Sharp County record., 1888-08-23

ing gate, There they are, all in glorr wv y
gether Thomas Paine and CIV @
Whitef,ld JezeD9l and Mary LYON T'a
and Charles Wesley, Charles Guitesn' ''i !,
James A. Garfield. John Wilkes PoDa aa
and Abraham Lincolu-all in IU@ nI
together! All the innocent men, wen4 eO4
and children who we're ma3sacred , a,S
by side with their mIrderers. Il w.a '
all coming out at the same DESTINY s' vis
out regard to character, then it is trr, u,
turn away from such q debanc5,,
Heaven. Against that ca1dron of nia.
aud blasphemy, philanthropy aud ass,. s,,g
sination, self-sacrifca and bnastline,s /,
place the two de5tinies Of the BibIe q.
ever and forever and forever apart
Behold also the splendors of the Chi,
tian orthodox death beds.
Those vino deny tha Bible, or denv o.,
part of it, never die well, They eitierS, !,
outiu darkness or they go out in sijero,
portentous. You may gather up all n,
biographies that have come forth sro
tae art of printing was invented. and
challenge YOU to show me triumnbs,,
death of man who rejected the Scrin,
ures, or rejected any part of them. Hen,
| make a great wide avenue. On the ON,
put the death beds Of those who h.
lieved in an entire Bible. On the otB.,
side Of that avenue put the death.bei,
of those VIII rejected part Of the BNs
or rejected all of the Bible Now take m,
arm and let US pass through this diyijh,
avenue. Look off upon the right sids
Here are the dcath-bnds on the right s3,
Of this avenue; Victory through or
Lord Jesus Christi" Free grace b.
"GIory, glorym 81 am sweeping tdrov,5
the gates washed in the blood Of th
| Lambn "The chorjots are coming " VI
mount, l fyw "WngS, wings" "Tbg
are coming for No" peace, be stiIa
! Alfred CoOkmau's daaJl-bed, RichsSI
Cecips DEATH bed, Commodore Foot
death h-bed. your fathers death bed, YOU
mothers death bed, your sisters death.
bed, your chiId's death-b d, Ten thou.
sand radiant songful del'h-beds Of thOq
who believed an entire Bible.
Now. take my arm and let us 90 throuy
that avenue aad look of upon the otls
side. No smile Of hope. No shout tI
trump. No face supernaturally ItrN
mined. Those who reject any part 0.
Bible never die we'll No beckouing hi
angles to come. No listening fOI mI
celestial escort. Without any except6,i
they 20 out Of the world because they anil
pushed out; while, on the other hand, tbi
list of those who believed in an eaha
Bible and gone ont o, the world in tIil
umph i, q list so long it seems interml'
able. Oh, is no. taa, splendid n.i
H1cnce. this orthodoxy, which mgkas Gt
which must otherwise be the most dres,
full hour OF lifc-ihe last hour-positiya
paradisaical:
Young men, old men, middIe.as
men. take sides ia this contest betgea
orthodoxy ald hetnTodoXy.
Ask f,r the Old paths, walk therein anlE
shall find rest for your souls.
But YOU follow this crusade againtTl
part Of the Biblc-frst Of all, you viii
give up Genesis, which IS as true .a'
Matthew: then you will give upalltA,
historical parts os the Bible; then a!tg'
awhile you will give up the miracles
then you will Gud it coavenlout to Givgp
! the Ten Commandments; and then aitaa
awhile you will wake uD in fountaines
reckless treeless desert swept Of eYH',
lasting sirocco. If you are laughed a'
YOU can afford to bs laughed at for Stan1'
| ing by the Bible ju5ta3 G1l has given y
10 you and miracuIously preserved 1t
Do not jump overheard from the stala
old Great Eastern Of od-taShloDs
orthodoxy until there IS something re&
4 to take you up stronger than the tants''
| yawl which has painted on the side "At'
vanced Thought" and which leaks NHr
prov and leaks at the stern, aud Aa,'
steel pen for one and a glib tongue ~
the other ore, and now tips over TINS v4'
and then tips over that way, until you lGl
not know whether the passengers WI
land in the breakers Of despair ol On u
sinking sand Of infleli'y and atheism ,
am in full sympathy with the ~ L
vancement5 OF our time, Int TINS N"I
will never advance a single inch OeyC,,S,
this old Bible. God was just as caP''"
of debating the truth to the prophets ~
apostles as He IS capable Of debating Y
truth to these modern apostles a.
prophets. God has not learned any 'l-
in a thousand years. He knew lN''t
much when He gave the first dictatiODs
He does now, giving the last dlctauOss L
He is giving any dictation at all a, %
/ will stick to the old paths Aa'ura'!
skepdc, and preferring new things Ws.A ..
Inever so much IS to-day felt the ulln
of the entire Bible, especially as ~
| into what spectacular imDeclIlG Ia
Irush when they try to chop up the o"rc rrc
ures with the m5at-axe OF IleIt
preferences; now calling upon plI%g .,
ply, now calling upon the CLarcui, ~
calling on God, now calling on tue u',1n
I.prefer the thick, warm robe OF lu' III
religiou-old rs God-the robe "hlcn
kept many warm amid the cold piIsyn,1l lh
age of this life and amid the CnnS N. ,
death. The old robe, rather tAal w vuO ,rg.
uncertain gauza offered US by these We
acres who believe the Bible in spo"' {
On July q, 1914, at seyenty-tWo gy", YEA 81 3
age, expired Isabella Graham o~ or
the most useful woman Of her ia! ~ h,
the poor and sick, at the head ol .Ir lirr,,
phan asylums and Magdalen a.!i .,,i r,
and an angel of mercy in hosplsIt n
reformatory, Dr., Mason, one a =
mightiest men of his day, 5"ll s%,irf
funeral that she was mentally anu ! SF NJ,
ually the most wonderfully-endowJjuu,a,,, ju,,,,.
son he had ever met. She was dn haJlr, !,
sonation of the most orthodox oI'nyTf LnTfs
Her last word was peace, As 'ar Gy.
peroration to my sermon l wiz -tars5' ss5''