The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-01-07

Wuich you rest fron cate anu e1nty
u - tAs earning OF you out - lase b
deotrt tspulshsf and the putting up
Il the slab on whtah IA ehiss,s4 thi
story Of your Christian hope Il !,
simply hypoOnsy. this TRADE In pulpit
aud lsctafS hall against money.
But while all this n %. hs who ussi
money or thipks Of monsy " anything
but . means to an end wiz find out Ii,
mistake when the slittsring treasures
alp out Of his nsrveless grasp and be
goes out Of this world without . shn.
ling Of money or Q certificate Of stock.
He might better have been the Chris
tan porter that opened his gate, or TIA
begrimed workman who last night
heaved the coal into his cellar. Bonds
and mortgages and leases have their
use, but they make = POOR ysrdsdek
with which 10 measure life. They
that boast themselves In their wealth
and trust In the multitude Of THAR
riches. nons Of them can, BY any means.
redeem his brother or give 70 God .
ransom for him that he should not sss
corruption"
But / remark there are many-I with
there were moro-rho estimate nsir
life by the moral and spiritual develop
msnt.
Iremsrk again. there are maryland
I wfsh there were mors-who r 20
timatng life by tho good they can do
John Bradford said be counted that
day nothing at all In which be had not,
By pen OF tongue. done soma good. II
q man begin right. j cannot tell how
many tears be may wipe away. how
many burdens he may lift how many
orphans be ray comfort how mAnJ
outcaxts he may reclaim. There have
been men who have given their ~hols
life In the right direction. eoneentrst
ing all their viii and Ingenuity and
mental aeumsn and physical force anS
enthusiasm for Christ They climbed
the mountain and deised into the mint
and crossed the ses and dropped At Las
iata 2szty.., Gazs. Whiting for u.
r~esurrection OF the Just. They meas
wed their lives by the chains they
broke OF, by the garments they put up
on nskedness, by the miles they trsy'
elsd 10 alleviate every kind Of suffer
ing. They felt In the thrill Of every
nerve, in the motion Of every muscle
In every throb Of their heart, in every
respiration Of their lungs the magniA'
sent truth, no man liveth unto him
sslf." Thy went through cold and
through heat, foot bli,tsred. cheel
smitten, back scourged, tempest
lsshed, to do their whole duty. That Il
the way they measured lie-by ths
amount Of good they could DO.
Do you want 10 know how on
Luther was, how old Richard Baxte,
was; how old Philip Doddridge wasi
Why, you cannot calculate the length
Of their ives by any human ahthmeucl
Add TO their lives 10000 tines 1000
years and you hare not expressed IT.
what they have lived or will live Oh
what q standard that IL to measure
mans life byl There are those in thil
house who think they have only hvet
50 years. They will have lived 1000
they have lived LOCO. There are thos.
who think they are 80 years Of eye
They have not sTen entered upon theil
Infancy, for n must become q babe II
Christ to begin at all.
New, ! do not know what your ld
vantages or Disadvantages are; ! d.
not know what your fact OF talent IL
/ do not know what may DO the fascina
ton Of your manners or the repulslve
ness Of them; but l know thls-thefei
for you. my hearer, q field 10 culture,
harvest to reap, o tear 10 wipe away
q soul 70 save. II you have world.
means, c~onsecrats them 10 Christ !
you have eloquence. use II on the Sid
that Paul aud Wilberforce used their
II you have learning. put II ali into III
poor boz Of the worlds suffering. Bu
II you have none of thes-neiths
wealth. o ~sloquence, nor learn
lng-you, at any rate, have
smile stth which you a sncoursg
the dishesrtensd, q frown with whicI
you may blast injustice; q voice wit
which you may call the wsndersr bscI
10 God. oh" you say, 'that il . YER
sanctLmonious view OF lifel" II IL MOI
II Is the only bright view Of LIE, and
10 the only bright view Of death. Cor
trsst the death scene Of q man who ha
measured life by the worldly stand
ard with the death scene Of a MAJ wh
has measured life by the Chrtstia
standard. Quin, the actor, in his La
moments, saidi Il hope this tragi
scene win soon be over, and l hope I
keep my dignity to the last. Male
hsrbes said in his last moments to ID
eonfeasori Hold your tOngusi You
miserable style puts ma out Of conee
with Heaven" Lord Chesterfield In b
last momsntA when he ought TO hs'
been praying for his soul, bothsrs
himaslf about the proprisiss Of u
hckroom and said: "dlye Daybolss
chair" Godfrey Kneller spent his Ia
hours on earth In drawing diagram
his own monument
Compare the silly and horrible depa
ture Of such men with tho seraph
glow Oh the face OF Edward Paypon.