The Nicodemus cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Graham County, Kan.) 1887-1888, 1888-06-22
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| on forever; my power TO think SAYS forever,
my capacity to enjoy or suffer, forever
Well. you befeat me In nv three expert
ments, Ihave only one more to make, and if YOU
! defeat me in that | am exhausted: A mighty
/ One on a knoll back of Jerusalem one day,
! the skies filled with forked Ii9htnings and
| the earth filled with vOlcOnic disturbances
| turned his pale and agonized face toward the
| heavens and said: 81 take the sins and
sorrows of the ages into my own heart. | am
the expation. Witness earth and heaven
and hell, am the expiation." And the
hammer struck:him, and the spears punctur-
ed him, and heaven Numbered: 1.-THE wages
of sin is death!' THE soul that sinneth
it shall dier II will by no means clear the
guiltyr Then there was silence for half an
hour, and the Iightniugs 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 a rainbow
woven out of the falling tears of Jesus, and
there was red as of the blOOdsheddng, and
there was blue as of the bruising, and there
was green as of the heavenly foliage, and
| there was orange as of the daV-daYn. And
along the line of the blue / saw the words
Il was bruised for their iniquities.' And
along the line of the red | saw the words
THE blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIM" And along the line of the green l saw
the words: 1.-THE leaves of the tree of life
for the healing of all nations" And along
the line of the orange | saw the words: The
day.spring from on high hath visited us
And then | saw the storm was over and the
rainbow rose higher and higher until it seem
ed retreating to another heaven, and plant
ing one column of its cOlOrs on one side the
eternal hill and planting the other column OF
its cOlOrs on the other side the eternal hill, it
rose upward and upward and "behold there
was a rainbow about the throne"
Accept that sacrifice ana quit Worrying
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the longevity
of this truth. Religion is sunshine, that 10
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 quiet
conscience and pleasant anticipation are
hygienic- [ offer you perfect peace now and
hereafter
What do you want in the future worldi
Tell me and you shall have it. Orchards !
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. Dc
you want music? There is the Oratorio of the
Creation led on by Adam, and the oratorio OF
the Red Sea led on by Moses, and the oratorio
of the Messiah led on by ST. Paul while the
archangel with swinging baton controls the
one hundred and forty-four thousand who
make up the orchestra
DO you want reunion? There are your dead
children waiting to kiss YOU, waiting to en-
brace You, waiting to twist garlands in your
hair You have been accustomed to omen
the door Old this side the sepulchre open
the door on the other side the sepulchre.
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 pail bearers let down your dead let them
clear through into heaven.
Glory be to God for this robust, healtv re.
ligion. 1t viii 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 l satisfy him."