Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-08-07
Grand Results.

Grand Results.
The strong conclusion of every rea-
SonabIe man and woman is that Chris
tianity producing such grand results
cannot be a delusiOn. n lie, Il cheat,
swindle, a hallucinatiOn cannot launch
such a glory of the centuries. Your
logic and your common sense convince
you that a bad cause cannot produce
an illustriOus result. Out of the womb
of such Il monster no such angel can be
born. There are many who began with
thinking that the Christian religion
was a stupid farce who have come to
the conclusion that it is reality. Why
are you in the Lords house today?
Why did you sing this song? Why did
you bow your head in the opening
prayer? Why did you bring your fami-
ly with you? Why, when L tell you of
the ending of all trials in the bosom of
God, do there stand tears in your
eyes-nOt tears of grief, but tears of
joy, such as stand in the eyes of home
sick children far away at school when
some one talks to them about going
home? Why is it that you can be so
calmly submissive to the death of your
loved one, about whose departure you
once were so angry and so rebelllOuS!
There is something the matter with
YOU All your friends have found out
there is a great change. And IT some
of you would give your experience
you would give it in scholarly style,
and others giving their experience
would give it in broken style, but the
one experience would be just as good
as the other. Some Of you have read
everything. You are scientific, and you
are scholarly, and yet if [ should ask
YOU. "What is the most sensible thing
you ever did?" you would say, "The
most sensible thing 1 ever did was to
give my heart to God"
But there may be others who have
not had early advantages, and il they
were asked to give such experience
they might rise and give such test1-
mony as the man gave in prayer
meeting when he said: con my way
here tonight met man who asked me
where I was going. L said, L am going
to prayer meeting He said, There
are a good many religions, and think
the most of them are delusions; as to
the Christian religion, that is only
notion. that is mere notion, the
CHRISTIAN ToISlOu StIAO W hAAA'
Stranger, you see that tavern over
there? Yes he said, Il see it, Don't
YOU see me? Yes, of course, l see
you Now, the time was when every
body in this town knows if l had
quarter Of a dollar in my pocket could
not pass that tavern without going in
and getting a drink. All the people Of
Jefferson could not keep me out of that
place, but God has changed my heart,
and the Lord Jesus Christ has destroy
ed my thirst for strong drink, and
there is my whole weeks wages, and
have no temptation to go in there. And,
stranger if this is a notion [ want to
tell you it is a mighty powerful notion;
it is a notion that has put clothes on
my children's back, and it is a notion |
that has put good food on our table,
and it is a notion that has filled my |
mouth with thanksgiving to Cod
Well, we will soon understand it ALL |
Your life and mine will soon be over.
We will soon come to the last bar of |
the music, to the last act of the TRACE |
dy, to the last page Of the book-yea, |
to the last line and to the last word
and to you and to me it will either be |