The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-09-29
O ueryou. and feyeri.h people OF IN.

Again, practical 9eligion is a friend
II longevity in the fact that IL removes
all corroding care about future exist
cnce. Every man wants to know what
IS tn become of him. II you get on
! board u rail train, you want to know at
what depot II is going 10 stop. you
get on board a ship, you wantso know
! INTO what harbor IL is going To run.
AMI il YOU should tell me YOU have no
| Interest in what Is to he your future
destiny | would, In as polite way ms
know how, tell You did not believe
YOU. Before ! had this matter settled
with reference TO my future existence
! the question almost worried me into
ruined health. The anNieties men have
upon this subject, put together, would
make a martyrdom. This is q state of
awful unhcalthiness. There are people
who fret themselves TO death for fear
| Of dying. | want to take the strain or
your nerves and the depression of your
soul. aud | make two or three expert.
men.s. Experiment first: When you
20 out Of this world IL does not make
any difference whether you have been
good or bad, whether YOU believed truth
or error. YOU will 20 straight 10 glory.
Impossible" you say. MY common
| sense rs well as my religion teaches that
the bad and the good cannot live togeth-
cr forever You give me no comfort in
that experiment" Experiment the sec.
ond: When YOU leave this world you
will 90 into an intermediate state. where
YOU can get converted and prepared for
Heaven. Impossible" YOU say. AS
the tree falleth. SO must IL lie. and !
cannot postpone TO an intermediate
state reformation which ought 20 have
been effected In this state" Expert
ment the third: There Is no future
world. When a man dies. that is the
last Of him. DO not worry about what
you are To do in another state of being
You will not do anything. "lmpossi.
bic" you say. There Is something that
tells me that death is not the appendix.
but the preface, TO life. There is some
thing that tells me that on this side
OF the grave | only get started and
that shall 60 on forever My power 10
think says forever my affections saw
forever my capacity &c enjoy or sui.
fer, forever
Well, you defeat me In nv three es-
periments. have only one more 20
make. and IL you defeat me in that am
exhausted. A mighty One on a knoll
back OF Jerusalem one day, the skics
filed with forked lightnings and the
earth filled with volcanic disturbances.
turned His pale and agouized face
toward the heavens and said: ~ take
the sins and sorrows OF the ages into
nv own heart. am the expiration.
Witness. earth uGi Heaven aud he'll.
am the eNpiation." And the hammer
struck Him, and the spears punctured
him, and Heaven thundered: THE
wages of sin is DEATH" THE soul that
sinneth, IL shall die" II will by no
means clear the guilty!" Then there
was silence for half an hour. and the
lightnings were drawn back into the
scnbbard OF the sky. and the earth
ceased TO culver. and all the colors OF
the sky began TO shift into n rainbow
woven out cf the falling tears OF Jesus
and there was red as OF the bloodshed.
ding and there was blue as OF the hruis.
ing. and there was green as Of the
heavenly foliage, and there was orange
as of the day dawn, and along the line
" the blue ! saw the words: 81 was
bruised for their iniquitics," and along
the line OF red saw the words: The
blood of Jesus Christ clcanscth from
an s'u," and along the line Of the green
| saw the words: THE leaves OF the
Tree of Life for the healing OF the ma.
tons" and along the line OF the orange
| saw the words: The day spring
from on high hath visited us" and
then | saw the storm was over, and the
rainbow rose higher and higher until il
seemed retreating 10 another heaven.
and, planting one column of its colors
on one side of the eternal hill, and plant
ing the other column Of It's culors on
the other side the eternal hill, IL rose
upward and upward, "and. behold,
there was a rainbow about the throne"
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the lon
gevity, OF this truth. Religion is sun
shine; that is health. Religion is fresh
air and pure water; they are healthy.
Religion is warmth; that is healthy.
Ask all the doctors, and they will tell
you that a quiet conscience and pleas
ant anticipations are hygienic. offer
you perfect peace now and hereafter.
What do you want in the future
world? Tell me, and you shall have it,
Orchards? There are trees with y
manner of fruits, yielding fruit every
month. Water scenery? There is the
river of Life from under the throne OF
God, clear as crystal. aud the sea of
glass mingled with fire. DO you want
music? There is the oratorio OF the
Creation led on by Adam. and the ora
torio of the Red sea led on by Moses.
and the oratorio of the Messiah led On
by St. Paul, while the archangel with
swinging baton controls the IA, 600 who
make up the orchestra. Do you want
reunion? There are your children wait
ing TO kiss you. waiting 10 embrace You
waiting TO twist garlands in your hair.
You have been accustomed TO open the
door on this side the sepulcher. open
the door on the other side the sepul-
cher. You have been accustomed to
walk In the wet grass on the top Of the
grave. ] show you the under side of
,l he. I'll