The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-09-10

what wonders OF telegraph and tele-
phone and the stethoscope- What I'm
provement is electric light over a tai
low candlel Bot all these improve
ments are Insignificant compared with
the improvement In the human ace
The sword Of Gods truth draws the
dividing line to-day. On one side of it
are sin, and ruin, and death; OF the
other side Of IL pardon and usefulness
and happiness, and Heaven. You cross
from the wrong side to the right side,
and your family will cross with you,
aud your friends, and your associates.
The way you go they will go. II we
are not saved, we will never save any
q else.
How TO get savedP BE willing TO ae-
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 / have been talking about it
Saved yourselves, how are you to save
othersp By testimony. Tell 1t TO your
family. Tell 1t TO your business asso-
ciates. Tell 1t 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 benefit the souls Of this generation
you will effect through your own
behavior. Go wrong and that will In.
duce others TO go wrong. Go right
and that will induce others 10 go
right When the great Centennial ex-
position was being held In Philadel-
phia the question came up among the
directors as TO whether they should
keep the exposition open on Sundays,
when a director, who was q man OF
the world from Nevada. arose and
said, his voice trembling with emo.
tion and tears running down his
cheeks: 81 feel like a returned prod.
igal. Twenty years ago | went
west and into q region where
we had no Sabbath, but to-day old
memories come back to me and ]
/ remember what my glorious mother
. taught me about keeping Sunday, and
, ] seem TO hear her voice again and
!. feel as / did when every evening !
J.. knelt by her side In prayer. Gentle
, men, ! vote for the observance Of the
, Christian Sabbath" and he carried
everything by storm, and when tn,
, question was put, ''Shall we open the
/ exposition on the S~abbathP" It wa
|, almost unanimous, NO" mo" Wha'
r one man can do If he does right
3 boldly right, e~mphatically right
confess 70 you that my one wish Il
to serye this generation. not 70 antag
| onize 1t, not TO damage II, not to rul,
I It but to serve II ! would like TO d,
: something toward helping unstrap IL
load, 70 stop It's tears, TO balsam IL
b wounds and TO induce II 10 put foot o.
the upward road that has at Its termi
e nus aoclamation rapturous, and gate
pearline and garlands a~maranthine
and fountains rainbowed, and domin
4 ions enthroned and coroneted, for
cannot forget that lullaby In tn
closing words Of my text: David
!. after he had served his own generation
by the will OF God, fell asleep" VIVA
n o lovely sleep II was UnHlial AT
salon did not trouble It. Ambition
r Adonijah did not worry IL Pcrseout
O Ing Saul did not harrow H. Exile di
/ not ill II with nightmare. Since
4 r~ed-headed boy, amid his father
flocks at night, he had not had such
n good sleep. At 10 years OF age he lai
Z down 70 IL lie had many a trouble
K sleep, as In the caverns Of Adullam, G
d in the palace at the time his enemie
d were attempting his capture. Bu
II this was a peaceful sleep, a calm sleeJ
g restful sleep, agloriousslee "Afts
he had served his generation by III
"a will Of God, no fell on sleep"
!. Away with all your gloomy tai
d about departing from this worldl
d we have served our generation II wi
a not be putting out into the breaker
II will not be the fight with the Kin
d Of Terrors; II will be going 10 sleeI
And ] should not wonder II, aft,
'. we have served our generation
u and by the will Of God ha,
" fallen on sleep the deep sleeI
the restful sleep, we should awake
q In blissful bewllderment, and for a Il
10 tie while say: Where am II VIII
i. palace is thisS Why, this looks IN
ID Heaven! 1t is; It is Why, there is
X building gIapder thsn. all the castl'