The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-08-17

that unhappy one unfh You CAME 10 x.
golden pillar OF a Christian life That IS all
the difference between YOU oh, il this re
ligion is protest against all forms OF dissi.
patton then Il Is an illustrious friend oil
longevity. with long life viii l satisfy
him.
Again. religion is n friend of longevity il
the tact that it takes the worry out OF our
temporalities. Ii Is not work that kills men
il is worry. When man becomes genuine
Christian he makes over b God not only his
affections bur his family, his business hr
reputation. his body. his m nd, hi 5 soul
evervthinz Industrious he will be, but
never worrying, because God is managing
bis Affairs How can he worry about husa
ness when in answer to his prayers God tells
him when % buy AMI when TO 50 /; and il he
gain tia. is lest. and If he lose that is bestt
Suppose you had supernatural neighbor
who came in and said. Sir, | want you 70
cal on me in every rKigeucy; an your fast
frieni. auuld fall back on so 900, 600; can
foreSse a panic Ten years; hold the control
ling stock iu thirty Of the best monetary IN
situations OF New York; whenever you are
in trouble call On me and will help you,
YOU can have my money and you can have
nv influence; here IS my hand in pledge for
10 How mulh woulI YOU worry about
busine=si Why, YOU would say. I'm do the
best / can, AMI then I'll depend on my
friend generosity for the rest
Now more than that Is promised to every
Christian 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 ali the resources of the
universe, and / am your fast friend, when
you get IN business trouble or any other
trouble, cal on me AMI viii help; here IS
mv hand Ia pledge OF omnipotent deliver
ance" How much should that man worry
Not much. What lion will dare to put his
paw on that Daniel. Is there not rest IN
this. Is there not an eternal vacation in
this,
oh. YOU say. here is man who asked
God for a b essing in a certain enterprise,
and he LOST live thousand dollars in il. Ex-
plain that / will Nonder is a factory,
and one wheei Is going north and the other
wheel is going south, and one wheel plays
literally ami the other plays vertically.
20 70 the manufacturer and say: 20 manu-
IA turer, your machinery is contradiction.
Why DO YOU not make al the wheels 90 one
way well. he says, Il made them to go in
opposite directions on purpose and they pro-
iuce the right result You 20 downstairs
and examine the carpets We are turning out
in this establishment and You will sea-
20 down on the other floor and | see
the carpets Eli 1 am obliged TO confess that
though the wheels in that factory 20 in op-
posite directions they turn out a beautiful re-
4
Il tie exquisite fabric an old Scripture
passage COMES into my mind: All things
work together for good 10 them who love
tod. is there not rest in that. Is there
no; tonic in that. Is there no. longevity in
hat.
suppose L man is all the time worried
about his reputation One man says he lies,
mother SAYS he is stupid another says he is
dishonest, and half a dozen printing estab-
hshmeuts attack him. and he is in greai
state Of excitement and worry and fume, an
cannot sleep. but religion comes to him ar5
says. Man, Col Is on your side; he viii
take care Of your reputation, if God be for
you. who can lie against your How much
should that man worry about his reputation
Not much II that broker who some years
ago ln Wall street after he had lost money,
sat down and wrote a farewell let
ter 10 his wife before he blew his
brains out-if instead Of taking out Of his
pocket "a pistol be had taken out a well read
New Testament there would have been one
les suicide. Oh, nervous and feverish people
Of the world. try this almighty sedative.
You viii live twenty five years longer under
its soothing power. IL IS not choral that
YOU want, or morphine that you want; 1t is
the Gospel OF Jesus Christ with long life
will l satisfy him.
Again. practical religion is friend Of
| longevity in the fact that it removes all cor
rolins care about future existence Every
man wants TO know what is to become OF
I him. II You get on board of rail train you
want 70 know at what depot it is going to
I stop. X Won get on board a ship you want %
know into what har5or It IS going 70 run, and
I e you snail tell ms you have no interest in
hat is t0he your future destiny, l would in
| As polite a way as l knew how tel you l did
not believe YOU. Before l had this matter
I settled with reference to my future existence
I the question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxieties men have upon this
subject put together would make a martyr
I dom This is a state OF awful unhealthiness.
I There are people who fret themselves to death
for fear OF dying.
I want TO take the strain of your nerves
lni the depr assion of your soul. aud make
Two or three experiments. Experiment first:
Wien vou 90 out Of this world il does not
make any difference whether You have beer
I good or bad. or whether you believed truth
] 1r error. you will 90 straight 70 glory. I'm
possible YOU say; my common sense a
I vel as my religion teaches that the bad and
/ the good cannot live together forever. You
| give me no comfort in that experiment.
I Experiment the second. When you leave Thu
world YOU will go into an intermediate
] stltc where you can get converted
I and prepared foT heaven. Impossible yoI
| say as III tree falleth 50 il must lie aus
! reformation which ought to have been ef
( rtei IN this STATE Experiment the third
/ There is no future world; when man die
] THAT IS the last OF him. Do not worry abou
J what you are 20 do in another state Of being
You viii not DO anything. Impossible,
/ yoa say: there is something that tells m
] That death is not the appendix, but the pref
ace there is something that tells me that OIL
tins side Of the grave | only get started. AM
that ] shall 20 on forever; my power &
think says forever, my affections say for
ever my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for
eyer.'n
Wei, you defeat me in my three expert
/ ments have only one more to make an,
II You defeat me in shat | am exhausted
mighty One on a knoll back OF Jerusalem on,
day-the skies filed with forked lightning
and the earth filed with volcanic disturb
anees-turncd His pale and agouized fac,
Z toward the heavens and said: 4 take tn
sins and sorrows OF the ages into my owl
heart am the expiatiOn, Witness earth
/ and heaven AMI he'll. am the expiation.
And the hammer struck him. and the spear
p1ncturet him, ami heaven Numbered: .sTh,
/ Wases Of sin is deathin The soul that sin
meth II shall dieln "a will by no mean.
clear the guiityT Then there was Al
l-nce for half an hour. and the light
nings were drawn back into the scab
nard OF the SKY, and the earth ceaseC
Z y quver, and all the colors of the SIX,
I began b shift themselves into a rainbow
I woven out OF the fallen tears OF Jesus. ane
there was red as Of the blood shedding, AM
I there was blue as Of the bruising. and ther,
I vas green as OF the heavenly foliage, anC
mere was orange as Of the day dawn. Ant
along the line OF the blue | saw the words
y was bruised for their iniquitiesr And
/ alens the line Of the red ] saw the words
DE hood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from
I an SIN And along the line of the green
saw the words: The leaves of the tree o.
[ lie for the healing OF all nations, And
I along the iins OF the orange / saw tins words
/ ne day spring from on high hath visited
I And then saw the storm was over. and
the rainbow rose higher and higher until II
seemed retreating 70 another heaven. and
planting one co umn of its colors on one side
the etarial hill aud planting the other column
Z OF It's coiors on the other side Of the eternal
Z hih. II rose upward and upward. land behold
there was rainbow about the throne"
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Iike the tonic the inspiration, the longevity
/ OF tins truth. Religion is sunshine. that is
I health. Religion is fresh air and pure
/ water they are healthy Religion Is warmth.
that Is healthy. Ask ali the doctors and
they VIII tell you that quiet conscience and
l pleas mt anticipltions axe hygienic. / oifei
I you perfect peace now and hereafter.
w hat do you want in the future world
Tel me and YOU shall have it Orchards
There are the trees with twelve manner %
fruits. Welding fruit every month. Water
scenery There is the River OF Life, from
nm Ter the throne Of God. clear as crystal
and the saa OF glass mingled with fire d.
you want music. There is the eratorio oil
the Creation led on bv Adam. and the orato
rio Of the Rel Sea led on by Moses. and fhe
p or H|aHn.. 20 ~.