Democratic messenger., 1888-08-11

to my Fail into the
cOmpaniO o have
gone be' y my
sins, and
likS -. Oh. the
n .,,doxy!
~ &..---.-..-...s W ORTHODOXY.
Behold the splendors of orthodoxy in
It's announcement of two dcsiinics.
Palace and peniientiary. Palace with
CRATES an all sides through which all may
enter and live on celestial luxurics world
without end. and all for the KNOCKING
and for the asking. a palace grandcr than
IL all the Aihambras and the Versailles,
and the Windsor Castles and the Winter
Gardens and the imperial abodcs of all the
earth were heavcd up into one arcliicc-
tural glory At the other end of the uni
verse n pcniicntiary. where men who want
their sins can have them. Would il he
fair that you and should have our choice
of Christ and the palace, and other men
he denied their choice oi sin and eternal
UNttt
The first of nu use unless you have the
last. Brooklyn and New York would be
better places la live in with Raymond
Street Jail and the Tombs and Sing Sing
and all the smallpox hospitals cmpiicd on
them than Heaven would lc if thcIe were
no hell. Palace and peniicntiary. II ! see
u man with n full bowl of sin. ani he
thirsis for il. and his whole nature Graves
il, and he takes hold with both hands and
presses that bowl to his lips. and then
presses IL hard between his teeth. and the
drau.hi bcgins 10 pour lis sweetness ,lown
his throat, shall we snatch away the bowl.
and jerk the man up To the gate of llcav.
en-. and push him in if he does not want
10 20 anil sil down and sing psalms for
ever: M God has made you and me so
completely free that We need not go To
Heaven unless we prefer il. Not more free
io soar than free in sink.
Nearly nll the hctcrodox people know
believe all are coming out nj the same dies.
tiny; without regard To faith or character
we ARE all coming ont nj the shining gate
There they are. all in glory together
Thomas Paine and George Whiteiicld,
Jezcbel and Mary Lyon. Nero and Charles
Wesley, Charles Guitcau and James 4
Garfield, John Wilkes Booth and Ahra-
ham Lincoln-all in glory together! All
the innocent men. woman and children
who are massacred. side by side with their
murderers. IT we are all coming ont at
the same destiny. without regard TO char
acter, then IL Is true. ! turn away from
such debIuched Heaven. Against that
cauldron of piety and blasphemy. philan-
ihropy and assassination, self.sacriiice and
beastliness, place the two dcstinies Of
the Bible forever, and forever. and forever
apart.
Behold also the splcndors Of the Christ
ian orthodox deatlibedsl
Those who deny the Bible, or deny any
par, of II. never die we'll They either go
out in darkness or they go out IN silence
porientous. You may gather up all the
biographies that have come forth since the
art of printing was invented, and chal-
lcngc yon 10 show me n trium mphant death
of man W ho rejected the Scriptures. or
rejected any part Of them. Here ! make
u great wide avenue. On the one side
put the dcathbeds Of those who believed
in mn entire Bible. On the other side of
that nv cnuc put the dcaihbeds Of those
who rejected part Of the Bihlc ar rejected
all Of the Bible. Now, take my arm. and
let us pass through this dividing avenue.
Look of upon the right side. Here are
the deathhcds on the right side of this
avenue Victory through our Lord Ie
sus Christi Free grace" GLORY, glo.
ry" II nm sweeping through the gates
washed In tie blood of the Lamb THE
chariots are coming" Il mount. ny"
wings. wings "Thcy are coming for
me" peace, be still - Alfred Cook.
m ans dca,hhcd, Richard Cccil's dcaihhcd,
Co mmolore Foote's dcaihbcd. your faith
crs dcathbed, your mothers dcaihbcd.
your sisters dca,hbc,l, your child's death
he'd Ten thousand radiant. sonsful death
beds of these who believed an entire Bible.
TmE OTHER SIDE.
Now, take my arm aud lei us .o through
that avenue aud look nir upon The other
side. No smile nf hope. M shout Of
triumph. No face supcrnaiurally illumin-
ed. Those who rcjec, any part Of the
Bible never die well No bcckOnlng for
argelS To come. M listening for the &C.
lcsiial escort without any exception
they go mt of the world because they are
pushed out. while ON the other hand the
list ofih0sc who believed In mn entire iii-
llc aud gone out Of the world In triumph
is n list 81 long II seems inicrminable. oh,
is not that splendid influence, this or.
thOdoxy which makes that which must
Otherwise he the most dreadful hour of
life-lhc last hour-positivcly par'lisai-
caly
Young men, old men. middlcagcl men
take sides in this contest between Ortho
doxy ASK for the old paths, xalk there.
In. and yc shall find rest for your souls =
But you follow this crusade ngains, any
part Of che Bible-frsl Of all you viii give
up all the historical parts Of the Bible
then you win find Il convenient To give
up the Ten Commandments; and then
AFTER awhile. you win wake up In fount-
ainless. reckless. treeless desert, swept
Of everlasting sirocco. II you are laugh
ell at you can ahod 10 be laughed AT for
standing by the Bible just as God has
given II, you and mlraculouslv preserved
a.
Do no, jump overheard from the siaunch
old Great Eastern of The ol,l-fasliioneh or
ihodoxy until there h something ready