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lave. In the otherc case you felt us IL you
would like to go along with her. How
ibid they feel IN that last hour? How did
1 they seem to act? Were they verv much
| frightened? Did they take hold of this
world with both hands as though they
did not want TO give it up? "OIl, no.
you say; mo; 1 remember as though il
were yesterday; she had n kind word for
US all aud there were a few memeutues
distributed among the children, and then
she told us how kind we must be to our
lathcr in his loneliness, and then she
kissed us goodby and went asleep as a
cnlid In a CRADLE" What made her 50
composed? Natural courage2
mo" you say; "mother was very ner-
Vous; when the carriage inclined TO the
side ot the road she wonld cry out; she
was always rather weakly" What
gave her composurep Was it be cause
she did not care much for you and the
pang or parting was not great? "Oh,'
| you say, ''she showered upon us a
wealth uf affection; NO mother ever
loved her children more than mother
loved us; she showed it by the way she
nurstu us when We were sick, and she
toiled for IT'S until her strength gave
out" Wha'. then, was it that gave her
composnre In the last hour? Do not
hide H.. BE frank and let me know
"Oh," you say, ut was because she was
80 good; shemade the Lord her portion
and She had faith that she would 90
straight to glory, and that we should
all meet her at last ut the foot of the
| throne"
| UNCOUNTED MILLIONS or wI,rNEcSD.
Here are people who say, II saw a
Christian brother die, and he tri.
umphei." And some one else, II saw
Christian sister die, aud she tri-
umphed." Some one else said | saw
Christian daughter die. and she tri-
| umphed. 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 tue promises, and promise
in he 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 triumph in the last
eXigrDcy? The response comes from
all sides, from young and old and mid
die aged. "We are witntssesl'
You see, my friends. l have not put
| before you an abstraction or chimera,
or anything like guess work. | present
| you atlidavitS of the best men and wo.
men, living and dead. Two witnesses
in court will establish fact. Here are
not two witnesses, but millions Of wit
nesses on earth and in heaven testify
lng that there Is power in this re .igion
| tO pnnVnrt Ihn spnl fn criv f1r u,
trou Die and to afford composure in the
last hour.
If ten men should come to you when
you ara sick with appalling sickness
and say they had the same sickness and
| took certain medicine and it cured
them, you would probably take it,
Now, suppose ten other men should
| come up and say, eve don't believe that
there IS anything in that medicine ~
"Well," l say, ''have you tried It 2" "No
| meyer tried it, but don't believe there
Is anything in it," or course you discred-
1t their testimony. The skeptc may
come and say, There is no power il,
your religion" "Ilaye you ever trlt
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 us they cry, 1--WE ae wit
| nesSrSW
LOOK FOR TIE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Professor Henry, of Washington, dis.
| covered new star, and the tidings sped
10y submarine telegraph. and all the OBJ
Servatories of Europe were watchiug
for that new star. On. hearer, looking
out through the darkness of thy soul,
canst thou see bright light beaming
on thee? "Wherew you say. "where? =?
How can find it? Look along by the
line of the Cross of the Son of God. DO
you not seq it trembling with all ten
derness and beaming with all hope. 1t
is tile Star of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals froze
Deathstruck ceased the tide to stem.
When suddenly a star arose
1t was Star of Bethlehem.
On, hearers. get your eye on it. IL is
easier Tor you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ and
heaven. When Nine Suntag began her
musical career she was Missed off the
stage at Vienna by the friends of her
rival, Amelia SteininGer, who had al
ready begun To decline through her dis
s,pation. Years passt on, and one day
Mme. Sontag, i'll her glory, was riding
through The streets of Berlin. when she
sew " tttiC Oilllo ~ DllIlu WO-
man, and she said: "Come here my
little child, come here. Who Is that
you are leading by the hand?" And
the little child replied: "Tnat's my
mother; that's Amelia Steiniuger. She
used to be great singer, hut she lost
lirr voice, and she cried so much about
II THAT sG" lost her tsesight." "Giye
my love TO her. said Nine Sontag,
land tell her an old acquaintance will
call Oh thiS aftt rnOon."
The next week in B, rlin q vast assem-
blage gathered at a benefit fer that poor
blind woman, and it was said that Son.
tag sang that night rs she had never
sung lef"re. And she took skilled Ocu-
list, who in vain tried to give tyesight
TO the poor blind woman. Until the
day OF Amelia Steiningprs death Mad
am Sontag took Care Of her and her
daughter after her. That was what the
queen OF song did for her enemy. But
oh, hear II more thrilling story still.
Blind, immortal, poor and lost. thou
who, when the world and Christ were
rivals for thy heart ,lidst hiss try Lord
away Christ comes nov to give
thee sight, to give thee home,
TO give thee II he ven. With
more than u Sontag's generosity. he
comes now to meet your need. With
more than u Sonta9's music, he comes
TO plead for thy deliverance.
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