The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-19

LORD GOd Almighty made this world an
for man. the sinner, he sent his only
begCtten son 10 die
put on the witness stand 10 testify in
behalf of Christianitg the church on
earth and all the church in heaven. Not
nifty, not a thousand. not million, but
all OF the church on earth and ali the
redeemed in heaven
You tell me James A Garfield was in
augurated President of the United States
on the fourth of March ISL How do l
know IT. You tell me there were twenty
thousand persons who distinctly heard
his inaugural address. ] deny both.
deny that he was iuauZuTated ] DENY
that his inaugural address was delivered.
ol ask why; ] did not see il, / did not
hear 1t. But You say that there were
twenty thousand persons VINO did see and
near nlm. l say | cannot take il anyhow;
/ dld not see and hear him. Whose teS-
timOny viii you take, You will not take
my testimony. You say, You know
nothing about 1t, you We're not there let
US have the TESTIMONY of the twenty
thousand persons who stood before the
capitol and heard that magnificent in
augural, 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 a group of men who say they
nave never heard the voice of Christ they
have never heard the voice OF God They
do not believe it ever TRANSFERRED. or was
ever heard-thaJ anything like il ever Oc-
CURED. l point to twenty, a hundred
thousand or million people who say,
Christ was crowned in our hearts affec-
tlons, we have seen him ana felt him in
our soul, and we have heard his voice;
we have heard il in storm and darkness
we have heard it 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 and millions
of Christians who testify of what they
saw with their own eyes and heard with
their own ears!
Tonder is an age Christian after fifty
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
pilgrimage the Lord ever forsook him.
ASK him when, when he looks forward to
the future, if he has not peace ard a Joy
and 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 or felt any
thing on the subject. VIII you take the
testimony of people who have not seen, or
people who have seem
EOu say morpnla puts one TO sleep. You
say IN time of sickness it is very useful.
deny it, Morphia never puts anybody
to sleep, 1t never alleyiates pain. You
ask me why say that. ] have never
tried it, l never took it. l deny that NOR
phia is any soothing to the nerves. or any
quiet in times of sickness, deny that
morphia ever put anybody to Sleep but
hEf u,sn
have all felt the soothing effects of
physicians prescribing morphine Whose
testimony will you take, Those who took
the medicine. or my testimony, l never
having taken the medicine Here is the
gospel of Jesus Christ, an anOdyne for all
trouble, the mightiest medicine that ever
came down to earth. Here is a man who
says: II don't believe in it: there is no
power in it, Here are other people who
say, I'VE have found out its power and
know its soothing influence; it has cured
us Whose testimony will you take in
regard TO this healing medicine?
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
own heart and life. We have tens of
thousands of witness. believe you are
ready to take their testimony. Young
man, do not be ashamed to be a friend of
the Bible. Do not put your thumb in
your vest, as young men sometimes do,
and swagger about, talking of the glo-
rious light of the nineteetlI century, and
of there being no need of a Bible They
have the light of nature in India aud
China and in all the dark places on earth
Did you ever hear that the light of nature
gave them comfort for their trouble.
They have lancets to cut and iuggernauts
to crush, but no comfort. All. nv
friends, you had better stop your scepti-
cism. Suppose you are put in this crisis
O father Your child is dying. What
are you going to say to her?
Col Ethan Allen was a famous infidel
in his day. His wife was a very conse-
Grated woman. The mother instructed
the daughter in the truths of Christian
ity. The daughter sickened and was
about to die, and she said to her father:
Father, shall l take your instruction? or
shall take mothers instruction. l am
going to die now | must have this mat
ter decided That man who had been
loud in his infdelity said to his dying
daughter My dear, you had better take
your mothers religion" My advice is
the same to you, 0 young man, you had
better take your mothers religion You
know how it comforted her. You know
what she said to YOU when she was
dying. You had better take your moth
er's religion.