The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-02-15

othersi BY testimony. Toll II to
your family. Tell II to your business
associates. Tell II everywhere. We
will successfully preach no moro no.
ligion and will successfully talk no
more religion than we ourselves have.
BEHAvE WELL YOURSELVES.
The most Of that which you do to
benefit the souls Of this generation,
you will effect through your own be.
havior. Go wrong, and that will in
duce others to 60 wrong. Go right,
and that will induce others to 60 right.
When the great centennial exhibition
was being held in Philadelphia, the
as to whether they could keep the ex-
position open on Sundays, when .
director, who was man Of the world,
from Nevada, arose and said, his voice
trembling with emotion and tears run
ming down his cheeks: II feel like
returned prodigal. Twenty years ago
I went west and into q region where
we had no Sabbath, but today old
memories come back to me, and re-
member what my glori6ed mother
taught me about keeping Sunday, and
] seem to hear her voice again and
feel as I did when every evening. l
knelt by her side in prayer. Gentle
man, vote for the observance OF the
Christian Sabbath" And he carried
everything by storm, and when the
question was put, "Shall we open the
exhibition on Sabbath9" it was almost
unanimous, 'sNo," "No." What one
man can do il he does right, boldly
right, emphatically right. !.
What If we could get this whole
generation savedl These people who
are living with us the same year and
amid the same stupendous events and
flying toward the future swifter than
eagles to their prey. We cannot stop.
They cannot stop, We think we can
stop We say, Come now, my friend,
let us stop and discuss this subject, !"
but we do not stop. The year does not
stop, the day does not stop, the
hour does not stop. The year is q
great wheel AT there is a band on
that wheel that Keeps it revolving,
and as that wheel turns, it turns three
hundred and sixty five smaller wheels,
whichaar6 the days, and then each Of
these thfee' hundred and sixty-fve
wheels, which are ~ [ldkrs, and these
twenty-four smaller wheels turn sixty
smaller wheels, which are th min
utes, and these sixty smaller wheels
turn sixty more smaller wheels, which
are the seconds, and they keep roll
ing, rolling, rolling, mounting,
mounting, mounting, and swiften-
ming, switching, switching. Oh,
Godl if our generation is going
like that and we are going with them,
waken us to the short but tremendous
opportunity. Iconfess to you that my
one wish is to serve this generation,
not to antagonize it, not to damage it,
not to rule it, but to serve it. would
like to do something toward helping
unstrap its load, to stop its tears, to
balsam its wounds and to induce it to
put foot on the upward road that has
at its terminus, reclamation rapturOus
and gates pearline, and garlands
amaranthine and fountains rainbowed
and dominions enthroned and cor
s0Nated,. for l cannot forget that lullaby
Losing words of my text:
tyI4l0 had served his. own
generation by the will Of God, fell on
sleep
And what a lovely sleep it was! I'm
filial Absalom did not trouble it. Am
bilious Adonijah did not worry It.
Prosecuting Saul did not harrow it.
Exile did not fill it with nightmare.
Since red headed boy amid his fa-
theirs fiocks at night, he had not had
such good sleep. At 70 years
of age he lay down to it. He has had
many troubled sleep, as in the cav
erns of Adullam or in the palace at
the time his enemies were attempting
his capture. But this was peaceful
sleep, calm sleep, restful sleep, a
glorious sleep. AFTER he had served
his generation by the will of God, he
fell on sleep" Oh, what good thing
is sleep after hard days work. It
takes all the aching out of the head
and all the WEAKNESS out of the limbs
and all the smarting out of the eyes.
From it we rise in the morning
and it is new world. And if
we, like David, serve our genera
ton, we will at life's close have
most desirable and refreshing sleep;
In it will vanish our last fatigue Of
body, our last worriment of mind, our
last sorrow of soul. To the Christians
body that was hot with raging fevers
so that the attendants must by sheer
force keep on the blankets, it will be
the cool sleep. To those who are thin
blooded and shivering with agnes, it
will be the warm sleep. To those
who, because of physical disorders,
were terrified with night visions, it
will be the dreamless sleep. To nurses
and doctors and mothers who were
wakened almost every hour of the
night by those to whom they minis
tered, or over whom they watched, it
will be the undisturbed sleep. To
those who could not get to bed till late
at night and must rise early in the
morning and before getting rested, it
will be the long sleep
AWAY WITH IT.
Away with all your gloomy talk
about departure from this world. Il
we have served our generation it Will
not be putting out into the breakers,
it will not be the fight with the King
of Terrors; it will be going. to sleep.
A friend writing me from Illinois says
that Rev. DR.. Wingate, president OF