The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1890-09-16

world against tbs heart tdroo OF another
world. And have to tell you that while all
your storms Of ridicule aud storms OF sarcasm
may rouse up the passion OF au immortal na-
ture, nothing loss than the attractive power
OF Christian kindness can ever raise tho DEATH
less spirit to happiness aad to God. have
more Faith Ia the prayer OF q child five Years
| old, in the way Of bringing an infdel back to
Christ and to heaven, than I have in all the
hisSus thuAderbolts Of ecclesiastical conEro-
yerSy.
You cannot ovarcorne mon with religious
augmentation. II you come at \ skeptical
man with an argument on behalf OF the
Christian religion, you put tho man on his
mett.e. Ee says: 81 $50 that man has car
bire. rll use my caroline. 1u answer his
argument with my argunlent" But II you
come to that mau psrsuading him that you
desire his happiness on earth and his eternal
welfare In tho world to co7aa he cannot an
swer it.
What have said "a Just as true IN tho re-
clamatioa OF the openly vicious. Did you
ever know drunknrd to bo slvei through
tho caricature Of drunknrd2 Your mimscry
Of the staggering step, and tho thick tongue
and the disgusting hiccough only worse
maddens his Er4in. But II you come to him
in kindness and sympathy, Il you show him
that you appreciate the awful grip OF de-
praved appetite, If you persuade hsm Of tho
facs that thousands who had the graphing
hooks Of evi! inoliaa:ion clutched IN their
soul as firmly as IN his havs been delivered,
then q ray Of light will flash across his
vision, and it will seem as II supernatural
haud was stesdying his staggering gait.
A good many years ago there lny ID tbs
streets man dead drunk his fncs exposed
to the blistering noondny sun. A Christian
woman passed. along, looked at him ond soid,
.sPoor fellow" She took her handkerchief
and spread 1t over his face and pasaet
| Oh. The man roused himself up from his
debauch and began to look at the haadser-
| chief and loI on 1t was the name Of highly
| respectable Christian woman OF the city. He
went to her, he thanked her for her kindness
an that one little decd saved him for this
life, and .aved him Tor the life that Is to
come. He was afterward Attorney General
| Of the United States; but higher than al, ho
became tho consecrated disciple OF Jesus
| Christ.
Kind words are so cheap it is wonder wo
| do not use them ofsener. There are tens OF
thousands Of people who are dying for the
man who has fought against trouble until he
| is perfectly exhausted. He has been think
ing about forgery, about robbery, about sui
| eide. Go to that business man. Tell him
| that better times are coming and tell him
| that you yourself were in tight business
! pass, aud the Lord delivered you. Tell him
| to put his trust in God. Tell him that Jesus
Christ stands beside every business man in
his perplsxities Tell him Of the sweet prom
isos of Gods comforting grace.
That man is dying for the lack of just one
kind word. Go tomorrow aud utter that
one saving, omnipotent, kind word. Here
is soul that has been swampel in sin. He
wants to find the light OF tho Gospel. He
feels like shipwrecke,l mariner looking out
over the beach, watching for a sail against
''~''9-z-ely. Oh, bear down on him. Tell him
,fed waits to DO gracious to him,
and, thotsS toi ses e.cs been great sinner,
there isl greaSnoyee-ur provided. Tell
him that though his ssaEies. as scarlet they
shall be- as snow; tnolss. "eY are red
like crimson they shall be bmyseIf That
man is dying forever for the :, Office 0fe
i Kind word SON of II
There used to be sung. at agreat mar.s M - -
!. the pianos all through the country song
i that has 4LnoSt died ont. I wish somebody
l5woald sssarees it ffn ourssocgd Ssefrc1ea.
# EThere may have not been very exquisite ar1
4 in the music. but there was a grand and
| glorious sentiment:
KIad words never die, never die;
Cherished and blessed.
! Oh, that we might in our families and in
our churches try the force Of kindness. You
can never drive men, women or children into
the kingdom Of God. A March northeaster
| will bring out more honeysuckles than fret
fulneSs and scolding will bring out Christian
grace. Iwish that In all our religious work
we might be saturated with the spirit OF
kindness. Missing that we miss great deal
Of usefulness. There is no need Of coming
| ln1 Il %I,,n n5ari IN "a
! law unless OF the same time you preach to
them the Gospel. Do you not know that this
simple story Of Saviour's kindness is to re-
deem all nationst The hard heart Of this
worlds obduracy is 10 be broken before thai
story.
There is in Antwerp, Belgium, one of the
:. most remarkable pictures I ever saw. 1t is
1.-THE Descent Of Christ from the Cross. II
is ono Of Rubens's pictures. No man can
stand and look at that descent from the cross
as Rubeus pictured 1t, without having his
eyes flooded with tears, il he have any sensi
blity at all. It is an overmastering picture
one that stuns you, and staggers you ane
hauuts your dreams. One afternoon mar
stood in that cathedral looking at Rubens'i
Descent Of Christ from the Cross" BE was
all absorbed In that scene Of Saviours suf-
ferings when the janitor came in and said
ssIt is time to close up the cathedral for thu
night wish you would depart" The pill
grin, looking at that Descent Of Christ from
the Cross" turned around 10 tho janitor ant
said: mo, no; not yet. Wait until they ge
Him down"
Ga, it is the story Of a. Sayiour's suffering
kinduess that is to capture the world. Whel
the bones of that great Behemoth OF iniqult.
which has trampled all natlons shall b.
broken and shattered, it will be found ou
that the work was not done by the hamme
ofthe i1onoclast, or By the sword Of tn
condueror, or by the torch Of persecution
but by the plain, SIMPLE overwhelming
force OF "the soft tongue that breeSeth tn
bone"
And now ask the blessing OF God to com
down upon you In matters Of health, In mat
ters OF business: that the Lord will deliye
YOU from all your financial perp@enties; tha
he will give Tou good livelihood. large sal
aries, healthful wages, sufficient income.
pray God that He may give you the oppo,
tunity Of educating your children for t'i'
world, and through the rich grace OF GU
Lord Jesus Christ Of seeing them prepare
for the world that is to como.
Above ali, look for the mercy OF TO
upon your immortal souls; and lest l stan
before some who have not yet attended to tn
things Of their eternal interest, in this, tn
closing part OF my discourse, implore ther
here and now to seek after God and be 9
reas>s with Him. Oh, We want to be gathere
together at last in the bright and blessed a
se;nblaSe Of tho skies our work all done, o.
sorrows all ended. God bless you, and yoa
children, and your chil1ren's children. An
now commend you to God and to the Wor
OF His grace which is able to build you
aad give you an inheritance among all thel
taat are sanctitied. -.
A PoMpE11AN PIa.-There is ittl
reason to doubt that the citizens Of 81
Gent Pompeii knew what was goot
They were fond Of roast pig. One
tie first families Of Pompeii were abor
to dine on that succulent dainty whe
the volcanic storm overwhelmed tt
city. The pig was nearly done, pr
badly, when the shower ofred-hot aisle