The Penn's Grove record., 1893-09-15
PENIS GROVE. N. j.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Is. 1893

Tell her that her child died because its life
was moi worth as much asthe life Of one that
lived. Try that IL you dare. Goto the dying
man with your transcendental phraesology
and tell him he ought to have confidence in
the great ''to be" and the everlasting NOV"
md the eternal "what is I'll" and go on with
your consolation and see IL he is comforted.
Go to that who has lost her hus-
band and tell her it was q geological neces-
kity that that man passed out Of existence,
Just as the m~egatherium disappeared In or
der to make room for q higher style Of Gre
GtiOn, and go on with your consolation n
tell her that there is a possibility that 49,
300, 900 years from now we ourselves may be
geological specimens on the geological shelf,
petrihed specimens OF the extinct human
race.
And after you have got all through with
your consolation, IL the poor afflicted soul is
not utterly crazed, I will send out the plain
est Christian from my church. and with n
hall hour of prayer n the reading Of
Scripture promises the tears will be staid,
ami the consolation and Joy in that house
will be like the calmness OF an ndian sum
mer sunset. There will be q glory flooding
the house from floor to cupola. oh, people
arn finding out t~hemselves-and they all
have troubles-they find that philosophy and
science do not help them when there Is a
NN'A hhOV III AZ AANg a. winning
back to our glorious Did fashioned sympa-
thCtic religion.
Oh, young man, do not be ashamed to be
found on the side Of the Bible. Do not join
those young men who In this day put their
thumb in their vest and swagger about tho
street and the stores talking about the glo-
rious nineteenth century. about its light be-
Ing sufficient without any Bible and without
any Christ and without any God. The time
Is c~oming-we may not live TO see 1t, but 1
should not be surprised II we did see it
when this whole country is to be n great
church, the forests the aisles, the Allegheny
and the Rocky Mountains the pillars, the
,hain of inland lakes the TAPESTRIES. and the
worship the hallelujahs chorus to Him VINO
was and is and shall be evermore. Oh, come
over to the majority-cone un!er the BAN
ner of Emanuel.
Vernon was the son OF an English squire.
H. was brought up in great elegance. There
was a man working on the place OF the name
Of Ralph. Vernon used TO often talk with
Ralph. After awhile Vernon went off to
college and came back with his mind full of
skepticism. He talked his skepticism to
Ralph. the workman. After awhile Vernon
went from home again, was gone for years,
came back, and among his first questions
when getting home was. Where Is RaIph?"
"Oh y said the father, ''Ralph is in prison
waiting for the day Of execution"
Vernon hastenod to see Ralph Ralph,
looking through the wicket of the prison,
said ''vernon, how good you are TO come
and see me! l am glad to see you. 1 hardly
expected you would come and see me. I
don't blame you 1 don't blame anybody ]
only blame myself but, Vernon, l a you
to promise me one thing. Will your Vernon
replied, 81 will" ~ want you to promise
mo never to talk skeptieism in the presence
o. anybody. You see it might do them harm.
Wlen you used to say there was nothing in
the Bible, and 1t didn't make any difference
how we lived, we would come out happy at
the last, somehow it had a bad influence up
on me, and L went from bad to worse until
am here, and I must die for my crimes
BY almost superhuman effort the sentence
WAS changed, and he was to BIO transported
to another country for life. The ship going
there was wrecked on Van Diemen's Land.
Among those who perishei was Ralph, the
victim of yernon's skepticism. Vernon tells
the story to-day with tears and a broken
aeart, but 1t is too late! oh, do not talk
Ikepticisml Let God be true, though every
nan be found a liar.