Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-07-17

went asleep as calmly as child in a
cradle"
What made her so composed? Natural
courage? no" you say, mother was
very fefvots, Nhea the carriage In.
clined to the side of the road she would
cry out; she was always rather weakly"
What, then, gave her composure? Was
| it because she did not care much for
yoa, ahd the pafe of parting .w6s not
great? 90" you say, ''she showered
| upon US wealth of affection; no mother
ever loved her children more than
mother loved US; she showed 1t by the
way she nursed us when we were sick,
and she toiled for us until her strength
gave cut" What, theh,, was it thai
gave her composure in the last hour?
Do not hide it Be frank and let me
know. 60" you say, sit was because
she was SO good, she made tie Lord her
would go straight to glory, and that we
should all meet her at 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, II saw n Christian
sister die and she triumphed.'" Some
one else will say: 81 saw a Christian
daughter die and she triumphed." Come,
all We who have seen the last moments
Of Christian, and give testimony in
this cause oh trial Uncover your heads,
pitt your hand on the old family Bible
from which they used to read the proni-
ises, and promise N tie 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 Gospel to give calmness
and triumph in the last exigency? The
response comes from all sides, from
young, and old, and middle-aged; eve
are witnesses!"
You see, my friends, l have not put
before you to-day an abstraction, or
chimera, or any thing like guess work.
| present you affidavits of the best men
and women, living and dead.
Two witnesses in court will establish
fact Here are not two witnesses, bat
thousands of witnesseS-on earth mill
ions 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 n en-
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,
1--WE don't believe there is any thing in
that medicine" "Well," 1 shy,
have you ever tried it?" mo. l
never tried it, 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" "Have you ever tried
it?" mo, no." "Then, avaunt?' 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, d scovered a new star and the
tidings sped by submarine telegraph
and all the observatories of Europe were
watching for that new star. o, nearer,
looking out through the darkness of thy
soul to-day, canst thou see a bright
light beaming on thee? "Where?" you
say, where? How can find it?" Look
along by the line of the cross of the
Son of God. Do you not see it trem-
bling with all tenderness and beaming
with all hope? 1t is the Star of Beth
lehem.
deep horror then my vital5 froze,
Death struck. L ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose
1t was the Star of Bethlehem"
o, nearer, get your eye on it. It 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 little child leading a 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, land tell her
an old acquaintance will call on her
this afternoon" The next week in
Berlin vast assemblage gathered at
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.
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 Son.
tags generosity He comes now to meet
your need. With more than a Sontag's
music He comes to plead for thy deliv-
erance.
Complete Disguise.
Hoiack-rve been invited to a mas
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