The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-22

berry. 1t despoiis this faculty, and that
faculty, and keeps on until the whole ma.
ture IL gone. Was the man eloquent b.
fore. IL generally thickens his tongue. Was
he fine in personal appearance, It mars hia
visage. Was he affiuent, il sends the
sheriff to sell him out. Was be influen.
tial, 1t destroys his popularity. Was he
placid and genial, and loving, It makes
him splenetic and cross; and 80 utterly
10 he changed that You can see he is sar.
tines have left him nothing but q file.
Oh, "the way of the transgressor II
hard" His cup Is bitter. His night ID
dark. His pangs are deep. His end %
terrific. Phlistins iniquity says to that
man:
snow, surrender to me, and will givs
you all you want-music for the dance, swift
sfeeds for the race. imperial couch to
slumber on, and You shall be refreshed
with the rarest fruits in baskets Of COLDER
fllagree."
He Hes. The music turns out to be .
groan. The fruits burst the rind with
rank poison. The filagree 10 made up Of
twisted reptiles. The couch is a grave.
Small allowance Of rest, small allowance
Of peace, small allowance of comfort.
Cold, hard, rough-nothing but fle.. So
It was with Voltaire, the most applauded
man Of his day:
The Scripture was his Jest book, whence he
drew
BON mots to gall the Christian and the
Jew.
An infidel when well, but what when sickl
Oh, then a text would touch him to the
quick!
Seized with hemmorhage Of the lungs IN
Paris, whore he had gone to be crowned As
the idol of all France, he sends a messen.
ger to get priest that he may be recon.
ciled to the church before he dies.
A great terror falls upon him. He
makes the place all around about him 90
dismol that the nurse declared that abe
would not for all the wealth of Europe
sec another infidel die. Philistine in.
EQUITY has promised him all the worlds
garlands, but in the last hour of his life,
when he needed solacing, sent tearing
across his conscience and his nerves flle,
a file. So il was with Lord Byron, his
uncleanness in England only surpassed
by his uncleanRess in Venice, then going
on to end his misery at Missolonghi, fret.
ting at his nurse Fletcher. fretting at him.
self, fretting at the world, frettiny at God ;
and he gave the world "Childe Harold, -
and 'Sardanapalus." and "The Prisoner
of Chillon." and 'The Siege Of Corinth,"
reduced to nothing but file. Oh, sin has
a great facility for making promises; but
it has Just as great facility for breaking
them!
while a life OF wicked surrender Is 70.
morse, ruin and death. Its painted 4 lee
Is sepulchral ghastliness. In the bright.
est days Of the Mexican Empire Monte.
yuma said he felt gnawing at his heart
something like a canker. Sin, like q
monster wild beast of the forest, some.
times ticks all over fits victim in order that
the victim may be moro easily swallowed;
but generally sin rasps, and gals, and
tears. aud upbraids, and Ales. Is It not
80, Herod! Is it not 30, Hildebrandf Is 10
not so, Robospierre: Aye! aye! 1t Is 50,
il is SO.
The way Of the wicked lie turneth upside
down.
learn from tlls subject what q sad
thing it is when the Church Of God loses
Its metal! These Fbiiistines saw that IL
they could only get all the metallic
weapons out of the hands Of the Israelitss
all would be we'll, and, therefore. thsy
took the swords and the spears. rher
did not want them to have single metal.
lie weapon. When the m stall Of the Israel.
ties was gone their strength was gone.
This Is the trouble with the Church Of God
To-day. II IL surrendering It, courage. II
has not got enough metal. How seldosa
it il that you see man taking his posi-.
ton in pew or in pulpit or in religious
socity and holding that position against
all opposition. and all trial, and all perse.
cution. and all criticism.
The church of God to-day wants more
backbone, more defiance, more consecrat.
ed bravery, more metal. How often you
sec man start on: in some good enter.
prise, and at the first blast Of opposition
no has collapsed and all his courage gone,
forgetting the fact that il man be right,
all the opposition of the earth pounding
away at him can not do him any psrna.
nent damage. 1t is only whom . man is
wrong that he can be damaged. Why,
God Is going to vindicate His truth, and
He is going to stand by you, my friends,
in every effort you make for Christ's
cause and the salvation of men.
60 forth in the service Of Christ, and do
you whole duty. You have one sphere. I
have another sphere.
Tho Lord Of Hosts 10 " it'll ms. and the God
of Jacob Is our refu &c. selah!
We want more Of the determination Of
Jonathan. do not suppose he was very
wonderful man, but he got on his knees
and clambersd up the rock, and with the
help of his armor -bearer he hewed down
the Philistines; and a man Of very ordi.
nary intellectual attachments on his knees
can storm any thing for God, and for the
truth. We want something of the deter.
mination Of the general who went into the
war, and as he entered his first battle bis
knees knocked together, his phv sicsl ccur-
age not quite up to his moral courage; and
he looked down at his knees and said:
"Ah, il you knew where was going to
take you, you would shake worse than
thatW
There is only one question for you to
ask, and for me to ask-what does God
want me to do? Whers Il tho fell
Where is the work? Where Is the anvil?
Where is the prayer-meeting? Where is
the pulpit? And, finding out what God
wants Us to do, go ahead and do tall
the energies Of our body, mind and soul
enlisted in the undertaking. o! brethren,
We have but little time in which to fl rht
for God! You will be dead soon. Put in
the Christian cause every energy that God
gives you.
What tiny hand hndeth to do. do It with all
thy might; for there Is neither wisdom. nor
device. in the grave, whittier We are al