The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-09-08


free to sink. Z!..
Nearly all the heterodox people i
know believe all are coming out at the
same destiny; without regard to faith
or character we are all coming out at
the shining cato. There they are, all
IN glory together. Thomas Paine and
George Whitefleld, JeZebel and Mary
Lyon, Nero anu Charles Wesley, Charles
Guiteau and James a. Garfield, John
Wilkes Booth and Abraham lincoln
all in glory togetherl All the innocent
men, women, and children who were
massacred. side by side with their mur.
derersl If we are all coming out at the
same destiny, without regard to char
acter, then it is true. turn away
from such u debauched heaven.
Against that cauldrOn Of piety and
blasphemy, philanthropy and assassina-
ton, self-sacrIice and beastliness, 1
place the two destinles Of the Bible for
ever, and forever, and forever apart.
Behold also the splendors of tho
Christian orthod0r death-beds. Those
who deny the Bible, or deny any part
Of 1t, never die well, They either 60 out
in darkness OF they 90 out In silence
portentous. You may gather up all
the biographies that have come forth
since the art of printing was invented,
and challenge you to show me a tri-
umphant death Of q man who rejected
the Scriptures, or rejected any part Of
them. Here make
A GREAT WIDE AVENUE.
On the one | put the death-beds Of
those who believed In an entire Bible.
On the other side Of that avenue put
the death-beds Of those who rejected
part Of the Bible, or rejected all OF the
Bible. Now, take my arm and let us
pass through this dividing avenue.
Look off upon the right side. Here are
the death-beds on the right side of this
avenue. Victory through our Lord
Jesus Christi" "Free gracel' "Glory,
gloryl" II am sweeping through the
gates washed in the blood Of the
Lambl' "tThe clarlots are comingln
81 mount, | fly!" "Wings, wings!"
"They are coming for mel" Peace, be
stillln Alfred Cookman's death-bed,
Richard Cecil's death-bed, Commodore
Foote'S death-bed. Your. fathers
death-bed, your mothers death-bed,
your sisters death-bed, your child's
death-bed. Ten thousand radiant
death-b1ds Of those who believed an
enClro blDl6.
Now. take my arm and let us 90
through that avenue, and look off upon
the other side. No smile Of hopel No
shout of triumph No face supernatli-
rally illuminedl Those who reject any
part Of the Bible never die we'll. No
backoning for angels to come. No lis
tening for the celestial escort. With
out any exception they so out of tile
world because they are pushed out;
while on the other hand the list Of those
who believed in an entire Bible, and
have gone out of the world In triumph,
is list so long It seems interminable,
Oh, is not that a splendid influence,
this orthodoxy, which makes that
which must otherwise be the most
dreadful hour Of life Tho last hour
positively paradisaicalp
Young men, old men,. middle-aged
men, l
TAKE SIDES IN THIs cONTEsT
between orthodoxy 4and heterodoxy.
"Ask for the old paths, walk theroin,
and ye shall find rest for your souls,,,'
But you follow this crusade against
any part Of theARible fret OF all you
will give up Genesis. which Is as true
as Mattfewithen you will give up all
the historical parts Of the Rible, then
after a while you will give up the
miracles, then you will find it con-
venient to glysap the Ten Command