The Progress., 1894-03-24

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and two make four as that the Lord God
Almighty made this world and for
man the sinner. he sent his only be
GOTTEN Son to die.
put on the witness stand TO testify
IN behalf Of Christianity the hurch ON
earth and all the Church in heaven.
Not fifty, not a thousand, not mil
lion, but all Of the Church ON earth
and all the redeemed in heaven.
You tell me James \. Garfield was
inauguratrd President Of the l.nitcj
States on the lth Of March, INNl. How
do know 1t, You tell me there were
twenty Thousand persons who distinct
" heard his inaugural address |
deny both dcnys that hc was in
au%nratcd. deny that his inaugural
address, was delivered. YOU ash, why"
! dId not see 1t, am not near It, hul
you say There were twenty thousand
persons who did sec and hear him
! say cannot take 1t anyhow,
Whose testimony Will You taNr' 81"
will not take my testimony. on say.
~ O" know nothing about 1t, goa were
not there let us nave the testimony "l
the twenty thousand persons who
stood before the capitol and heard
that magnificent inaugural why
Of course that is as your com
nonsense dictates, Now, here are
some men who say they have never
seen Christ crowned III the heart, ard
(hCy 90 not believe 1T Is ever cone,
There IS group OF men who say they
have never heard the voice OF Christ,
they have never heard the voice OF
God. 1hcy ito not believe 1t ever
tranSprcd, or was ever heard that
anything like it ever occurred. point
to twenty, hundred thousand or Il
million people who say, "ChrlSt was
crowned IN our hearts affections, 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 1t again and again Whose
testimony will You take? These men
who say they have not heard the voice
of Christ, have not seen the coronation
or will you take the thousands anc
millions OF Christians who testify OF
what they saw with their own eyes
and heard with their own ears?
Wonder IS an aged Christian after
fifty years experience Of the power o.
godlincss in his soul Ask this maj
whether, when he buried his dead, the
religion of Jesus Christ was nota con
ISOLATION. Ask HIM if through the long
years of his pilgrimage the Lord eve
forsook him Ask him when he look
forward to the future, if he has not ;
peace and a JOY and consolation TIM
world can not take away. Put his test
mony of what he has seen and wha
he has felt opposite to the testimon.
of a man who says he has not SccI
anything on the subject or felt any
thing on the subject viii you talk
the testimony of people who have no
seen, or people who have seen?
You say morphia puts one to sleep
You say in time of sickness it is YER
useful. | deny it. Morphia neve
puts anybody to sleep, it never ale
viates pain. You ask me why Sd
that. have never tried it, ! neve
took 1t. deny that morphia is an
soothing to the nerves, or any quiet j
times of sickness. deny that MOI
phia ever put anybody to sleep; bu
here arc twenty persons VIII
say they have all felt the sootf
ing effects of u physicians pr'
scribing morphine. Whose testimon
will you take? Those who took tn
medicine, or my testimony, ] neve
having taken the medicine? Here
the gospel Of Jesus Christ an anodyn
for all trouble the mightiest medicin
that ever came down to earth. Her
is a man who says: 81 don't believe i
it; there is no power in it, Here al
, other people who say, 1--WE have foun
, , out its power and know its soothing il
huence; it has cured u.s." Whose tie
!, timony will you take in regard to tn
healing medicine?
| feel that have convinced ever
man in this house that it is utter foil
to take the testimony of those WI