The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-04

to the joke uttered at the other end of
his table; ZeuXis. dying in fit of laugh
ter at the sketch of an aged woman
sketch made by his own hand; MaZarin.
dying playing cards. his friend holding
his hands because he was unable 10 hold
them himself. All that on one side. COM
pared with the departure of the Scotch
minister, who said TO his friends: IT have
no interest as to whether / live or die:
il I die, | shall be with the Lord. and If
/ live the Lord will be with me-" Or
the last words of Washington. 1T is
WE'LL Or the last word OF Mcintosh,
the learned and the great, Happy Or
the last word of Hannah Moore. the
Christian poetess. Joy or those thou
sands of Christians who have gone, say
ing; Lord Jesus. receive my spirit!
Come, Lord Jesus. come quickly" 20
death. where is thy sting? o grave,
where is thy victory?''
Behold the contrast. Behold the charm
of the one: behold the darkness of the
other. Now. | know il is very popular
in this day for young men to think there
is something more charming in spekti-
cism than in religion. They are ashamed
of The old-fashioned religion of the cross,
and they pride themselves on their free
thinking on these subjects. My young
friends. | want TO tell you what
know from observation-that while
skepticism is "A beautiful land at the
start il is the great Sahara desert at the
last
The Dying InHdeI.
Years ago minister's son went off
from home to college. At college he
formed the acquaintance of a young man
whom 1 shall cali Ellison. Ellison was
an infidel Ellison scoffed at religion,
and the minister's son soon learned from
him the infidelity. and when he went
home on his vacation broke his fathers
ri hH-b a
ity. Time passed on. and vacation came.
and the minister's son went off to spend
the vacation and was on a journey and
came To hotel The hoteIkeeper said:
i am sorry that tonight / shall have TO
put you in room adjoining one where
there is a very sick and dying man. /
an give you no other accommodation.
on, said the young college student and
minister's son, that will make no differ
ence TO me except the matter Of sympa-
thy with anybody that is suffering" The
young man retired to his room, but could
not sleep. All night long he heard the
grooming of the sick man or the step Of
the watchers. and his soul trembled He
| thought 10 himself: Now. there is only
a thin will between me and a depart
ing spirit. How If Ellison should know
/ how l feel? How if Ellison should find
out how my heart fiutters? What If FL
lison knew my skepticism gave away?''
lie slept not. In the morning, coming
I down, he said to the hotel keeper, How
IS the sick man. Oh" said the hotel
keeper, he is dead. poor fellow. The
doctors told us he could not last through
the night" We'll" said the young man,
what was the sick ones name. Where
/ is he frOm?" We'll" said the hotel
! keeper he is from Providence college"
! Providence college! What is his name?''
Ellison" Ellison Oh, how the
young man was stunnedl 1t was his old
1t was many hours before the young
man could leave that hotel. He got on
his horse and started homeward and all
the way he heard something saying to
/ him: Dead Lost Dead LOstr' He
came to no satisfaction until he entered
the Christian life. until he entered the
Christian ministry, until he became one
of the most eminent missionaries of the
cross, the greatest baptist missionary the
world has ever seen since the days OF
Paul no superior To Adoniram Judson.
Mighty on earth, mighty in heaven
Adoniram Judson. Which do YOU like
the best, Judson's skepticism or Judson's
/ Christian life, Judson's suffering for
ChriSt's sake, Judson's almost martyr
| dom? Oh, young man, take your choice
between these two kinds of lives. Your
own heart tells you this morning the
! Christian life is more admirable more
| peaceful, more comfortable, and more
| beautiful.
Kings and Queens Forever.
Oh. if religion does so much for a man
! on earth, what will it do for him in
| heaven? That is the thought that comes
to me now. If soldier can afford to
/ shout "Huzzar' when he goes into
| battle how much more jubilantly he
/ can afford TO shout "Huzzaw when he
! has gained the victory! If religion is so
| good thing to have here, how bright a
/
! see that young man when the glorieS of
| heaven have rObed and crowned him. I
! want TO hear him sing when all huski-
i ness of earthly colds is gone and he
rises up with the great doxology. l want
TO know what standard he will carry
| when marching under arches OF pearl
| in the army of banners. / want to know
| what company he will keep I'm the land
| where they are all king and queens for
! ever and ever. If 1 have induced one of
| you this morning TO begin a better life,
| then 1 want to know it. 1 may not in
| this world clasp hands with you in
| friendship, l may not here from your
J own lips the story Of temptation and
/ sorrow. but L will clasp hands with you
] when the sea is passed and the gates
| are entered
That / might WOO you to better life
and. that 1 might show you the gIories
| with which God clothes his dear children
| in heaven, | wish / could this morning
| swing back one of the twelve gates that
| there might dash upon your ear one
shout of the triumph. that there might
| flame upon your eyes one blaze Of the
| splendor On, when I speak of that
| good land, you inYOluntarily think OF
some one there that you loVed-father.
| mother, brother. sister or dear little
| child garnered already You want 20
know what they are doing this morning.
| / will tell you what they are doing.
| Singing! You want 10 know what they
wear. | will tell you what they wear.
| COrOnets of triumph You wonder why
oft they look to the gate of the temple
! and watch and wait 1 will tell why
| they watch and wait and look to the
| gate of the temple. For your comingl
! l shout upward the news today. for /
| am sure some of you will repent and
start for heaven: "Oh. We bright ones
| before the throne, your earthly friends
are coming. Angels posing midair, cry
| up the namei Gatekeeper of heaven.
| send forward the tidingsi Waterman on
the battlements celestial, throw the
| signalr'
| Louis PhiIippe's Mistake.
oh" you say religion I am going to
have. 1t is only a question Of time. -
My brother, l am afraid that you NAV
lose heaven the way Louis Philippe lost
his empire. The Partisan mob came
around the Tuileries. The national
| guard stood in defense of the palace.
| Philippe: "Shall | fire now? Shall /
we can clear the place" No" said
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