Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-05

would e,ramp until could not straighten. This
W9sd last r 70, several egrs eid not gain
was very weak and nervous all the time. was
| advised by kind friend to try Dr. Pierce's Fa.
vorite Prescription which did and before had
taken two bottles Of it ] could work all day
took In all six bottles of the Favorite Prescrip.
ton and about five bottles OF Dr. Pierce's pei
lets used no other medicine. I have never
had return of this trouble since. and never
| can praise Dir. Pierces medicines enough, for I
know they saved my life"
thoroughtare, quoted their poetry, and
grasped their logic, and welded their
eloquence, and Employed their mytholo-
gy until Dionysius, the Areopaglte,
learned in the schools of Athens and
Hellopolis. went down under his tre-
mendous powers.
That was what gave Thomas Chal-
mers his power In his day. He con-
quered the worlds astronomy and COM
PEELED 1t to ring out the wisdom and
greatness Of the Lord until, for the
second time, the morning stars sang
together and all the sons of God shout
ed for JOY. That was what gave to
Jonathan Edwards his influence in his
day. He conquered the worlds
metaphysics and forced 1t into the
service Of God until not only the old
meeting house at Northampton, Mass,
but all Christendom, felt thrilled by his
Christian power. Well, now, my
friends, we all have tools of Christian
power. Do not let them lose their
edges. We want no rusty blades in
this fight. We want no coulter that
cannot rip up the glebe. We want no
ak that cannot fell the trees. We want
no goad that cannot start the lazy
team. Let us get the very best grind
stones we can fnd though they be in
possession of the Philistines, compel
ling them to turn the crank while we
bear down with all our might on the
swift revolving wheel until all our en-
ergies and faculties shall be brought
up to bright, keen, sharp, gllttering
edge.
Again, my subject teaches us on
what a small allowance Philistine in
iquity puts man. Yes, these Philis-
tines shut up the mines, and then they
took the spears and the swords; then
they took the blacksmiths; then they
took the grindstones, and they took
everything but n file. oh, that is the
way sin works! 1t grabs everything.
1t begins with robbery and ends with
robbery. 1t despoils this faculty and
that faculty and keeps on until the
whole nature is gone. Was the man
eloquent before, 1t generally thickens
his tongue. Was he fine In personal
appearance, 1t mars his visage. Was
he afiiuent, 1t sends the sheriff to sell
him out. Was he influential. 1t de-
stroys his popularity. Was he placid
and genial and loving 1t makes him
splenetic and cross, and so utterly Is
he changed that you can see he is sar-
castle and rasping and that the Phills-
tines have left him nothing but file.
The Chcerful Life.
oh. "the way of the transgressor is
hard" His cup is bitter. His night
is dark. His pangs are deep. His end
is terrific. Phlllstine iniquity says to
that man, Now, surrender to me. and
l will give you all you want-muslc for
the dance. swift steeds for the race,
imperial couch to slumber ON, and you
shall be refreshed with the rarest
fruits In baskets of golden filigree."
He lies. The music turns out to be a
! groan. The fruits burst the rind with
rank poison. The fligree is made
up of twisted reptiles. The couch Is n
grave. Small allowance of rest. small
allowance of peace, small allowance OF
comfort. Cold. hard. rough--nothing
but a file. So 1t was with Voltaire, the
most applauded man OF his day.
| The Scripture was his textbook, whence he drew
| Bonlnots 10 gall the Christian and the Jew.
| An nndel when we'll. but what when sckf
| oh. then q text would touch him to the quick
Seized with hemorrhage OF the lungs
In Paris, where he had gone to be
crowned as the idol Of ali France, he
sends messenger to get priest, that
he may be reconciled to the church be.
fore he dies. A great terror falls upon
him. Philistlne inlquity had promised
him all the worlds garlands. but In
the last hour of his life, when he need
ed solacing. sent tearing across his
conscience and his nerves iile, file
So 1t was with Lord Byron. His un'
cleanness In England only surpassed
by his uncleanness In Venice, then so
ing on to end his brilliant misery al
Missolonshi. fretting mt his nurse
Fletcher, fretting at himself, frettine
at the world, fretting at God, and he
who gave the world "Childe Harold
md "Sardanapnlus" and 1.-THE Prison
er of Chillon" and "The Siege OF
Corinth." reduced to nothing but file
oh, sin has a great facility for making
promises, but It has just as great facili
ty for breaking them!
A Christian life is the only Cheerful
life. while a life of wicked surrender
is remorse, ruin and death Its paint
ed glee is sepulchral ghastllness. II
the brightest days OF the Mexican em
pire Montezuma said he felt gnawinl
at his heart something like canker
Sin. like monster wild beast OF tn
forest, sometimes llcks all over II
victim in order that the victim may b
more easily swallowed. but generall
sin rasps and gals and tears and W
braids and files. Is 1t not SO, Herod
Is 1t not SO, Hildebrapdf Is 1t not SC
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