The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-05

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the wrong side to tho right sidef knI
your family will cross with; you; Ant
your friends and your associates. tn.
way you go they will 60. II We are mol
saved, We will never save any one else
How to get saved? Be willing to &C
cept Christ, and then accept him In
simultaneously and forever. Got on the
rock first, and then you will be able tc
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 II
over2 Yes. What Without . teari
Yes Believe; that is all. Believe what!
That Jesus died to save you from Gin
and death and hell. Will you? Do you!
You have. Something makes me think
you have. New light has come into
your oosntenanca Welcome, welcome
Hail, haill Saved yourselves, how arc
you to save othersp By testimony. Tell
it to your family. Tell 1t to your bust.
ness associates Tell it everywhere.
We will successfully preach no. more
religion and will successfully talk no
more religion than we ourselves have.
The most Of that which you do to bene-
at the souls Of this generation you will
effect through your own behavior. Go
wrong, and that will induce others to
60 wrong. Go right, and that will in.
duce others to 60 right When the great
Centennial exhibition was being held
in Philadelphia the question came up
among the directors as to whether they
should keep the exposition open on Sun.
days, when director, who was Q man
Of the world from Nevada, arose and
said, his voice trembling with emotion
and tears running down his cheeks: II
feel like returned prodigal. Twenty
years ago went west and into region
where we had no Sabbath, but today
old memories come back to me, and I
remember what my glorifed mother
taught me about keeping Sunday, and
seem to hear her voice again and feel
as did when every evening knelt by
her side in prayer. Gentlemen, vote
for the observance of the Christian Sab
bath, and be carried everything by
storm, and when the question was put,
"Shall we open the exhibition on the
Sabbath" it was almost unanimous,
"No no." What one man can do if he
does right boldly right emphatioally
right
I confess to you that my one wish is
to serve this generation, not to antag.
onize it, not to damage it, not to rule
1t, but to serve it. would like to do
something toward helping unstrap its
load, to stop Its tears, to balsam its
wounds and to induce it to put foot on
the upward road that has at its termi.
nus reclamation rapturous, and gates
pearline, and garlands amaranthine,
and fountains rainbowed, and domin.
Ions enthroned and coroneted, for can.
not forget that lullaby in the closing
words Of my text, "David, after he had
served his own generation by the will
of God, fell on Sleep" What lovely
sleep it wasl Unfilial Absalom did not
trouble it. Ambitious Adonijah did not
worry it. Prosecuting Saul did not har.
row it, Exile did not fill 1t with night.
mare. Since redheaded boy amid his
fathers fiooks at night be had not had
such q good sleep. At 10 years Of age
he laid down to it. He had had many a
troubled sleep, as in the caverns of
OF in the palace at the time
bis enemies were attempting his cap. =,
lure. But this was peaceful Sleep a
calm sleep a restful sleep, a glorious
'lsep. "After he had served his genera.
lion BY the will Of God he fell ON
,leep."
Oh, what good thing is sleep after Z
\ hard days work. It takes all the
sching out Of the head, and all the 9
WEAKNESS out Of the limbs, and all the -
out Of the eyes From 1t we
Use in the morning and 1t is new
world, and if we, like David, serve our
generation we will at life's close have
most desirable and refreshing sleep. In
t will vanish our last fatigue Of body,
,ur last worriment of mind, our last p'
orrow of soul. To the Christians body ~
hat was hot with raging fevers, SO that n!
be attendants must by sheer force keep "
N the blankets, it will be the cool al
leep. To those who are thin blooded IN
nd shivering with agues it will be the "A
warm sleep. To those who because of
hysical disorders were terrified with b'
light visions it will DO the dreamless
!eep. To nurses and doctors and moth
RS who were wakened almost every
our of the night by those to whom
hey ministered or over whom they
7atched it will be the undisturbed 4
leep. To those who could not get to T.
ed till late at night and must rise l.
Arly in the morning and before getting I
,sted it will be the long sleep. \
Away with Gloom. -,
Away with all your gloomy talk \
bout departing from this world If we
ave served our generation, it will not
. putting ont into the breakers; it will LII
Of be the fight with the king of tor NE
'rs; 1t will be going to sleep. A -
lend, writing me from Illinois, says \
lot Rev. DR.. Wingate, president Of 10
lake Forest college, North Carolina, ~ M
ter most useful life, found his last
" on earth his happiest day, and that s4c
his last moments he seemed to be a.
'rsonally talking with Christ, as friend ~. q
18th friend, saying: "Oh, how delight Sse
4 it isl knew you would be with me G
hen the time came, and I knew it ~
ould be sweet, but did not know it 40
ould be as sweet as it is" The fact II ,
as he had served his generation in the III.
spel ministry, and by the will of God A
fell asleep. When in Africa Maj. m;
ara, tho servant, looked into the tent IL ~
David Livingstone and found him on .l2
s knees, he stepped back, not wishing n
disturb him in prayer, and some time wee
ter went in and found him in the 'l2.s
me posture and stepped hack again, :: n
{ after awhile went in and touched Sos
M, and, TO- the great traveller had 10
ished his last journey, and he had N
I'd in the grandest and mightiest pos. 'llo
70 man ever takes-on his knees. ~ >
} bad served his generation by un- pI
ling the scroll of continent, and by ~.l7