Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-05

nihcant IN person, thrust out fror7 all re- |
fined association, scourged, spat on, hound |
ed like a Wild beast from city to city, yet |
trying to make the world good and heaven |
full; announcing resurrection to those who |
lease; undaunted oerore tnose VINO could |
take his life, his cheek flushed with trans |
port and his eye on heaven with one hand |
shaking defiance at all the. foes Of earth |
and all the principalities OF hell, and with |
the other hand beckoning messenger an
gels to come and bear him away, as he
says: al am now ready 10. be offered, and
the time Of my departure il at hand. ]
have fought the good fight; I have finished
my course; have kept the faith. Hence
forth there is laid up. fDr me a crown OF
Righteousness which the Lord, the right
eous judge, win give me-"
A THRONE OF THE TEMPEST.
Which of the three, spectacles do you
most admired When the wind Of death
struck the conqueror and the inhdel, they
were tossed like sea gulls in q tempest,
drenched 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
an albatross he made a. throne Of the tenn
pest and one day foated away into the
calm, clear summer of heaven, brighter
than the dove, its wings covered with sill
yer, and its feathers with yellow gold.
Oh, are you not in love with such reli-
gion-a religion that can do so much for a
man while he lives and SO much for man
when he comes to diei
suppose you may have noticed the con-
trast between the departure Of a Christian
and the departure of an infidel. Diodorus,
dying in chagrin because he could not
compose a joke equal to the joke uttered
at the other end of his table; Zeuxis, dy.
ing in 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 to his friends:
"I have no interest as to whether live or
die; il die, l shall be with the Lord, and
If I live the Lord will be with me-" Or
the last words of Washington, "It is well"
Or the last word of Mcintosh, the learned
and the great, Happy" Or the last words
of Hannah More, the Christian poetess,
"Joyl' Or those thousands of Christians
who have gone, saying: "Lord Jesus, re-
ceive my spiritl Come, Lord Jesus, come
quicklyP' 80 death, where is thy stingi
o grave. where is thy victorys"
Behold the contrast Behold the charm
| of the one; behold the darkness of the 9th
er. Now, knew it is very popular in this
day for young men to 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-
vation-that while skepticism is beauti-
full land at the start it is the great Sahara
| desert at the last.
| THE DYING NFIDEL.
Years ago q ministers 8 son went off from
home to college. At college he formed the
acquaintance Of young man whom shall
call Ellison. Ellison was an infidel. ELI
son scoffed at religion, and the ministers
son soon learned from him the infdelity,
and when he went home on his vacation
broke his fathers heart by his denuncia.
tions of Christianity. Pine passed on, and
vacation came, and the minister's son went
off to spend the vacation and was on Q
journey and came to hotel. The hote
keeper said "I am sorry that tonight
shall have to put you in room adjoining
one where there Is very sick and dying
man. can give you no other accommo
, dation." "Oh,n said the young colleg
, student and minister's son, that will maxi
. no difference to me except the matter o
sympathy with anybody that is suffering.
The young man retired to his room, bu
could not sleep. All night long he heart
the groaning of the sick man or the stel
of the watchers, and his soul trembled
He thought to himself: "Now, there i
only thin wall between me and depart
ing spirit. How if Ellison should know
, how feelf How if Ellison should find on
! how my heart f1uttersS What IL Ellisol
! knew my skepticism gave way?" He slep
not. In the morning. coming down, b
! said to the hotel keeper, slow is the sicl
: mans" "Oh," said the hotel keeper, "h
. is dead, poor fellow The doctors told u
he could not last through the night.
! "Well," said the young man, "what wa
the sick ones name. Where is he from?
= s'Well," said the hotel keeper, she is fron
: Providence college," providence col
Iegel What is his manner" "Ellison. ""E
lisonn' Oh, how the young maS wa
q stunnedl 1t was his old college rhate-
+ dead without any hope.
It was many hours before the youn
q man could leave that hotel. He got o
his horse and started homeward, and a
: : the way he heard something saying
him: "Dead! Lostt Deadl Lost" b
y came to no satisfaction until he entere
: the Christian life, until he entered tt
n Christian ministry, until he became or
4 of the most eminent missionaries Of tt
4 cross, the greatest Baptist missionary I'll
. world has ever seen since the days OF PAT
. no superior to Adoniram Judson. Might
"a on earth, mighty in heaven-Adoniral
~ Judson. Which do you like the best, Jut
sons skepticism or Judson's Christian lif
a Judson's suffering for Christ's sake, Ju,
Il sons almost martyrdom2 Oh, young mai
, take your choice between these two kint
!. of lives. Your own heart tells you th
r morning the Christian life is moro admir-
If BILE, more peaceful, more comfortable, ar
q more beautiful.
III KINGS AND QUEENS FOREVER.
Il Oh, if religion does SO much for ma
- on earth. what will it do for him in hea
!. en2 That is the thought that comes to n
e now. If soldier can afford to sho'
10 "Huzzap' when he goes into battle, no
i much more jubilantly he can afford
- shout s'Huzzat" when he has gained Il
Of victory! If religion is so good thing
10 have here, how bright thing it will
II in heaven! want to see that young ms
10 when the glories of heaven have robed az
l. crowned him. want to hear him sill
10 when all huskiness of earthly colds
"a gone, and he rises up with the great do
ology. want to know what standard
will carry when marching under arch
r of pearl in the army of banners. Iva
a to know what company he will keep
is the land where they are all kings al
il queens forever and ever. If have induc
a one of you this morning to begin bett
10 life, then Iwant to know it. may n
Il in this world clasp hands with you
d friendship, I may not here from your ov
Ne lips the story OF temptation and sorro'
i but will clasp hands with you when t