The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-07-17


that the witness must have seen with
his own eyes, or heard with his own
ears, and so I am critical in my exam
nation OF you now and want 70 know
whether you have seen or heard any
thing that makes you believe that the
religion OF Christ gives comPOsure in
the final hour so, yes" you say, II
saw my father and mother depart
There was a great difference in their
death beds Standing by the one we
felt more veneration- By the other,
there was more tenderness
Before the one you bowed perhaps In
awe In the other case you felt as if
you would like to go along with her
How did they feel in that last hOur2
How did they seem to act? Were they
very much frightened? Did they take
hold of this world with both hands as
though they did not want to give it mp?
20, No." you say; ING; remember as
though it were yesterday; she had q
kind word for us all, and there were a
few mementOes distributed among the
children, and then she told US how kind
we must be to our father in his loneli-
ness, and then she kissed US gBOd-by
and went to sleep as child IN a era
die" What made her so composed?
Natural courage? No" yOU say;
mother was very nervous; when the
carriage inclined to the side of the road
she would cry out; she was always rath-
er weakly" What gave her compOs-
ure? Was it because she did not care
much for you, and the pang of parting
was not great? 60" You say, ''she
shOwered upon US a wealth of affection;
and 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 as un-
til her strength gave out" What, them
was 1t that gave her cOmpOsure in the
last hour? Do not hide it Be frank
and let me knOw2
Here are people who say: az saw q
Christian brother die, and he tri-
umphed.'' And some one else: II saw
a Christian daughter die, and she tri-
umphed." Come, all ye who have seen
the last moments of 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 thst 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 mid
| die aged: we are with eSSeSl!'
| You see, my friends, / have not put
before you an abstraction or chimera
| or anything like guess work I present
| you affidavitS of the best men and
| women 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
ing that there is power in this religion
to convert the soul, to give comfort in
trouble and to afford cOmpOsure in the
last hour.
Prof Henry, of Washington, dis
covered a new star, and the tiding:
sped by submarine telegraph, and al
the Observatories of Europe were
watching for that new star. o, nearer
looking out through the darkness o.
thy soul, canst thou see a bright Ggh
beeming on thee? ''Where?" you say
where? How can I find it?' LoOl
along the line of the cross OF the Sol
of God Do you not see It trembling
with all tenderness and beaming will
| all hope? 1t is the star of Bethlehem
Deep horror then my viteIs froEe,
Death struck ceased The tide 80 stem,
When suddenly star arose
| It was the star OF Bethlehem
o, hearers, get your eye on It It i
! easier for you now to become Christian
than it is to stay away from Christ ant
Heaven. When Madame SOntag began
her musical career she was Kissed OF
the stage at Vienna by the friends O
| her rival, Amelia SJelu1ngeFs who ht
! already begun 70 decline through he
dissipation Years passed on and on
day Madame SOntag, In her glory, wa
riding through the streets of Berlin
when she saw a little child lead
ing a blind woman and she said
''Come here, my little child, com
here. Who Is that yOu are lead
ing by the hsnd?" And the littI
I child replied: That's my mother; that
J Amelia Steiniuger. She used TO be
! great singer, but she lost her voice an
she cried so much about it that she los
!, her eyesight-'' -''Give my love TO her,
said Madame SOntag, land tell her a
: | old acquaintance will call on her thi
afternoon =" The next week In Berli
a vast assem- biage gathered at a benef
: / for that poor old woman and it wa
!. said that SOntag sang that night as sh
! | had never sung before And she took
/, / skilled Oculist, who in vain trie
to give eyesight to the poor bin
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