West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-06-21

city 10 take the man clear throu2h9 In tho
one case II he had kept 20 the steamer his
body would have been saved: Ina the other
case, II no had kept 20 his religion his morals
would Nave been saved
There are aged people who would have
beon dead twenty years ago but for the
defenses and the equipoise OF religion. You
have no moro natural resistance than hum
dreds OF PEOPLE who lie i'm the cemeteries to
day. slain by their own vices The doctor,
made their case ms kind and pleasant as thew
could, and IL was called congestion OF the
brain, or something else, but the snakes and
the bluefiies that seemed to crawl over the
pillow in the sight OF the delirious patient
showed what was the matter with him You
the aged Christian man, walked along by
that unhappy one until you came 20 the
golden pillar OF Christian life. That is all
the difference between YOU oh. II this re.
ligion is a protest against all forms OF dissi-
patton. then IL is an il'ustrious friend OF
longevity. with long life viii I satisfy
him.
Again. religion Is a friend Of longevity in
the TACT that 10 takes tho worry out OF our
temporalities IL is not work that kills men,
it Is worry. When a man becomes n genuine
Christian hs makes over 10 God not only his
affections but his family his business. his
reputation, his body his mind, his soul
everything. Industrious he will be, but
never worrying. becau'se God is managing
his Affairs How can no worry nhout husi.
ness when I'm answer to his prayers God tells
him when TO buy and when to SO /; and IL he
gain that is best and IL he lose that Re- bestI
Suppose you had supernatural neighbor
who came In and said: "Sir, want YOU to
call on me in every exigency: an your fast
friend; lcould fall back on so OJO 600: IAN
ioresee panic ten years; hold the control
ing stock in thirty of the best monetary in
stltutions OF New York: whenever Won are
IN trouble call ON me and will help you.
You can have my money and you can have
my n influences here Is my hand in pledge for
how much would you worry about
ousinessf Why, you would say: "I'll do tho
best l can, and then I'll depend on my
trlends generosity for the resth
Now more than that is promised to every
SShrlstian business man. God says to him:
Il own New York and London and ST
Petersburg and Pekin, and Australia and
California are mine; can foresee pane a
million years; L have all the resources az the
universe, and am your fast friend; when
you get In business trouble or any other
trouble, can on me and L will help; here Is
my hand IN pledge OF omnipotent deliver
ance" How much should that man worryl
MOI much. What lion will dare to nut his
paw on that Danieli Is there not rest i'm
thist Is there not an eternal vacation in
thisi -
oh" you say. "here is a man who asked
Tod FOR blessing in certain enterprise.
and he lost five thousand dollars in it Elk
plain that" | will. Nonder is a factory
and one wheel Is going north and the other
literally and the other plays vertically. I
go TO the manufacturer and say: 80 manu-.
Iacturer, your machinery is a contradiction.
why do You not make all the wheels 60 one
way Wen, he says, i made them To go in
opposite directions on purpose and thew nro
duce the right result. You go downstairs
and examine the carpets we are turning ont
IN this establishment and you will sesn
go down ON the other floor and I see
the carpets, and am Obliged to confess thot
m hnf fa.uN
posite directions they turn out beautiful re-
suit; and while am standing there looking
at the exquisite fabric an old Scrinture
passage comes into my mind: IAN things
work together for good TO them who love
Cod" Is there not rest in that, Is tbere
not tonic in thati Is there no. longevity i'm
thatl -
Suppose man is all the time worried
about his reputation. One man says he lies.
another says he is stupid, another saws he Is
dishonest, and half a dozen printing estab-
llshments attack him. and he is In a great
state OF excitement and worry and frme. and
cannot sleep; but religion comes TO him and
says; Man, God Is on your side: he will
take care OF your reputation; il God be for
You, who can be against youi" How much
should that man worry about his reputation3
Not much. IL that broker who some wears
ago IN Wall street after he had lost money,
SAT down and wrote a farewell let
ter 70 his wife before he blew his
brains outfit instead of taking out of his
pocket pistol he had taken out a well read
New Testament there would have been one
less suicide. Oh, nervous and feverish people
OF the world, try this almighty sedative
You will live twenty five years longer under
its soothing power. It is not choral that
you want, or morphine that you want il Is
the Gospel OF Jesus Christ "Wfth long life
will i satisfy him.
Again, practical religion Is a friend Of
longevity in the fact that it removes ali cor
roding care about future existence. Every
man wants TO know what Is to become OF
him. IL you get on board of rail train Won
want TO know at what depot it is going to
stop; II you get on board ship Won want To
know into what harhor it is going TO run. and
* you shall tell me you have no interest in
what ~ TO be your future destiny / would i'm
as polite way as / knew how tell Won did
not believe you. Before / had this matter
settled with reference to my future existence
the question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxieties men have upon this
subject put together would make n MARTYR
dom. This IS a state of awful uuhealthiness.
ihere are people who fret themselves to death
for fear Of dying.
want TO take the strain of your nerves
and the depression off your soul, aud make
swo or three experiments. Experiment first:
When you 60 out Of this world it does not
make any difference whether you have been
good or bad, or whether you believed truth
or error, you will go straight TO glory. lin
possible" you say; 'my common sense as
well as my religion teaches that the bad and
the good cannot live together forever You
give me no comfort in that experiment.
Experiment the second When YOU leave this
world you will go into an intermediate
state where you can get converted
and prepared for heaven "ImpossibIe Won
say; "as the tree faleth 50 it must lie. and
cannot postpsne to an intermediate state
reformation which ought To- have been eff
fected in this state Experiment the third.
There Is no future world. when a man dies
that is the last Of him. DO not worry about
what you are TO do i'm another state Of being.
yOu VIII not do anything. Impossible
you say there is something that tells me
mat death Is not the appendix. but the pref
ace; there Is something that tells me that ON
this side OF the grave ] only get started. and
tnat shall 80 ON forever, my power to
think says forever my affections say for
ever my capacity TO enjoy OF suffer, for
Well, you defeat mo In my three expert
ments have only one more 10 make. and
N you defeat ms in that / am exhausted.
mighty One on n knoll back % Jerusalem one
day-the skies filed with forkod li2hfnip0s
and the earth fUsd 18Th --,i~-,- g.. Is,f.ir5.
anees--turned His pale and agOuizel face
toward the heavens and said. ~ take the
SINS ana 8OFrOWs ~ the ages into my own
heart am The expiatIOn. Witness earth
ana heaven AMI he'll, 7 am the expfation
ana the hammer struck him and the speare
punctired him, and heaven Numbered. 1.-THE
wages OF sin is DEATH" "The aouI that ain
netn 1T shall dep or viii bv no means
GEAR the RuiItyf Then there was si
lence Tor half an hour. and the light
ninga were drawn hack into the ecab
bard Of the sky. and the earth ceesed
- culver and aU the coior4 ~ tho ~
began b. shift theusoivce into n -afrt,,,,.