Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-25
right motives conspire to cripple him, to cast
him out, to destroy him, I say, "StepheD

| sault u good man, but you cannot kill him
On the day of his death Stephen spoke be
fore a few people in the sanhedrin. Thi
| sabbath morning he addresses Christen
| iom. Paul, the apostle, stood on Mar
| hill addressing handful of philosopher
who knew not much about science as I
modern schoolgirl. To-day he talks to al
the millions Of Christendom about the won
ders Of justification and the glories of thu
resurrection. John Wesley was howlet
down by the mob to whom he preached, and
they threw bricks at him, aud they de
nounced him. AMI they jostled him. ant
they spat upon him. and yet to-day, in al
| lands, he is admitted to be the great fathe
| Of Methodism. Booths bullet vacated th'
Presidential chair but from that spot o
coagulated blood on the floor in the box o
Ford's Theatre there spranG up the new lif'
Of Nation. Stephen stoned, but stepher
alive.
Pass on now and see Stephen in his dyin1
prayer. His first thought was not how the
stones hurt his head. nor what would be-
come of his body. His first thought was
about his spirit. "Lord Jesus receive my
spirit" The murderer standing on the trap
door. the black cap being drawn over hi.
head before the execution, may grimace
about the future, but you and have nc
shame in confessing some anxiety abou'
where we are going to come out. You are
not all body. There is within you IA soul
.ao Z. !. ;rS;nt; 1911 nohr SUua - ,liu
1;n,as ono nb.Shaa hatnra ~ n,d;.ma.
not bec,nse coma nnder ,n,,r rhwaico
eyesight, but because 1 realize the truth
that l stand before so many immorta
spirits. The probability is that your body
VII a. las' uuu sepu.one, or III soiae "a .n.
eoile.et,es 'et. ~. INA. surrTunu .iis cuy, inere
and respectful. and you will be able to pillow
your head under the maple, or the Norway
s'. M oi 'ue oossoiiinS III
III. .',s sP.il. apuu, NJ M.ii.n S."pie me- prayeu
Mna. ,a uireetaoh 40 MIL .hat take! Wnat gulut
win escofI ~! what sate VIII open 10 re-
ce,.eN "hat ciouu VIII DC cleit IoT Its
pa pa.nMay. al, AIIer II mas sot peyona me ngnl
OF our sun VIII there De torches hghted 1or
IL tne rest oi the way!
Wili the soul nave to travel through long
deser1s before II reaches the Sood land!
we shouiu lose our PARKWAY VIII there De q
cas- castie at whose gate we may ask the way &c
tne eitye oh' ms mysterious spirit within
us US: !, mas ,wo WINGS. pu. Is IN cage now.
- - ia'' W heeP ~ pu. iet me uVo'
on Ea"ie,S rin, noriJ n,t na,oh !. Ths
Iirhtnincs a re not swift anouoh 70 oor,a nv
with il. When the souI leaves tbe hodv 4
takes ifty worlds Mt n bound And have !
no anxiety about it? Have YOU no apxiet,
about itY
1 do not care what Won do with nv bod,
when my soul is gone. or whether YOU be,
lieve in cremation or inhumatiop. I shall
sleep Just as well in a wrapping of sackcIott
as in satin lined with eagles down. But m,
soul-before close this discourse I will fine
out where II will land. Thank God for tb,
intimation of nv text that when we dj.
Jesustakes us. That answers all questions
for me. What though there we're massiv.
bars between here and the City of Light
Jesus could remove them Wbn,
though there were great Sabaras y,
darkness Jesus could illume them
What though get weary on the way CHRIS,
could lift me on His omnipotent shoulder
What though there were chasms to cross
His hand could transport me. Then lei
Stephens PRAYER be NV diving litany. "Lord
Jesus. receive my spirit" 1t NAV be in thai
hour we will be too feeble to say long
prayer. 1t may be in that hour we will no,
be able to say the Lords Prayer. for 1t has
seven petitions. Perhaps We may De too fee.
BILE even to say the infant prayer our mothers
taught us, which John Quincy Adams, sew.
enty years of age. said every night when he
put his head upon his pillow:
Now Law me down to sleep
Ipray the Lord INV soul to keen.
We NAV be too fs.b,s 20 .n,n,o,. a,.,, -,
Ehese familiar forms hnt tbis mn, ,ar -,
Stenben is so sbort ia 40 conn;s. "9 80, 60, %
est Ia 60 comnrabansiye wa anr.,i,, lii I1i -.
able 10 saw that .sIord JsSus raS.;',a w -, os
RDlr1t.' Oh III that Ia Qpswarad hnu
Sweet ~ viii ha 20 Az TTh,H "i. , noM
anonyb =" ne Psrbons a. III nv aot,n ...S - iissei
yrest deal better than wa da.ar,,aS 20 10 10
treated. but II ON the vinp niIIowtber. al sba M ~
break the light of that better world ws shall
have no more regret than about Leaving n
small, dark, damp house for one large besu.
iiful and capacjous Th,, dxing ,ninistari !,
Philadelphia. some wears ago beauiifnIIx
depicted It when. in the last moment h.
threw M his hands and cried ont ..I uoys
into the Iightr'
1 have seen the sea driven with the burr,.
sane until the tangled foam caupht in tb.
.ipying. and wave risinc ahova waya sesnaaS
IS if about to storm the heavens. and then
have seen the temnest dron and the wovas
crouch. and everything become smooth and
burnished nc thou0h c.mnino nIaoo To- ths
.lories Of heaven So have s eaa, ~, 80 ,me
whose life has bean tossed and dr;,ar on,a
no down at last 70 M in anita oaIn, ~, ,,,,iaL
here was n hush OF heaven's IuIIahv
stephen asleep,
saw such a one. He fought all his davs
against poverty and against abuse. They
.raduced his name. They ratified at the
loorknob while he was dying with duns for
God brooded over his inflow and rhi,e .ha
world faded heaven dawne5 and Tho daa,,
ening twilight of earth's nicht was onIv ~
npeninp twilight of baoyan,s -, .ne
tigh. Not tear Not a struggle. Hush
Stephen asleep.
have not the faculty as many have to tell
The weather. L can never tell by the setting
sun whether there will be a drought or NOT.
/ cannot tell by the blowing of the wind
whether it will be fair weather or foul ON the
he Christian. come to die. You may have
i very rough now. Itmay be this week one
may be this year one bereavement, the next
fnother bereavement. But at the last Christ
though there NAV be no hand 70 10 close Io vaur nmr
eyes, and no breast on which to rest your
the odors Of Gods banaine 20 ard.n u.5 .ne nisht,
gale your soul, and at YOUR bedside will half
nav no more " aenox n k h,uss NO amor more rents TO