The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

has made a great fuss about 1t ever
since. but now they are so numerous
we scarcely speak about them, We
/ nut halo about the people of the
past but I think if the times demanded
Them II would be found We have now
living in this year 1889 fifty Martin
Luthers, fifty George Washingtons, fifty
Lady HJntngtOns, fifty Elizabeth Frys.
During our civil war more splendid warriors
in north and south were developed in four
wears than the whole world developed In
the previous twenty years | challenge the
four thOusa d years before the food and the
eighteen centuries aftrr the food to show
me the equal OF charity on large scale Of
George Peabody. This generation Of men
aud women is more worth saving tn an any
of the one hundred and eighty generations
that have passed off.
But where shall we begn2 With our
selves. That is the pillar from Which we
must start. Prescott, the blind hlstoriAa,
tells US how PizarTo saved MS army for the
right when they were about desc ting him.
With his sword he made a long mark on
the ground. He said: My men, on the
north side are assertion and death, on the
south side is victory On the north side
Panama and poverty, on the south side
Peru with all its riches. Choose for your
selves. For my part g. to the south"
Stepping across the line, one by one his
troops followed and finally his whole army.
The sword Of Gods truth draws the
dividing line to-day. On one side ( it are
sin and ruin and death on the other side
are pardon and usefulness and happiness
aud heaven. You cross from the wrong
side to the right side and your family will
cross with you and your friends and your
associates. The way you go they will go
II we are not saved, we will never save any
one else. How to get savedl Be willing 10
accept Christ, and then accept him instan-
taneously and forever Get on the Rock
first and then you will DO able to help
others upon the same rock. Men and women
have been saved quicker than | have been
talking about it. What, without a
prayer Yes. What, without time TO de-
liberately think il over? Yes. What, with
out a teara Yes, believed That is all Be-
lieve what! That Jesus died to save you
from sin aud death and hell viii youl Do
you4 You have. Something makes rue
think you have. New light has come into
your countenances. Welcomed Welcome
HALL Hail Saved yourselves, how are
you going to save othersl By testimony.
Tell it t. your family. Tell it to your bust
ness associates. Tell it everywhere We
will successfully preach no more religon
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 behavior Go wrong,
| and that will induce others to go wrong
| Go right, and that will induce others to 20
right. When the great centennial exhibit
ton was being held in Philadelphia, the
| question came up among the directors us to
| whether they could keep the exposition
| open on Sundays, when n director, who
was man of the world, from Ne
vada, arose ana said. his voice tremb-
| ling with emotion and tears run
ming down his cheeks: | feel like a
| returned prodigai. Twenty yea RS ago
had no Sabbath, but to-day old memories
come back to me. and | remember what my
glorif1ed mother taught me about keeping
Sunday, and ! seem TO hear her voice again
and feel as did when every evening knelt
by her side in prayer. Gentleman, l vote
for the observance OF the Christian Sab
BATH And he carried everything by
storm, and when the question was put,
"Shall we open the exhibition on Sabbath! ~
it was almost unanimous, mo- NO.
What one man can do if he does right.
boldly right enphaticllly right
What if we could get this whole genera
tion saved These Aeople who are living
with us the same year aud amid the same
stupendous events, and flying toward the
future swifter than eagles to their prev
We cannot stop. They cannot stop. We
think We can stop. We say, Come now,
my friend, let US stop and discuss this sub
ject," but we do not stop The year doe i,
not stop, the day does not stop, the hour
does not stop. The year is a great wheel
and there is band on that
wheel that keeps it revolving, and
as that wheel turns, it turns three
hundred and sixty-ftve smaller wheels,
yb,o Oh Z h.I .rr = fl,.v, 90
three hundred and sixty-hve wheels turn
twent -four smaller Wheels which are
the hours, and these tWenty-four smaller
wheels turn sixty smaller WI elS which are
the minutes, and these sixty smaller
wheels, turn sixty more smaller wheels
which are the seconds, and they keep roll
ing, rolling, rollins, mounting, mounting,
mounting, aud switching, switching,
swiftenug. Oh, God! if our generation
them, waken us to the short but tremend-
Gus opportu ity. | confess to you that m
one wish is TO serve bis generation, not to
antsgoniZe it, not TO damage it, not to rule
it, but to serve it, | would like to do some
thing toward helping unstrap its load, t.
stop itstears, to balSam it's wounds and to
induce it to put foot on the upward
road that has It its terminus, dccla-
nation rapturous and gates pearl
inc, and gar,ands amaranthine and
fountains rainbowel and doni ions en-
throned and coronetAd, for l cannot forget
that lullaby in the closing words Of my
text: David, after he had served his own
generation by the will of God, fell OF
sleep"
Aud what a lovely sleep it was Unflial
Absalom did not trouble it. Ambitious
Adouijah did not worry it. Prosecuting
Saul did rot harrow it. Exile did not fill it
with nightmare. Since a red-headed boy
amid his fathers focks at night he tad not
had such a good sleep. AT 20 years Of age
he lay down to it. He has had many a
troubled sleep, as in the caverns Oh Adullam
or in the palace at the time his enemies
were attempting his capture. But this was
a peaceful sleep, calm sleep, a resttul
sleep, a glorious sleep. after he had
served his generation by the will of G d,
he fell on sleep" On what a good thing
is sleep after hard days work II takes
all the aching out of the head aud 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 a nsw world. And
If we, like David, serve our &c leraton, we
will at life's close have most desirable and
refreshing sleep. In it will vanish our last
fatigue of body our last worrimsnt 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, 1t will be
to cool sleep To those wac are thin blooded
and shlveripg WITH aZues, it will be ne
warm sleep. To those who, because OF
physical disorders were terrified with uigh5