The sun., 1897-12-05

pio. near The. Mount Of Olives Tben. WSene e% be
hHd g.lnsd gl tho entire attention Of his audience,
In one q ,hs po5,s;hsss lay a man on a mat.
bin; take up shy SsS sna Sali 5l:s srbs TSd
man did n know what 10 make of such a com.
sGse tsSre strength IN liz iG1H b. he fss T
stretched himself, shook himself. and finally
That was a pnrtnorship miracle, performed ~; Sy
%yusus % Christ christ = Co Then q man who had been
% eRG rS a cSs with sps To- rssS.S 1sss
II on tho blind mans eyes and told him to 10
bs!hS n the pool e SLOAN That was another
Whilc the preacher paused for a moment and
rubbed bis hands . tqFeihhcr the audience fell to
oss for suddenly Mr. Cell oOninssd' 70 wonder
tomb tThs speaker bad faced about oGrs due north
ana was PSIiniins;l Listen e the eommand OF
Mary the sister Of Lazarus, 10 crying EUw oUt.
She 70 shocked that her bTot6sr!s tomb
is dead: His body sttiInkoth { Bnt Christ
again SRy S1s roll away thst Ssf
S i a &c @ss 1aS PsS a. Ss
fhssR. sss$ S sT On ef
again The cssket falls apart. ana Lazarus. sa the
did at by asSS ss hG Ghris In
performed, Had tho bind man said: / win mot not
rem sfri .ined blind until tho end of his days But
there was no yo,ition with Lasarus; He was
90 sn s fSd to
therc was In L. the IL miracle
day. There won't be any partnership In tho
miracles that will be performed on that day.
Aud I'm GLAD oft. I'm glad that Christ g going
to ;.ttend to this resurrection business Himself.
and know II, Christ dirccts things nons Of them
was laid away In the churchyard years ago. II
an angel or an archangel were to have charge Of
the resurrection ~ he might skip mother; but
Here there was another pause in the dis.
an& ooRed s aueneS
for several seconds Then he said:
Nov. right here. my =. friends. ! want to inject
to talk business, Just before the dawn Of Resur
rection 19 m9Srning; BY. am going to DO it. Some
that bit. Business is business.
Every body thought request for . collection
hands into their pockets. The next moment
they knew that their surmise had been wrong.
What I want want to say is this: II you haven't
bought a cemetery lot buy one right away.
as ns soe Of ood.
store next spring. Now. 4 you haven't got one;
gel one tomorrow. And whom you We bought and
paid for 1t and have the deed in your pocket. go
out where 1t 10 and stand upon it. Look away
toward the West and see the signs Of death in
the east and to the arch Of the horizon of hope.
Then look down at your feet and soy to your
this ditch Of But a You e say tk. ti1 tSinh
OF the promise that read you: For tho hour is
hear His voice. and shall tSes
that have done good, unto tho resurrection OF
if Spd oq they thS, done evil unto tho
your hope is sure. When king Saul was suifor:
brought to him. and David was summoned.
When the lad began to play the melodies that
up bis tayelin and hurled it at the boys head.
The The LAD Ia lodged and md. the weapon spent it's
javelins and cannon shot and sword thrusts, but
you cant do ;ge an hour. Remember u, you
IT, You'd sG S
voice. don't know anybody 8 voice I'd rather
hsar than Rot the voice Of Jesus It's the
psTe @ now now Prepare so;nieSt +fh Tho summons i n"s
SS9s. nsSs Sss
short ana bs se
once once the h connection Is made. Come. brothsrl
waves Of oteinitys OCEAN arc washing % your feet.
But. But over ys,,! the booming of the waves you can
Listen! He is calling you. calling by name.
Send back over the waters your answer to His
listening ear. Send back the answer now. You
may mover hear the voice again. Let US pray"
The voice OF the preacher grew lower and
lower as he neared the end of his discourse, and
when he ceased the words were only whispered.
The silence in the church was oppressive. You
could see the effect OF the words in tho
and many Of the men had been wrought
up to high state of excitement. So
great had the strain boon on one woman
that she tainted and was carried out during the
prayer. When the prayer over the open
meeting was announced. Nearly all of the
audience stayed for it. Before 1t was over nearly
a score OF men and women were kneeliug before
the platform. They had heard the voice and
had sent back their answer.