Telegram-herald., 1890-12-22

sare. / leave ID T. the Christian seientisfs
snd the intoel scientists 70 settle that
question. "a alie tsll }ou lave seen the
same thing. What. say y01. not The
sun standing stillf- les 4he same mir
acle j. performed nowadays The wicked
do not live cut half their day aud lAe sun
sets al noon. But let man start out ip
battle for God and truth and against sin.
and the day of his usefulness is prolonged
and prolonged aud prolonged.
InLIR WORK KENAlNED.
John Summerleld was a oonsumpiiye
Methodist he looked fearfullv white. l
am told. a. be stood in old Sands Street
church in Brooklyn preaching Christ. and
when he stood on the anniversary platform
in New York pleading for the Bible until
unusual and unknown glorles rolled forth
from that book When he was dying his
pillow was brushed with the wings OF the
angel from the skies, the messenger that
God sent down. Did John Summer1eld's
suu set! Did John Summerfeldsd day end'
Oh. no. He lives on ia his burning utter
ances in behalf Of the Christian church.
Robert McCheyne was a oonsumptive
Presbyterian. II was said when he preached
be coughei so ii seemed as II he would
never preach again. His name is fragrant
in all Christendom, that name mightier
today than was ever his living presence.
He lived 10 preach the gospel IN Aberdeen.
Edinburgh and Dundee. but he went
away very early. He preached himselfi into
the grave. Has Robert McCheyne's sun
seti Is Robert McCheynes day ended'
Oh. nol His dying delirium was filed
with prayer, and when he lifted his hand
20 pronounce the benedlction upon his
family, and the benediction upon his coun-
try, he seemed 10 say: Il cannot die now:
want 10 live on and on / want 10 start
an influence for the church that will never
cease. am only 80 years Of age. sun Of
my Christian ministry, stand still over
Scotland" And il stood still
HOW A CHRISTIAN CAN DIE
A long time ago there was Christian
woman very consecrated, and she had "A
drunken husband, and so on came the
night Of domestic trouble. She lost her
children, and there came the night Of be-
reavement. She was very i'll. and there
came the night of sickness. Her soul de-
parted, and there came the night of death.
But all these nights Of trouble and dark
ness and sorrow and sickness were illu-
mined by the grace OF the Gospel. and peo-
pie came many miles 70 see how cheerfully
Christian could be sick and bow cheerful
~ Christian could die. The moon that IL
lumined that night Of trouble was a reflec-
tion from the sun OF righteousness. In
the last hour Of that night 20 night of
darkness and sickness and misfortune. Is
she lifted her hand toward heaven, those
who stood nearest her pillow could hear
the whisper-fOr she wanted 20 live on ia
the generations that were 10 follow. conse-
Grated 10 God, she wanted TO have an in
fuence long after she had entered upon
her eternal reward, and while her hand
was lifted and her lips were moving those
who stood nearest her pillow could hear
her say, Thou moon, stand still in the
valley Of Ajalon."
But Joshua was not o1ife through.
There was time for FIVE funerals before the
sun Of that prolonged day set Who viii
preach their funeral sermcn' MaSillon
preached the funeral sermon over Louis
XVI. Who viii preach the funeral ser
mon of those Eve dead kings-king of
Jerusalem. King ~ Hebron. king of Jar
muth king q LGghisb. King ~ Ecionf
let IL DC by Joshua Whaf IS his textg
What shall he the epitaph pat on The door
Of the torab' There shall not any man be
able 90 stand before thee an be days Of
thy Bte
But before you fssfeu up tho door want
five more kings beheadcd sni thrust in
King Alcohol. King Fraud. King Lust.
KING Superstition. King InGdelity. let
them be Bcheaded and hurl them In. Then
fastsn up the door forever. VI bat she'll the
inscription and what shall tie epitaTh be'
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thee al the days of thy li'c
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non olosed hls days Wellington died
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