The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11

der its soothing power. 1t is not chloral
! that you want, or morphine that You want; ;
| it is the gospel of Jesus Christ. with long
| life will l satisfy him.
| Again, practical religion is a friend of
longevity in the fact that it removes all
| corroding care about a future existence.
| Every man wants to know what is to be-
| come OF him. IL you get on board a rail
tram you want TO know at what depot il is
| gong TO stop; If you get on board a shin
! you want to know into what harbor it is
going to rum and if you should tell mo you
have no interest in what is TO he your
future destiny would in as polite a way
as l'know how, tell you did not believe
you. Before had this matter settled with
reference to my future existence the ques-
ton almost worried mo into ruined health.
The anXletieS mon have upon this subject
put together would make martyrdom.
This is state of awful unhealthness.
There are people who fret themselves to
death for fear of dying.
l want to take the strain off your nerves
and the depression oT your soul, and |
make two or three experiments. Expert
! inent first: When you 60 out of this world
1t docs not make any difference whether
| you have been good or bad, or whether you
! believed truth or error, you will go straight
| to glory. "lmpossibla," you say; s''my
| common sense as well as my religion
teaches that the bad and the good cannot
live together forever You give me no
comfort III that experiment" Experiment
| the second; When you leave this world
| you will go into an intermediate state
whore you can get converted and prepared
| for heaven. "Impossible,o you say; "as the
! tree falleth, so IL must lie and | cannot
| postpone TO an intermediate state roforma-
tlon which ought TO have boon effected in
this state. Experiment the third: There
is no future world; when a man dies that is
tho last of him. Do not worry about what
| you are to do in another state Of being;
| you will not do anything. impossible"
| you say; there is something that tells me
that death is not the appendix, but the pre-
| face; there is something that tells me that
on this side Of the grave | only get started,
and that shall go on forever; my power 30
think says forever my affections say
forever my capacity to enjoy or suffer,
| forever"
Well, you defeat me in my three expert
ments. | have only one more to make, and
| if you defeat me in that | am exhausted.
A mighty one on a knoll back of Jerusa-
| lem one day, the skies filed with forked
| lightnings and the earth filed with volcanic
| disturbances turned his pale and agonized
| face toward the heavens and said: II take
the sins and sorrows of the ages into my
own heart | am the expiation. Witness
earth and heaven and hell, am the expia
| ton" And the hammer struck him. and
the spears punctured him, and heaven thun-
derod; "The wages of sin is deathlh "The
soul that sinneth it shall dien 81 will by
no means clear the guilty." Then there
| was silence for half an hour, and the light
nings were drawn back into the scabbard
of the sky, and the earth ceased TO CULVER,
and all the colors Of the sky began to shift
| themselves into rainbow, woven out of
| hot Af aan1 rod
as of the bloodshedding, and there was blue
| as Of the bruisiDg, and there was green as
| of tho heavenly foliage, and there was
| orange as of the day-dawn. And along the
| line Of the blue | saw the words: 81 was
bruised for their iniguities." And along the
line of tho red | saw the words: 1.-THE
blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sim" And along the line of the green l saw
the words: "The'leaves of the tree of life
for the healing of the nations" And along
the line of the orange / saw the words:
"The day y-spring from on high hath visited
usn
And then ! saw the storm was over and
the rainbow rose higher and higher until il
seemed retreating TO another heaven, and
planting one column of its colors on one
side of the eternal hill and planting the
other column of its colors on the other side
of the eternal hill, it rose upward and up
ward "and behold there was rainbow
about the throne"
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the longev
ity Of this truth. Religion is sunshine; that
is health. Religion is fresh air and pure
water; they are healthy. Religion is warmth
that is healthy. Ask all the doctors and
they will tell you that a quiet conscience
and pleasant anticipatons are hygienic. |
offer you perfect peace now and hereafter
What do you want in the future worldl
Tell me and you shall have 1t. Orchardsg
There are the trees with twelve manner Of
fruits, yielding fruit every month. Water
scenery There is the river of life, from
under the throne of God, clear as crystal,
and the sea of glass mingled with fire. Do
you want musicl There is the oratorio of
the creation led on by Adam, and the ora
torio Of the Red Sea led on by Moses, and
the oratorio Of the Messiah led on by st.
Paul, while the nrchangel with swinging
baton controls the one hundred and forty
four thousand who make up the orchestra.
DO you want reunioni There are your
dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting
TO embrace you, waiting 90 twist garlands
in your hair. You have been accustomed
to opon the door on this side the sepulchre.
| open the door on the other side Of the
sepucbre. You have been accustomed to
walk in the wet grass on the top Of the
grave. / show you the under side Of the
grave; the bottom has fallen out and the
long ropes with which the pall-bearers let
down yoHr dead, let them clear through
into heaven.
Glory be TO God for this robust. healthy
religion. II will have tendency to make
you live long in this world, and in the world
to come you will have eternal life. with
long life will satisfy him"