The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-03-19


not longevity in that:
Suppose a man is all the time worried
about his reputation! One man says he
lies, anoeher says he is stupid, another
SAYS he is dishonest, and half a dozen
printing establishments attack him, and
he is in u great state OF excitement and
worry and fume, and can not sleep; but
religion comes to him and says: "Msn,
God ison you. side; he will take care of
your reputation. II God be for you who
can be against you:" How much should
that man won y about his reputation Not
much. II thai broker who a few years ago
In Wall street, after he had lost his money,
sat down and wrote a farewell letter to his
wife before he blew his brains out, If,
instead of taking out of his pocket q
pistol, he had taken out a well-read
New Testament, there would have
been one less suicide. o nervous and fe-
verish people of the world, try this Al
mighty sedstive; you will live twenty
five years longer under its soothing
power. It is not choral that you want,
or more time that you want, it is the Cos
pei of Jesus Christ.
Again, practical religion is a friend Of
long life, in the fact that it removes all
corroding care about a future existence.
Every man wants to know what is
to become of him. II You get on
board q railroad train You want to know
at what depot it is going to stop; il you
get on board n ship you want to know
into what harbor it is going to run; and
IL you should tell me you have no interest
in what is to be your future destiny, /
would, in as polite way as know how,
tell you / did not believe you. Before
= had this matter settled with refer
enc to my future existence, the
ousA ion almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxietics men have upon this
subject. il put together, would make a
martyrdcuh. This is a state of awful I'M
healthinesss.. There are people who fret
themselves to Death for fear of dying.
want this morniny to take the strain Of
your nerves and t5e depression of your
soul, and viii make tho or three expert
ments.
Experiment the first: WhNn You go out
of the world it does not make any diner
ence whether you have been good - Dad,
or whether you believed truth or error, YOU
will go straight to glory. "ImpossibiA
you say; ''my common sense, rs wen q
my religion, teaches me tbs hssd and the
good can not live together fdysvey. You
give me no comfort in that experiment"
Experiment the second-When you leS,.s
this world you viii go into an intermediate
state, where you can get converted and
prepared for heaven. impossible" you
say; "as the tree falleth so it must lie, and |
can no. postpone to an intermediate state
that reformation which ought to have been |
effected in this state"
Experiment the third-There is no fu- |
ture world; when a man dies that is the |
last of him. Do not worry about what you |
are to do in another state of being; you
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 I only get started, and that |
shall go on forever. Ny power to think |
says Forever my affections say 'Forev- |
err my capacity to enjoy or suffer says |
Forever.
Well, you defeat me in my three expert
ments. have only one more to make, and |
IL you defeat me in that 1 am exhausted. |
A Mighty One on q knoll back of Jeru-
salem one day, the sky dlled with forked
lightnings and the earth filled with vol
canic disturbances, turned his pale and |
agonized face toward the heavens, and |
said: 81 take the sins and sorrows If the /
ages into my own heart. am the efpia-
ton. Witness earth and heaven and hell. |
am the expiation." And the hammer
struck him, and the spears punctured him,
and heaven thundered: "The wages OF |
sin is DEATH" 1.-THE soul that sinneth it
shall dies" 81 will by no means clear the |
guilty." Then there was silence for half
an hour, and the lightnings were drawn
back into the scabbard of the sky, and the
earth ceased to quivcr, and all the colors /
OF the sky began to shift themselves
into . rainbow woven out of IT,.
falling tears Of Jesus. and there ssas
red rs Of the blood shedding and
there was blue - Of the bruisiug, ayi there
was green as Of the heavenly folhge, and
there was orange - Of the dax-dnwn, and
along the line Of the blue aew the words,
II was bruised for their iaiquities;" and
along the line Of the red saw the words,
'The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanssth from
all sin;" and along the line OF the green
saw the words, 1.-THE leaves Of the tree Of
life for the healing of the nations;n and
along the line Of the orange l saw the
words, 1.-THE day spring from on high hath
visited u.s." And then saw the storm was
over, and tho rainbow rose higher and
higher, until 1t seemed rctreating to anoth-
or heaven. and planting one column Of it's
colors on one side the eternal hill, and
planting the other column Of ito colors ON
The other side the eternal hill, il rose up
ward and upward, and behold! there was
, rainbow round about the throne.
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the Inspiration, the lougsv-
lty Of this truth. Religion Il sunshine;
that Is healthy. Religion IL fresh air and
pure water; they are healthy. Ask all the
doctors and they will tell You that quiet
'onscience and pleasant anticipations are
hygienic. offer you perfect peace now
md hereafter. What do you want in the
future world, Tell me and you shall have
t. Orchards! There are the trees with
Twelve manner OF fruits, yielding fruit
very month. Waters Scenerys There |