Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-02

struck the conqucfOr ond tue lnhuclf eheJ
were tossed like sea gulls in n tempest,
drenrhed Of the wave and torn OF the hur-
ricane, their dismal voices heard through
the everlasting storm, but when the wave
and the wind Of death struck Paul like
m albatrosa he made throne OF the tenn
nest and one day floated away into the
calm, clear summer of heaven, brighter
than the dove, its wings covered with sill
yer, and its fehthers with yellow gold.
Oh, are you not IN love with such n reli-
gion--a religion that can do so much for
man while he lives and so much for man
when lie comes 10 dieg
suppose you may have noticed the con-
trast between the departure of a Christian
and the departure OF nm iniidel. Diodorus,
dying In chagrin because he could not
compose Joke equal TO the Joke uttered
at the other end OF his table; Zeuxis, dy-
ing In n fit Of laughter at the sketch Of an
aged woman-a sketch made by his own
hand; Mazarin, dying playing cards, his
friend holding his hands because he was
unable to hold them himself. All that on
one side, compared with the departure Of
the Scotch minister, who said 10 his friends;
~ have no interest ms to whether live or
die; II / die, shall be with the Lord, and
II live the Lord will be with me- Or
the last words OF Washington, 1T IA we'll
Or the last word OF Mcintosh, the learned
and the great, "Happyp' Or the last words
OF Hannah More, the Christian poetess,
"JoyW Or those thousands Of Christians
who have gone, saying: Lord Jesus, re-
ceive my spirit Come, Lord Jesus, come
quicklyw 40 death, where is thy sting'
o grave where is thy victory"
Behold the contrast. Behold the charm
Of the one behold the darkness OF the 9TH
err. Now, know It is very popular in this
day for young men 10 think there is some
thing more charming in skepticism than
IN religion. They are ashamed OF the old
fashioned religion of the cross, and they
pride themselves on their free thinking on
all these subjects. My young friends, /
want TO tell you what / know from obser-
yatiun-that while skepticism Is "A beauti-
full land at the start it is the great Sahara
desert at the last.
THE DYING nFIDEL.
Years agoa minister's son went of from
home to college. At college he formed the
acquaintance Of young man whom shall
call Ellison. Ellison was an iniidel. ELI
son scoifed at religion, and the minister's
son soon learned from him the infidelity,
and when he went home on his vacation
broke his fathers heart by his denunCia-
lions Of Christianity. Time passed on, and
vacation came, and the minister's son went
OFT TO spend the vacation and was on
Journey ana came 10 u MOTEL me motel
keeper said: ~ am sorry that tonight
shall have to put you N room ADJOINING
one where there Is very SICK ana dying
man. can give you no other hecomlno-
dation." "Oh, - said the young college
student and minister's son, "thnt will mako
no uluereuce 10 me except tue matter OF
sympathy WIN any n2dy that Is suffering
inc young man Iellted 10 ms room, huU
could not sleep. All night long ne heard
tine grooming OF the Ack man or the step
OF the watchers, ana his soul trembled.
lie thought TO himself; NOW, there IL
only thin wal between me ana depart
ing spirit. How II Ellison should know
how l ieelf How II Ellison should IND out
now my heart nuttersf what II Ellison
knew my skepucisln gave wayF' He slept
not. in the morning, coming down, no
SAID 70 the motel keeper, How IS the SICK
mhht On, sald the hotel Keeper, he
Is dead, poor fellow The doctors told us
ne eoulu not last through the night
well SAID the young man, what was
the SICK one name Where Is he fromf"
We'll ~ said the hotel keeper, he Ia from
'N' 'NNs'~N .N'A'taN iAN'iN'ei'Nu w
ltge! What is his namel" Ellison. "El-
lison" Oh how the young man was
stunned II was his old college mate
dead without any hope
1t was many hours before the young
man could leave that hotel. He got on
his horse and started homeward, and all
the way he heard something saying to
him: Dead Lostl Dead Lostlh He
came to no satisfaction until he entered
the Christian life, until he entered the
Christian ministry, until he became ono
OF the most eminent missionaries Of the
cross the greatest Baptist missionary the
world has ever seen since the days of Paul
no superior to Adoniram Judson. Mighty
ON earth, mighty in heaveu-Adoniram
Judson. Which do you like tho best, Jud-
sous skepticism or Judson s Christian life,
Judson 8 suffering for Christs sake, Jud-
sons almost martyrdomi Oh, young man,
take your choice between these two kinds
oil ives Your own heart tells you this
morning the Christian life Is more admira-
Bile, more peaceful, more comfortable, and
more beautiful
KINGS AND QUEENS FOREVER,
Oh, II religion does 80 much for man
on earth. what will IL do for him in heAv-
emf That is the thought that comes to me
now IL soldier can afford to shout
"Huzza" when he goes into battle, how
much more jubilantly he can afford TO
shout "Huzzal, when he has gained the