Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-19

at him. Aftawhile the day will come
when they v say tley aid not laugh.
Then all the lercritidsms, all the carl
catures and ahe leaned sneers in the
quarterly revis will he brought to iudg-
ment; and al the rocking OF every
thing beneatmd anld the flaming of
everything ale, Gsd will thunder:
"But thou dit laugh" think the
most fascinatllaughler at Christianity
| ever rememHwas theodore Parker's.
! He made Il wore of Goa seem
ridiculous andlaugted on at our holy
religion until bame to die, and then he
said: "My liias been a fallure-a fail
ure dOmestica | have no children;
failure sociallbr am treated in the
streets like a Rte: a failure profession
] ally, becausanOW but one minister
shat has adoum sentiments" For
! quarter of cklry he laughed at Chris
tianity, and e since Christianity has
been laugbin4him. Now, 1t is a mean
thing to go inman's house aud steal his
goods; but tyOu the most gigantic
burglary eVeKented is the proposition
to steal thesFeasures OF our holy reli-
gion. The Inest laughter ever uttered
is the laughtf the skeptic.
The next Ehter mentioned in the
Bible is Davdlaughter, or the laughter
| Of spiritual lltatiOn "Then was our
|mouth filled b laughter" He got very
Fmuch down lmetimes, but there are
other chaptd where for four or i've
times, he caupon the people TO praise
and eXult. has rot mere twitch of
the lips, it WI demonstration that took
IOld OF his WI physical nature. "Then
vas our mOui led with laughter" My
friends this vi win never be converted
ID God untilhstans cry less and laugh
and sing ma The horrors are poor
bait. II ped are to be persuaded to
adopt our hGeliglon it Will be because
tieY have me up their minds it is
happy religid They don't like a morbid
Christianity! know there are morbid
people VINO by funeral. They come
early to see friends, take leave OF the
corpse, and D steal a ride to the ceme-
terry, hut all lthy people enjoy a we'd
ding better Il they do a burial. Now.
you make thaigiou ofChrist sepulchral
and hearse-lilnd you make il repulsiVe.
/ say plant rose of Sharon along the
church walk9d columbine to Chamber
lover the churFali; and have smile on
the lip and Ee the mouth filled with
holy laughterhere is no man in the
world eXcepte Christian that has "a
right to teel abtrammeled glee. lie is
promised evering is to be for the best
here, and heOn the way to delight
which Will TAIL the professions with
palm branchesDd all the Orchestras,
harped and cyBlled and trumpeted, to
express. "Oh, IN say, 81 have So much
troubleW Hatou more trouble than
Paul hadE hat does he say?
'oorrowful VI always rejoicing.
Poor, yet maxi many rich. Having
nothing, yet posing all things The
merrlesb laugh INK / ever heard has
been IN the sick m OF Gods dear chill
dren. When lldOsius was put upon
The rack he SUITE very great torture at
the first. oomeg asked him how he
endured all that n on the rack. He re-
piled: "When As first put upon the
rack L suffered reat deal; but very
soon young mah white stood by my
side and with pft and comfortable
handkerchief he Rd the sweat from my
brow and my paiKere relieved; il was
a punishment for to get from the rack,
because Wnen then was all gone the
angel was gone" b. rejoice evermOre
\ GOu know how it h the army-an army
in encampmenJ to-day news comes
that our side b had a defeat, it
demorahzes all thest. But If the news
comes of victory Ivy aud victory to-
morrow, the wholemy is impassiOned
for the contest. n in the kingdom ot
our Lord Jesus ON report lever de-
1eats; tell US the Vbries-VictOry over
sin ana death ana n Rejoice evermOre
and again l say reid. / believe there
is more religion in laugh than in a
gIOan. Anybody c8roan. but to laugh
in the midst of baniAent and porsecu-
uion and indescriOadrial. that REQUIRES
! "A David "A Daniel patD a uoodarn
heroine.
The next laughtmentioned in the
Bible that l shall spt Of, is the foOPs
laughter or the eiession Of sinful
nerrlment. solOm0Ras very quick at
simile; when ne MAXI comparison we
all catch it. What lse laughter Of a
fool like? He saysht Is the crack.
ling OF thorns under at" The kettle is
swung, bunch Of Drbles Is put under
it, and the torch is area TO it and there
is great noise and aig blaze and a
sputter and a quiCtxtiuguishment
then it is darker than las before. FOOLS
laughter. The most lerable thing on
earth is bad mans I'll There they are
ten men in a barrd: they have at
home wives, mOther,haughters. The
impure jest starts at 0eo-Ber Of the bar.
room and crackle, craqk. crackle it goes
all around. In 800 sue ittlaws there is
not one item Of happirss They all feel
bemeaned if they hay mf conscience
left. Have n0thing tQlc with men OF
women who tell immOr stories. / have
no confidence either tbir Christian
character or their mOraty.
So, all merriment tina srings out o
the defects Of others-cacaure of lame
foot or curved spine omblnd eve or q
deaf ear-will be met wi he judgment.
Of God either upon you 0t0ur en- hldren
Twenty years ago, in thilty, / knew
man who was particularbkilu IN I'M
itating the lameness Of leIghbor. No
long ago a son Of the skll mimic haC
his leS amputated for e very defec
which his father had minled years be-
fore. 1 do not say it wad Judgment o
God; leave you to makaur own infer
ence. SO, all merriment tn OF dissipa
ton, that which startst the cOun
ters OF the drinking Hstaurant o
from the wine glass the nom,
circle, the maudlin simt, the mean
ingless Joke, the saturnan gibberish
the parOXysm Of mirth abdnothing tina
you sometimes see in the fai0nable ciul
room or in the eXquisiteIarlor at 1.
O'Clock at night, are thGrackling o
thOrns under pot. Suchhughter anC
sucn SIN emo IN uedtn. w 1 was Lac
a book came out, entitled, Don Jour-
Patent Sermons" IL made great stir
a very wide laugh, all oyel1e country
that book did. ~ was a hricature o
the Christian ministry and lthe word o
God and OF the day OF judgmt. Oh, W,
had great laughl The cmentary Oi
the whole thing Is that not big ago thi
author OF that book diedn poverty
shame, debauchery. kicked d of society
and cursed OF Almighty God The laugh
ter OF such men is the echo their owl
! da mnatiOu.