The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-16

historian, tells uh how PiaZarro saved
his army for the right when they were
about deserving hin With his sword
he made a long mark on the ground
He aid My men. on the north side
are desertion and death; on the south
side is victory; On the north side, Pan
ANA and poverty; on the north side
Peru with all its riches. Choose for
the south" Stepping across he line
one by one his troops followed. and
finally his whole army.
THE DIVIDING LINE.
The sword of God's truth draws the
dividing line today. On II side OF it
are sin and ruin and death; on the 9th
er sid Of il are pardon and usefulness
n happiness and heaven. You cross
from the wrong side to the right side,
and your family will cross with you.
and your friends and your associates
The way you go they will go. II We
are not saved, we will never save any
n else.
How to get saved? Be willing u &C
cept Christ, and then accept him In
simultaneously and forever. Get on the
rock first, and then you will be able to
help others upon the same rock. Men
and women have been saved quicker
than I have been talking about it.
What, Without a prayer? Yes. What.
Without time TO deliberately think it
over? Yes. What, Without a tear?
Yes. Believe: that is all. Believe
what? That Jesus died to save you
from sin and death and hell. Will you?
Do you? You have. Something makes
me think you have. New light has
come into your countenance. Welcome,
welcome. Hail, hail. Saved your
selves, how are you to save others? By
testimony. Tell it TO your family. Tell
1t to your business associates. Tell it
everywhere We will successfully
preach no more religion and will sue
cessfully talk no more religion than
we ourselves nave. The most of that
which you do to benefit the souls OF
his generation you will effect through
your own behavior. Go wrong, and
that will induce others TO go wrong.
Go right, and that will induce others
to go right. When the great Centen-
NAL exhibition was being held in Phil
~adelphia, the question came up among
the directors as to whether they should
keep the exposition open on Sundays,
when a director, who was a man of
the world from Nevada, arose and
said, his voice trembling with emotion
and tears running down his cheeks: Il
feel like a returned prodigal. Twenty
years ago | went west and into a re-
giOn where we had no Sabbath, but
today old memories come back to me.
and | remember what my glOrified
mother taught me about keeping Sun
day, and | seem to hear her voice
again and feel as | did when every
evening l knelt by her side in prayer.
Gentlemen, I vote for the observance
of the Christian Sabbath and he car
ried everything by storm, and when
the question was put. Shall we open
the exhibition on the S~abbath?" it was
almost unanimous, mo. no" What
one man can do if he does right, boldly
right, emphatically right
GLORIOUS SLEEP.
| confess to you that my one wish is
to serve this generation, not to antag-
Onize it, not to damage it, not to rule
it, but to serve it. I would like to do
something toward helping unstrap its
load, to stop it's tears. to balsam its
wounds and to induce it tOIput foot on
the upward road that has at it's termi-
nus reclamation ~rapturOus, and gates
pearline, and garlands a~maranthine,
and fountains ~rainbOWed, and domin-
ions enthrOned and corOneted, for |
cannot forget that lullaby in the clos
ing words of my text, David, after he
had served his own generation by the
will of God, fell on sleep" What a
lovely sleep it was! Unflial Absalom
did not trouble it. Ambitious Adonijah
did not worry it. Prosecuting Saul did
not harrow it. Exile did not fill it with
AhAS oiioo " W cIAtld
his fathers f1ocks at night he had not
had such a good sleep. At 20 years of
age he laid dOwn to it. He had had
man, a troubled sleep, as in the cav
erns of Adullam or in the palace at the
time his enemies were attempting his
) capture. But this was a peaceful sleep,
a calm sleep, a restful sleep, a glorious
sleep. after he had served his genera
ton by the will of God he fell on
sleep"
oh, what a good thing is sleep after
a hard days work! 1t takes all the
I aching out of the head, and all the
WEAKNESS out of the limbs, and all the
, smarting out of the eyes. From it we
rise in the morning and it is a new
. world, and if we. like David, serve our
. generation we will at l1fe's close nave
< most desirable and refreshing sleep. In
it will vanish our last fatigue of body
= our last worriment of mind, our last
= sorrow Of soul. TIC the Christians body
that was hot with raging ~fevers, sc
that the attendants must by sheer
Il force keep on the blankets, it will be
t the cool sleep. To those who are thin
r blooded and shivering with agues il
e will be the warm sleep. To those who
e because of physical disorders were ter
rified with night visions it will be the
u dreamless sleep. To nurses and doctors
+ and mothers who were weakened al
c most every hour of the night by those
to whom they ministered or over whom
g they watched it will be the undisturb.
t ed sleep. To those who could not ge1
f to bed till late at night and must rist
f early in the morning and before get.
ting rested it will be the long sleep.
AWAY WITH GLOOM.
e Away with all your gloomy TIL
about departing from this world! 1
d we have served our generation, it vii
a | nor Ha n,1ttinn ont into fho hrao lynrc
it will not be the fight with the kins
e OF t%errors; it will be going to sleep. :
q friend, writing me from Illinois, say
hat Rev. DR.. ~NVingate. president o
AXE Forest college, North Carolina
= after a most useful life, found his las
a day on earth his happiest day, and tina
= in his last moments he seemed to b
e personally talking with Christ, a
friend with friend, saying: "Oh. hoy
n delightful it is. I knew you would b
X with me when the time came, and
knew it would be sweet. but l did no