The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-26

dark. His pangs are deep. His end is
terrific Philistine iniquity says 10 that
man, Now, surrender TO me- and VIII
give you all you want, music Tor the
dance, swift steeCs for the race, imperial
couch To slumber on, and you shall be
refreshed with the rarest fruits, in
baskets Of golden fligree." He lies. The
music turns out 20 be a groan- The
fruits burst the rind with rank poison.
The hligree is made up OF twisted
snakes The couch is a grave Small
allowance Of rest. small allowance Of
peace, small allowance of comfort. Cold,
hard, rough-nothng but a iile. So it
was with Voltaire. the most applaUded
man of this day,
The Scripture was his jestbook, whence he
drew
BRonmoets to gan the Christian and the Jew
An inhdel when well, but what when sicl2
Oh, then q text would touch him 10 the
quick.
The Dcath of VoItnfre.
Seized with hemorrhage Of the lungs
in Paris, where he had gone TO be
crowned in the theater as an idol cf all
France, he sends a messenger 20 get d
priest that he may De reconcilad 10 the
church before he dies. great terror
falls upon him. He makes the place all
round about him SO dismal that the
nurse declares that she would not for
all the wealth Of Europe see another in
ndel die. Phiiistine iniquity ha1 prom
ised him all the worlds Earlands. but
In The last hour of his life. when he
needed solacing sent tearing across his
conscience and his nerves "a ile "A lie.
so il was with Lord Byron. his un-
cleanness in England only surpassed by
his uncleanness i'm Nienice, then going
on To- end mis- brilliant misery at n is
solonehi. fretting ~ his nurse. Fletcher.
fretung at himself. frctting at the
world. tTcttirg al God. and Le who gave
The world "Chiide Harsid" and "Sar-
dauapalus' and The Prisoner Of
Chillon" and The Siege of Cornith" re-
/ duced 10 nothing but Glei oh. sin has
/ great facility for making promises. but
{ ii has just as great facility for breaking
/ them. a Christian life is the only cheer
ful life. while "a life OF wicked surrender
+ is remorse, ruin and death. Its painted
1 glee is sepulchral ghastluess.
In the brightest days OF the Mexican
empire Montezuua said he felt gna wing
at his heart something like a cankeT.
Sin, like a monster wild beast Of the
/ forest. sometimes licks all over It's victim
/ in order that the victim may b" more
/ easily swallowed: but generally sih rasps
and gals and tears and upbraids and
/ files. Is it not SO. Herod2 is il not SO,
I Hildebrand? Is it not SO, Robespierre?
/ ANe- ayel IL IS SO; III rs 80. The way OF
the wicked he turneth upside DOWN
History tells us that when Rome was
! founded, on that day there We're twelve
/ Vutures flying through the air. but when
] a transgress0r dies the sky is black with
: whole fiocks of them. Nuitures! When
/ l see sin robbing SO many people. and
: see them going down day 10y day and
] week by week / must give plain warm
/ ing. l dare not keep il back lest I risk
! the salvation of my own soul. Rover
/ the pirate pulled down the warning bell
/ on Inchcape rock. thinking that he would
! have a chance TO despoil vessels that
were crushed on the rocks. but one night
/ his own ship crashed down on this very
! rock, and he went down with all his
cargo. God declares. when 1 say to
the wicked thou shalt surely die. and
/ thou giVest him not warning, that same
! man shall die i'm mis- iniquity. but his
/ blood Will l require at thy hands"
More Metal Needed.
| I learn from this subject what sad
! thing it is when the church of God loses
/ its metal These Philistines saw that IL
/ they could only get ali the metallic
weapons out of the hands of the Israelites
all would be well, and therefore they
] took the swords and the spears. They
! did not want them TO have single
| metallic weapon. When the metal Of
/ the Israelites was gone, their strength
/ was gone. This is the trouble with the
| church of God today. 1t is surrendering
] its courage. 1t has not got enough
! metal. How seldom it is that you see
man taking his position in pew, or in
pulpit or in a religious society, and hold
/ ing that position against all oppression,
| and all trial, and all persecution, and
/ all criticism.
/ More Courage Needed.
We want something Of the determina-
| ton of the general who went into the
war. and as he entered his first battle
! his knees knocked together his physical
! courage not quite up 10 his moral cour-
! age, and he looked down at his knees
! and said: "Ah. if you knew where L
was going to take you. you would shake
worse than THAR There is only one
| question for you To ask and for me TO
| ask. What does God want me TO dog
| Where is the field? Where is the work?
/ Where is the anvil? Where is the
! prayer meeting2 Where is the pulpit2
And finding out what God wants US to
| do. go ahead and do it-all the energies
| of our body mind and soul enlisted in
! the undertaking.
on, my brethren, we have but little
/ time in which 10 fight for God. You will
! be dead soon. Put in the Christian
! cause every energy that God gives you.
What thy hand hndeth TO do, do it
with all thy might, for there is neither
| wisdom nor device in the grave whittier
we are all fastening" Oh is il not
! high time that we wake out Of our sleep?
| Church of God, lift up your head at the
| coming victoryl The Philistines will
go down and the Israelites will go up
| We are on the winning side. Hear that
on the winning sidel
1 think just now the kings horses are
/ being hooked up 10 the chariot and when
! he does ride down the sky there will be
such a hOsanna among his friends and
] such a wailing among his enemies as will
make the earth tremble and the heavens
/ sing. / see now the plumes Of the Lords
I cavarymen tossing in the air. The
archangel before the throne has already
t FURNISHED his trumpet, and then he will
/ put it's golden lips to his own. and he
will blow the long, loud blast that will
/ make all nations free Clap your hands,
/ all We peoplei Harkl I hear the falling
! thrones and the dashing down of demol-
/ Ished iniQuities.
Painting the town red means head
ache in the morning. Simmons Liver
/ Regulator prevents it.