The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-12-31


again and again lacerated into an Acel-
DANA, through improved weaponry OF
death and more rapidity OF fire, Prus-
sian breechloader, which in 1900
startled the nations with unprecedent-
ed havoc, eclipsed by contrivances that
can sweep vaster numbers TO death by
one volley, and telcgraphy adding to
punnery new facilities for slaughter by
instantly ordering armies TO where
they can do the most wholesale murder
i say If all this woe has been wrought,
how much worse would it have been IL
the Christly revelation had not been
let down from Heaven on five-runged
ladder of musical scale, and there had
been no preaching OF good VIII all up
md down Chris,endom for ID CEN
turtles! The Bethlehem manger has
given the most potent suggestion OIL
peace the world has ever received. Inc
cavalry horses cannot eat out OF that
manger.
Lake another step forward in show
ing the narrow escape you and had
and the world had in the secretion OF
Christ's birthplace from the lierodlc de-
tectiyes and the clubs with which they
would have dashed the Babes lie out
when say that without the lie that
began that night in Bethlehem the
world would have had no illumined
deathbeds. Before the time OF CHRIST
rood people closed their earthly lives
in peace while depending upon the
Christ to come, and there were ante
diluvian saints. and Assyrian SAINTS.
and Egyptian saints and Grecian SAINTS
and Jerusalem saints long before the
clouds above Bethlehem became bal
cony filled with the best singers OF
world where they all sing. but cannot
read that there was anything more
than n queting guess that came 10
those before Christ deathbeds. JOB
said something bordering on the conii-
dent. but il was mixed up with story
| of "sllin worms" that would destroy his
body. Abraham and Jacob had little
| l,pht on the dying pillow, but, com
pared with the after Christ deathpeus,
| il was like the dim tallow candle OF ola
beside the modern cluster of lights
electric. know Elijah went up in
memorable manner, but il was terri
| bic way to goa whirlwind of fire that
must have been splendid to look at by
those who stood on the banks OF the
Jordan, but it was a style OF ascent that
required more nerve than you and |
ever had, to be placid occupant OF
chariot drawn by such a wild team
The triumphant deathbeds, as far as
know, were the after Christ deathbeds.
What a procession of hosannas have
marched through the dying room OF the
saints of the last 10 centuries! Whal
cayalcade of mounted halleluiahs has
galloped through the dying visions OF
the last 1000 years save 100! Peaceful
deathbeds in the years II. e.! Irium
phant deathbeds, for the most part, re
served for the years A. d.! Behold the
deathbeds of the Wesleys, of the Dodd
ridges. of the Leigh Richmonds, of the
Edward Paysons, of Nara, the convert
ed heather chieftain, crying in his las'
moments: The canoe is in the sea
The sails are spread. She is ready fol
| the gale. / have n good pilot TO guide
me. My outside man and my inside
man differ. Let the one rot till thu
trumpet shall sound, but let my sou
wing her way to the throne of Jesus.
OF dying John Fletcher, who entered
his pulpit TO preach, though his doc
tors forbade him, and then descended
to the communion table, saying: ="
am going TO throw myself under tn
: wings of the cherubim before the mere.
seat" thousands of people few day
| after following him to the grave, sing
ing:
With heavenly weapons he has fought
The battles of the Lord,
Finished his course and kept the faith
And gained the great reward.
OF Pastor Emile Cook, the grea
!. French evangelist, who sat in IN
church in Brooklyn one Sunday mori
, ing, and in few days shipwrecked an
, dying after his wife had said to him
| God will help you, my dear; He wi
. give you peace" replying: But ha,
8 it-peace, have it'll" OF Prince ALDER
i quoting with his last breath: Roc
of Ages cleft for me, let me hide m.
I self in thee!" OF the dying soldier WI
. had been shot through the mouth ar
!. could not talk, and when the chaplai
: approached him, motioned for penc
h and paper and wrote: II am Chri
a tan, prepared to die. Rally round Il
!. flag! Rally round the fag!" OF Jof
e Brown, of Haddington, who said:
e desire to depart and be with Chris
II and, though have lived GO years vel
!. comfortably in this world, won
e turn my back upon you all TO be wi
/. Christ. There is no one like Chri
% no one like Christ. ] have bee
d looking at Him these many years, al
never yet could find any fault in Hi
h but was Of my own making. though
r. has seen 10000 faults in me. Oh, VIII
h must lie be in Himself when it is
IF that sweetens Heaven, sweetens Scri
N ture. sweetens ordinances, sweete
n. earth, sweetens trial" OF John Jan
IL way, saying in his last moments:
h. have done with prayer and with
nj ordinances. Before u few hours a
I'd over | shall be in eternity singing t
?: song of Moses and the Lamb. sh
ne presently stand on Mount Zion with
ce innumerable company of angels