The weekly intelligencer., 1895-09-07

dOned and saved, he wrote friend,
saying: Come over and join US great
and awful sinners saved by the grace Of
God. You seem to be only q slender
sinner, and you don't much extol the
mercy of God; but we that have been
such very awful sinners praise His
grace the more now that we have been
redeemed" Can it be that you are SO
egotistical that you feel
yourself in frst-rate trim, and that
from the root of the hair to the tip of
the toe you are scarless and immacu-
late? What you need is a looking
glass, and here it is in the Bible. Poor
and wretched and miserable and blind
and naked, from the crown of the head
to the sole of the foot, full of wounds
and purifying sores. No health In us
And then take the fact that Christ gath
cred up all the notes against us and
paid them, and then offered US the re-
eeipt. And how much we need Him in
our sorrowa We are independent of
circumstances II we have His grace.
Why, He made Paul sing in tho dun
geon. and under that grace st. John,
from desolste Pstmos, heard the blast
of the apocalyptic trumpets. After all
other candles have been snuffed out,
this is the light that gets brighter and
brighter unto the perfect day; and
after, under the hard hoofs of calami-
ty, all the pools of worldly enjoyment
have been trampled into deep mire, at
the foot of the eternal rock the Chris
tian, from cups of granite lily trimmed,
puts out the thirst of his soul.
Again I remark, that Christ 10 chief
in dying alleviations. have not any
sympathy with the morbidity abroad
about our demise. The emperor Of
Constsntinople arranged that ON the
day of his coronation the stonemason
should come aud consult him about the
that after awhile he would
need. And there are men who are
monomaniacal ON the subject of de
parture from this life by death, and
the more they think Of II the less they
are prepared to 60. This 10 an unmau.
illness not worthy Of you, not worthy
of me.
Saladin, the greatest conqueror Of
his day, while dying, ordered that the
tunic he had ON him bs carried after
his death on his spear at the head Of
his army, and that then the soldier,
ever and anon, should stop and say:
behold all that IL left of Ssladin, the
emperor and conqueror! OF all the
states he conquered, of all the wealth
he accumulated, nothing did he retain
but this shroud." Ihave no sympathy
with such behavior, or such absurd
A>-ocs<-. <yop ~ ~-,S&h vvnnch that xp~
hssr uttered In regard to departure
from this life TO the next There II .
commonsensicsl idea ON this subject
that you need to consider-thers are
only two styles of departure. A thou
sand feet underground, by light Of
torch. toiling In miners shaft, . ledge
Of rock may fall upon Us and we may
die . miners death. Far out at sea,
falling from the slippery ratlines and
broken on the halliards, we may die Q
aailor's death. On mission Of megcy In
hospital, amid broken bones and reek-
ing leprosies and raging fevers, we die
. philanthropist's death On the Aeld
of battle. serving God and our country.
slugs through the heart, the gun car
riage may roll over US, and we may die
. patriots death. But, after all, there
are only two styles of departpre-the
death Of the righteous and the death
Of the wicked-and We all want to die
the former.
God grant that when that hour comes
you may be at homo. You want the
hand Of your kindred in your baud.
You want your children to surround
you. You want the light ON your pill.
low from eyes that have long reflected
your love. You want your room still.
You do not want any curious stranger
standing around watching you. You
want your kindred from afar to hear
your last prayer. ] think that u the
wish OF all Of MS. But is that all9 Can
earthly friends hold us mp when the
billows Of death come up to the girdls? +?
Can human voice charm open Heavens
gate? Can human hand pilot
Us through the narrows Of
death into Heavens harbor2 Can
any earthly friendship shield US from
the arrows Of death, and In the hour
when Satan shall praetics upon US his
internal archery? No, no, no, mol
Alasl poor soul, If that il all. Better
ate W. tne wloeFness, .4 tso@ tsee
.nsaow eno aom .oIntS'n' Hoae' wv
lures c'sci,ag 'nrou9n .sss s's wsst'ng
: to' o"s ooey' uaAno"n " men, sou W
I've no our's., " oIiy Sns. eo1,3
never leave thee, will never forssks
thee" From that pillow Of stone .
ladder wopld soar heavenwsrd. angels
eo%nE mo Ro,nRi saa sc.os. sae soa
.Soe .na 'ae esrnne.; waatu o9@s
'"o swees Iocvs =. ".:vo.Ay ...''.y'
eoFoon mat 1sr .som nome, oyn
!a tAs qoor OF ncssnsn sS%pac eN
'sosy 70 !aee' v ocor wns a9 ~
sae wuoet.o,cs ~ Ne;WHe' @ -
Ivy sW "s."e ~e, -" tss vs tH os
nesven. never .eow wat GaPptnsss
was unui ! iouna Cnris mass as
aying nsneaa more seyf 40 90 70
heaven, sn'nk wnst sast -! 40 60 20
Cnrst, VINO died tnet mlgns nve' On'
wns, glo.'o%. .nias SS Vn.
tne iove OF Cnriss, the tove OF Sarletr
Wlstq'q @F' topleoy, tae eress nymn-
meker, say W a's isst oourf Wno
can measure tle deptqs o. tas tqEa
HssyenY gn, the sansnins tnes Aiis
nay sou1l ! shail soon Do gone 1og
surely no eHe ean Avs 70 TINS woslc
steer sucn RAor,es - ooo mas "s"''
rested 70 my soul.
Whst did the dying Senewsy sayf
Il can a. easily die ~ Close my eyes
or turn my head In sleep before
few hours have passed l shall stand ON
Mount Zion with tho Ou0 hundred And