The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-08-30

shall be as wool. That man is dying
forever for The lack of one kind word.
There used to he sung at a great
many of tho pianos all through the
country Il song that has almostd died out.
/ wish somebody would start it again in
III social circles. There may not have
been very exquisite art In The music,
but there was grand and glorious senti-
ment:
kind words never die, never die;
Cherished and blessed"
o, that we might in our families and
in our churches try the force of kind
ness. You can eve drive, men,
women or children into the Kingdom Of
o A March NORTHEASTERN will bring
out more hOneysuckles than fretfulness
and scolding will bring out Christian
grace. / wish hat in all our religious
work we might be saturated with the
spirit of kindness. Missing that, we
miss a great deal of usefulness. Their
is TO need of coming out before men
and laundering to them the law unless
at the same time you preach to them
the Gospel.
Do o not know that this simple
story of q Savionr's kindness Is to re-
deem all nations? The hard heart of
this worlds obduracy is to be broken
before that story. There is in Antwerp.
Belgium, one of the most remarkable
pictures | ever saw. 1t is THE Descent
of Christ From the Cross" 1t Is one of
Ruben's pictures. No one can stand
and look at that Descent From the
Cross" as Rubens pictured it, without
having his eyes flooded with tears, II he
have any sensibility at all. 1t Is an
overmastering picture-one that stuns
you, and staggers you, and haunts your
dreams. One afternoon n man stood in
that cathedral looking at Rubens' De
scent From the Cross" lie was all alb
sorbed in that scene of a Saviour's suf-
ferings when the ~janitor came in and
said: at is time to close up the cathe-
dral for the night. l wish you would
depart" The pilgrim, looking ut that
Descent From the Cross" turned
around to the ~janitor and said: "NO, no;
not yet Wait until they get Him
down."
o, it is the story of n Saviour's suffer-
ing kindness that is to capture the
world. When the bones of that great
Behemoth of iniquity which has tram
pied all nations shall be broken and
shattered, 1t will be found out that the
work was not done by the hammer Of
the iconoclast, or by the sword of the
c%onqueror, or by the torch of persecu-
ton, but by the plain, simple, over
whelming force of "the soft tongue that
breaketh the bone"
And now l ask the blessing of God to
come down upon you in matters Of
health; in matters of business; that the
Lord will deliver you from all your
financial perplexities; that He will give
you a good livelihood, large salaries,
healthful wages, sufficient income. I
pray God that He may give you the OPP
portunity of educating your children for
this world, and, through the rich grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, of seeing them
prepared for the world that is to come.
Above all, l look for the mercy Of
God upon your immortal souls; and, lest
/ stand before some who have not yet
attended to the things of their eternal
interest, in this, the closing part of my
discourse, / implore them here and now
to seek after God and be at peace with
him. o, we want to be gathered to-
gether at last in the bright and blessed
assemblage of the skies, our work all
done, our sorrows all ended. God bless
you, and your children, and your chill
dren's children. And 10Y l commend
you to God and to the wo I'd Of His
Grace, which is able to build you up and
give you an inheritance among all therp
that are sanctitied.