The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-26

: InlS DdJtleueld, ana revive, and reSuS-
citate, and resurrect your dead soul.
l Let Him take your hand and rub away
the numbness; your head, and battle of
: the aching; your heart and stop its
, wild throb. He brought Lazarus to
life; He brought Jairus' daughter to
life; He brought the young man of
Main TO life, and these are three proofs
anyhow that He can bring you to life
When the Philistines came down on
the field they stepped between the
corpses, and they rolled over the dead,
and they took away everything that
was valuable; and so it was with the
people that followed after the armies
at Charlottesville, and at Pittsburg
Landing, and at Stone river. and at
Atlanta, stripping the slain; but the
northern and southern women-God
bless them,-came on the field with
basins, and pads. and towels. and lint.
and cordials, and Christian encourage
ment; and the poor fellows that Law
there lifted up their arms and said:
''Oh. how good that does feel since
you dressed it! and others looked up
and said "Oh, how you make me
said: Tell the folks at home / died
thinking about Them" and another
looked up and said: Miss. won't YOU
sing me verse of Home Sweet Home
before l die?" And then the tattoo
was sounded, and the hats were off,
and the service was read: IL am the
resurrection and the life" and in honor
of the departed the muslIets were
loaded, and the command given, Pre-
sent-hre" And there was a shingle
set up at the head of the grave. with
the epitaph of Lieutenant - in the
Fourteenth Massachusetts, regulars"
or Captain - in the Fifteenth regi-
ment of South Carolina volunteers
And so now. across the great field of
moral and spiritual battle. the angels
of God come walking among the slain,
and there are voices of comfort. there
are voices of hope. there are voices of
resurrection, and voices of Heaven.
Oae night | saw Il tragedy on the
corner of Broadway and Houston
street. y young man. evidently doubt
ing as to which direction he had better
take. his hat lifted high enough so
y
gent forehead. stout chest; he had a |
robust development. Splendid young
man. Cultured young man. Honored |
young man. Why did he stop there |
while so many were going up and /
down? The fact is, that every man has |
a good angel and bad angel contend /
ing for the mastery of his spirit. and .
there was good angel and a bad
angel struggling with that young
mans soul at the corner of Broadway
and Houston streets. Come with me-"
said the good angel; Il will take you
home; l will spread my wings over
your pillow; will lovingly escort you
all through life under supernatural
protection; l will bless every cup you
drink out of, every couch you rest on.
every doorway you enter; will conse-
crate your tears when you weep. your
sweat when YOU toll, and at the last l
will hand over your grave into the
hand of the bright angel of a Christ
ian resurrection. In answer to Your
fathers petition and your mothers
prayer, | have been sent of the Lord
out of Heaven to be your guardian
spirit. Come with me-" said the good
angel in a voice of unearthlv SYM
phony. 1t was music like that
which drops from a lutte of
Heaven when a scraph breaths on
il. No, no." said the bad angel,
come with me: have something bet
ter,to offer; the wines pour are from
chalices of bewitching carousal, the
dance / lead is over floor tessellated
with unrestrained indulgence; there is
no God to frown on the temples of sin
where l worship. The skies are Ital-
ian. The paths | tread are through |
meadows. daisied and primrosed. Come
with me-" The young man hesitated ,
at time when hesitation was ruin.
and the bad angel smote the good
angel until il departed, spreading wings
through the starlight upward and
until n door flashed open in the sky |
and forever the wings vanished.
That was the turning point in that
young mans history: for, the good
angel flown, he hesitated no long
er. but started on pathway :
which is beautiful at the opening. but l
blasted at the last. The bad angel.
leading the way, opened gate after |
gate. and at each gate the road became i.
rougher and the Sky more lurid. and
what was peculiar, as the gate jammed !,
shut it came to with q jar that indi- |
Gated that it would never open
Passed each portal, there was grind
ing of locks and showing of bolts and :
the scenery on either side of the road L
changed from gardens to deserts: and ;
the June air become a cutting Deem ,
Der blast, and the bright wings of
The bad angel turned to sackcloth, and {
the eyes of light became hollow with
hopeless grief. and the fountains, that
1t the start had tossed with wine. l
poured forth bubbling tears and foam
ng blood, and on the right side of the
'oad there was serpent and the man
said to the bad angel: What is that
,erpent?' and the answer was: That !,
5 the serpent of singing remorse."
On the left side of the road there was
/ lion and the man asked the bad
nigel: What is that lion?" and the
answer was: That is the lion of all
levouring despair" A vulture few
through the sky, and the man asked
he bad angel: What IS that vulture?"
md the answer was: That is the vul-
ure waiting for the carcasses of the
lain"
And then the man began to try to
,ull off him the folds of something that
lad wound him round and round, and l
,e said TO the bad angel: What is it .
hat twists me in this awful convolu- !
ion?'' and the answer was: That is