The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-22

Experiment the third: There is no
future world; when man dies that il the
last of him. Do not worry about what
you are to do in another state of being;
you will not do any thing.
Impossible" you say; S'there is some
thing that tells me that death is not the
appendix, but the preface; there is some
thing that tells me that on this side of the
grave 1 only get started, and that I shall
go on forever; my power to think says
forever my affections say forever
my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for
ever
Well. you defeat me in my three ex-
periments. / have 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
filed with forked ightnings and the earth
filed with volcanic distur bances, turned
His pale and agonized face toward the
heavens, and said: 81 take the sins and
sorrOws of the ages into my own heart.
I am the expiration. Witness earth and
Heaven and hell, l am the expiatiOn."
And the hammer struck Him, and the
spears punctured Him, and Heaven
| Numbered: 1.-THE wages of sin is DEATH"
'9The soul that sinneth it shall dep i
will by no means clear the guiltyl" Then
there was silence for half an hour, and
the lightnings 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 bIood-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 1 saw the words:
| Twas bruised for their iniquities.
| And along tine line of the red saw the
words:
The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
! sin.
And along the line of green 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
| it seemed retreating to another heaven,
| and planting one column of its cOlOrs on
one side the eternal hill, and planting the
| other column of it's colOrs on the other
| side the eternal hill, it rose upward and
| upward, land behold there was a rainbow
about the throne"
Accept this sacrifice and quit worrying
Take this tonic, the inspiration, the
longevity or this truth. Religion IS sun
| shine, that is healthy. Religion is fresh
air and pUe 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-
| tons are hygienic. l offer you perfect
peace now and hereafter.
What do you want in the future wOrldi
| Tell me and you shall have it. Orchardsi
| 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
l open the door on the other side the sep
uIcher. 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 anC
| 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 tendency to make
you live long in this world, and in thu
world to come you will have eternal life.
With long life will satisfy him.