Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-08-13

fortunes n.e ike condemned spirit.
A wogLDIiNG's DEATH
Went to see wording die. As went
into the hall saw it, floor WAS tessellated.
and its wall was a picture gallery | found
hs death chamber adorned with tapestry
until !, seemed ~ if the clouds of the set
ting - n had settled in the room The
man had given forty years TO the world
bis wit. his time. his genius, his talent. his
soul Did the world come in TO stand by
his deai h'ed, aud clearing off the Walls Of
bitter medicine. put down any compensa-
tionf Oh mol The world does not like
sick and dying people. and leaves them in
the lurch. 1t ruined this man apd then
left him. He had a magnificent funeral
All the ministers wore scarfs, and there
were forty-three carriages in a row: but
the departed man appreciated not the OBJ
sequies
| want TO persuade my audience that
this world is poor investment; that it
does not pay ninety per cent. of satisfac-
ton, nor eighty per cent, nor twenty per
cent, nor two per cent, nor one; that it
gives no solace when dead babe lies on
your lap. that it gives no peace when con
science rings its alarm; that it gives no ex-
PLANTATION in the day of dire trouble; and
at the time of your decease it takes hold of
the pillow case and shakes out the feathers,
and then iolts down in the place thereof
signs and groans and excavations, and then
makes you put your head on it.
Oh, We who have tried this world, is 1t a
satisfactory portionf Would you advise
your friends TO make the investmentY No.
Ye have sold yourselves for naught."
Your conscience went Your hope went,
Your Bible went Your heaven went.
Your God went When a sheriff under a
writ from the courts sells man out the
officer generally leaves few chairs and a
bed, and a few cups and knives. but in
this awful vendue in which you have been
engaged the auctioneer's mallet has come
down upon body. mind and soul-goingi
gone aye have sold yourselves for
naught."
ONCE LOST 1T is GONE FOREVER
How could you do sof Did you think
that your soul was mere trinket which
for few pennies you could buy in a toy
shopS Did you think that your soul. if
once lost. might be found again II you
went out with torches and lanternsS Did
you think that your soul was short lived,
and that painting, you would soon lie
down for extinction Or had you no idea
what your soul was WORTH Did you
ever put your foreingers on It's eternal
| pulsesi Have you not felt the culver Of its
peerless wing9 Have you not known that
after leaving the body, the first step of
! your soul reaches to the stars. and the next
step to the farthest outposts Of Gods uni
verse. and that il will not die until the day
when the everlasting Jehovah expires2
Oh, my brother what possessed you that
you should part with your soul 50 cheap9
"Ye have sold yourselves for naught."
But have some good news to tell you.
want to engage in litigation for the recov-
cry Of that soul OF yours. ! want to show
that you have been cheated out Of IT, !
want to prove, as | will, that you were
crazy on that subject and that the world,
under such circumstances, had no right to
take the title deed from you: and if you
will join me shall get decree from the
| High Chancery Court of Heaven reinstat-
ing yon in the possession of yonr soul.
"Oh." you say. 81 am afraid Of lawsuits;
they are SO expensive. and cannot pay
the cost" Then have you forgotten the
last half Of my textf 'Ye have sold your
selves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed
without money"
Money is good for a great many things,
but it cannot do anything in this matter
of the soul You cannot buy your way
through Dollars and pounds sterling
mean nothing at the gate OF mercy. If
you could buy your salvation, heaven
would be great speculation, an extern
sion of Wall street. Bad men would go
up and buy out the place, and leave US to
shift for ourselves But as money is not
lawful tender. what isY ! will answer,
Bloodl Whosef Are we TO 90 through
the slaughtert On, no, it wants richer
blood than ours Ii wants a kings blood
1t must be poured from royal arteries. It
must be sinless torrent. But where is
the kingY
| see great many thrones and great
many occupants. yet none seem TO be com
ing down to the rescue. But after awhile
the clock Of night IN Bethlehem strikes
l2. and the silver pendulum Of star
swings across the sky, and | see the King
of Heaven rising up, and he descends and
steps down from star TO star, and from
cloud to cloud, lower and lower until he
touches the sheep covered hills, and then
on to another hill, this last skull shaped,
aud there, at the sharp stroke OF persecu-
ton, a rill incarnadine trickles down. and
we who could not be redeemed by money
are redeemed by precious and imperial
blood
NO RELIGION OF BRAINS.
We have IN this day professed Christians
who are so rarefied and etherealized that
they do not wanta religion OF blood. What
do YOU wantS You seem to want reli-
gion OF brains. The Bible says In the
blood Is the life" No arouemeat without
blood Ought not the apostle to know
What did lie sayg 'Ne are redeemed not
with corruptible things, such AS silver and
gold. but by the precious blood Of Christ"
You put your lancet into the arm Of our
holy religion and Withdraw the blood, aud
you leave it mere corpse, tit only for the
grave Why did God command the priests
of old to strike the knife into the kid, and
the goat. and the pigeon. and the bullock,
and the lamb 1t was SO that when the
blood rushed out from these animals on
the floor of the ancient tabernacle the peo-
pie should be compelled to think of the
coming carnage OF the Son of God. No
blood, no atonement.
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