Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-21

have never seen Christ crowned In the
heart, and they do not believe it Is ever
done. There is a group of men who say
they have never heard the voice Of
Christ; they have never heard the voice
of God. They do not believe 1t ever
transpired or was ever heard-that any
thing like it ever occurred. point to 20,
100000 or 100000 people who say,
"Christ was crowned in our hearts af-
fections; we have seen him and felt him
in our soul, and we have heard his voice;
we have heard it in storm and darkness;
we have heard it again and again.
Whose testimony will you take1 These
men, who say they have not heard the
voice of Christ, have not seen the corona
ton, or will you take the thousands and
millions of Christians who testify of
what they saw with their own eyes and
heard with their own ears2
Yonder is an aged Christian after 90
years experience of the power of godi-
ness in his soul. Ask this man whether,
when he buried his dead, the religion of
! Jesus Christ was not consolation. Ask
him if through the long years of his pill
grimage the Lord ever forsook him. Ask
| him, when he looks forward to the fu-
ture, ifhe has not peace, and a joy, and
consolation the world cannot take
away. Put his testimony of what he
has seen and what he has felt opposite
to the testimony of man who says he
has not seen anything on the subject or
felt anything ON the subject. Will you
take the testimony of people who have
not seen or people who have seen?
ABIT OF ADVICE.
You say morphia puts one to sleep
You say in time of sickness it is very
useful deny it. Morphia never puts
anybody to sleep; it never alleviates
pain. You ask me why say that. l
have never tried it; l never took it. /
deny that morphia is any soothing to the
nerves or any quiet in times of sickness.
l deny that morphia ever put anybody to
sleep, but here are 20 persons who say
they have all felt the soothing effects of
physicians prescribing morphine.
Whose testimony will you take? Those
who took the medicine or my testimony,
never having taken the medicine? Here
is the gospel of Jesus Christ, an anodyne
for all trouble, the mightiest medicine
4 that ever came down to earth. Here is
a man who says: II don't believe in it.
There is no power in it." Here are other
people who say: ave have found out its
power and know it's soothing influence
1t has cured u.s." Whose testimony will
you take in regard to this healing medi'
cine?
feel that have convinced every mar
in this house that it is utter folly to take
the testimony of those who have never
tried the gospel of Jesus Christ in theil
own heart and life. We have tens o.
thousands of witnesses. | believe yor
are ready to take their testimony. Young
: man, do not be ashamed to be a frient
of the Bible Do not put your thumb il
= your vest, as young men sometimes do
, and swagger about talking Of the glori
: GUS light Of the nineteenth century anC
Of there being no need of Bible. The.
have the light Of nature in India an,
8 China and in all the dark places on earth
r Did you ever hear that the light Of ma
3 ture gave them comfort for their trou
Q BILE? They have lancets to cut and jug
BernautS 10 crush, DuJ no COmlOTJ' AL
Q my friends, you had better stop you
! skepticism. Suppose you are put in thi
}. crisis: Oh, father, your child is dying
= What are you going to say to herr
: Colonel Ethan Allen was famous il
= fidel in his day. His wife was yer
s consecrated woman. The mother il
a structed the daughter in the truths {
n Christianity. The daughter sickene
and was about to die, and she said to he
r father; Father, shall l take your il
r struction, or shall l take mothers il
n struction2 l am going to die now.
s must have this matter decided" Thi
It man, who had been loud in his infidelit.
r said to his dying daughter, my dea
% you had better take your mothers r
n ligion." My advice is the same to you
; oh, young man, you had better tai
d your mothers religion. You know no
it comforted her. You know what 81
h said to you when she was dying. YC
T. had better take your mothers religion.