Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

on trial Uncoser your heats ,,,.
hand on the obi fam ~ Bible from your
they use TO read tho promises. ana muiea
Use In tho presence of hi h heavarI " =,
yol Will tell the truth, the whoIs ,, ..ae
and nothing but the truth. wiz run,
you have seen with your own a. "nae
from what you have heard with 49,, ana
e,rs, is there power in his Gosnel - own
calmness and triumph in the last evis sWe
The response comes from all sides ~"
yourg and old and middle az ed: :" rom
witnesses!' arc
You see, my friends, 1 have not mn, l..
Tore you today An abstraction, or chi ma.o
or an, thing like Gucsswork preson.
you amdavits OF The Test men and womon
living and dead. Two witnesses in ,
VIII estaoiish TACT Here are not iva
witnesses, but thousands Of Witnesses wv
earth millions OF witnesses. and in bo,,. vi
great multitude of witnesses that M ,,,s w"
can number, testifying that there i, no nrac
in this religion to convert the soul to eira
comfort in trouble. and to afford comnos,..
in the last hour II ten men should COW
10 you when you are sick with aunalins
sickness, and say ey had the me sirse
ness, and took { ert lin medicine. and !,
cured them. you would probably take !,
Now, suppose ten other men should como
up and say, I've don't believe thers 10
anything in that medici ,en ",ve,l ,,
say, "Have you ever tried IT,,
mo. never tried it, but | dom,
believe there is anything in it, or
curse you discredv their testimony
The skept'c may come and saw
There Is no power in your religions
"Have YOU tried IT! mo, no." ~ hen
avaunt" Let me take the testimony of the
mil <af 10 hat ho,v
to God, and GO Mort d in trial, and solacea
in the last hour We will take their test.
mony as they cry, 1--WE are Witnesses
Some time ago Professor Henry q,
Washington, discovered new star, and
the tidings sped by submarine telegram
and all the observatories OF Eu ope vera
watching for that new star. Oh, he ,rer
looking out through the darkness of Inv
soul to-day, canst thou see brigat LIGHT
beam'ng on theel "Wher,r YOU saw.
"where! How can find it!' Look alone
by the limo OF the cross of the Son of God
DO you not see it trembling with all ten
derness and beaming with all hope: It ia
the Star OF Bethlehem.
deep horror then my vtals froza,
Death-struck. ceased the tide to stem.
" hen suddenly Il star arose
1T was the Star Of Bethlehem
Oh, nearer, get your eye on it 1t il
easier for you now TO becoms Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ ami
heaven.
When Madame Sontag began her musical
career she was h ssed off the stage at
Vienna by the friends of her riv Il, Amelia
Steininger, who had already begun to de-
cline through her dissipation Years
passed on and one day Ma,am Sontag, in
her glory, was riding through the streets
Of Berlin, when she saw little child lead.
ing u blind woman. and she said, Come
here my little child, come here. Who is
that you are leading by tn, hlndl' And
the little child replied, THAT'S my mother;
that's Amelia Steinin ger. Sac used to DO
a gre 1t singer, but she lost her voice, and
she cried so much abo It it that she lost her
eyesight." "Give my love to her, said
Madame Sontlg, and tell her an old &C
quaintancc will Ill on her this afte noon"
The next week in Berlin vast assembage
gather at benefit for that poo. blind
woman, and it was said that Madame
Sontag sang that night as she had never
sung before. And she took a skilol
oculist, who in vain tried to give
eyesight to the poor blind woman. Until
the day OF Amelia Steininger's death,
Madame Sontag took Gre of her, and her
daughter after her. That was what the
queen OF song did for her enemy. But, ON,
hear more thrilling story still. Blind
immortal, poor AMI lost, thou who, when
the world and Christ were rivals for thy
heart did hiss the Lord away-Chrss
comes now to give thee sight, to give thee
hons, to give thee he ven. With more
than Sontag's generosity He comes now
to meet your neel. With more than a
Sontag's music He comes to plead for thy
dcliverance.