Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-03-22

confident In the great to b" and the
Everlasting now" and the eternal what
is IT," Just try your transcendentalism,
and yor philosophy. and your science on
him.
Go to that widowed soul and tell her II
was a geological necessity that her compan-
ion should be taken away from her, lust as
In the course of the worlds history the meg
atherium had to pass out Of existence, and
then you 60 on in your scientific consolation
until you get to the sublime fact that So
200, 900 years from now we ourselves may be
scientific specimens on q geological shelf
petrihed specimens Of an extinct human
race.
And after You have got all through with
your consolation, II the poor afflicted soul
Is not crazed by 1t, l will send forth from
this church the plainest Christian we have,
and with one-half hour of prayer and rad.
ing Of Scripture promises the tears will be
wiped away, and the house from floor to
oupola will be flooded with The calmness Of
an Indian summer sunset. There Is whore
l see the triumph Of Christianity. People
are dissatished with everything else. They
want God. They want Jesus Christ
PRACTICAL EVIDENCE.
Talk about the exact sciences; there Is
only one exact science II Is not mathe-
matics Taylor's logarithms have many
imperfections The French metric system
has many imperfections. The only exact
science Is Christianity-the only thing un-
der which you can appropriately write,
"Quod erat demonstrandum." You tell me
that two and two make four. do not dis
pute it, but 1t is not SO plain that two and
two make four as that the Lord God AL
mighty made this world, and for man, the
sinner, he sent his only begotten Son to die
l put on the witness stand to testify in
behalf Of Christianity the church on earth
and all the church in heaven. Not so, not
1000, not l, ,000, 600, but all of the church on
earth and all the redeemed in heaven.
You tell me James A. Garfield was inau-
gurated president of the United States on
the 4th of March, 1881. How do know iti
You tell me there were 10000 persons who
distinctly heard his inaugural address. i
deny both. Ideny that he was inaugural
ed. deny that his inaugural address was
delivered. You ask why. did not see it.
did not hear it. But you say that there
were 10000 persons who did see and hear
him. / say l cannot take it anyhow; did
not see and hear him. Whose testimony
will you takei You will not take my testi-
mony. You say: You know nothing about
1t. You were not there. Let us have the
testimony Of the 10000 persons who stood
before the capitol and heard that magnif-
cent inaugural. Why, of course that is as
your common sense dictates.
Now, here are some men who say they
have never seen Christ crowned in the heart,
and they do not believe it is ever done.
There is 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 IL ever transpfred or was ever heard
that anything like 1t ever occurred.
point to 20, 100, 600 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 takef These men who
say they have not heard the voice Of Christ,
have not seen the coronation, or will you
take the thousands and millions Of Chris
tians who testify of what they saw with
their own eyes and heard with their own
earsi
Yonder is an aged Christian after so years
experience OF the power of godliness in his
soul. Ask tits man whether, when he bur
led his dead, the religion Of Jesus Christ
was not consolation. Ask him IL through
the long years of his pilgrimage the Lord
ever forsook lin. Ask him when he looks
forward to the future il he has not peace,
and Joy, and consolation the world can
not take away. Put his testimony of what
he has seen .nd what he has felt opposite
the testimony Of a man who says he ass not
seen anything on the subject or trls nny-
thing on the subject. VIII you take the
testimony of people who have NOS seen OF
people who have seeni
AFAIrH TO CHERISH.
You say morphia puts one to sleep. You
say in time Of sickness 1t is very useful. /
deny it. M.sphia never puts anybody to
sleep. 1t never alleviates pain. You ask
me why say that. have never tried II.
never took 1t. deny that morphia is any
soothing to the nerves or any quiet In times
of sickness. deny that morphia ever put
anybody to sleep. But here are 90 persons
who say they have all felt the soothing eff.
fects Of q PHYSICIANS prescribing morphine.
Whose testimony will you take-those
who took the medicine or my testimony
never having taken the medicinei Here
is the gospel Of Jesus Christian anodyne
for all trouble, tho mightiest medicine that
ever came down to earth. Here is a man
who says: 81 don't believs In It, There is
no power. in It," Here are other people
who say: I'VE have fouRd out its power
and know Its soothing influence. It ha,
cured u.s." Whose testimony will you take
in regard to this healing msdicinef
feel that have convinced every man IN
this house that It Is utter folly to take the
testimony of those who have never tried
the gospel of Jesus Christ in their OWE
heart and life. We have tens Of thousands
of witnesses. believe you are ready tc