The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-17

there were few mementoes distributed
among the children, and then she told
us how kind we must be to our father
in his loneliness, and then she kissed
us goodbye and went asleep as calmly
as a child in a cradle"
What made her so composed? Nat
ural courageP No" you say, mother
was very nervous; when the carriage
inclined to the side Of the road she
would cry out; she was always rather
weakly" What then, gave her COM
posure? Was it because she did not
care much for you, and the pang Of
parting was not great? ''0h," you
say, ''she showered upon US
wealth of affection; no mother
ever loved her children moro than
mother loved us; she showed 1t by the
way she nursed us when we were sick,
and she toilcd for US until her strength
gave out" What then, was it that
gave her composure in the last hour?
Do not hide it BE frank and let me
know. oh" you say, ''it was because
she was so good; she made the Lord her
portion, and she had faith that she
would go straight to glory, and that we
| would all meet her at last at tho foot OF
the throne"
Here are people who say: II saw
| Christian brother die, and he tri-
umphed." And some one else: 81 saw
| Christian sister die, and she triumphed."
Some one else will saw: 81 saw Chris
tian daughter die, and she triumphed."
Come, all We who have seen the last
moments of Christian, and give tes-
| timony in this cause on trial. I'm
cover your heads, put your hand on the
old family Bible from which they used
to read the promises, and promise in
the presence of high Heaven that you
will tell the 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 Cos
pei to give calmness and triumph in
the last exigency? The response
comes from all sides, from young, and
old, and middle-agcd: I'VE are wit
nessesn'
You see, my friends I nave not put
before you an abstraction, or chimera,
or any thing like guesswork. l present
you affldavits of the best men and wom-
en-, living and dead. Two witnesses in
court will establish a fact Here are not
two witnesses. but thousands of witnesses
on earth millions Of witnesses, and in
Heaven a 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. If ten men should come to
you when you are sick with appalling
sickness, and say they had the same
sickness, and took certain medicine,
and it cured them, you would probably
take it. Now, suppose ten other men
should come up and say: 1--WE don't be-
lieve there is any thing in that meGi-
cine" WELL" 1 say, Have you
ever tried it?'' mo, l never tried
it, but | don't believe there
is any thing in it," OF course you
discredit their testimony. The skeptio
may come and say: "There is no power
in your religion" Have you ever tried
it?" mo, no." Then avaunt?" Let
me take the testimony of the millions
of souls that have been converted to
in the last hour. We will take their
testim ony as they cry: eve are wit
nesses!''
Some time ago Prof. Henry, of Wash.
ington, discovered a new star, and the
tidings sped by submarine telegraph,
and all the observatories of Europe we're
watching for that new star. Oh, nearer,
looking out through the darkness of thy
soul to-day, canst thou not see bright
light beaming on thee? "Where?" you
say; where? How can l find it?'' Look
along by the line of the Son of God. Do
you not see it trembling with all ten
derness and beaming with all hope? 1t
is the Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death struck, ceased the tide to stem
When suddenly a star arose
1t was the star of Bethlehem.
Oh, nearer, get your eye on it. 1t is
easier for you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and
Heaven.
When Nine, Sontag began her musical
career she was Kissed off the stage at
Vienna by the friends of her rival,
AuleIld WIZ Hdu dlTtduy
begun to decline through her dis
sipation. Years passed on, and
one day Nine. Sontag, in her glory,
was riding through the streets of Ber-
lin, 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 Nine. Som
tag, "and tell her an old acquaintance
will call on her this afternoon" The
next week in Berlin vast assemblsge
gathered at a beneft for that poor, blind
woman, and it was said that Nine. Son.
tag 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 Steiningers death, Nine.
Sontag took care of her, and her daugh-
ter after her. That was what the
queen of song did for her enemy. But,
oh, hear more thrilling story still.
Blind immortal, poor and lost thou who,
when the world and Christ were rivals
for my heart, didst hiss thy Lord away