Churcn. eucn tilliBb Mero hot hanun.aaus; olo,
out the Church and the machinery OF oniVereal al
beneVoleneo came 70 STOP: it derived yea lts
Hotlse po"et ilon' Ilh1'al!i1y. ~ a., W. 1l "
was pure, % 5no lRooreu 60 Hasv tno "orlu. ~
would religion % resistloss ana human Nellefo
DO conaummated ~ tho Church. IN her PUTTY
lay hcr power. She was fair as the moon ut her
3nl. Nn9n ,lnaIso! ua tnoso ptencns M 1,a
Waa .helr Hgns va; M;a;ang or waning, g, or we're 1noy @
shining 1ny VIII raaenc9 a maa
which wero mountains and extinct volcanoes,
scenes over which the sun Bnod his glorious
Light, and bathod IN WINCH inc moon roiloa
through hoayen. 20 human hearts, scorched
{oced IN tho glory Of tho light Of tho Son Of
lighteousnRss. ,
EIho Church wab clear ,e,' as tho s4n, saignityanE
an intensity o. purity, !ight not borrowed, bus
iudwong Through talth GhElss " would d"ell !1
IN their henrts and they would 20 hlled with n,i
the inilnoas Of a 14oa. Goul4 tney aWell
in such lapt Joys Ihoy couid ah! 1or such IN
ustoTnblo things, put con;d Troy IN thor oral-
nary nFea snow TIC snt1ll, no"4t, ana sustnal;~
mcnt OF sach rolg1ons nio ies, II wns p9ss,, 81
that they could concoNo or ask; , snch exp91i,
eneo was ooyonu tl1e fl11s ~ pnnoeoli!y1 aau ~
Et ~ aEta 1f Hs ~ fa.,, +L so - Iii
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nM,,, fa;t1 Jro,,i, ~, Mi tarrora nrI foora
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