Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-23

side Of the road she would cry out; she
was alwayA.,rather weakly" What gave
her eomposuref Was it because she did
not care much for you, aud the Pang Of
parting WAS not Rreati 'Oh,' you say,
"she showered upon us a wealth OF anec-
ton; no mother ever loved her children
more than mother loved Us; she showed
Il 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 composurei in the last houri
Do not hide IL. Be frank and let me know.
"0h," you say, ''it 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"
UNcoUNTED MILLIONS OF WITNESSES.
Here are people who say, 81 saw Chris
tian brother die, and he triumphed." And
some one else, II saw Christian sister
die, and she triumphed." Some one else
will say, 81 saw Christian daughter die,
and she triumphed." 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 that you will tell
the truth, the whole 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 Gospel to give calmness and tri-
umph in the last exigencyf The response
comes from all sides, from young and old
and middle aged, I'VE are witnessesi"
You see, my friends, have not put be-
fore you an abstraction or q 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
eomposure 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 GER
tain medicine and it cured them, you would
probably take it. Now, suppose ten other
men should come up and say, 1--WE don't
believe that there is anything in that medi-
cine" "Well," say, shave you tried itf'
| NOi uCNCk OElCo OuO uOh bOAAONO
there is anything In it." OF course you
discredit their testimony. The skeptic may
come and say, "There is no power in your
religion" Have you ever tried it3' ''No,
no." ''Then avauntW Let me take the
testimony of the millions of souls that have
been converted to God and comforted in
trial and solaced in the last hour. We will
take their testimony as they cry, "We are
witnessesW
LOOK FOR THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.
Professor Henry, of Washington, discov-
cred 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
the darkness of thy soul, canst thou see 9
bright light beaming on theei "WhereP
you say; ''where2 How can find iti
Look along by the line of the Cross of the
Son of God. Do you not see it trembling
with all tenderness and beaming with al
hope. 1t Is the Star Of Bethlehem.
Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Deathstruck ceased the tide to stem,
When suddenly star arose
1t was the Star of Bethlehem.
Oh, hearers, get your eye on it. It Il
easier for you now to become Christians
than it is to stay away from Christ anC
heaven. When Nine. Sontag began he
musical career she was hissed off the stag
at Vienna by the friends of her rival, Anne
liza Steininger, who had already begun II
decline through her dissipation. Year
passed on, and one day Nine. Sontag, il
her glory, was riding through the street
Of Berlin, when she saw little child lead
ing blind woman, and she said: "Com
here, my little child. come here. Who !
that you are leading by the hand?" Ant
the little child replied: "That's my moth
er; that's Amelia Steininger She used t,
be great singer, but she lost her voice
and she cried so much about it that sh
lost her eyesight." "Give nay love to her.
said Nine. Sontag, "and tell her an old &C
quaintance will call on her this afternoon.
The next week in Berlin vast Assem-
blage gathered at benefit for that poo
blind woman, and it was said that Sonta
sang that night as she had never sung bt
fore And she took skilled oculist, VIII
in vain tried to give eyesight to the poe
blind woman. Until the day of Ameh
Steininger's death Madam Sontag too
care of her and her daughter after he
That was what the queen of song did fc
her enemy. But oh, hear a more thrillin
) story still Blind, immortal, poor an
lost; thou who, when the world and Chris
were rivals for thy heart didst hiss tn
Lord away-Christ comes now to give the
! sight, to give thee a home, to give ths
heaven. With more than Sontag's gel
. erosity, he comes now to meet your neet
With more than Sontag's music,
comes to plead for thy deliverance.