The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-28

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q vcS learned q N Ire civ school
Nkce IA arr h taught sapss q yo1
IN ecyhco1 in the river near gour
aasAsrs house. some q yoE since you
ckne 70 manhood or wouAnhoSDG, while
suzzeri1E On TIE % the SEA- IT'S
a goo< sAlng 10 know hSW 70 swim. not
01S for yc1rse1 but hecSuse yoU VIII
Atssr awhile perhaps have 70 hep eth
srS
Ice not know anything more stirring
e. suSine than 10 re sons man Ike
No-1Nz NeKs1Eis lcAping tron the
SAip NAsraS Into the sea % SAVE Charles
Turner. Who bad eropPed from theroy-
a. yard While uying 10 loosen the sail
bringing him bach 10 the eeek amid the
kuzzSS o. the pASsengss and crew. II
4 man has not enthusiasm enough 20
cheer n such circunEt1nceS he de-
serves himself 20 drip into the SEA and
have NJ one help him. The Royal HUI
mare society of England wa estsb-
axAe1 n i-TA its object 70 applaud and
reward those who should pluck up life
from the deep Anyone who has per
formed sueA a deed Of DARING has an the
pxrtic1lau Of that bravery recorded In
q pubHe record. and on his breast a
medal dore In blue and gold and bronze,
snehor and monogram and inscription,
telling 20 future generations the brsv-
ery o. the BA1 or woman who saved
some one from drowning. But II II Is
such Aworthy thing to save body from
the deep ! ask you II Il Is not q worth
Ter thing 70 save an immortal soul And
you shall see this bour the Son Of God
step forth for this achievement. HE
shall spread forth His hands in the
midst OF them. as he that swimmeth
Eprssdeth forth his hands to swim"
In order 10 understand the fun force
Of this figure. you need to realize that
n = c is in q sinking condition You
sometimes hear people talking Of what
they consider the most beautiful words
in q language One mar SAYS II Is
home" another man says II Is the word
mother" another saws Il Is the. word
Jesus, Dut 1 ten you the o~itterest
word IN all our language, the most an
CRY and baleful, the word saturated
with the most trouble, the word that 40
counts for all the loathsomeness and
the pang and the outrage and the hAr-
rowing, and that word Is "sin." You
spell 1t with three letters, and yetthose
three lettersdeseribe the circumference
and pierce the diameter Of everything
bad In the universe. Sin Is q sibiiant
word. You cannot pronounce 1t with.
out giving the siss Of the fame or the
hiss Of the serpent. sini And then Il
you add three letters to that word
Il describes everyone Of us by nature
sinner. Wehase outraged the claw o flood,
not occasionally, IT now and then, but
perpetuAny. The Bible declares IT.
Harkl II thunders two claPsl The
heart is deceltful above all things and
desperately wicked" THE soul that
sinneth. Il shall die" What the Bible
says our own conscience afirms.
After Judge Morgan had sentenced
Lady Jane Grey to death his eonsciene,
troubled him 50 much for the deed thai
he became insane. and all through hi
insanity he kept saying: Take hei
away from mel Lady Jane Grey! TAX,
her away! Lady Jane Greyi" II wa
the voice Of conscience. And no mar
ever does anything wrong. howeyel
great or small. but his conscience bring
that matter before him, and at ever
step Of his misbehayior 1t says: Wrong
wroDgl" Sin Ia a leprosy; sin is a par
AlySA: ain IL q consumption; ain &
pollution; sin Is death. Give II q faii
chancs and a. wIil sxvamn vo,, and ma