The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-01

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side of the road she wouid cry out; she /
was eaways rather weakly.n What gaSe I
her composureS Was it because she did |
not care much for you, and the pang of |
parting was not greati "Oh," you say, /
"she showered upon us wealth of affec
ton; 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 hourf |
Do not hide it. Be frank and let me know.
"Oh," you say, sit 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 should all meet her at
last at the foot of the throne" ~ tslt
UNCoUNTED MILLIONS OF WITNESSES.
Here are people who say. 81 saw Chris
tian brother die, and he triumphed." And
some one else, 81 saw a Christian sister
die, and she triumphed." Some one else
will say, 81 saw Christian daughter die,
and she triumphed." Come, all ye who
have seen the last moments of Christian,
and give testimony in this cause on trial
Uncover your heads. put your hard 4on
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 what you have
heard with your own, ears, Is there power
in this Gospel to give calmness and tri-
umph in the last exigency2 The response
comes from all sides, from young and old
and middle aged, I'VE are witnessesin
You see, my friends, / have not put be-
fore you abstraction or chimera or
anything like guess work. present you
affidayits of the best men and women, liv-
I ing and dead. Two witnesses in court will
oaf a hlich fao Horo t,ofs IL
nesses, but millions of witnesses on earth
and in heaven 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, s,i sa.
| If ten men should come to you when you
are sick with appalling sickness and say
4 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, I'VE don't
believe that there is anything in that medi-
cine. !" "Well." say, shave you tried it?"
mo. never tried it. but don't believe
there is anything in it.'' OF course you
discredit their testimony. The skeptic may
come and say, There is no power in your
religion. Have you ever tried it?'' '.No,
no., Then avauntP' 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, I'VE are
witnessesp' ~ Sl-' '-si is5e
LOOK: FOR THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
Professor Henry, of Washington, discov-
cred new star, and the tidings sped by
! submarine telegraph. and ali the Observe
l tories of, Europe; were watching for that
new star Oh, hearer, looking out through
the darkness of thy, soul. canst thou see a
bright light beaming on theea i"Where?"
you say; "where2 How can 1 find itf
IL H., Al 49,
Son of God Do you not see it trembling
with all tenderness and beaming with all
hope. 1t is the Star of Bethlehem. 3Ge
Deep horror then my vitals froze, f. ~
| Deathstruck Iceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly a star arose
1t was the Star of Bethlehem
Oh, hearers, 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 Missed off the stage
at Vienna by the friends of her rival, Anne
, liza Steininger, who had already begun to
decline. through her. dissipation, Years
passed on, and; one day Nine. Sontag,iin
her glory, was riding through; the streets
of Berlin, when she saw a little child lead
ing 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 moth
er; that's Amelia Steininger. She used to
be a;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. Sontag, land tell her an old ac-
. quaiptance will call on her this afternoon ~
i The next week in Berlin vast assem-
! blage gathered at a benefit for that poor
, blind woman. and it was said that Sontag
: sang that night as she had never sung be
fore. And she took skilled oculist, who
5 in vain tried to give eyesight to the poor
, blind woman. Until the day of Amelia
+ Steininger's. death Madam Sontag took
care of her and her daughter after her.
That was what the queen of song did fol
/, her enemy. But oh, hear a 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 thes
4 heaven. With more than a Sontag's gen
) erosity, he comes now to meet your need
} With more than Sontag's music. b.
3 comes to plead for thy deliverance. !,
f2 Sign Language.
< A gang of laborers were relaying tn,
5 tracks of the Pine street electric line, ant
? in charge of one squad was a buriy Irish