Telegram-herald., 1891-07-13

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singer coEssrssoa by the Holy spirit
| TheFe are thousands u people here to-day
who ara 10 more what they onee were than
a water hiy Is = sizass4sAds. % . Ia0ralng
/ Lara IS a vs.igsre. or day IS blEsst
/ Nov, II should demand tRat al these
| people here present WHO have fen the Goa
/ vsrting power II rellgsoa should rise, -
/ flr froGa bessg ashamed they soaia s2r.ng
60 their feet with far more aiaerity than
they ever sprang 10 the dance. the tears
miBgiiDg with their exhilaratloa "a they
eFiel, We aze Witnesses Aed IL they
/ tried 10 stag the old Gospel hymn they
would break down with emotion By ths
l.os they got 20 the second line;
4 Ashamed Of Jesus. that dear friend
On wh9sa ny hopes al keasea cspsntf
Mo- Wien | blush. b. this my shame.
That ~ more revere his nAEae.
Again, remark that 1--WE are witnesses"
l of tue Gospels power 10 comfort. Wkea
man has trouble the world comes in aud
I says: Now Get your mind of this. 20 out
and brest ae the fresh air, plunge deeper Into
business" VIVA. poor advicel Get your
mind on i'll when everything Is upturaei
with the bereavement. aud everything re
minds you of what yoa have lost. Get
| your mind of it. They might well adj
wise yoa 10 stop thinking, and you esnno.
stop thinking Ia that direction. Take =
walk la the fresh airl Why, along that
very street, or that very road. she once ae-
companiei you. Out OF that grass plot she
| plucked flowers, or into that show window
she looked fascinated, saying. Come zee
the pictures" Go deeper into business.
Why. she wes associated with all your
| business ambition, aud since she has gone
you have no ambition left. Oh, this is n
| clumsy world when IL tries TO comfort .
broken heart!
l can build Corliss engine, can paint
Raphael's Madonna" l can play II
Beethoven's symphony rs easily rs this
world can comfort broken heart. And
yet you have been comforted. How was IL
donef Did Christ come to you and say:
SECT your mind OH this. Go out and
breathe the fresh air. Plunge deeper into
business" No. There was minute when
he came to you-psrhaps in the watches OK
the night. perhaps in Your place Of bust
mesa. perhaps along the strickland he
breathed something into your soul that
gave peace, rest, infinite quiet, so that you
could take out the photograph OF the de
parted one aud lock into the eyes and the
face Of the dear one and say: 1T is all
right. 6ne Is better of. would not call
her back. Lord, thank thea that thou
has comforted my poor heart"
DIVINE HEALING FOR THE SICK SOUL.
There are Christian parents here who are
willing to testify to the power Of this Cos
pei TO comfort. Your son had just gradu-
ated from school or college and was going
into business. and the Lord took him. Or
your daughter had just graduated from
the young ladies' seminary, and you
thought she Was going to be a useful wo-
man and of long life, but the Lord took
her. and you were tempted TO say, "All
this culture OF twenty years for nothing!"
Or the little child came home from school
with the hot fever that stopped not for the
agonixed prayer or for the skillful physi-
clan. and the little child WAS taken. Or
the babe was lifted out of your arms by
some quick epidemic. and you stood won
dering why God ever gave you that child
at all il SO soon he was to take it away.
And yet you are not rcpining, you are not
fretful, you are not fighting against God.
What enabled you to stand all the trials
"Oh," you say, II took the medicine that
God gave my sick soul. In my distress I
threw myself at thc feet Of q sympathizng
| God; and when / was too weak 10 pray or
to look up be breathed into me a peace
| TINT think mus: be the forctastc OF that
heaven where there Is neither tear nor "A
farewell nor a grave" Come. all We who
have been out TO the grave to weep there
come all ye comforted souls, get up OF
your knees. Is there no power in this
gospel to soothc the hearth Is there no
power in this religion 10 quiet the worst
paroxysm OF grief, There comes up an an
swer from comforted widowhood and or
phanagc and childlessness, saying, SAY, ay,
we are Witnesses
Again, l remark that we are witnesses
Of tho fact that religion has power to give
composure Ia the last moment. = shall
never forget the first time l confronted
death. We went across the corntields In
the country. l was led by my fathers
hand and we came to the farmhouse where
the bereavement had come and we saw the
crowd Of wagons and carriages; but there
was ono carriage that especially attracted
my boyish attention. and it had black
planes said: Whats thati what's
thatS Why those black tasscls at the top''
And after it was explained to me l was
lifted up to look upon the bright face of an
aged Christian woman, who three days be
fore had departed ia triumph. The whole
scene made an impression | never forgot,
1T Is NO nEAHsAY EVIDENCE.
In our sermons and orr lay exhortations
we are very apt, when we want to bring IL
Illustrations Of dying triumph, to go back
to somc distinguished personage-to John
Knox or a HARRIET Newell But / want
you for witnesses. want to know IL you
have ever seen anything to make you be-
leve that the religion of Christ can Civ,
composure in the final bour. Now. in tho
courts, attorney. jury and judge will never
, admit mere hercsay. They demand that
the witness must have seen with his owr
eyes, or heard with his own ears, and so
! am critical in my examination ofyou now
and want TO know whether you have seer
. or heard anything that makes you believe
that the religion Of Christ gives composurs
. In tho final hour.
"Oh. yes" you say, IL saw my fathe,
and mother depart There IVES great diff
ference In their deathbceis. Standing b,
. the one we felt more venerasion. BY thu
other. there wss more tenderness" Befors
the ono You bowed, perhaps, in ave- II
the other case you fel, az IL ron would lik.
20 70 along with her. How did they fee
. IN that las. hours How did they seem {,
scts Were they very much frightened
Did they t.skc hold Of this world With both
hands "a though they did no; want to give
, II mp, '.Oh. no." you shy; mo; | remem
, hcr ~ though IL were yesterday; she had q
Kind yvc-sl for ns all. aud there were a few
memeutoes distributed among the chill
. dren. and thea she told IA hOv kind w.
. must be TO oar father Ia his loneliness. aat
then she kissed rs gpodby and went aslc~s
!. ~ a chill IN a cradle" What nsdc her s.
composed, Natural couraze'
NO . you ssy. "Iu0ther was very nerv