Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-08-10


highest legal authority In England.
thu cx-adyiscr Of the throne, spending
his vacation in preaching the Gospel
of Jesus Christ to the poor people Of
Scotland Frederick 4. Frclinghuysen,
of New Jersey, once secretary IF state,
an old fashioned Evangelical Christian,
an elder in the Reformed church. John
Fright, n deluded Quaker. Henry vii
son. the vice president of the United
States. diving q dcluded Methodist or
Congregationalist. Earl Of Kintore
diving dcluded Presbyterian.
The cannihals in South sea, the
buShmrn Of TERRA del Fuego, the wild
men Of Australia. putting down the
knives of their cruelty and clothing
themselves in decent apparel-all I'M
der the power of this delusion. JudsnI
and Doiy and tbccl and Campbell and
Williams and the 5000 missionaries
1T the cross turning their backs on
homc and civilization and comfort and
going out amid squalor Of heather
ism to- relieve it, tn save il. 10 help IT,,
toiIing until they dropped into their
graves, dying with no earthly comfort
about them. and going into graves
with noappropriatr cpitaph, when they
| lived for themselves and lived luNuri-
ously and been at last put into brilliant
sepulchers. What delusion!
Yes. this deluSion Of the Christian re-
| iirion shows itself in the fact that il
/ goes to those " no are in trouble. Now
| il IS bad enough Ia cheat man when
| he l. well and when hC is prosperous.
! but this religion comes 10 man when
/ he Is sick and SAYS: "Nou will do well
again after awhile. You are going into
/ n land where there are no coughs, and
| no pleurisies, and no consumptions. and
no languishing. Take courage and bear
up" Yea, this awful chimera of the
Gospel comes to the poor. and it says Ia
them: "Iou are on your way To vast
estates and to dividends always declara-
BILE" This delusion of Christianity
comes to the bereft. and il talks of re-
union before the throne and of the
cessation of all sorrow. And then, "a
show that this delusion will stop al
absolutely nothing, il goes to the dying
bed and fills the man with anticipa-
tinnS. How much better il would be
to have him die without any more hope
than swine and rats and snakes. Shovel
him under. That is all. Nothing more
left of him. He will never know any
thing again. Shovel him under! Tn,
soul is only n superior part of the body
and when the body disintCgrates the
soul diSintegrates. humiliation, va
cancy. everlasting blank obliteration
Why not present all that beautiful doe
trine to the dying instead of coming
! with this hoax. this swindic of IN,
Christian religion, and filling the dying
man with anticipations of another lif,
until some in the last hour have clappet
their hands. and some have shouted
and some have sung. and some hav,
been so overwrought with joy that they
could only look ecstatic? Palace gate
opening. they thought-dianond coro
nets flashing. hands reckoning. or
chcstras sounding. Little children dy
ing actually believing they saw theil
departed parents. so that although tn,
little children had been so weak ant
feeble and sick for weeks they coult
not turn on their dying pillow at thu
last, in a paroNysm of rapture uncon
trcilable they sprang to their feet ant
shouted: Mother, catch me; l an
coming"
And to show the immensely of thi:
delusion. this awful swindle of tb,
Gospel of JESUS Christ, | open hospi
tai, and bring into that hospital thu
dcathbeds of great many Christian
people. and | take you by the hand
and I walk up and down the ward'
of that hospital, and l ask a few ques
tons. | ask: Dying Stephen, wha
have Won to say" Lord. Jesus. re
ceive my spirit" Dying John Wesley
what have you to say" The best o
all is God is with u.s." dying Edwar'
Payson, what have you TO say" e
float in a sea of glory" dying JOIN
bradford. what have you TO say?' 81
there he any way of going to Heavel
on horse back. or in fiery chariot. it il
this" dying Ncander, what hav'
you to say" Il am going to sleep now
Goodnight" dying Mrs. Florence
Foster. what have you TO say?' q!
pilgrim in the valley. but the mountain
tops are all agleam from peak to peak.
Dying Alexander Mather, what hay
YOU to saw" THE Lord who has takeI
care of me 80 years will not cast m
off now; glory be to God and To tn
lamb. Amen, amen, amen, amen.
dying John Powson, after preachin:
the Gospel So many years, what hay'
YOU to Say?" My deathbed is bed q
roses" Dying DR.. Thomas Scot;
what have you to say?" This is lIeaN
en begun" Dying soldier in the las
war, what have you TO say?" Boys
| am going to the front" Dying tele
graph operator on battlefield of Nir
GINA, what have YOU to say?' 9Th
wires are all laid. and the poles are NJ
from Stony Point to headquarters.
dying Paul. what have you to say?
ii am now ready to be offered. and tn
time of my departure is at hand:
have fought the good fight, ! have fin
ished my course, ! have Kept the faith
o death, where is thy sting? o grave
where is thy victory? Thanks be unit,
God who giveth us victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ"
o my Lord, my God, what a delu
sion, what a glorious delusion! Sub
merge me with il. fill my eyes an,
ears with il, put it under my head 70
a pillow-this delusion-spread il owe
me for canopy, put it underneath m
for IN outspread wing-roll it over m
in ocean surges 10000 fathOms deer
If iniidelity, and if atheism, and if an
Inhalation are a reality and the Chris
tian religion is IA dclusion, give me tn
delusion.
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