The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-01

IRE and producing revolutions Win tnelr
power, lighting up dying beds with their
glory, they are the sweetest thought for the
poet and they are the most thrilling Illus
tpation for the orator, and they offer the
most intense scene for the artist, and they
are to the ambassador of the sky all enthu-
siasm. Complete pardon for direct guilt
Sweetest comfort for ghastliest agony
Brightest hope for grimmest death. Grand
eat resurrection for darkest sepulcher. O,
what a gospel to preach! Christ over all in
IL His birth, his suffering, his miracles,
his parallels, his sweat, his tears, his blood 4,
his atonement, his intercessioh-whatg lo-
rious themssl Do we exercise faiths Christ
is its object. Do we have lovel 1t fastens
on Jesus. Have we a fondnsss for the
churchl II is because Christ died for 10.
Have we q hope for heaven? 1t Is because
Jesus went ahead, the herald and the fore
runner.
The royal robe of Demetrius was 80
costly, SO beautiful. that after be bad put 1t
off no one ever dared put IL on; but this
robe Of Christ, richer than that, the poorest
and the wanest and the worst may wear.
"Where sin abounded grace may much
more abound"
20, my sins, my SINS" said Martin
Luther to Stauptz, 'my sins, my sinsw
The fact is, that the brAwny German stu
dent had found Latin Bible that had
made him quake, and nothing else over did
make him quake; and when he found how,
through Christ, he was pardoned and
saved, he wrote to a friend, saying: Come
over and join us great and awful sinners
saved by the grace Of God. You seem to
be only a slender sinner. and you don't
much extol the mercy OF God but we who
have been such very awful sinners praise
bis grace the more now that We have been
redeemed" Can It be that you are 90 des-
perately egotistioal that yen feel
yourself In hrst-rate spiritual trim,
- - hatr
60 the tip OF the toe you are scarless and
immaculatei What you need is looking
glass, and here 1t is In the Bible. Poor, and
wretched, and miserable, and blind, and
naked from the crown of the head to the
sole Of the foot full of wounds and putrefy-
ing sores. No health in US. And then take
the fact that Christ gathered up oil the
notes against us and paid them and then
offered US the receipt
And how much we need him In our sor-
rowsl We are Independents OF clreum-
stances II we have his grace. Why. he
made Paul sing la the dungeon, and under
that grace ST. John from desolate Patrnos
heard the blast Of the apocalyp tic trumpsts.
After all other candles have been snuffed
out, this is the light that gets brighter and
brighter unto she perfect day; and after,
under the hard boots of calamity, all the
pools Of worldly enjoyment have been
tramplsd into deep mire, at the foot OF the
granite, lily-rimmed and vine covered, puts
out the thirst Of his soul.
Again, remark, that Christ is above all
in dying alleviations. l have not any sym
patty with the morbidity abroad about our
demise The Emperor of Constantinople
arranged that on the day OF his coronation
the stonemason should come and consult
him about his tombstone that after while
he would need And there are men who are
monomaniacal on the subject of departure
from this life by death, and the more they
think of it the less they are prepared to go.
This is an unmanliness not worthy Of you,
not worthy Of me.
Saladin, the greatest oonqueror OF his
day, while dying, ordered the tunio he had
on him to be carried after his death on a
spear at the head Of his army, and then the
soldier ever and anon, should stop and say,
''Behold, all that is left of Saladin, the EN-
peror and conquerorl OF all the states he
conquered, OF all the wealth he 40
cuululated, nothing did he retain but
patty with such behavior or such absurd
demonstration, or with much that we hear
uttered in regard to the departure from
this life 30 the next. There is a comm on
sensioal idea on this subject that you and
need to consider-that there are only two
styles Of departure.
A thousand feet underground, by light
"a tOTOI oOttluk III o thAhck ohnAp, q AS0ko
of rock may fall upon as and We may die q
miners death. Far out at sea, falling from
the slippery ratlines, and broken on the
halyards. we may die q sailors death. On
mission of mercy ia hospital, amid broken
bones and reeking leprosies and raging
fevers, we may die a philahthropist's
death. On the field Of battle, serving God
and our country, slugs through the heart,
the gun carriage may roll over us, and we
may die a patriots death. But, after all
there are only two styles OF departure; the
death Of the righteous and the death Of the
wicked. and we all want to die the former.
God grant that when that hour comes you
may be at homel You want your children
60 surround you. You want the light on
your pillow from eyes that have long re-
Elected your love. You want the room still.
You do not want any curious strangers
standing around watching you. You want
your kindred from afar to hear your last
But is that all Can earthly friends hold
ca when the pillows of death come up 10 the
Etrdle Can human voice charm open
heavens gate Can human hands pilot US
Through the nnrrows OF death into heavens
harbor Can an earthly friendship shield
Us from the arrows Il death. and In the
hour when Satan shall practice upon Us his
internal archery No. NO. no, no
Alas poor soul. If that 10 all.
Better die in the wilderness. far
from tree shadow and from fountain, alone,
vultures oircling through the air waiting
for our body, unknown 20 mon, and to have
no burial, IL only Christ could say through
the solitudes. ~ will never leave thee, will
never forsake thee" From that pillow Of
stone ladder would soar hsavenward. an
gels coming and going; and across the soli-
tude and the barrenness would come tho
sweet notes of heavenly minstrslsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home, dying IN the
door Of a heatnen temple, said: "Glory to
thee. o Godw What did dying Wilberforce
say 10 bis wifel Come aud sit beside me,
and let us talk Of heaven. l never knew
what happiness was until found Christ I"
What did dying Hannah More sayl ITO
90 10 heaven, think what that isl To go 10
Christ, who died that l might livel o
glorious gravel o. what a glorious thing it
Is to dlel o, the love OF Christ, the love of
Christi What did Mr.. Toplady. the great
hymn-maker, say in his last hourl "Who
can measure the depth Of the third heaven :
o, the sunshine that fills my soul! / shall
soon be gone, for surely no one can live in
this world after such glories as God has
manifested 50 my soul"
What did the dying Faneway sayf ST
can as easily die as close my eyes or turn
my head in sleep. Before few hours have
passed shall stand on Mount Zion with the
one hundred and forty and four thousand,