News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-03-22

persons who did see and hear him. I say
l cannot take it anyhow. | did not see
and hear him. Whose testimony will
you take? You will not take my testi-
mony. You say: You know nothing
about it; you were not there. Let us
have the testimony of the 10000 persons
who stood before the capitol and heard
that magnificent inaugural" Why, of
course that is as your common sense die
tates.
Now, here are some men who say they
have never seen Christ crowned in the
heart, and they do not believe it is even
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 it ever
transpired or was ever heard-that any.
thing like it ever occurred. point to &C
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 v,ill you take? These
men, who say they have not heard the
voice of Christ, have not seen the corona,
ton. or will you TAX" the thousands and
millions of Christians who testify OF
what they saw with their own eyes and
heard with their own earss
Yonder is an aged Christian after 81
years experience Of the power of godli.
ness in his soul. Ask this man whether,
when he buried his dead, the religion Of
Jesus Christ was not a 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 f1l.
ture, fhe has not peace, and joy, and
a consolation the world cannot take
away. Put his testimony of what he
has seen and what he has felt opposite
to the testimony Of a man who says he
has not seen anything on the subject Oh
felt anything on the subject. Will you
take the testimony of people who have
not seen OF people Who have seen?
BIT OF ADVICE.
You say morphia puts one to sleep,
You say in time OF sickness it is very
useful. deny it, Morphia never puts
Rt1J uDO1 W SltGlli ~ hCNCl dllCNltIGa
pain, You ask me why ! say that,
have never tried it, / never took it.
deny that mQFphia is any soothing to the
nerves or any quiet in times Of sickness.
/ deny that morphia ever put anybody tG
sleep, but here are 20 persons who say
they have al felt the soothing effects OF
a physicians prescribing morphine.
VTl,oeo will Won fol rThnCs
who took the medicine or my testimony
never having taken the incidence Here
is the gospel of Jesus Christ, an aRodyne
for all trouble, the mightiest medicine
that ever came down to earth. Here i:
a man who saysi u don't believe in it
There is no power in it," Here are other
people who say: "We have found out it:
power and know its soothing influence
1t has cured u.s." Whose testimony will
you take in regard to this healing medi
cine?
feel that l 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 yOU
are ready to take their testimony. Young
man, do not be ashamed to be q FRIEND
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 a Bible. They
have the light of nature in India anC
China and in all the dark places on earth
Did you ever hear that the light of ma
ture gave them comfort for their trou
BILE? They have lancets to cut and jug
gernaVts to crush, but no comfort. All
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 her?
Colonel Ethan Allen was famous in
fidel in his day. His wife was very
consecrated woman. The mother in
structed the daughter in the truths o
Christianity. The daughter sickeneC
and was about to die, and she said to he
father: Father, shall l take your in
struction, or shall l take mothers in
etruction? l am going to die now,
must have thia- matter decidsd-"-ILass
man, who had been loud in his infidelity
said to his dying daughter, MY dear
you had better take your mothers re
ligion." My advice is the same to you
oh, young man, you had better TAX
your mothers religion. You know hov
it comforted her. You know what sh
said to you when she was dying. Yol
had better take your mothers religion.