Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-07-23

was always rather weakly. nat gave
her composurey Was it because she did
not care much for you, and the pang of
parting was not greatf oh" 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
that gave her composurelin the last houri
Do not hide it. Be frank and let Lde 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"
UNcoUHTED MILLIONS OF WITNESSES.
Here are people who say, 81 saw Chris
tian brother die, and he triumpbed." And
some one else, IL saw a Christian sister
lie, and she triumphed." Some one else
will say, 81 saw Christian daughter die,
and she triumphed." Come all We 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 that you will tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth. With what you have sven
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 exigencyg The response
comes from all sides, from young and old
and middle aged, I'VE are witnesses"
You see, my friends, | have not put be-
fore you an abstraction or a chimera, or
anything like guess work. | present you
affidavits of the best men and women. liv-
ing and dead. Two witnesses in court will
establish a fact. Here are not two wit
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
composnre 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 GER
tain medicine aud 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 medi-
cine" 'Well," say have you tried ity'
No, never tried Il, but don't believe
there Is anything in H." OF course you
discredit their testimony. The skeptic may
AtiAt anu AntAt - III lDMHf III YOUR
religion" Have you ever tried itgr "No, |
no" "Then avaunti'' Let me take the |
testimony Of the millions Of souls that have |
been converted 10 God and eomforted in |
trial aud solaced in the last hour We will |
take their testimony rs they cry. eve are
witnesses"
LOOK FOR THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Professor Henry, 81 Washington, discov- |
cred a new star, and the tidings sped by |
submarine telegraph. and all the observa-
tories Of Europe were watching for that
new star Oh. hearer. looking out through 4
the darkness Of thy soul, eanst thou see a
bright light beaming on theef "wheres"
you say: "wherei How can / find iti
Look along by the line Of the Cross OF the
Son Of God Do you not see 1t trembling
with all tenderness and beaming with all
hope 1t is the Star of Bethlehem
Deep horror then my vitals frose,
Deaihstruck ceased the tide to stem.
When suddenly star arose
Il was the star Of Bethlehem.
Oh, hearers, get your eye on it. 1t is
easier for you now to become Christians
than ii is to stay away from Christ and
heaven. When Nine. Sontag began her
musical career she was Missed of the stage
at Vienna by the friends Of her rival. Anne
liza Steinlnger, who had already begun to
decline through her dissipation Years
passed on, aud one day Nine. Sontag, in
her glory, was riding through the streets
Of Berlin, when she saw little child lead
ing a blind woman. and she said. "Come
here, my little child. come here Who is
that you are leading by the handYn And
the LITTLE child replied: That's my moth
ar; that 5 Amelia Steininger. She used to
be a great singer, but she lost her voice.
and she cried so much about il that she
lost her eyesightn give my love to herr
said Nine Sontag, "and tell her an old ac
luaintance will call on her this afternoon
The next week in Berlin vast assem-
Dlage gathered AT a benefit for that poor
blind woman. and il was said that Sontag
'ang that night as she had never sung be-
ore. And she took a skilled oculst, who
"A vain tried to give eyesight TO the poor
blind woman. Until the day of Amelia
death Madam Sontag took
are Of her and her daughter after her.
That was what the queen of song did for
Ter enemy. But oh. hear a more thrilling
tory still Blind. immortal. poor and
ost: thou who, when the world and Christ
we're rivals for thy heart didst hiss thy
ord away-Christ comes now TO give thee
light TO give thee home, to give thee
leaven. With more than a Sontag's gen
rosity, he comes now to meet your need
With more than SOntagis music. he
ONES to plead for thy deliverance.