Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-12-02

Boston; and tnen, 70 make your for
tune last as long as possible, we will
give you a splendid funeral, and you
shall have twenty-five carriages fol-
lowing you, with somebody in the
most Of them, and your collin shall
have silver handles on the sides, and we
will mourn for you in splendid pocket
handkerchiefs bound with Grape, and
with bombazine twenty full yards
long, trailing half across the parlor, SO
that all the company may stand upon
it, and we will write our letters for the
next six months on paper edged with
black. But my friends, your worldly
fortunes will not last / will buy out
now all that you will be worth in
worldly estate seventy-five years from
now. have the money in my pocket
with which TO do il. Here il Isl Two
cents! II is large sum TO offer for all
you will possess at the close Of seven
ty-hye years Choose the world, if you
want TO; but, if not then choose
heaven. That estate lies partly on
this side Of the river, but mostly Oh
the other II is ever accumulating.
The prospect Of it makes one indie
pendent Of earthly misfortunes; so
that Rogers, the martyr, slept so
soundly the night before his burning,
they violently shook him in order TO
get him awake in time for the execu-
ton; and Paul exults at The thought
OF the Joy unspeakable and full Of
glory" Oh, choose earth )r heaven!
Make up your mind whether you will
walk in earthly joys, or fly with hea-
venly expectations. Be 10, bat, fit
neither TO walk nor hy. having Just
enough Of heaven 10 spoil tie world,
and so much OF the world as TO spoil
heaven. Christ says that your pres
ent condition nauseates Linn to
positive sickness: Because thou art
neither cold nor hot | will spew
thee out Of my MOUTH In the
ruins OF Pompeii there was found q
petrified woman, who, instead Of try
ing TO ay from the dstroyed city, had
spent her time in gathering up her
jewels. She saved neither her life nor
her jewels. There are multitudes
making the same mistake. In trying
TO get earth and heaven they lose both.
"Ye cannot serve God aud Mammon.
Be one thing or the other. Tread the
earth like lion, or mount the air Like
the eagle; for my text says; "Ye shall
have in abomination among the fowls,
the bat"
TURNcoATs AND DOUBLE FACES AS PUB
Lie NUIsANCEs.
Again; taking the suggestion OF the
text, drive out the chameleon from
your soul. There is some difference
among good men as TO the name OF
this creeping thing which God pro-
nounced unclean, but shall take the
opinion which seems best suited to my
purpose. The chameleon is a reptile,
chiefly known by its changeableness
of color taking the color OF the thing
next TO il, sometimes brown, some
times red. and sometimes gray, but
always the color Of its surroundings, q
type OF that class OF Christians who
are now one thing in religious faith,
and now another, Just TO suit circum.
stances always taking their color Of
religious belief from the man they
are talking TO. They GO 10 one
place, and are first rate Unitar
ians. Jesus was a good man, but
nothing more" They go TO Princeton,
and they are Trinitarians. almost will
ing 10 die for the divinity Of Jesus.
Among the Universalists they refuse
the idea Of future punishment; and,
going among those Of opposite belief,
announce that there is a hell with a
gllsto that makes you think they are
glad of il. Drive out that unclean
chameleon from your soul. Do not be
ever changing the color Of your faith.
My friends, Liberal Christianity. falsely
so called, believes in nothing God
is any thing you want 10 make
him. The Bible to be believed in
so far as you like il. Heaven a
grand mixing up Of Neros and
Pauls. The man who dies by suicide
in his right mind in 1883. beating into
glory by ten years the Christian man
who dies a Christian death in 1898; the
suicide proving himself wiser than the
Christian. Oh, my friends, let us try
to believe in something. An infidel
was called TO the bedside Of his daugh.
ter. The daughteri said; Father,
which shall | believe, you or motherI
Mother took the religion of Christ and
died in its embrace. You say that no
ligion is humbug. Now / am going
TO die, and | am very much perplexed
shall | believe you, or take the belle
Of my mother7" The father said
Choose for yourself" She said
mo; am too weak 10 choose for my
self; l want you TO choose for me,
WELL" said the father, afte
much hesitation and embarrass
ment, Mary, | think you had bette
take the religion Of your mother.
The time will come when we shal
have 20 believe something. We cal
not afford 10 be on the fence in n
llgion. Truth and error are set oppc
site TO each other. The one is inf
nitely right, and the other infinitel
wrong. In the judgment day we mus
give an account of what we believe a
well as for what we acted. The diffe,
ence between believing truth and b,
lievlng error is the difference betwee
paradise and perdition. beg Won !;
tho light OF the Bible, and on you
knees before God, 10 form your =
ligious opinion and then s,ick q, |;