Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-10
NUMBER 6.

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himself about the proPrieties of ths
sickroom and said: Give Dayboles u
chair" Godfrey Kneller spent his last
hours on earth In drawing diagram of
bis own monument.
Compare the silly and horrible depar-
ture of such men with the seraphio
glow on the face of Edward Payson. as
he said in his last moment; The
Ereezes of Heaven fan me. float ia
a sea OF glory" Or with Paul, the
apostle, who said in his last hour: II
am now ready TO be offered up, and the
time OF my departure is at hand.
have fought the good fight, have kept
the faith. Henceforth there Is laid up
for me crown of righteousness which
the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give
me-" Or compare IL with the Christian
deathbed that you witnessed in your
own household, Oh, my friends, this
world Is false god! 1t will consume
you with the blaze in which it accepts
Your sacrifice, while the righteous
shall be held in everlasting remem-
brance, and whsn the thrones have
fallen and the monuments have crum-
bled and the wtrld has perlshed they
shall banquet with the conquerors of
earth and the hierarchs of Heaven.
This is good day In which to begins a
new style Of measurement. How Old
art thou? You see the Christian way
of measuring life and the worldly way
Of measuring it. / leave 1t to you to
say which is the wisest and best way.
The wheel of time has turned very
swiftly, and It has hurled us on. The
old year has gone. The new year has
come. For what you and ] 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 dear
brother; have you made any prepara-
ton for eternity? Do you wonder that
when that mar on the Hudson river, in
| indignation tore up the tract which
was handed to him and just one word
| landed on his coat sleeve-the rest of
the tract beng pitched into the river
| that one word aroused his soulP 1t was
that one word, so long, so broad, so
high, so deep--"eternity!" A dying
woman in her last moments said: Call
it back" They said: "What do yon
want? ?" "Tine," she said; "call it
back" Oh, it cannot be called back!
We might lose cur fortunes and call
them back, we might lose our health
and perhaps recover it, we might lose
cur good name and get that back, but
time gone is gone forever.
Some of you during the past year
made preparation for eternity, and it
makes 10 difference 10 you really, as
TO The matter of safety whether you
go now or 60 some other yoar-whether
this year or the next year. Both your
feet on the rock, the waves may dash
around you. You can say: God is cur
refuge and strength-a very present
help" You are on the rock, and you
may defy all earth and hell to over
throw you. congratulate you. give
you great joy. 1t is happy new year
TO you.
can see no sorrow at all in the fact
that our years are going. You hear
some people say: II wish could go
ba,k again 10 boyhood.' / would not
want TO go back again to boyhood. i
ON afraid might make worse life
out Of it than have made. You could
rot afford TO go back TO boyhood ii 1t
were possible. You might do a great
deal worse than you have done. The
past is gone! Look out for the future!
To all Christians it is time OF glad
ness. am glad the years are going.
You are coming on nearer home. Let
your eountenance light up with the
thought. Nearer home!
Now, when one can sooner get TO the
center OF things, is he not to be congra'-
ulated? Who wants to be always in the
freshman class? We study God In this
world by the Biblical photograph Of
Him; but we oil know we can in five
minutes Of interview with friend get
more accurate idea of Him than we
can by studying Him so years through
PICTURES or words. The little child that
died al six months OF age knows more
Of God than all Andover and all Prince
ten and an New Brunswick.
Does not our common sense teach US
that it is better to be at the center than
to be clear out on the rim of the wheel,
holding nervously fast to the tire les'
we be suddenly hurled ino light and
eternal felicity? Through all kinds Of
optical instruments trying to peer in
through the cracks and the kcyholes OF
: Hcaven-afraid that both doors of ths
celestial mansion will be swung wide
open before our entranced vision rush
ing about among the apothecary shops
: OF this world, wondering If this is good
for rheumatism, and that Is good for
neuralgia, and something else is good
: for a bad cough, lest we be suddenly
: ushered into a land OF everlasting
: health where the inbabitant never says:
"! am sick"
In 1885 the French resolved that at
Client they would have kind of mu-
steal demonstration that had never
been heard of. 1t would be made up of
y the chimes Of bells and the discharge of
: cannon. The experiment was perfect
success. What with the ringing of the
bells and the report Of the ordnance, the
: city trembled, and the hills shook with
The triumphal march that was as
strange as it was overwhelming. With
most glorious accompaniment will
Gods dear children 60 into their high
residence when the trumpets shall
sound and the last day has come. AT the
:. signal given. the bells OF the towers, and
! OF the lighthouses, and Of the cities will
: strike their sweetness into last chime
that shall ring into the heavens and
: float off upon the sea, Joined by the
D boom OF bursting mine and magazine.