Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-07-13

/ 'On, you say, 1t 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 the
foot Of the throne
UNBELIltV I1RS HAVE NEVER TASTED IT.
Here are people who say, Il saw a
Christian brother die, and he tri-
umphed And some one else, Il saw
4 Christian sister die, and she tri-
umphed." Some one else will say, u
saw Christian daughter die, and she
triumphed" Come, all We who have
seen the last moments of a 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 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 calInness and tri
umph in the last eXigency? The re-
Spouse comes from all sides, from young
and old and middle aged, I'VE are wit
nesses!
You see, my friends, | have not put
before you an abstraction or a chimera,
or anything like guesswork. / present
you affidavits of the best men and
women, living and dead. Two wit
nesses in court will establish a fact.
Here are not two witnesses, but mil
lions 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 com
posure 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 a certain medicine and it
cured them, you would probably take
it. Now, suppose ten other men
should come up and say, I'VE don't be-
lieve that there is anything in that med
icine Well" [ say, ''have you tried
it," No, 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 you religion" Have
you ever tried it," mo, no." '"Then
avaunt!" Let me take the testimony
of the millions of s3uls that have been
converted to God, and comforted in
trial and solaced in The last hour. We
will take their testimony as they cry,
Eve are witnesses -
Professor Henry, Of Washington, dis
covered new star, and the tidings sped
by submarine telegraph, and all the OBJ
servatories 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
thee? ''Where?" you say, ''where9
How can l find it?" Look along by
the line of the Cross of the Son of God.
Do you not see it trembling with all
tenderness and beaming with all hope?
1t is the Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vtals froze.
Death struck ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t was the Star of Bethlehem.
Oh, hearers, get your eye on it! 1t
is easier for you now to become Chris
tians than it is to stay away from
Christ and heaven When Madame
SOntag began her musical career she
was Missed off the stage at Vienna
by the friends of her rival, Amelia
Steininger, who had already begun TO
decline through her dissipation. Years
passed on, and one day Madame Son
tag, in her glory, was riding through
the streets Of Berlin. when she saw
little child leading blind woman, and
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come here Who is that you are lead
ing by the hand = And the little child
replied: Chats 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, and tell her an
old acquaintance will call on her this
afternoon
The next week in Berlin Il vast as
semblage gathered at a benefit for that
poor blind woman, and it was said that
Sontag sang that night as she had never
sung before And she took a skilled
oculist, who is vain tried to give eye
sight to the poor blind woman Until
the day of Amelia Steininger's death
Nine. SOntag took care OF her and her
daughter after that 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 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
Sontag's generosity, he comes now to
meet your need. With more than a
Sontag's music, he comes to plead for
thy deliverance.