The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05

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that he is rarn orator th,t hi, word
| painting is wonderful aud his cloqucnce
c"trancin-. The R,cor5, however, on ,tcS
passage from sermon delivered Sund,y
before last at Kansas City, Mo, by Cath
olic priest, Rev Father David S. Phc,cn,
OF st. Louis, which is quite equal to any
thing lnScrsoIl has said Having asserted
that the idea of the soul and the faith in its
Immortality must have CONS down from
above, .S earth conld not have taught it. nor
could death have inspired it, the reverend
Father said:
If there is no hereafter, then life
is one long debauch, and the highest
education is to know how to tind and how
best to enjoy pleasure. Ii there is no
hcreaftcr virtue is deceit d hcroism
is lie. See that young man bleeding
from hundred wounds. He died in
defence of a honor. If there is
no hereafter that nublcat of deeds viii =,
forever uurcwardcd. See that young sis
ter in the hospital bending over victim
OF the plague; tn morruw she will sue .u;nb
and L rapid rilc and u haSty sc,ulturc will
reward her devotion Ii there is no here
after, her charty met asorry rcquital. S
hat man holding II afrightcd child at the
window Of Il burning building. He holds
1t long enough fer 4 sturdy companion to
grasp it from below, and he then falls back
into his fiery tomb. lftherc is no here
after, such, Sacrifice Is heartlcss and unmean
ing cruelty. See that troop of soldiers
marching by to the beating Of the drum
Thel country has called, md ithcy so to
defend her honor on the battle field They
fol!ow that fla into. the thick of the fight,
and when the bugle sounds the retreat
few return from the carnage. Those brave
soldiers. died with their faces to the foe, and
a smile was stamped on their features in
death. II there is no hereafter, their he
roism was suicide aud their courage mock
! cry of fate. E.rthiy life is closed in death
the grave terminates all consort and .sso-
cirti"n with thl35 >or time, bit, wIftcL.
above the bier the wreck, the tomb, Il ats
the sweet voice Of God, saying: II am the
! life"
Contrast the above with the r,ilow.n.
from one Of Colonel Ingcrsolls lectures, and
beautiful and :cndcr a. is the language of
! the intilcl orator that IF Father phcIan
! los2s nothing by the comparison
Next to eternal joy; next to being forever
, SitA those We l,vc anl tho,c who have !-yc !.
Us; next to that is to be wrapped in the
/ dream ike Iraprry oictsrnAl dcrth Up.
on tht lDwy shprl yf death the sch Of
trouble casts no wave. Eyes that have
been encuStIincd By the everlasting dark
viii never knpw again the tolch Of tears.
Laps that have bccn touched By the eternal
silence will never ute. another word of
/ srcI. Hearts Of !. l) not break. The
dead do not weep.
A WEDDING INTERRUPTED BY tie
way, Ballard S,mi! tells s'nry urr North
Carolina wedding, 1t runs this way 1t
was il the Carolina hackwools, country
couple and country parson. Though
Baptist. the minister wore an old surplicc.
! When h. nd finished the ceremony lie
said
can thcmuns vino God hath joinod"-
'Stop thar, 2arson," said tho --oa-.
"don't say them 'uns say these uns ~
so u, sud the paraon, Il tech you at