Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21

be GOD, We have q champion! He is
so styled in the Bible. A Champion
who has conquered death and hell and
he is ready to fight all our battles from
the first to the last. who is this
that cometh from Edom with dyed
garments from Bozrah, mighty TO
saver" II 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
illumined.
In the light of this subject want to
call your attention to a fact which
may 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 organism. 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 de-
preston? In proportion as our arm
is strong and our step elastic will cur
account at last be intensified. Thoa-
sands Of sermons are preached TO IN
valids. l preach this morning to stout
men and healthful women. We must
give God an account for the right use
of this physical organism.
The day approaches, and / see one
who in this world was an invalid. and
as she stands before the throne of God
to answer she says, 81 was sick all my
days. l had but very little strength,
but l did as well as / could in being
kind to those who were more sick and
more suffering" And Christ will say,
Well done, faithful servant"
And then little child will stand
before the throne, and she will say,
ION earth / had a curvature of the
spine, and l was very weak, and was
very sick; but l used to gather flowers
out Of the wildwood and bring them
to my sick mother. and she was COM
forted when she saw the sweet flowers
out of the wildwood. l didn't do
much, but I did something" And
Christ shall say. as he takes her up IN
his arms and kisses her. well done,
we'll done, faithful servant: enter thou
into the joy of thy Lord" What, tn IN.
will be said to us-we to whom the
Lord gave physical strength and con-
tinuous health?
! said to an old Scotch minister. who
was one of the best friends l ever had,
Doctor, did you ever know Robert
In11no1y Tho Cnnfoh hn
The Course of Timer" "Oh, yes"
he replied, 81 knew him well; I was
his classmate." And then the doctor
went on to tell me how that the writ
ing of THE Course Of Time" exhaust
ed the health of Robert Pollock, and
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 20
the doleful winds.
And doleful winds wall TO the bowling
hills.
And bowling hills mourn to the dis
NAL wales,
And dismal wales sigh to the SORROW
ing brooks,
And sorrowing brooks weep to the
weeping stream,
And weeping stream awake the groan-
ing deep;
Ye heavens, great archway of the uni
verse. put sackcioth on;
And ocean, robe myself in garb Of
widowhood,
And gather all thy waves into groan.
and utter it,
Long. loud. deep. piercing, dolorous,
immense.
The occasion asks it, Nature dies. and
angels come to lay her in her
grave.
What Robert Pollock saw in proph-
etic dream, you and l will see in pos
tive reality-the Judgment! the judg-
ment!