The Baptist headlight., 1894-01-11

gettlhg weaker and waa .sss nd
pulse stops, and Won 01Aer. I'D i
whether life has conc y g! hardly S
deed, You cannot fell NJ NJ q nos
away, she goes away = 80 s., sAe y.
maps It Is ! o'clock il Tia salmly.
you nave the bed Wheels OInine. u
the window, and the A. aroaaa !
out into the night skr - One -
s sn1 s,dll that attracts h. =. = -
ana you wonder what Il Il y a''enslas
Why. il is star. Il 4
Out OF It's silver rim Il ~ ! : So t..
per.natural light into ~ ouFlng
per- And yon sag. av s1las !.
that you are looking az, S Slt !
II Is a star" You saw ..u, &c -
tnat seems 50 well i mnat g
,Oh, she says, that L 'sase r.
s saatn ,t | would like 4 Mt a0''
death bed under that ev Al = ~ !
- would like to have nv 49, s.aeal =
star. so that could be 49, 80 i q lklt
morning. Then the dash $500 y 4 3 4
OF the sea of death wonla i ~. Ae -
nlliowlng up Of the promiss -. e. { j.
tnou passest through the 49,. -
be with thee, and the rivar s's I. 80
not overflow thee.n An n,h savy -
will fall-the light will ii; 80 So
scroll OF fame, the light tn II =
from the gem in the beautiful - -
the light that flames from ths
lamps of a banQuet--bnt ~
burns on and burns on. pan H. Y
eye on that morning stsr. ~ -. y
would say: Il am now reaar -, !. 4
offered, and the time Of mv =
Is at hand; | have fouchs 4.
fight. | have finished M 49, 80 -
have kept the faith" EdxasS -.
Kept his eye on that star until IL ! 80. ~
say, The breezes of Heaven - - !. !
DR.. Goodwin kept his eve al thss q - -
gelistic star until he could - 50 4. ~. :.
swallowed up in God. 1 John r. :
kept his eye on that evangeIisiIe =.
until he could say, ''lVelcome - -
Lord Jesus-welcome, eternity i i.
other star ever pointed Marie, Il.
so safer harbor. No Other go -. -
sunk its silvered anchor in,a - Il ].
waters. No other star ever nIs, =
such accumulated cloud. or herhssss
with such holy luster.
With lanterns and torches ~ !.
guide, we went down In the Mamna,s
cave of Kentucky. You NAV -
fourteen miles and see no sunlieh. 4
is stupendous place. Some ~
the roof of the cave hurdred -
high. The grottoes filled With wsirs
echoes, cascades falling from inyIsIka
height to invisible depth. StalagmItts
rising up from the floor ol the ave
stalactites descending from the roal 1
the cave, joining each other, and ~
ing pillars of the Almighty's aulpse
ing. There are rosettes ol agaeshyx
in halls of gypsum. As the guide 80
ries his lantern ahead 81 you. ~
shadows have an appearance sapsn
natural and spectral. The darkn<s. i
fearful. Two people, getting lass IT.
their guide only for a few haur yssn
ago, were demented, and Coz yean i:
in their insanity. You feel lie 3D.
ing your breath a. You walk acres Il
bridges that seem to span the h0ssoa
less abyss. The guide throws BIZ Il
cium light down into the cayefns -
the light rolls and losses from rOck i
rock and from depth to deptA, nakshf
at every plunge new rerelail0A 4
the awful power that could hAFs nafe
such a place as that.
A sense of sufiocation comes apos
you as you think that you &C Il -
in a straight line from the sanlli 81
face Of the earth. The guide 49,
awhile takes you into What 80
the "Star Chamber, " and ised Is 49,
to you, "Sit here and then e -
the lantern and goes DON n's e
rocks. and ii gets darker - sA.
until the night Is 70 hlA - =
hand an inch from the ere 49,
able. And then, by hnaA4
the lanterns and placing y I -.
of the rock, there il ? rpas.
on the dome OF the cave, 80 As
stars coming out in eonsie
brilliant night heayens-anle', ,a....s
voluntarily exclaiua: 80.
beautiful!h Then he taxes = -
down in ether depths oi ~ -, -
and wanders on. Sd -
off. until he comes up -
hind the rocks grsduaall -.
seems like the dawn q Us - -
and it gets brighter ard ass - I
guide 4 a skilled ventrlosash 80 y. :
initiates the voices q 1ns ~, - s's
and soon the gloom i ~ $50 4 80. - .as
stand congratulating yoss.sssss 80, 80 =
wonderful spectacle. 49, - -
a great many people 80 - -
into the grave az greal. 80. 80
think ii il thousand NJ IS. -
eous. and all the echoes - II. -
voices Of despair, AID -
seem TO be the falling 80 -
ways fall. and the gloom q /. IL 60
coming up in stalagmIte' 80 60 $50.
of the eternal world seem. -. =
in the stalacite. making -. i
describaple horror! TIE 1900
such place a. that to me, - 60 -
our dix I'M Guide takes Y - -. =
the great caYerns, ana :" $50 ~
lamp toour feet and the III ~ +
path, and all the echoes j ii - =
The rotk are anthems, and = 80.
inc waters are fountains q - =
and after awhile We los - - -
hold. the cavern Of the $3.50. -
come a kings star 800 i ]
- hi1a ia a. looking at fne -. i -