News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-12-27
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/ dies unregretted. Here is another young
man. His apparel may not be so good, his
| education may not be so thorough. he
| lives for others His happiness is to make
| others happy He is as self-denying as that
| dying soldier, falling in the ranks, when no
| sad: Colonel, there is no need OF those boys
| firing themselves by carrying me to the
| hosp, tai; let me die just where am" so
| this Young man of whom | speak loves God,
| wants all the world to love him, is not
| ashamed to carry bundle OF clothes up THAT
| dark alley to the poor. w hlch OF those
young men do you admire the better? The
| one sham, the other prince imperial.
| Oh, do you know of anything, my henrer.
| that is more beautiful than to see young
| man start out for Christ? Here is SONS one
| falling: he lifts him up. Here Is a vagabon1
| boy; lie introduces him to a nj ssIon school.
| Here is family freezing to de nth; he carries
| them a ScutUe of COAL There are elghJ nun
| bred millions perishing in midnight heather
| darkness; by all possible means ne tries 10
| send to them the Gospel tie NAV be laug mel
| at and he may be sneered at and ne may be
| caricatured but he is not ashamed TO go
| everywhere, saying: Il am not ashamed OF
| the Gospel of Christ. 1t is the power OF God
| and the wisdom of God unto salvation"
| Such Young man can go through every
| thing There is no force on earth or in hell
| that can resist him.
| show Won three spectacles. Spectacle the
| first: Napoleon passes by with the host that
went down WIFI MIN 70 ILSJ pb, dlId up WIN
| him through Russia, and crossed the CONT
! nent OF the Bleeding heart of which he set
| his iron heel, and across the qulverlng flesh
| of which he went grinding the wheels of MS
! gun Carriages-in his dying moment asking
| lis attendants to put on his military boots
| for him.
| Spectacle the second: Voltaire, bright and
| learned and witty and eloquent with tongue
| and voice and stratagem Internal, warning
| against God and poisoning whole Kingdoms
yuyith info alJ vat
| clapping hands of thrones and empires ana
| continents-his last words, in deiirlum sup
| posing Christ standing by the hedside-hls
| last words: Crush that wretchn
| Spectacle the third Paul-Paul insight
| ficant in person, thrust out from all refined
| a ISOLATION, scourged, spat on, bounded ike
| wild beast from city to city, yet trying 10
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 orphanage and want Win
| glow of certain and eternal releases I'M
| daunted before those who could take his Ilte
! his cheek flushed with transport, and MS eye
| on heaven; with one hand shaking defiance
at all the foes of earth and all the primo; pal
| tiles of hell, and with the other hand beckon-
| ing messenger angels to come and bear nm
| away as he says: 81 am now ready TO be
| offered, and the time of my departure is at
| hand; l have fought the good fight, l Rave
| finished my course, L have kept the faith /;
| henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
| RIG hteousnesS VIII oh the Lord, the righteous
! Judge, will give me-
| Which of the three spectacles do you most
| admire? When the wind of death struck the
| conqueror and the intidel they We're tossed
| like sea-gulls in a tempest, drenched OF the
| wave AMI torn of the hurricane, their dismal
| voices heard through the everlasting storm;
| but when the wave and the wind of death
| struck Paul like an albatross, he made q
throne of the tempest, AMI one day hoated
away into the calm clear summer of heaven,
| brighter than the dove, its wings covered with
| silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
| Oh, are you not in love with such rellg on
"a religion that can do so much for man
| while he lives, and so much for a man When
i he comes to die. 1 suppose you may have
noticed the contrast between the departure Of
| a Christian and the departure of an inhde
| Deodoruy, dying in chagrln because he
could not compose JOKE equal equal
to the joESs, uttered Sa1r at 5, the i Gth9 n
fit of laughter at the sketch of an aged
woman--a sketch made by his own hand
Ma2arin, dying playing caris, his TREND
! holding his hands because he was unable 10
! hod them himself All that on one side,
compared 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 sha Il
! lie with the Lord, and if live the Lord shaI
be with me Or the last words of Wash:
| ington: at is we'll" Or the last words OF
Mcintosh, the learned and the great,
"Happyr' Or the last word of Hannah
| Mora, the Christian poetess: "Joy| Or
those thousands of Christians who
have gone, saying: "Lord Jesus, re-
| ceive my spirit. Come, Lord. Jesus, come
i grayei no death TIL where IS thy sting,
| contrast, Behold the charm of the one be-
| hold the darkness Of the other. Now, |
| know it is very popular III this day for
| Young men to think there is something
IL +TaT-Vy t.aT
reiigion. They are ashamed of the od-fash-
Toned reigion of the cross AMI IheS 5i ..,
| subjects. My young friends l want to tell
| you what | know from observation that
| while skeptcism is beautiful land at the
stlrt, it is the great Sahara Desert at he
| last
Years ago a minister's son went off from
| home to college, At college he formed the
| acquaintance of young man whom | shall
call Ellison. Ellison was an infidel. Ellison
| scofed at religion, and the minister's son
soon learned from him the iinfidelity, and
| when he went bone Cd his vacation
| broke his fathers heart by his
| denunciation of Chr stianity. Time passed
| son went off to spend the vacation, and was
| on journey and came to hotel. The hotel
| keeper said: 81 am sorry that to night |
| shall have to put you in room ad joining one
| where there is a very sick and dying man.
| can give you no other accommodation
''Oh," said the young college student and
MINISTER'S son, that will make no difference
| to me, except the matter of sympathy with
| anybody that is suffering" The young
| man retired to his room. but could not Sleep
| All night long he heard the grooming OF the
| sick man, or the. step of the watchers, and
| his soul trembed. He thought to himself;
Now, there is only thin wall between me
and departing spirit. How if Ellison
should know how 1 feel! How if
| Ellison should find out how my heart
tiutters: What would Ellison say if he knew
my skeptic SIN gave way. He slept not. In
the morning, coming down, he sail to the
dotel-keeper: How is the sick MANI ooh"
said the hotel-keeper, she is dead, poor fellow!
the night" Well" said the young man,
what was the sick ones name
where is he from!' "Weu,' said the
1lote9l-keeper, he is from Providence
college" Providence College! what is
his name'" Ellison 'Ellsonm Oh, how
the young man was stunned! 1t was his old
college mate-dead without any hope 1t
was many hours before the young man could
leave that hotel. He got on his horse and
started homeward, and all the way he heard
something saying TO him: Deal Lost!
Dead! Lostm He came to no satisfaction
until he en'e ed the Christian life, until he
entered the Christian ministry until he be-
came one of the most eminent miss: onaries
OF the cross, the greatest Baptist mis-
sonary the world has ever seen
since the days of Pauline superior to
Adoniram Judson. Mighty on earth, mighty
In heaven-.Adon!ram Judsou. Which do
you like the best JudSonS skeptic'sm or judi
sons Christian life! Judson's suffering for
ChristS sake, Judson's almost martyrdOm?
Oh, young man, take your choice between
these two kinds of lives Your own heart
tells you this morning the ChristiBn life
is more admirable, mora peaceful, more
comfortable and more beautiful
Oh, if religion does SO much fer a man on
earth what viii it do for him in heaven! That
Is the thought that comes to me now If
soldier can afford to shout ''Huzza ~ when he
goes into battle, how much more iubilantly
he can afford to shout "Huzzal' when he has
gained the victoryi If religion is so good a
thing to have here, how bright thing it
Will be in heaven! | want to see that
young man when the gIorieS of heaven have
robed and crowned him. l want to hear
HIM sing when all husiliness OF earthly colds
IS gone an / he rises up with the great dox-
ology. L want to know what standard he
Will carry when marching under arches of
pearl in the army of banners. | want to know
what company he will keep in land where
they are all kings and queens forever and ever.
II have induced one of You this morning to
begin better life, then [ want to know il
may not i'll this world clasp hands with Won
in friendship, may not hear from your own
lips the story of temptation and sorrow, but
| will clasp hands with you when the sea is
passed and the gates are entered
That IN ght WOO you to better life, and
that might show you the glories with
which God clothes Ills dear children in
heaven, l wish | could this morning swing
back one of the twelve gates that there
might dash upon your ear ono shout
of the triumph, that there might flame