St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-01-15

lou VINO 0tC o00bcO IN yO0S 0nS soSsoo
homes, comprised by moral and relig.
ious restraints. do not realize the gulf
of iniquity that bounds you on the
north and the south and the east and |
west. While speak there are tens OF |
Of men and women going
over tho awful plunge Of m impure
life; and while l cry to God for mercy |
upon their souls, call upon You to
marshal in the defense of your homes,
your church and your nation. There
il banqueting hall that you have
never described. You KIN ow all
about the feast Of .Ahasuerus,
where . thousand lords sat. You
know all about Reishazxar's carousal,
where the blood 6t the murdered king
spurted into the faces Of the banquet
ers. You may know of the scene OF
riot and wassail, when there was set
before Esopus one dish of food that
cost $500. 900. But speak now Of
different banqueting hall. Its roof il
fretted with fire. Its door Is tasselated
with fire. Its chalices are chased with
fire. Its song is . song Of fire. Ita
walls are buttresses of fire. Solomon
refers to it 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 cruln-
BILE and expire. The Sampson Of the
text long ago went away. He fought
the Philistines. He could fight any.
thing, but death was too much for
him. He may have required longer
grave and q broader grave; but the
tomb nevertheless was his terminus
II, then. we are to be compelled to
go out of this world. whe-s are we to
90? This body and soul must soon
part What shall be the destiny Of the
former l know-dust to dust But
what shall be the destiny Of the latter?
Shall it rise into the compauionship
of the white-robed, whose sins Christ
has slain? or will it 60 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 Cham
pion! He il SO styled in the Bible;
y Champion who has conquered death
aud 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 save?" 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 fu-
ture illumined.
In the light Of this subject want to
call your attention to q 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 judg-
ment for the use we have made of them.
Have they Teen used for the eleva-
ton of society or for its depression? In
proportion as our arm is strong aud our
step elastic will our account 1T last
| be intensified. Thousands OF sermons
are preached toinvalids. Ipreach this
morning to stout men and healthful
women. We must give to God ON nc
count for the right use of this physical
organism.
These invalids have comparatively
little to account for, perhaps. They
could not lift % pounds. They could
| not walk half mile without sitting
down to rest. In preparation of this
subject l have said to myself, how
shall account to God in judgment for
the use of q body which never knew
one moment of real sickness? Rising
up in Judgment standing beside men
and women who had only little phys
ical energy. and yet consumed that
energy in . scndagration of religious
enth uAiasm. how will we feel abashed?
Oh, men Of the strong arm, and the
stout heart, what use are you making
of your physical forces? Will you bs
able to stand the test Of that day When
we must answer for the use of every
talent, whether it were physical en-
| ergy, or q mental acumen, or spiritual
power?
The day approaches, and / see one
who in this world was nm invalid, and
as she stands before the throne OF
God to answer she says: Il was sick
all my days. had but very little
strength, but / did AS we'll rs could in
being kind to those who were more
sick and more suffering" Aud Christ
will say: "Well done. faithful servant "
And then q little child will stand be-
fore the throne, aud she will say: 'On
earth had curvature of the spine,
aud 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. didn't do much. but
/ did something" And Christ shall
say. as he takes her up in His arms and
kisses her: "Well done, we'll done.
thy faithful servant; cntsr thou into
the joy Of thy Lord. ~ What, then, will
be said to us-wc to whom the Lord
gave physical strength and continuous
health?
was one of the best friends ever had
Doctor, did you ever know Rober.
Pollock, the Scotch poet, who wrote
1.-The Course of Timer" '.Ob, yes" he
replied, II knew him we'll; was his
classmate." And then the doctor went
ON to tell me how that the writ
ing of "The Course of Time" ex.
hausted the health OF Robert Pollock,
and he expired It seems IA II no man
could have such = glimpse OF the day
for which other days were made ~
Robert Pollock had, and long survive
that glimpse. In the description OF that
day he says, among other things:
Begin the woe ye woods, and tell it to the dole
full winds,
And doleful winds wall TO the bowling hills
And bowling mills mourn to the dismal wales,
And dismal wales sigh to the sorrowins brooks,
And sorrowing brooks weep TO the weeping
stream,
And weeping stream awake the grooming deep;
Ye heavens. great arehway OF the universe, pat
sackcloth on:
And ocean. rob, thysslf in ga.b Of widow hood.
And gather al thy waves into . groan. ana Ut