The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-12-21

dark alley TO the poor winch O
those young men do you admire TIN
better1 The one sham, the other {
prince imperial.
Oh, do you know Of anything, m.
nearer, that is more beautiful than Il
sec young man start out for Christ
Here ia some one falling: he lifts hin
up Here is vagabond boy; no in
PRODUCES him to a mission school
Here is family freezing to death; h
carries them scuttle of coal. Their
are eight hundred millions perishins
in midnight heather darkness; by al
possible means he tries to send to then
the Gospel. He may be laughed at
and he may be sneered at, and he ma,
be caricatured, but he is not ASHAMED
to go everywhere, saying: II am no
ashamed Of the Gospel of Christ. It'll
the power of God and the wisdonrp
God unto salvation" Such a young
man can go through everything
There is no force on earth or in hel
that can resist him.
SIGNIFICANT sPECTACLEs IN HISTORY.
show you three spectacles. Spec
tacle the first: Napoleon passes by
with the host that went down will
him to Egypt, and up with hin
through Russia, and crossed the con
tinent on the bleeding heart of which
he set his iron heel, and across thu
quivering flesh of which he wen
grinding the wheels of his gun car
riages-in his dying moment asking hi.
attendants to put on his military boot.
for him.
Spectacle the second: Voltaire
bright and learned and witty and elo
quent, with tongue and voice anC
stratagem Internal, warning against
God and poisoning whole kingdoms
with his infdelity, yet applauded by
the clapping hands Of thrones and
empires and continents-his hast
words, in delirium supposing Christ
standing by the bedside-his last
words: "Crush that wretch"
Spectacle the third: Paul-Paulin-
significant in person, thrust out from
all refined association, scourged, spat
on, bounded like wild beast from
city TO city, yet trying to make the
world good and heaven full; an
nouncing resurrection to those who
mourned at the barred gates of the
dead; speaking consultations which
light up the eyes of widowhood and
orphanago and want with glow Of GER
tain and eternal release; undaunted
before those who could take his life,
his cheek flushed with transport, and
his eye OH heaven; with one hand
shaking defiance at all the foes of
earth and all the principalities of hell,
and with the other hand reckoning
messenger angels to come and bear
him away, as he says: II am now
ready to be offered, and the time of
my departure is at hand; I have
fought the good fight, I have finished
my course, have kept the faith
henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown Of righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give
me-"
Which of The three spectacles do
you most admired When the wind of
death struck the conqueror and the mi
fidel they were tossed like sea gulls in
tempest, drenched of the wave and
torn of the hurricane, their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting
storm; but when the wave an De
wind Of death struck Paul, lii e an
albatross, he made a throne Of the
tempest, and one day foated away into
the calm, clear summer of heaven,
brighter than the dove, its wings COW
cred with silver, and its feathers with
yellow gold. Oh, are you not in love
with such reigion-a religion that
can do SO much for a man while he
lives, and so much for man when he
comes to die9 l suppose you may have
noticed the contrast between the de-
parture of a Christian and the depart
ure of an infidel. Deodorus, dying in
chagrin because he could not compose
a joke equal to the joke uttered
at the other end of his table. Zeuxis,
dying in a fit of laughter at the sketch
OF an aged woman-a sketch made by
his own hand. Mazarin, dying play
ing cards, his friend holding his hands
because he was unable to hold them
All that on one side. COM
pared with the departure of the
Scotch minister, who said to his
friends: Il have no interest as to
whether l live or die; if | die l
shall be with the Lord, and if live
the Lord shall be with me-" Or the
last words of Washington: "It is
we'll" Or the last word Of Mcintosh,
the learned and the great, Happy
Or the last word of Hannah More,
The Christian poetess: "Joy!" Or
hose thousands Of Christians who have
gone, saying: Lord Jesus, receive
ny spirit. Come, Lord Jesus, come
quickly" 80 death where is thy
'ting9 O gravel where is thy victory?"
Behold the contrast. Behold the
charm of the one, behold the darkness
If the other. Now, l know it is very
popular in this day for young men to
hink there is something more charm
ng in skepticism than in religion.
They are ashamed of the old fashioned
eligion of the cross, and they pride
themselves on their free thinking on
IL these subjects. My young friends,
want to tell you what l know from
observation, that while skepticism is a
'eautiful land at the start, it is the
.reat Sahara desert at the last
A STORY WITH A MORAL.
Years ago a minister's son went off
rom home to college. At college he
ormed the acquaintance of a young
nan whom shall call Ellison. Eli
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