Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-15

than have been talking about il.
What! Withou, aprayer" Yes, What!
Withou, time 10 deliberately think il
over? Yes. What! Without tear?
Yes. Believe: that is all. Believe
what? That Jesus died TO save you
from sin and death and bell. viii you?
DO YOU? You have. Something makes
me think You have. New light has
come into your countenance, Wei.
come. welcome. Hail, hail! Saved
yourselves, how are you 10 save 9th
ers? BY testimony. Tell ii to your
family. Tell it to your business asso'
ciateS, Tell ii everywhere We will
successfully preach no more religion
and will successfully talk no more re.
| ligion than we ourselves have, The
mos, of that which you do to benefit
the souls of this generation you will
effect through your own behavior. Go
wrong. and that will induce others to
go wrong Go right, and that will in
duce others TO so right.
confess to you that my one wish is
to serve this generation, not to autag-
ouize it, not to Damage ii, not to rule
il. but to serve il. | would like to do
something toward helping unstrap its
load, TO stop its tears, 10 balsam its
wounds and TO induce ii TO put foot on
the upward road that has at its termi-
nus reclamation rapturous, and gates
pearline. and garlands amaranthine
aud fountains rainbowcd, and domin-
ions erthroned and coroueted, for lean
not forget that lullaby in the closing
words of my text: david, after he had
served his own generation, by the will
81 God, fen on sleep" What lovely
sleep il was! Cntilial Absalom did not
trouble il, Ambitious Adonijah did not
worry it. Prosecuting Saul did not har.
row it. Exile did not Till ii with night
mare Since Il red-hcaGe6 boy amid his
fathers ilocks At night he had not had
such a good sleep. Al 10 years of age
he laid down to it. lie had had many a
troubled sleep, NJ in the caverns OF
his enemies were attempting his cap,
ture. But this was u peaceful sleep, a
calm sleep, a restIul sleep, glorious
sleep,
Away with all your gloomy talk
about departing from this world! II
we have served our generation, il will
not be putting out into the breakers;
it will not be the fight with the king
of terrors; ii will 5c going to sleep.
\ friend, writing me from Illinois, says
that Rev. DR.. Wingate, president OF
Wake Forest college, North Carolina,
after n most useful life, found his last
day on earth his happicst day, and that
in his last moments he seemed to be
personally talking with Christ, as
friend with friend, saying: "Oh, how
delightful II is! | knew you would be
with me when the time came, and |
knew il would be sweet, but ! did
not know ii would be rs sweet ms II is. /"
The fact was he had served his gen
! Grafton in the Gospel ministry, and
by the will of God he fell asleep. When
in Africa Ma iwara, the servant, looked
into the tent of David Livingstone and
found him on his knees, he stepped
back, not wishing to disturb him in
prayer, and some time after went In
and found him in the same posture and
stepped back again hut after awhile
went in ard touched him ard. 10! the
great Traveller had finished his last
journey, end he had died in the grand
est and miGhti"st posture man ever
takcs-on his knees. IIG had served
his generation by unrolling the scroll
81 hx.t 1,p Of ~
fell on sleep.
And should nos wonder if after we
have se"yeG our generation and by the
will of God have fallen ca sleep, the
deep SLEEP, the resttul sleep. we should
awaken IN biissful brwildcrment and
for littlr while say: where am /?
What paraCe is this? Why. this looks
like Heaven 1t is. 1t Is. Why, there is
a building grandtr than all the castles
of earth hraNcd INTO mountain Of
splcndoT- that muSi he the palace Of
Jesus. Aud look there at those walks
lined with foliage more beautiful than
anything ! ever saw before, and see
those "hoare walking down hose asles
OF verdurp From what have heard Of
them these two arm in arm must be
Moses and Joshua, him Of Mount Sinai
and him Of the halti.g sun over Gideon,
and these two wa.ning arm in arm
must be John and Pau, the one so
gentle and the other so mighty.
But | must not look any longer at
those gardens Of beauty, but examine
this building in which | have just
awakened. | look out Of the window
this way and that and up and down,
and find it is mansion of immense
/ size in which ! am stopping. All It's
windows Of agate and its colonnades Of
porphyry and alabaster Why, | won
der if this is not the house Of many
mansions, Of which used to read?
It is, It is. There must be many Of
my kindred and friends in this very
mansion Hark! Whose are those
voices? Whose are those bounding
feet? open the door and see, and, 10,
they are coming through all the cor
ridors and up and down allthe stairs.
our long absent kindred Why. there
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