The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-18

went asleep as calmly as child IN .
cradle"
What made her so composed? Natural
courage? mo, you say, ''mother wss
very nervous when the cardzge in
clined to the side Of the road she would
| cry out; she was alwaysratherweakly
What, then, gave her compos1re? Was
it because she did not care much for
you. and the pang of parting was not
great? 90" you say, ''she showered
upon US a wealth of affection; no mother
| ever loved her children more than
mother loved us; she showed it by the
way she nursed US when we were sick,
and she toiled for us until her strength
gave out" What then, was it that
gave her composure in the last hour2
Do not hide it Be frank and let me
know. 90" you say, sit was because
portion, and she had faith that she
would go straight to glory, and that we
should all meet her az last at the foot Of
the throne"
Here are people who say: 81 saw a
Christian brother die and he triumphed."
And some one else, 81 saw Christian
sister die and she triumphed" Some
one else will say: 81 saw Christian
daughter die and she triumphed." Come.
all We who have seen the last moments
of Christian, and give testimony in
this cause on trial. Uncover your heads,
put your hand on the old family Bible
from which they used to read the prom
ises, and promise in the, presence Of
High Heaven that you win tell ths
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth. With what you have seen
with your own eyes, and from what you
have heard with your own ears. is there
power in this Gospel to give calmness
and triumph in the last exigency?f The
response comes from all sides, from
young, and old. and middle-aged; ''we
are witnesses!- %kER8 AAk
You see, my friends, 1 have not put
before you to-day an abstraction, or
chimera, or any thing like guess work.
present you afldavits of the best men
and women, living and dead.
Two witnesses in court will establish
fact Here are not two witnesses, bus
thousands of witnesses-on earth mill
ions Of witnesses and in Heaven great
multitude of witnesses that no man can
number, testifying that there is power
in this religion to convert the soul, to
give comfort in trouble and to afford
composure in the last hour. II ten men
should come to you when you are sick
with appalling sickness and say they
had the same sickness and took GER
tain medicine and it cured them, you
would probably take it. Now, suppose
ten other men should come up and say.
"We don't believe there is any thing in
that medicine" "Well." 1 say.
have you ever tried ito" "No. I
never tried 1t, but don't believe there
is any thing in it" OF course you dis
credit their testimony. The skeptic
may come and say: There is no power
in your religion" tHave you ever tried
it?" mo no." ''Then, ayaunt?n Let
me take the testimony of the millions
of souls that have been converted to
God and comforted in trial and solaced
in the last hour. We will take their
testimony as they cry, "We are wit
nesses?"
Some time ago Prof. Henry, Of Wash
ington, discovered new star and the
tidings sped by submarine telegraph
and all the observatories of Europe were
watching for that new star. o, hearer,
looking out through the darkness Of thy
soul to-day, canst thou see a bright
light beaming on thee? ''Where?p you
say, where? How can find it?" Look
along by the line of the cross of the
81 H.
bling with all tenderness and besming
with all hope? 1t is the Star Of Beth
lehem.
deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death struck ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t was the star of Bethlehem"
o, nearer, get your eye on it. II is
easier for you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and
Heaven.
When Madame Sontag began her
musical career she was Kissed off the
stage at Vienna by the friends of her
rival. Amelia Steininger, who had al
ready begun to decline through her dis
sipation. Years passed on. and one day
Madame Sontag, in her glory. was rid
ing through the streets of Berlin. when
she saw a little child leading blind
woman, and she said: Come here, my
little child; come here. Who is that
you are leading by the hand?" And the
little child replied: ''That's my mother;
that's Amelia Steininger. She used to
be great singer, but she lost her voice.
and she cried so much about it that she
lost her eyesight Give my love to
her." said Madame Sontag. tand tell her
an old acquaintance will call on her
this afternoon" The next week in
Berlin vast assemblage gathered alta
benefit for that poor blind woman. and
it was said that Madame Sontag sang
that night as she had never sung before
And she took skilled oculist, who in
vain tried to give eyesight to the poor
blind woman. Until the day Of Amelia
Steininger's death, Madame Sontag took
care of her, and her daughter after her.
That is what the queen Of song did for
her enemy. rFrs u fss.,.z SOD
But o, hear more thrilling story
still. Blind immortal, poor and lost,
thou who. when the world and Christ
were rivals for thy heart, didst hiss thy
Lord away-Christ comes now to give
thee sight, to give thee home, TO give
thee Heaven. With more than a Son
tags generosity He comes now to meet
your need. With moro than Sontag's
music He comes to plead for thy deliv-
erance.
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