The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13

was verse than Whs1 Ls zes q
sea. " Tat power Wss u tai washed lis
tongue clean Of pTofauitlas a1d made hin 3
psalm-siugeri Conversion bv -re Holy
Spirit There are tbCuss11s 4 people kz-e
tC-cay who are 10 more w1at they C1c=
were than 3 water lily Is 8 liz1tslad-, r 3
morning lark s & vulture, q dzy e might
Now. II I should demand tbst al t1oss
people here present. who lave fs.t the c1u-
vertlug poxe- Z religion should Tiss - far
from bang ASHAMED, they would syr4lZ 70
their feet with more alscTlty -LE1 t-ey ever
Eprang 70 the dance tee tears DiCE-IrE
with their eIhilsrstlon - they c-lsd. Is =
are Eituess@ And Z t-ey -rled 70 s--E
the old gospel hymn they To1li br=zk
down with emotion By tie tine they g-l =
the second line.
ASHAMED 4 Jssus tts- 1se- frle11
OF whom nv Lcuss q EasF=- -s--z--t
No. = L-1 7 blush - tbs ~ s-z-=.
That ! ID Uc-e revere LIS -z1=
Again, l remark that we are vi.-sszsz
Of ths gospels power % co-t-Tc .e1 s
man has trouble TIE word co0ss Z sd
says. Nov gel your mind II THIS . c--
and breathe tie fresh sly plunge deeper IL
70 business W bst p-cr sdvioe. G.: y-ur
mind Of Il Wbe1 eEerythlcE a up:1rus5
with beTsavsDs :, and everything rs-----s
you Of what you have los. G=i yo-- MID
DA ALEF - N-4- p
stop thinking. and you cs1uo: stop t--CEl-E
II that direction. Take : TslE L t1e tresa
air WY, along tbsi ve-y street.. q tLs'
very road, she cDos scooE pe--s1 yo- OCT
Of that gTsss-p..t Sc p.-cEs- -oNs-s, O
into that s15w-sln15E sic lo-Esd tzSc--
mated SAYING. Cone 50 t1e p-@t-rss' 60
deeper INTO 5cE-oass Is ~, Sc a. assoc
etsd WIKI s. yoEr business sEbls1a. sod
s.ncs Sos las Eooe yor have y ambition lsft
n ~ go
20 coDt-r; broken ceaTt
ca b1-d Corllz engine.
csn pGi1: Rspase.s 'Msdo-rs, car
pay 8 Bast1ovsz's Evuphony~ es easily
Is 1kiftzorld csu comfort b-1ker heat
And yes you have bssa co0t5-rei. How
Ess il do1ef DID Christ coue g ycu ard
say: Get your mind q tbs < ou: ar1
breathe TIE fresh air. pluoze deeper into
businsssr No: There was = minute =heu
be came - you-ps-haps II tie watches q
The night, perhaps Il your plz-s e business
perhaps slo0g tie strsst-End b breAths1
something into your s5ll that gave peace.
rest, initiate quiet 50 that you cc-l1 take
cut the Photograph q the departed one sod
look into tie eyes And TIE fscs Of tie dear
one and say: Il; Is al right she te,:er
of: / would not caA hsr back L1rd
thank tie that thou EsEt ccmfort=d ny
poor heart
There are Christian parents here WIZ ars
viking u testify 70 tie power q this gospel
% ccDfort Your son lad Just graduated
from scbCol or college and was going ito
business, sod tie Lard took hlrn OF you
daughter Lsd Just graduated from the
young ladies' seuiraIy and you thought she
YVES going 20 be q useful woman and Of locg
life, but the Lord took her, and you were
tempted % say, Al LIE culture Of tEsatT
years for nothing Or tie lit-le child came
home from school with the Rot fever that
stopped not FOR the sg nizsi prayer n for
the ski kUl physician. and the little child
YVES taken. Or TIE babe was lifted ont 4
your arms ~ SINE QUICK epidemic.
and you stood wondering Why God ever
gave yo1 that child 81 ell, Il s. son be
was % take il away. And yet you are not
reDIniBf, you are not freif-L you are not
fighting agains, God " E6t enabled you
70 stand ali The trial. 20, you say. Il
took tie medicine that God gave M SICK
soul In NY distress threw mvse.f az the
fest Of q sympash.zlng God and when | was
too weak 70 pray. or % !ook up, he breataed
into me a pescs that | tank must be the
foreteste Of that heaven where there IS
neither . tear Tor farewell nor q grave
Come, all ye who have been cut 70 the grave
TO weep there-come al ye ccUfCrted souls,
get % of your knees. Is there 10 power in
this gospel % soOtbe the hsa-tf Is Rere no
power II tthis religion % quiet the wort
paroxysrn q gr1eff There CONES VI an
answer from comfortsd wildwood AID or
pbanage aud chlldlessness, saying, "Ay, az,
we are witnesses
Again, I remark that e are witnesses Of
the fact that religion has power 70 give com
posure II the last moment. / shall never |
forget the first time l confronted death. |
We went across the cornfelds IN the coup. /
try. / was ed By ny fathers hand. and We |
came 10 the farmhouse where tie berseve-
n1ent had come and We saw the crowd of |
wagons and carriages but there was one
carriage that especially attracted nv b1yish /
attention, and II had black plumes aid |
What's that! what's thsti Why those
black tassels at the topF And after Il was
explained 70 me. | was lifted Up 20 look
upon the bright face Of an aged Christian
woman who three DAYS before had departed
IL triumph. The whole scene made an i'm
preston l never forgot
In our termons and ia our law exborts.
tons We are very apt. when We want 70
bring illustrations Of dying triumph, 70 20
back TO some Distinguished pers0na2e-t5
John Knox or & HARRIET Newell Put
want you for witnesses. want 70 know II
you have ever seen anything 70 make Won
believe that the religion Of Christ can give
composure IN the final hour. Nov. in the
courts attorney, Jury and judge will never
admit mere hearsay. They demand that the
witness must have seen with his own eyes
or heard with his own ears. and 80 i Am
critical in my examination Of you now and
want 70 know whether you have seen or
heard anything that makes you believe that
the religion OF Christ gives composure IN the
final hour.
80, yes, you say, Il saw my father and
mother depart. There was q great duf
ference in their deathbeds. Standing by
the one we felt more veneratIou. By tie
other there Was more tenderness BET re
the enc you bowed, perhaps, ia awe In
the other case you felt as if you would ike
to go along with her. flow did they feel in
that last hour How did they seem 70 actt
Were they very much frightened Did they
take hold Of this world with both hands. as
though they aid not want to give II upl
20, no" you say; "no; / remember as
though it were yesterday; she had k!ud
word for US all, and there we're
a few mementoes distributed among
the children, and then she told us
how Find We must be TO our father
in his Loneliness, and then she kissed Us
good-by, and went asleep as a child in
a CRADLE What made her so composed :
Natural courage! INC" you say. mother
was very nervous; when the carriage in
clIned to the side of the road she would crv
out; she was always rather weakly What
gave her composurel Was it because she
did not care much for you, and the pang of
parting was not great! "O.n you say.
''she showered upon US a 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 tnat gave