The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-07-16

been cot TO the grave 70 weep there
CHINA AL 20 ooDtorted souls, get up Of
your knees IL there no power In tlis
! Gospel to sooths the heartf l. there
10 power In this religion to quiet the
worst paroxysm Of griet7 Tbese comG
up Ap answer from conaforted wtdoy-
hood and orpiianage and chDdlessness.
saying, AYE, aye, we are Witnessed
Again, l remark that we arc wit
nesAe q the fact that religion has
power TO give cpmposure In the lal4
nopept shau beyer forget the fra
time ! oonfroated death. We vent
acrose the cornAelds In the country. J
vas led by my fathers band, and vb
cAkne 10 the farmhouse where the be-
pavement had come, and We sawthe
lUwd of wagons and carriages, bud
there was one carriage that especiaH
zacted my bosish attepton, and 3
bad black piumee. / said: Whats
khabf what's thsta Why those BLACK
tssseae at tho topr' Aha after it wei
&t1dained to ne ] was Tilted up %
lpok upon the bright hce Of en- aged
Hmfsaan woman who three days he
mye had departed IN triumph Che
whole scene mode an bnpressioh I
nsSer forgot.
TESTIMONY OF DYING CHRISTIANS.
our sermons and In our lay exhos.
tAfops ws arg very apt, when we won't
Rbxmg mustfetions of dying triumph,
Reo back 10 some distinguished per.
Hhhee-to q John Knox of o Harriet
Newell. But I want you for witnessed
I want to know Il you have ever seed
anything to make you believe that the
religion OF Christ can give eompoeure b
the Anal hour. Now, In the courts, at
torney, jury and Judge Will never ad-
nit mere hearsay. They demand that
the witness must have seen with his
own eyes or heard with bis own ears,
and 70 I am critical In my examination
Of you now; and I want to know
whether you have seen or heard any
thing that makes you believe that the
religion of Christ gives composure In
tho final hour.
oh, yes" you say, II saw my father
and mother depart. There was great
difference In their deathbeds. Stand
ing by the one we felt more teneratton.
BY the other there was more tender
ness" Before the one you bowed per
baps IN awe. In tho other case you
felt as Il you would like to 20 along
with her. How did they feel In that
lest hos1rs How did they seem to acta
Were they very much frightenedf Did
they tahe hold OF this world with both
hands as though they did not want to
give It up! "Oh, no." you say, no; I
senanber as though it were yesterday;
she had kind word for US all, and
there were few meznentoes distributed
among the children, and tiren she told
US how kind we must be TO our father
In his Loneliness, and then she kissed us
goodby and went asleep as child In
cradle" What made her 30 composed9
Natural oourages
NO" you say; mother was very
nervous; when the carriage inclined to
the side of the road she would cry out;
she was always rather weakly" What
gave her oomposures Was 1t because
she did not care much for you, and the
pang OF parting was not CREATE ooh"
you say, 'she showered upon us a
wealth Of affection; NO mother ever
loved us; she showed 1t by the way she
nursed us when we We're sick, and she
toaled for Us until her strength gave
out. What, then, was 1t that gave
her compOsure in the Lost houre Do
not hide it. Be frank and let me know.
"Oh," ycu say, SIT was because she
was 80 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"
UNBELIBvKRs nave NBvEn TASTED IT
Here are people who say, II saw a
Christian brother die, and he tri-
umphed.H And some one else, ~ saw
Christian sister die, and she tri-
umphed.' Some one else will say, Il
saw Christian daughter die, and she
triumphed." Come all ye 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.
end promise in the presence of high
heaven that you will tell the truth, the
whoae 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 Goepea to give calmness and tri-
umph in the last exigency: The re-
sponss comes FROM all sides, from young
and old and middle aged, 1--WE are wit
nessesl''
You see, my friends, l have not put
before 700 an abstraction or chtmera,
or anything like guesswork. present
you afhdavits of the best men and
women, living and dead. Two wit
nesses In court VIII establish q fact.
Here are not two witnesses, but mt
ions of witnesses on earth and In
beaver testifying that there Is power In
this religion to convert the soul, to Give
cmfost In trouble. and to afford com
pespre in the last hour.
II ten mea should come to you when
you ase sick with appalling sickness,
and say they had the same s,chness
and took a certain medicine and it
cured them, you would probably take
q. Now. Suppose ten other men
snoulc come up and say, wedonr DO
neve that there Is anything In tfat med
tdpA We'll, sag, 'fsavt5 Eop tried
xr NO l never tkied it but I don't
believe there Is anything 10 t." OF
course you discFedh their testimony.
1he skeptic may come and say, There
s no power In your religion slave
you ever tried its' "No, po" Then
aVauntF' Let me take the testimony
OF the millions of souls that have been