Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1894-04-05
by the bedside--his last words: Crush

| that wretch
| Spectacle the third: Paul-Paul, in.
significant in person, thrust out from
all refined association, scourged, spat
on, bounded like wild beast from
city to city, yet trying to make the
world good and heaven FULL announc-
ing resurrection to those who moarned
at the barred gates of the dead; speak
ing consultations which light up the
eyes of widowhood and orphanage and
want, with glow of certain and eternal
release; undaunted before those who
could take his life, his cheek flushed
with transport and his eye on heaven;
with one hand shaking defiance at all
the foes of earth and all the principal
tiles of hell, and with the other hand
reckoning messenger angels to come
and bear him away, as he says: II
am now ready to be offered, and the
time of my departure is at hand; / have
fought the good fight, | have finished
my course, | have kept the faith;
henceforth there is laid up for me
crown of righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous judge, will give
me-"
Which of the three spectacles do you
most admire? When the wind of death
struck the conqueror and the infidel,
they were tossed like sea gulls in q
tempest, drenched of the wave and
torn of the hurricane, their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting
storm; but when the wave and the
wind of death struck Paul, like an al
batross he made a throne of the TEN
pest, and one day hoated away into the
calm, clear summer of heaven, brighter
than the dove, ITS wings covered with
silver, and its feathers with yellow
gold. oh, are you not in love with
such religion-a religion that can do
SO much for man while he lives, and
so much for a man when he comes to
die?
suppose you may have noticed the
contrast between the departure of u
Christian and the departure of an in
fidel. Diodorus, dying in chagrin be-
cause he could not compose a Joke
equal to the joke uttered at the other
end of his table; Zeuxis, dying in fit
of laughter at the sketch of an aged
woman-a sketch made by his own
hand; Mazarin, dying playing cards,
his friend holding his hands because
he was unable to hold them himself
All that on one side, compared with
the departure of the Scotch minister,
who said to his friends: 81 have no
interest as to whether live or die; if
die, / shall be with the Lord; and il
live, the Lord will be with me-" Or
the last words of Washington at is
we'll" Or the last words of Mcintosh,
the learned and the great: Happy"
Or the last words of Hannah More, the
Christian poetess: joy" Or those
thousands of Christians who have gone,
saying: Lord Jesus receive my
spirit! Come, Lord Jesus, come quick
ly!" 80 death! where is thy sting?
o grave! where is thy victory"
oh" you say, religion am going
to have; it is only question of
time" My brother, am afraid that
you may 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, and the commander said to
Louis Philippe: shall fire now? Shall
| order the troops to fire? With one
volley we can clear the place" No"
said Louis Philippe, mot yet" A few
minutes passed on, and then Louis
Philippe, seeing the case was hopeless,
said to the general: Now is the time
to fire" NO" said the general, sit is
too late now; don't you see that the
soldiers are exchanging arms with the
citizens? 1t is too late" Down went
the throne of Louis Philippe. Away
from the earth went the House of Or
leans, and all because the king said:
Not yet! not YETI May God forbid
that any of you should adjourn this
great subject of religion, and should
postpone assailing Jour spiritual foes
until it is too late, too late-you losing
a throne in heaven the way that Louis
Philippe lost throne on earth.
When the Judge descends in might,
Clothed in majesty and light
When the earth shall quake with fear,
Where, oh where, will thou appear?