The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

BelshaZZar's caTousal, where the blood or
The murdered king sPurted into the faces
Of the banqueters. You may know of the
scene Of riot and wassail, when there was
set before Esopus one dish Of food that
cost Si0J.0 600 But I speak now of a differ
emit banqueting hall It's roof is fretted
with FIRE Its floor is tesselated with fire.
It's chalices are chased with fire. Its song
is a song of fire Its walls are buttresses
Of IRE solomon refers TO il when he says:
Her guests are in the depths of hell"
Behold also in this giant of the text
and in the giant of our own century that
great physical power must crumble and
expire The Samson of the text long ago
Went away He fought the lion. He
fought the Philstines He could fight
! anything but death was too much for
him. He may have required longer
grave and a broader grave; but the tomb
nevertheless was his terminus.
If, then. we are to be compelled to go
ont of this world. where are we to go?
This body and soul must soon part. What
shall be the destiny of the former I know
dust TO dust. But what shah be the
destiny of the latter? Shall it rise into
the companionship of the white-robed,
whose sins Christ has slain? or Will it go
down among the unbelieving, who tried to
gain the world and save their souls, but
were sWindled out of both? Blessed be
God, we have a championl He is so styled
in the Bible: A Champion who has con-
quered death and hell, and he IS ready to
fight all our battles from the first to the
last. "NFhO is this that cometh from
Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah,
mighty TO save?" If We follow in the
wake of that Champion death has no
power and the grave no victory. The
worst man trusting in him shall have his
dying pangs alleviated and his future flu
mined.
In the light of this sui sect I want to
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not have been rightly considered by five
men in all the world and that is the fact
that we must be brought into judgment
for the employment of our physical organ
ism. Shoulder, brain, hand, foot-we must
answer in judgment for the use we have
made of them. Have they been used for
the elevation OF society or for its depres-
sion? In proportion as our arm is strong
and our step elastic will our account at
last be intensified. Thousands of sermons
are preached TO invalids. 1 preach this
morning to stout men and healthful wo-
men. We must give to God an account for
the right use of this physical organism.
These invalids have comparatively little
to account for, perhaps. They could not
lift twenty pounds. They could not walk
half a mile without sitting down to rest
In preparation of this subject l have said
10 myself how shall l account to God In
judgment for the use of a body which
never knew one moment of real sickness?
Rising up in judgment. standing beside
men and women who had only little phys
zeal energy, and yet consumed that energy
in confagration of religious enthusiasm,
how win We feel abashed? :
Oh, men of the strong arm and the stout
heart, what use are you making of your
physical forces? Will you be able to stand
the test of that day when we must an
swer for the use of every talent whether
it were physical energy or a mental acu-
men. or a spiritual power?
The day approaches and I see one who
in this world was an invalid, and as she
stands before the throne of God to an
swer she says Il was sick all my days /
had but very little strength, but 1 did as
well as l could in being kind to those who
were more sick and more suffering" And
Christ will say, "Well done, faithful SER
want"
And then a little child will stand before
the throne, and she will say, ION earth
had a curvature of the spine, and 1 was
very weak, and was very sick; but used
to gather flowers out of the wildwood and
bring them to my sick mother, and she
was comforted when she saw the sweet
flowers out of the wildwood. I didn't do
much. but 1 did something" And Christ
shall say, as he takes her up IN his arms
and kisses her, "Wel done, well done
faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord" What, then, will be said to US
we to whom the Lord gave physical
strength and continuous health?
l said to an old Scotch minister, who
was one of the best friends l ever had,
Doctor, did you ever know Robert Pol
lock, the Scotch poet, who wrote, The
Course of Timer " ooh, yes" he replied
Il knew him well; l was his classmate
And then the doctor went on to tell me how
that the writing of THE Course of Time"
exhausted the health of Robert Pollock
and he expired. 1t seems as if no man
| could have such a glimpse of the day for
| which other days were made as Robert
! Pollock had, and long survive that
! glimpse. In the description of that day he
| says among other things:
Begin the woe, We woods. and tell it to the
doleful winds,
And doleful winds wall to the bowling
hills,
And bowling hills mourn to the dismal
wales.
And dismal wales sigh to the sorrowing
brooks,
| And sorrowing brooks weep to the weeping
stream.
And weeping stream awake the groaning
! deep;
! Ye heavens, great erchway of the universe,
| put sack-cloth on;
And ocean, robe myself in garb of widow
| hood,
And gather all thy waves into a groan
| ana utter ii,
Long, loud, deep, piercing, dolorous, i'm
mense.
| The occasion asks it, Nature dies, and an
gels come to lay her in her grave
What Robert Pollock saw in prophetic
| dream, you and 1 will see in positive real
| ity-the Judgment the judgment!
| --o-@
Mrs. Eliza Ann Colburn of Boston. who
| died some time ago. leaves by her will the
| sum of $4,000 to the Society for the Pre-