The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-08-16

aimed ana any uay, any hour' any
it may strike us. Verify, weE
have only cot To sten n few nnces for.
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VIII be around US All the solemn Z
ties which we witness here this morn
inc will he experieneed Inv ourselves,
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~ v" N"o"' ny uo"' '''V'u' Nv
TAR before you stands tho stake whlchS
is to bound tho days of your earthly
pllrrinage VIII, has numbered youIt
~ ond ,ol1 ron ,boir snm VII
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theh' VIII any oil you continue toI
WALK proudly and carelcssly forward,I
not knowing whether the next stepi
will he an .nrib in bcnvop mr. 1, hail 2,
Wo ara oxhortod. Inv tLe Snvinnr. tol
watch nominal he s,To,.jsc Of deoth
.i,o tails ms thot H. viii ,,cono nthinrl
I'm tl,o nigLt y And obi what sobornoss
'whot wnfrlf,,lpcss and nravcr sLnnldI
this conviction lend ma taP
And Mia ia iust tbn indnonce which
In was Destined to haye-it is inst whnL
ltho APOSTLE Ind in hismind. Slso whenl
.he wrote the words of NV toxt. "ThoI
end of ali ti,inrs ia Mt hand. be vel
therefore he saye. "sober and wntchI
unto PRAYER "Be sober;n That is.|
lbe thoughtful; be serious; be consider
bate, bring tho subject up before yuu,!
smiuds, canvass it fully, turn it over
iand over, rcroire it repeatedly, look at
! soborly in all its momentons impor.
3tanco, prepare for it, let it not come up
Jon you unawaros
Now | submit, that every rational
! Imam ought to do this; Death Judgment
3and Eternity, should be the Impending
irealitios of his vision. They should
lpnint their mighty image upon the
Very retina Of his soul. What an in
!hueuce it would have upon us, how it
would softer us, how it would moderate
!0ur eatimatc of the present world
4 This estimate is now extravagant-itis
loxorhitant and over grown. Most of
as think far too highly of thus world
lIt oven glares upon many of the pro
leased followers of Christ. Nay, ID
lbewilders aud bewitches them. The
difficulty is they do not view il enough
,as Paul did when he said " The
IIAHlllun n.
lOnly let this simple fact the world is
lpassinp away-"'The end of MI thing.
lis at hand,n be INCORPORATED amonr
ithe Trina. pyo9Nciire sentimentsof the
ihonrt. md then everytbino nbont tLis
world every feeling towards il. and
ieyery action for il would lie cbnngcd
lTAefe would be a wonderful COMING
down and soJcying of all our viewsI
ifeeliurs and pursuitsl
WIN, lust let a man come TO under.
stand and to think soberly OF this aim
bile fact the end is at hand. denth id
Flight at my door, may be called al
isny m0m0nt, and how quicl,ly YOU
would hear him say, "Ikis world is
not my home; nothing bore eau bel
hong retained. am not going to nlace
lmy supreme regard upon this sin de-.
Horned, this death.struok scene. am
iuot going to act tho fool before the nm
5iycIac, in scramhling for the baubles
1of moment, to the neglect and, per
lhaps, pordition of my undyinr spirit
u nm not going to barter away the
wealth of my Immortality, for the
{poor indulgence, the sorry debasomeni
iot an hour.n Thua his naddenod
GRASP upon the world would be loos
ened,
But We must not only be "sober,n
4 the Apostle exh0rts us to uatch unto
lprayer." Now, know there is some
+; times n good deal of praying when
5death hHs come to summons the spirit
iaway; but what Is praying in eickness
lhnd death good for, If there has been
5none in life and healthR What ID
spray lng IN II storm good for, what will
1T avail II there has been none in fair
weather No doubt, there will DO o.
lgroat deal Of praying in the day OF
9Judgment; there will unquesti0uablyI
DO u great deal of praying when the
graves are opening and the dead are
Grising, and tho world is burning up 4
sbut what will it ayail7 An event orI
ametive like this, made palpable.
aNhen it is brought right upon one
awith infinite and visible prsssno. hi
aenouch TO make "A demon prav. Int Incl
1vould still be n demon When ho col
athrough. tia the verv snirit and az
aiscnce of british unbeleif' TO be affect.
IA only bya present. palDabie event of
sthis kind. And how many. for the
garst time in All their lives. rake IN and
dbestir themselves and begin to nfav in
atho lnst agony of death i
NV dear friend's. nam il the time for
! yon to pray. Ii Won have never
stbought seriously of God n yon have
never thought of your Loaf condition.
land your need of a Sayiour's blood and
lf.