The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-01-06

uuN HUGH NuISc Nuulu ~ nave Defu "
the clsristiy revelation had not been
let down from Heaven on five-runged
ladder of musical scale, and there had
been no preaching Of good will all up
turtles! The bethlehem manger has
given the Inosi potent suggestion OF
peace the world has cyer received. The
cavalry horses cannot eat out OF that
munger,
take another step forward in show
ing the narrow escape YOU aud | had
and the world had In the secretion Of
Christ's birthplace from The Herodic de-
t~ectises and the clubs with which they
would have dashed the Babes life out
when | say that without the life that
began that night in bethlehem the
world would have had no illum!npd
death!,eds. Before the time Of Christ
good people closed their earthly lives
in peace while depending upon the
Christ to come, and there were aute-
diluviau saints, and Assyrian saints.
and Egyptian saints and Grecinn saints.
and Jerusalem saints long before the
clouds above Bethlehem became a bal
cony filed with the best singers Of a
world where they ell sing, bit I cannot
read that there was anything more
than a quieting guess that came to
! those before Christ deathbeds. Job
said something bordering on the conf
dent, but ii was mixed up with a story
OF skin worms" that would destroy his
body. Abraham and Jacob had a little
Light on the dying pillow, but. com
pared with the after Christ %deathbeds.
it was like the dim tallow candle of old
beside The modern cluster of lights
electric. know Elijah went up in
memorable manner, but il was n terri
Bile way to goa whirlwind of fire that
must have been splendid to look at by
those who stood on the banks OF The
Jordan, but it was a style OF ascent that
required more nerve than YOU ard I
ever had, to be a placid occupant OF a
chariot drawn by such a wild team
The triumphant %deathbeds, as far as !
Know, were tie after Christ deathbeds.
What a procession Of h~o.arinas have
marched through the dying room Of the
saints of the last 10 centuries! What
cavalcade OF mounted halleluiahs has
galloped through the dying visions OF
the last 1000 years save 100! Peaceful
d%eathbeds In the years b. C.! Trium-
plant deathbeds, for the most part, re-
served for the years A. d.! Behold ihe |
%deathbeds of the Wesleys, OF the Dodd-
ridges. Of the Leigh Richmonds, OF the
Edward Paysons. of Nara, the convert
ed heather chieftain, crying in his last
moments: THE canoe is in the sea.
The sails are spread. She is ready for
the gale. | have a good pilot to guide
me. My outside man and my inside
man differ. Let the one rot ill the
trumpet shall sound, bat let my soai
wing her ,.ay to the throne of Jesus.s'
OF dying John Fletcher, who entered
his pulpit to preach. though his doe
tors forbade him. and then descended
TO the communion table, saying: ."
am going to throw myself under the
wings of the cherubim before the mercy
seat" thousands of people n few days
after following him TO the grave. sing.
ing:
With heavenly weapons he has fought
The battles OF the Lord.
Finished his course and kept the faith
Ard gained the great reward.
or Pastor Emile Cook, the great
French evangelist, who sat in my
church in brooklyn one Sunday morn.
ing, and In a few days shipwrecked and
dying after his wife had said to hun:
God will help you, my dear; lie viii
give sou peace" replying: "Jlut | have
i%t--peace, l have III" OF Prince Albert.
quoting with his last breath: "Rock
OF Ages cleft for me. let me hide my.
in thee!" OF the dying soldier who
had been shot through the mouth and
could not talk. and when the chaplain
approached him, motioned for pencil
aud paper ard wrote: IL am a Chris.
tian, prepared TO die, Rally round the
flag! Rally round the hag!" OF John
OF Haddington, who said: II
10 depart and be with Christ,
and. though have lived CD years very
In this world, l would
turn my back upon you all TO be with
Christ. There is no one like Chris,
one like Christ. | have been
at Him these many years, and
yet could find any fault in Him
but Mas Of my W making. though he
has seen 10000 faults in me. oh, what
lie be In Himself when it is He
hat sweetens Heaven. sweetens Scrip
sweetens ordinances. sweetens
earth, sweetens trial." OF John Jane.
way. saying In his last moments: n
done with prayer and with al /.
ordinances. before q few hours ere
| shall be In eternity singing the
song Of Moses aud the Lamb. l shall
presently stand on Mount Zion with an
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