St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-02-04

ton OF your manners or the yepulsive.
ness Of them: but know this--there il
Cor you. my nearer, field 10 culture,
harvest to reap, q tear to wipe away.
soul TO save. II you have worldly
means. consecrate them to Christ. Ii
you have eloquence. use it on the side
that Paul and Wherefore used theirs.
II you have learning. put il all into the
poor box of the worlds suffering. But
if YOU have none Of these-neither
wealth, nor eloguence, nor learn
iug-you. at any rate. have .
smile with which you can encourage
the dishearienetl: n frown with which
You may blast injustice; voice with
which you may cell the vanderer back
to God. oh" you say. that is a very
sanc;imorious view of life!" 1t is not.
1t is the only bright view of life. and it
is the only bright view of death. Con-
:rast the death scene OF man who has
measured life by the worldly sand
ard with the death scene Of man who
has measured life by tie Christia u
standard. Quin, the actor. in his last
moments. said: Il hope this tragic
scene will! soon be over. and l hope &c
keep my dignity to the last. Males
herbes said IN his last nome nts to the
confessor: Hold your tongue! Your
miserable style puts me out of conccif
with Heaven" Lord Chesterfield in his
last moments. when he ought to have
been praying for his soul. bothered
himself about the prorrieties of the
sickroom and said: Give Dnyboles q
chair" Godfrey Kneller spent his last
hours on earth in drawing diagram OF
his own monument.
Compare the silly and horrible depar-
ture of such men with the seSapiiiC
glow on the face OF Edward Payson, rs
he said in his last moment: The
hreezes of Heaven fan me. float il.
& sea Of glory" Or with Paul. the
apostle. who said III his last hour: Il
am now ready to be offered up. and the
;ime of my departure is at hand.
have fought the good fight. have kept
the faith. Henceforth there is lait. ny
for me crown Of Righteousness which,
the Lord, the righteous Judge. will give
me-" Or compare il with the Christian
Geathbed that you witnessed in your
own household. Oh. my friends. this
world is a false god! 1t will consume
You with the blaze in which II accepts
your sacrifice. while the righteous
shall be held il. everlasting remenl-
braEce. and when the thrones have
fallen aud the monuments have cruu-
bIed and the w,rld has peTished the;
shall banquet with the conquerors OF
earth and the bierarchs of Heaven.
This is Il good day in which 10 begin a
new style cf measurement. How OF!
art thou? You see the Christian way
Of measuring life and the worldly wcy
Of measuring it. ! leave it to you 10
saw which is the wisest and best way
The wheel of time has turned very
swiftly. ard it has hurled us on. The
old year has gone. The new year ha.
come. For what you ard ! have been
launched upon il God only knows. Now
let me ask you all. have you made any
preparation for the future: You have
made preparation for time. my deal
brother; have you made any prepar;l'
ton for eternity: Do You worder that
when that mar on rhe Huuson river, in
indignation tore up the tract which
was handed 70 him and just one word
landed on his coat sleeve-the rest oil
the tract bang pitched into the river
that one wor,i aroused his soul? twas
that one word. so long, so broad, g
high. so d.ep--'eternity!" 4 Gyine
woman in her last moments said: Cal
it back They said: what 60 yoH
want?' THE she said; ''call i
back!" Oh. il cannot be called back.
We might lose cur fortunes and cal!
them back. we might lose our health
and perhaps recover il. we might lose
cur good name and get that back. but
slime gone is gone forever.
Some OF you during the PAST ycui
made preparation for eternity. and i
makes no difference 10 you really. a:
to the matter Of safety. whether yor
go now or go sone other y.ar-whethcl
This year or the nsXt year. Both ycnl
feet on the rock the waves may dasf
around you. You can say: God is cul
refuge and strength--a very present
help" You are on the rock. end yol
may defy all earth and hell TO over
throw you. congratulate you. gi''
you great joy. 1t is happy new yea1
TO you.
/ can see no sorruw at all in the fac
that our years are going. You heal
some people say: II wish could q
back again 10 boyhood." would no
wan, TO 20 back again to boyhood.
am afraid I might mike worse life
out Of it than have made. You coult
rot afford to go oack TO boyLood il il
were possible. You might DO srca
deal worse than YOU have done. The
past IS gone. Look out fer the future
TO all Christians it is time of glad
ness. l am glad the years are going
You are coming on nearer homo. lie
your cvuntenance light up with TIT
thought. Nearer home!
Now, when one can sooner get to til
center of things. is he not to be congra.
| ulateG? Who wants TO be always IN th'
freshman class. We study God in thi
world by the Biblical photograph .
| Him; but we al know we can in fiv'
| minutes of interview with friend &c
a more accurate idea of Him fhnn W.
ean by studying Him so years through
PICTURES or words. The little child tina
cied al six months Of age knows NOR
Of God than all Andover and ali FRINGE
ten and all New brunswick.
| Does not our common sense teach u
that il is better to be at the center tina:
to be clear out on the rim of the vince
holding nervously fast to the tire les
VIC be suddenly hurled inc light sn'
eternal felicity? Through all kinds }
optical instruments trying to peer ii
through the cracks and the keyholes @
Hcaven-afraid tina. both doors Of tn
celestial mansion will be swung wild
cpen before our entrancedvision rush
ing about among the apothecary shop
OF this world. wondering il this is goo
for rheumatism, and that is good 10
neuralgia. and something else is GOO
fer bad cough. les: we be student.
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