The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-20

hem who love God."l b mere not rest In
thaAs Is there not tonic IN thati Is there
rot longevity in thats
Suppose man is all the time worried
about his rsputaticnp One man says he
lies, another says he Il stupid, another
says he Is dishonest, and halt dozen
printing establishments stack him, and
be is in great state of excitement and
worry and fume, and can not sleep; but
religion comes to him and says: "Man,
God is on your side; he will take care OF
your reputation. II God be for you who
can be against you:" How much should
that man worry about his reputationf Not
much II that broker who few years age
In Wall street, after he'had lost his money y
sat down and wrote farewell letter to his
wife before he blew his brains out, II,
instead OF taking out of his pocket
pistol, he had taken out well-read
New Testament, there would have
been one less suicide. o nervous and fe-
verish people Of the world, try this Al
mighty sedative; you will live twenty.
FIVE wears longer under its soothing
power. It Is not choral that you want,
or more time that you want, it Is the Cos
na,Iof Jasus Christ. 4 .
rAyain. practical relieion ia a friend Of
,ong ufe In tina fact that II removes all
corroding care about future existence.
Every man wants 10 know what u
to become of him. II you get on
bo.rd n railroad train Won want 70 know
At what depot Il il uoine 70 stop: if Won
get on board a ship you want to know
into what harboF it Is gdns to run; and
II you shodld tell me you have no INTEREST,"
inwhat is 70 Be your future destiny,
would. in as polite way az know how, !;
tell you I did not belieye you. Before
md this matter settled with refe}
yehb to GuvA futsfS Soxtooonce, thu
Io1esSfon alDoA vor1edSms inp fuisz
kessk. The anxiJ4iss ueh bays upoa tn
subject, IL put together, would make
martyrdom. fiis is state Of awful un-,
healtbinesss. There are people who fres
themselves TO death for fsarof dying. n
want this morning to take the strain or
your n6ssese andA the depression OF your.
poul, ara VIII p,ake two or three expert
hents. III 'ii' nm 4
y RxpetlmenA fhAfrst: When you 90 out
of The world ~ does not make any differ
snce whether you have been good or bad !
or whether you believed truth or error, you,
win 60 straight to glory. "Impcssible. -
you say; tiny common sense, Is well a.
my religion, teaches me the bad and the
goo1 can not'ijvs tpgeshsr forevsS! Tot
give me no comfort IN that experiment"
q Experiment che second-wh You leaye
this world you win 20 into an intermediate
state, where you can get converted and
prepared for heaven. NImpos sible," YOU
say .,~as the tree falleth SO It must lie, and
| can not POSTPONE to an Intermediate state
that reformation which ought to have beer
l. Reoted In this state,,L "a n~siinO
FNNxAerimef,t the thirdAfhere IL no III.
ture world; when a man dies that Is the
last of him. Do not worry about what you
arato ID IN anotl,ar stAte of being; YOU
Y win not do anything. Impossible" you
say; "there is something that tells me that
death is not the appendix but the preface;
there is something that tells me that on this
side of the grave only get started, and that
I shall 90 on forever. NV power to thinli
saws sForsver;' my affections say sForev.
er;' NY capacity to, enjoysor suffer ssys
'Forever.'ns n IL IA
We'll, yoS defeat me in my three expert
ments. l have only one more to make, and
il YOU defeat me in that l am exhausted.
A Mighty One on knoll back Of Jsru.
salem one dsy. thu skydllaA with forksd
lishtpinss md tie earth 6lled with vol
canic distufbancss, armed ghis pale and
agonized face toward the heavens, and
said: III take the sins and sorrows Of the
ages into my own'hear am the expia-
| t;o,, W;tuaac aorth aud hoe van nd he,l