The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-26

the platform and in some of the churches
Of this country. charge upon free-love-
ism that Il has blightsd innumerable
homes, and that It has sent innumerabls
souls to ruin. Free-soveism is bestial; it II
worse-it is Internal. It has furnished this
land with about one thousand divorces an
nually In one county in the State Of In
diana it furnished eleven divorces in one
day before dinner. It has reused up elope-
ments, North, South, East and West. You
can hardly take up paper bet you read
of an elopement. As far as I can UNDER
stand the doctrine of free loveism it Isl:
That every man ought to have some-
body else's wife, and every wife somebody
else's husband. They do not like
our Christisu organization of society, and
wish they would all elope, the wretches
of one sex taking the wretches of the other,
and start tomorrow morning for the great
Sahara Desert, until the simeon shall
sweep seven feet of sand all over them, and
not one passing caravan for the next 500
years bring back one miserable bone of
their carcasses. Free loveism! 1t Is the
double distilled extract of nux vomica,
ratsbane and adder's tongue. Never until
society goes back to the old Bible and hears
its eulogy of purity and its anathema of
uncleanness, never until then will this evil
be extirpated.
Behold also in the giant of the text that
great physical power must crumble and ex-
pire. The Samson of the text long ago
went away. He fought the lion. He fought
the PhiIistines. He could fight anything.
But Death was too much for him. He may
have required longer and broader
grave, hut the tomb, nevertheless, was his
terminus. All, if the giant of the text
could not finally succeed in tie contest
against death, we of lesser fiber and lesser
strength, think. will have to surrender!
What! Do you tell me that the muscle of
the arm must be shrunken, that the tongue
must be palsied, that the foot must halt in
its march, and halt forever? Yes. if
the giant of the text surrendered,
we shall surrender. By prudence,
by good habits, by the enthrore-
ment OF moral principle, we may postpone
the hour, but come it must, and CONF !.
will. If, then, we are to be compelled to
go out of this world, where are We to go TO:
This body and soul must soon part. What
shall be the destiny of the former? know.
Dust to dust. But what shall be the destiny
of the latter. Shall it rise into the COM
partnership of the white-robed. whose sin:
Christ has slain, or shall it be down among
the unbelieving who tried to gain the
world and save their souls. but were swim
died out of both: Blessed be God, we have
a champion. He is so styled in the Bible, q
champion who has conquered death and
health and is ready to fight all our battles
from the first to the last. "Who is this
that cometh from Edom, with dyed gar
meats from Borrah, mighty to save:" II
we fall in the wake of that champion,
death has no power and the grave no VIC
tory. The worst man trusting in him shall
have his dying panSs alleviated and his
future illumined.
In the light of this subject. want to call
your attention to fact which may not
have been rightly considered by five men
in this house, and that is that we must be
brought into judgment for the en-
ploynent Of our physical organism.
Shoulder, brain, hand, foot, we
must answer in judgment for the
use we have made of them. Have they
been used for the elevation of society or its
depression: In proportion as our arm i,
strong and our step elastic will our &C
count at las. be intensified. Thousands o.
sermons are preached to invalids:
preach this sermon to stout men anc
women. We must give to God
An account for the right use of this physi
al organism. These invalids have COM.
1arativeIy little to account for. Perhape
hey could not life twenty pounds. The:
Gould not wall, half mile without sittin.
Down to rest. In preparation Of this sub
ect | have said to myself: "How shall
account to God in judgmen. for The use o:
/ body which never knew one moment o:
.eal sickness, rising up in judgment
standing beside the men aud women who
lad only little physical energy. and We,
that energy in confagra.ioI:
If religious enthusiasm How will We
eel abashed. Oh. men OF The strong arm:
md stout heart. what use are you making
VI your physical forces? VIII you be able
% stand the test of that day when we
must answer for the use OF every talent
whether OF physical energy or mental acu.
nan or spiritual power,
Hars, it ttunders, Tina. day advances,
md see some one who in this world was
IN invalid, and as she stands be
ore the throne OF God to an |
;wer, she says: II was sick all |
nv days: 1 had but very little strength: bull !
did as well as could in being kind t.
hose who We're more sick and more suffer |
n.y." And Christ will say: "Well done |
aithful servant" And then there viii; |
ome up one who will say: II went OIL /
all nay days. 1t was very hard |
or me to get along, and 1 tried to be pa
lent under ali nay infirmities. and though |
lave not many stars in my crown, l re
dice that have been able to do something |
or Jesus" 'Well done, faithful servant"
avs Jesus, '.weil DONE" And then a httis |
hid will stand up before the throne, ans
he will say: ga earth had curvature
f the spine, and ! was very weak,
nd was very sick, bHt used i
o go out and gather flowers out of tie
vild wood and Sbring them to my sick
mother, and she Was comfcrted when she