The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-31

When I ssy that without the life that
berua that night il Bethlehem the
world would have hsd no illumined
deathbedA Before the time Of Chrtsi
good people elosed their earthly lives
il peace While depending upon the
Grist 10 come. and there were ante
diluvian saints, aud AsEyuan santa
AndEgyptisn sdnts aud GreciAn sainu,
and Jerusalem saints long before tss
clouds above Bethlehem became . bal
eony allied with the beat singer Of q
world where they ali slng. but I cannot
read that there wa anything more
than . quisting gues that came 10
those before Christ deathbeds- job
sAid something bordering on the conf
dent. but Il wa mixed up With . story
Of akin worms that would destroy his
BODY. Abraham and Jacob had . little
Eight on the dying pillow. but, COM
pared with the after Christ deathbeda.
Il wa Ike the aim tallow candle Of old
beside the modern cluster Of hghts
electric. know Elijah went up IN
memorable manner. but II was . terri
bic way TO goa whirlwind Of IRE that
must have been splendid to look ~ by
those who stood on the banks Of the
Jordan. butt wasA style Of ascent that
required more nerve than you and 1
ever had. to be . placid occupant Of .
chariot drawn By such . Wild team.
TIE triumphant dsathbed2. a. far - l
know, were the after Chrst desthbeda-
What . procession Of hosannAs have
marched through the dying room Of the
saintA Of tAe last 10 eenturaesi What
eauleade Of mounted hAlleluiahs haA
gallOped through the dying uAons Of
the last 1900 yeaFs AVE 1901 Peaceful
deGthbeds In the years B. CT Trium-
plant deAthbedA. for ths most part, re-
served for the yssrs A. d. Behold the
dssthbeds Of the WsAeys, Of the Dodd-
ridges. Of the Leigh RichmondA, Of the
Edward Paysonh Of Vara, the convert
ed heather eh1sftAin, crying in his last
moments; The canoe h In the sea.
The EAils are spread. She = ready for
the gale. / hate . good plot to guide
me. Ny outAds man and my inside
mar diner. Let The one rot TIL the
trumpet shall sound. but let my soul
wing her way to tho throne Of JesnA"
OF dying John Fletcher. who entered
his pulpit to preach. though his doe
tors forbade him. and then descended
to the communion table. sayingi 81
am going to throw myself under the
wings Of the cAeruhm before the mercy
seat" Thousands Of people . few days
after following him 70 the grave. ding
ing:
With heavenly weapons he has fought
The battles OF The Lord,
Finished his course and kept the faith
Ana gained the great reward
OF Pastor Emile Cook, the great
French evangelist, who sat In my
church In Brooklyn one Sunday morn.
ing. and in q few days s~hipwrseked and
dying after his wife had said TO him:
God Will help you, my dear; He win
give you peace" replying; But have
it-peaee. 1 have III" OF Prince Albert
quoting with hls last breath: Rock
Of Agss cleft for me. let me hide my
self in thesl" OF the dying soldier who
had been shot through the mouth and
could not talk, and when the chaplain
approached him, motioned for pencil
aud paper and wrote: IL am q Chris
tian, prepared TO die. Rally round the
fagl Rally round the aagl" OF John
Brown, Of Hsddington, who said. 81
desire TO depart and be with Christ,
and. though | have lived 90 years very
comfortably In this world, 1 would
turn my back upon you all 10 be with
Christ. There Ia no one like Christ
no o Ike Christ have been
looking at Him these many years, and
never yet could and any fault in Him
but was Of my own making, though he
has seen 10000 faulta in me. oh, what
must He be In Himself when It Il He
that ~sreetens Heaven, sweetens Scrip
ture, sweetens ordinances, sweetens
earth, swsetens trial." OF John Jane
WsE 2J1as ii IA isst-8SmsntH -<f
have done with prayer and with all
ordinances Before q few hours are
over l shall be in eternity singing the
song OF Moses and the Lamb. / shall
presently stand OF Mount Zion with an
innumerAble company OF angels and