Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-02-23
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fast friend. I could fall back on S2O,OOO.-
900. hold the controlling stock In thirty
of the best monetary institutions OF this
country. Whenever you are In any trouble
call on me. and will help you. You can
have my money, and you can have my In
fluence. Here is my hand In pledge OF it,"
How much would you worry about busi-
best I can, and then I'll depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
Now, moro than that is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him: 81 own New York and London and
st. Petersburg and Pekln, and Australia
and California are Mine. can foresee
panic 1000 years. have all the resources
of the universe, and am your fast friend.
When you get In business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Me, and will help.
Here Is My hand In pledge OF onlnipotent
deliverance." How much should tnat
man worry? Not much. What lion will
dare to put his paw on that Daniel? Is
there not rest in this? Is there not an
eternal vacation In this?
ooh" you say, "here is man who asked
God for blessing In certain enterprise.
and he lost $4,000 in it. Explain that" II
will. Yonder is factory, and one wheel
Is going north and the other wheel Is 60
ing south, and one wheel laterally and the
other plays vertically. go to the manu-
facturer, and say: ooh, manufacturer,
your machinery is contradiction. Why
do YOU not make all the wheels go one
way?" "Well," he says, 81 made them to
90 In opposite directions on purpose, ana
they produce the right result. You go
down stairs and examine the carpets we
are turning out III this establishment and
YOU will see." 1 go down on the other
4 ha
Obliged to confess that though the wheels
in that factory 90 in opposite directions
they turn out beautiful result, aud while
am standing there looking at the exquis'
ite fabric an old Scripture passage comes
into my mind-"All things work together
for good to them who love God" lsthere
not rest in that? Is there not tonic IN
that? Is there not longevity in that?
Suppose man is all the time worried
about his reputation. One man says lie lies,
another says he is stupid, another says he
is dishonest, and half dozen printing es-
Establishments attack him, and he Is In a
great state OF excitement and worry and
fume and cannot sleep, but religion comes
to him and says: "Man, God Is on your
side; He will take care OF your reputation.
II God be for your, who can be against
your" How much should thnt man worry
about his reputation? Not much. Ii that
broker who some years ago In Wall street,
after he had lost money, sat down and
wrote a farewell letter to his wife before
he blew his brains out; ii instead OF taking
out of his pocket pistol he had taken out
q we'll read New Testament, there would
have been one less suicide. Oh, nervous and
feversh people Of the world, try this al
mighty sedativel Yon will live twenty-five
years longer under its soothing power. 1t
is not choral that you want or morphine
that you want; it is the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. "With long life will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion Is friend OF
longevity In the fact that 1t removes all
corroding care about a future existence.
Every man wants to know what Is TO be-
come Of him. II you get on board rail
train, you want to know at what depot 1t
is going to stop. If you get on board a
ship, you want to know into what harbot
me you have no interest in what is to be
your future destiny l would in as polite
a way as know how tell you did not be.
leve you. Before had this matter settled
with reference to my future existence, the
question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anxieties men have upon this
subject put together would make martyr
dom. This Is state OF awful unhealthi-
ness. There are people who fret them.
selves to death for fear OF dying.
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the long
evity OF this truth. Religion Is sunshine;
that is health. Religion Is fresh air and
pure water; they are healkhy. Religion Is
warmth: that is healthy. Ask all the doc
tors, and they will tell you that a quiet
conscience and pleasant anticlpations are
hygienic. offer you perfect peace now
and hereafter.
Well, you defeat me In my three expert.
ments. / have only one more to make, and
il you defeat me In that / am exhausted.
A mighty one on knoll back OF Jerusalem
one day, the skies filled with forked light
nings and the earth with volcanic disturb
ances, turned His pale and agonlzed face
toward the heavens and said: 81 take the
sins and sorrows OF the ages into My own
heart. I am the expiration. Witness earth
and heaven and hell, am the expiation."
And the hammer struck Him and the spears
punctured Him, and heaven Numbered,
1.-THE wages OF sin is death'' "The soul
that sinneth 1t shall diel' II will by
no means clear the guiltyl' Then
there was silence for half an hour, and
the lightnings were drawn back into the
scabbard of the sky and the earth ceased
to culver aud all the colors OF the SKY De-
gan to shift themselves into rainbow
woven out OF the falling tears of Jesus, and
there was red 40 Of the bloodshedding, and
there was blue az OF the bruising, and there
was green as OF the heavenly foliage, and
there was orange as of the day dawn. And
along the line OF the blue / saw the words,
II was bruised for their iniquitles." And
along the line of the red I saw the words,
s'The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all sim" And along the line Of the green
l saw the words, 1.-THE leaves OF the tree OF
life for the healing OF the nations" And
along the line of the orange | saw the
words, "The day spring from on high hath
visited u.s."
What do you want in the future world2
Tell me, and you shall have 1t. Orchards?
There are the trees with twelve manner OF
fruits, yielding fruit every month. Water
scenery? There Is the river OF life, from
under the throne of God, clear as crystal
and the sea Of glass mingled with fire. Do
you want musicf There is the oratorlo OF
the Creation led on by Adam, and the ora
torlo OF the Red Sea led on by Moses, and
the oratorio of the Messiah led on by st.
Paul, while the archangel, with swinging
baton, controls the one hundred and forty
four thousand who make up the orchestra.
Do you want reunion? There are your
dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting
to embrace you, waiting TO twist garlands
in your hair. You have been accustomed
to open the door on this side the sepulcher.
I open the door on the other side the
sepulcher. You have been accustomed to
walk In the wet grass on the top OF the
grave. I show you the underside OF the
grave. The bottom has fallen out, and the
long ropes with which the pallbearers let
down your dead let them clear through
into heaven. Glory be to God for this
robust, healthy religion. 1t will have u
tendency to make you live long in this
world, and in the world to come you will
have eternal life. with long life will
satisfy him."