The Russellville Democrat., 1888-06-21

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 in another state of being; you will not do any thing. sImpossible,u you say; "there is somo- thing that tells me that death is not the appendix, but the preface; there is sone- thing that tells me that on this side of the grave only get started. and that l shall
 20 on forever; my power to think says forever;' my affections say aforever;
 my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for eyer.'D
 We'll, you defeat me in my three ex- periments. 1 have only one more to make, and if you defeat me ill that am exhausted: A mighty One on a knoll back of Jerusalem one day, the skies filled with forked lightnings and the earth filled with volcanic disturbances, turned
 His pale and agonized face toward the heavens, and said: sI take the sins and sorrows of the ages into my own heart.
 am the expiation. Witness earth and
 Heaven and he'll l am the expiation." And the hammer struck Him, and the spears punctured Him, and Heaven thundered: 1.-The wages of sin is deathv' ssThe soul that sinneth it shall dieW '1 will by no means clear the guiltyW Then there was silence for half an hour, and the lightnings were drawn back into the scabbard of the sky, and the earth ceaseti
 to culver, and all the colors of the sky began to shift themselves into rainbow
 woven out of fls5 railing tears of Jesus, and there was red as of the blood-shed- ding, and there was blue as of the bruis- ing, and there was green as of the Heavenly foliage, and there was orange as of the day-dawn. And along the line
 of the blue l saw the words: was bruised for their iniquities. And along tine line of the red I saw the words:
 The blood oi Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.
 And along the line of green l saw the words:
 The leaves o' the tree of life for the healing of the 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 1t seemed retreating to another heaven, and planting one column of it's 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, land behold there was rainbow
 about the throne"
 Accept this sacrifice and quit worrying, Take this tonic, the inspiration, the longevity of this truth. Religion is sum- shine, that is healthy. 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 anticipa-
 tions are hygienic 1 offer you perfect peace now and hereafter.
 What do you want in the future world? Tell me and yop 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.
 Do 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 swing ing 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 embrace you, waiting to twist garlands in your hair. You have been accustomed to open the door on this side the scpulcher. I open the door on the other side the sep ulcher You have been accustomed to walk in the wet grass on the top of the grave. I 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 healthy religion. It will have a 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.