The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-07-22

REV. TALMAsE. ical expe ri m IN
which left Job victor proved the falsity
of the Satanic remark; "All that
man hath will he give for his life"
Many a captain who has stood on the
bridge of the steamer till his passen-
gers got off and he drowned; many an
engineer who has kept his hand on
the throttle valve or his foot on the
brake until the most of the train was
saved, while he went down to death
through the open draw-bridge; many
n fireman who plunged into blazing
bouse to get sleeping child out, the
fireman sacrificing his life in the at
tempt, and the thousands of martyrs
who submitted to fiery stake and
knife of massacre and headman's ak
and guillotine rather than surrender
principle, proving that in many a case
my text was not true when IL says:
"All that a man hath will he give for
his life"
But satan's falsehood was built on a
truth. Life is very precious, and five
would not give up all, there are many
things we would surrender rather than
surrender it. We see how precious
life is from the fact that we do every
thing to prolong it. Hence all sani-
tary regulations, all study of hygiene,
all fear of draughts, all waterproofs,
all doctors, all medicines, all struggle
in crisis or accident An admiral of
the British navy was court-martialed
Tor turning his ship around in time of
danger, and so damaging the ship. 1t
was proved against him. But when
his time came to be heard he said:
s.Gentlemen, / did turn the ship
asround, and admit that it was dam
aged, but do you want to know why /
tnrned it? There was man over
board, and wanted TO save him, and
i did save him, and i consider the life
Of one sailor worth all the vessels of
tho British navy" No wonder he was
Tindicated. Life is indeed very pre-
cious. Yea, there are those who deem
1ife SO precious they would like to re-
peat: they would like TO try it over
again They would like TO go back
from 70 to GO, from go TO SO, from 80 TO
90, from 40 TO go from 30 TO 90. / pro-
peso for very practical and useful pur-
poses, as will appear before l get
Through, to discuss the question we
have all asked Of others, and others
have again and again asked of us.
Wonld you like to live your life over
again?
The fact IL, that no intelligent and
riEht-feeling man is satisfied with his
past life However successful your
Lille may have been, you are not salts
fed with it. What is SUGGEST Ask
that question of 100 different men,
and they will give 100 different
answers. One man will say, Success
Is 81. 900, 00O;" another will say, sue
cess is worldwide publicity;" another
will saw. Success is gaining that
which you started for" But as IL is a
free country gave my own definition.
and say, success is fulfilling the par
ticular mission upon which YOU were
sent whether TO write a constitution,
or invent a new style OF eelborrow,
or take care of sick child" DO what
God calls you to do and you are a sue
cess, whether you leave $1,000. 900 at
death or are buried at public expense,
whether IL takes 10 pages of an en-
cyclopedia to tell the wonderful things
you have done, or your name is never
printed but once, and that in the
death column. But whatever your sue
cess has been, you are not satisfied
with your life.
We have all made so many mistakes,
stumbled into so many blunders, said
80 many things that ought not to have
been said, and done so many things
that ought not to have been done, that
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improvement. Now, would it not be
grand II the good Lord would say to
You: You can go back and try it over
again. / will, by word, turn your
hair to black, or brown, or golden, and
smooth all the wrinkles out of your
temple or cheek, and take the bend out
of your shoulders, and extirpate the
stiffness from the joint and the rheu-
matte twinge from the foot, and you
shall be 81 years OF age, and just what
you were when you reached that point
before" IL the proposition were made
think many thousands would accept
IL.
But some of you would have to &c
back further than to 81 years of age tc
make fair start for there are many
VIM manage W BSV III WrohB pSioTs
that period. Yea in order to get @
fair start some would have to go back
To the father and mother and get them
corrected; yea, to the grandfather and
grandmother, and have their life cor
Tected, for some of you are suffering
from bad hereditary influences, which
started 100 years ago. Well, If your
grandfather lived his life over again,
and your father lived his life over
again, and you lived your life over
again, what cluttered-up place this
world would be-a place filled witt
miserable attempts at repairs. / be-