The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-09-30

have been dead IS years ago bat for the
defenses aRd the equipoise Of religion
You have no more natural resistance
than hundreds Of people who lie IN
the cemeteries to-day slain by their own
vices. The doctors made their case as
Kind and pleasant as they could. and It
was called congestion Of the brain or
something else, but the snakes and the
blueiies that seemed TO crawl over the
pillow in the sight 81 ,he a~elirous pa
tent showed what was the matter with
him. You. the aged Christian man,
walked along by that unhappy one IN
I'll You came to the golden pillar OF a
Christian life. You went to the right,
he went TO the left. That is all the
difference between you. II this reli-
gion Is u protest against all forms OF
dissipation, then Il Is an ilustTionk
friend Of longevity. with long life
will / sAtisfy Him."
Suppose you had a supernatural
neighbor who came In and said: "Sir,
l want you TO call on me In every ext
tcAN.s 81 goaA inst AIlcuO- ACOliu
fall back on $4,000. 900. l can foresee
q panic ten years. / hold the e~ontroll-
ing stock 10 30 OF the best monetary in
situations OF New York. Whenever you
are in trouble call on me, and | will
help you. You ean have my money,
and you can have my influence. Here
is my hand In pledge for it," How
much would you worry about business?
Why, you would say: "Il do the best
l ean. and then I'll depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
Now. more than that Is promised 10
every Christian business man. God
says to him: 81 own New York and
London and st. Petersburg and Picking,
and Australia and California are mine.
/ can foresee a panic a hundred years.
/ have all the u of the universe,
and 1 am your fast friend. When YOU
get in business trouble or any other
trouble, call on me. and / will
help. Here is my hand in pledge of
omnipotent deliveranee." How much
should that man worry? Not much.
What lion will dare TO put his paw on
that Daniel? Is there not rest in this?
Is there not an eternal vacation in this?
"0h," you say, here is a man who
asked God for a-blessing In a certain
enterprise, and he lost $1,000 in II. Ex-
plain that"
viii. Yonder is a factory. and one
wheel Is going north, and the other
wheel is going south, and one wheel
plays laterally, and the other plays YER
tieally. | go TO the manufacturer and
! say: 20 manufacturer. your ma.
chinery Is a contradiction Why do
you not make all the wheels 90 one
way" "well," he says. II made them
go in opposite directions on purpose,
and they produce the right result. You
go downstairs and examine the car
pets we are turning out In this estab-
lishment, and you will see" | 20 down
on the other floor. and | see the car
pets, and am Obliged TO confess that,
though the wheels In that factory go In
opposite directions, they turn out u
beautiful result, and while / am stand
ing there looking at the exquisite fab
rio an old Scripture passage comes into
my mind: IAN things work together
for good TO them who love God" IL
there not a tonic In that? Is there not
longevity In that?
Suppose a man is all the time wor-
ried about his reputation One man
says he lies, another says he Is stupid,
another says he Is dishonest and halt
a dozen printing establishments attack
him, and he Is in a great state OF ex.
element and worry and fume and can.
not sleep. but religion comes to him
and says: Man, God Is on your side.
He will take care OF your reputation.
II God be for you. who can be against
your How much should that man wor-
ry about his reputation? Not much,
II that broker who some years ago In
; Wall street, after he had lost money
sat down and wrote a farewell letter "a
, his wife before he blew his brains oui
If, instead Of taking out Of his poke
! a pistol, he had taken out a well-read
New Testament, there would have beer
: one less suicide.
I o nervous and feverish people Of thu
:. world, try this almighty sedativel Yol
will live IS years longer under it's sooth
ing power. II Is not choral that yol
:, want or morphine that you want. 1t !
= the Gospel Of Jesus Christ. with lon
life Will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion is a frien
!. Of longevity in the fact that it remove
all corroding care about q future exist
l. ence Every man wants TO know wha
Is 10 become Of him. II you get o
board a rail train, you want to know {
=, what depot 1t h going to stop. II 20
i get on board Q ship. you want to kno
n into what harbor 1t is going to ruI
- Ami ~ you should tell me you have I
interest In what Is TO be your futul
IA destiny | would. In as polite a way as
- know how, tell You | did not belle
you. Before ! had this matter settle
With reference TO my future existenI
- the question almost worried me In
ruined health. The anxieties msn hs
upon this subject, put together, wou
make q msrtyrdom. This Is 4 state
y awful unhealthiness. There Rrs peoI
who fret themselves TO death for fe
- OF dying. | want TO take the strain
49, your nerves and the depression of 20
~ soul, and | make two or three expe
ments. Experiment firsts When y
20 out Of this world II does not ma
any difference whether you have be
good OF bad. whether you believed tru
or error. you will 60 straight to glot
"Impossible," you say. my comm
sense as well as my religion teaches Il
the bad and the good cannot live toge
err forever. You give me no comfort
that experiment" Experiment the S
ond: When you leave this world
will 20 into an intermediate state VIII
you ear get converted and prepared
Ing Heaven. impossible" you say. :
a OF the tree falleih. so must il lie, an
ON cannot postpone TO an intermedi
'wn state reformation which ought to h
been effected In this state" Exp
n TO ment the third: There In no fut
'st? world. When a man dies. that ia
ling last Of him. DO not worry about W
z IL you are TO do In another state OF bel
, It's You will not do anything. "Impo
hat Bile" you say. There is something I
der tells me that death IL not the appen'
alter but the preface, TO life. There Is so
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