The Brookhaven leader., 1888-06-21

comes into my mind: "All things work
together for good to them who love God"
| Is there not rest in thatl Is there not
tonic in that? Is there not longevity in
| that?
Suppose man is all the time worried
about mis- reputation? One man says no
lies, another says he Is stupid, another
says he is dishonest, and half a dozen
printing establishments attack him, and
he is in a great state of excitement and
worry and fume, and can not sleep, but
religion comes to him and says: MAN,
God is on your side; He will take care Of
! your reputation: IL God be for you, who
| can be against your" How much should
that man worry about his reputation!
Not much. II that broker who some years
ago IN Wall street, after he had lost
money, sat down and wrote farewell
letter to his wife before he blew his brains
out-if instead of taking out OF his pocket
a pistol he had taken out a well New
| Testament there would have been one less
suicide. o, nervous and feverish people
Of the world, try this almighty sedative.
| You will live twenty-five years longer
under its soothing power. 1t is not chloral
that you want, or morphine that you want;
| it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. with
| long life will satisfy him.
| Again, practical religion is a friend OF
| longevity in the fact that 1t removes all
| eOrFodipg care about future existence.
Every man wants to know what is to be-
! come of him. IL you get on board mail
| train YOU want to know at what depot 1t IL
going to stop; II you get on board ship
! YOU want to know into what harbor 1t Is
going to run and if You should tell me
you have no interest in what is to be your
future destiny, I would, in as polite way
as know how, tell you did not believe
YOU Before | had this matter settled
| with reference to my future existence, the
question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxieties men have upon this
subject put together would make mar
tyrdom. This is state of awful un.
hralthiness There are people who fret
themselves to death for fear of dying.
l want to take the strain off your nerves
and the dep1 ession off your SOUL and
make two or three experiments.
Experiment first: When you go o 1t Of
this world it does not make any difference
whether you have been good or bad, or
whether you believed truth or error, you
will go straight to glory.
impossible" you would say; ''my
common sense as we'll as my religion
teaches me that the bad and the good can
not live together forever. You give me
no comfort in that experiment"
Experiment the second: When you
leave this world you will go into an inter-
mediate state where you can get convert
ed and prepared for Heaven.
impossible" you say; Gas the tree
talleth so it must lie, and / can not post
pone TO an intermediate state reformation
, which ought to have been effected in this
state"
Experiment the third: There is 10
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.
, ''Impossible," you say; "there is some-
a 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
a grave only get started, and that l shall
: go on forever; my power to think say:
'forever;' my affections say 'forever;
, my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for
ever.'"
b. Well, YOU defeat me in my three ex'
1 periments. | have only one more Il
1 make, and if you defeat me in that | an
? exhausted: A mighty One on a knoll
t back of Jerusalem one day, the skies
q filed with torked lightnings and the eartl
t filled with volcanic disturbances, turned
| His pale and agonized face toward the
. heavens. and said: II take the sins anC
i sorrows OF the ages into my own heart
} am the expiation. Witness earth and
| Heaven and hell, / am the expiation."
8 And the hammer struck Him, and th'
f spears punctured Him, and Heavef
! Numbered: THE wages OF sin is death y
'rrhe soul that sinneth it shah dieV 81
| - n t,,,Ft p1aar fha pIliltV ~ IlGI
7 there was silence for half an hour, nnC
the lightnings were drawn back into the
t scabbard OF the sky, and the earth cease:
to culver. and all the colors OF the sky
: began TO shift themselves into rainbow
) woven out of the falling 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
l of the blue l saw the words:
Twas brused1or their iniquities.
) And along the line of the red l saw the
words:
: The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sin.
: And along the line of green l saw the
words:
l The leaves of the tree of life for the healing
OF the nations.
And along the line of the orange 1 saw
the words:
The day-spring from on high hath visited us
Accept this sacrifice and quit worrying
Take this tonic, the inspiration, the
longevity of this truth. Religion is sun
shine, that is healthy. Religion is fresf
air and pure water, they are healthy
| Religion is warmth, that is healthy. Asl
3 all the doctors and they will tell you tina
quiet conscience and pleasant anticipa
, tioIs are hygienic. l offer you perfec
S peace now and hereafter.
What do you want in the future world
. Tell me and you shall have it. Orchards
There are the trees with twelve manner o
\ fruits, yielding fruit every month. Wate
scenery: There is the River of Life, from
under the throne of God, clear as crystal
5 and The sea of glass mingled with fire
. Do you want music: There is the orator.
Q of the Creation led on by Adam, and tn
oratorio of the Red Sea led on by Moses
4 and the oratorio of the Messiah led on b.
S st. Paul, while the archangel with swing
n ing baton controls the one hundred an
! forty -four thousand who make up tn
orchestra.
n Do you want reunion? There are you
dead children waiting to kiss you, waitin
a to embrace you, waiting to twist garland
: in your hair. YOU have been accustome
4 to open the door on this side the scpulchel
a l open the door on the other side the sep
a ulcher. You have been accustomed I