New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-06-20

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that death is not the appendix but the pre-
lace; there is something that tells me thai
j On this side of the grave i only get started
and That shalligo on forever; my power te
/ think says forever, my affections say for.
lever, my capacity to enjoy or suffer, for.
lever = 2
Well, you defeat me in my three ex.
periments. have only one more to make
and IT you defeat ms in that am ex.
hausted: A mighty one on a knoll back OF
Jerusalem one day, the skies filed with
forked Zig innings and the earth filled with
volcanic disturbances, turned His pale and
/ agonized face toward the heavens and said !:
81 take the sins and sorrows OF the ages in.
to my own heart. ] am the expiation Wit
/ ness earth and heaven and hell, I am the
4 expiaticn.v And the hammer struck Him
and the spears punctured Him and heaven
thundered: 1.-The wages of sin is death! ?"
ssThe soul that sinneth 1t shall die p Il
will by DO means clear the guilty Then
| there was silence for half an hour. and the.
| ightnings We're drawn back into the scab.
bard OF the sky, and the earth ceased to
| culver. ana 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 bloc l-shedding, and there was
blue as OF the bruising, and there was green
as of the heavenly foliage, and there was
orange as OF the day-daWn. And along the
line OF the blue saw the words: 81 was
/ bruised for their inquiries And along
the line of the red saw the words: .sThe
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sin" And along the line of the green saw
the words: "The leaves of the tree of life
for the healing Of the nations And along
the line of the orange / saw the words:
'.The day-spring from on high hath visited
us.''
And then / saw the storm was over and
the rainbow rose higher and higher until it
seemed retreaUing to another heaven, and
planting one column OF its colorS on one side
the eternal hill and planting the other column
OF its colors on the other side of the eternal
hill, it rose upward and upward, 'sand be-
hold, there was a rainbow about the THRONE"
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the longevity
OF this truth. Religion IS sunshine, that Is
they are healthy. Religion is warmth, that
is healthy. Ask all the doctors and they
will tell you that Il quiet conscience and
pleasant antlclpations are hygienic. / offer
you perfect piece now and Hereafter.
What do you wantin the future worlds
Tell me and you shall have it. Orchards?
There are the trees with twelve manner OF
fruits. yielding fruits every month. Water
scenery? There is the river OF life, from
under The throne of God, clear as crystal,
and the sea of glass mingled with fire. Do
you want music? There is the oratorio of the
cTeaLlon leu On Dy Adam, ana the oratorlo
OF the Red sea led on by Moses, and the
oratorio Of the Messiah led on by st. Paul,
while the archangel, with swinging baton
controls the $4,000 who make up the or
chestra.
Do you want reunion? There are your
dead children waiting 10 kiss you, waiting
to embrace you, waiting TO twist garlands in
your hair. You have been accustomed to
open the door On this side the sepulchre.
open the door on the other size the sepul-
chre. You have been accustomed to walk
in the wet grass on the top of the grave. I
show you the under side of the grave; the
bottom has fallen out and the long ropes
with which the pail bearers let down your
dead, let them clear through into heaven.
Glory be to God for this robust, healthy
religion. 1t will have a tendency to make
you live long in this world, and in the world
to come you will have eternal life. ssWith
long life will satisfy him"