The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-25


mans property now. II is an under
taker you need. who will come and
put his finger In his vest pocket and
take out a tapeline. and he win meas
ure five feet nine inches one way and
az feet the other way. That Is the
mans property. oh, no; l forgot;
not so much as that. for he does not
own even the place In which he hes
in the cemetery. The deed to that
belongs to the executor and heirs
oh, what q property you propose to
give me for my soul! II you sell a
bill of goods you 20 into the counting
room and say to your partner: DO
you think that man is good for this
bill? Can he give proper securityf
win he meet this paymentT' Now,
when you are offered this world as q
possession l want you TO test the mat
ter. | do not want you to go into this
bargain blindly. ! want you TO ask
about the title, about the insurance,
about whether men have ever had any
trouble with 1t, about whether you
can get all or the ten-thousandth part
or one hundr ed-thousandth part Of 1t.
There is the world now. l shall say
no more about IL. Make up your mind
for yourself, as I shall before God
have to make up my mind for myself
about the value Of this world. l can.
not afford to make . mistake for my
soul, and you cannot afford to make
-t.s.L. Cor unur aOu1
Now let US look at the other property
the soul. We cannot make a bargain
without seeing the comparative value.
The SOUL How shall l estimate the
value Of it, Well, by its exquisite Or
Ranisation. 1t Is the most wonder
full piece Of mechanism ever put to-
eether. Machinery Is of value in pro-
portion as It Is mighty and silent at
the same time. You look at the engine
and the machinery In the Philadelphia
mint, and as you see II performing
it's wonderful work you will be sur
prised TO hnd how silently II goes. Ma
chlnery that roars and tears soon de-
stroys itself; but silent machinery Is
often most effective. Now. so II II with
the soul OF man, with all itstremendous
faculties; Il moves In silence Judg.
ment, without any racket, lifting its
scales; memory. without any noise.
bringing down all its treasures; con-
science taking Its judgment seat with.
out any excitement; the understand
ing and the will all doing their work
4 velocity, majesty, might, but silence.
: silence. You listen at the door Of your
heart. You can hear no sound. The
soul Is quiet. II Is so delicate an In
n strument that no human hand can
= touch II. You break a bone, and with
/, splinters and ~bandages the surgeon
/, sets Il; the eye becomes infinmed, the
apothecary's wash coo!s II; but a sou.
\ of the track, unbalanced. no human
q power can readjust it. With one sweet
y OF its wing II encircles the universe and
Z, oyervaults the throne OF God. Why
In the hour Of death the soul is Sc
- mighty IL throws aside the body al
though 1t were a toy. 1t drives bacl
medical skill as impotent. 1t break
through the circle of loved ones wit
stand around the dying couch. Will
!, one leap 1t springs beyond star AM
. moon and sun aud chasms OF immensi
ty. 1t is superior to all material things
No fire can consume II; no floods cal
drown IL; no rocks can crush II; n
saIl. can impede IT; no time can eH
a haust II. II wants no bridge on whicl
~ 10 cross a chasm. 1t wants no plum
met with which to sound a depth. !
soul so mighty. 50 swift, SO silent, mus
be a priceless soul.
20 calculate the value OF the soul ais
~ by its capacity for happiness. Ho'
much Joy II can get In this world gu
n. Of friendships, out of books, out G
I'M clouds. out Of the sea. out Of flower
80 out Of ten thousand things, and yet a
the joy II has here does not test its CT
paelty. You are in concert before tn
curtain hoists, and you hear the INSTR
ments preparing-the sharp snap CT th
broken string. the scraping Of the no'
across the yiol. There is no music
~, that" you say. II is only getting read
for the music. And all the epjoymer
Of the soul In this world. the enJo!
ment we think Is real enjoyment
80. only preparatiye.
You cannot test the full power (
the soul for happiness in this wori'
How much power the soul has here
in find enjoyment in friendships; but. o
nj the grander friendships for the soul
II. the skiesl How sweet the flowers her
but how much sweeter they will
therel do not think that when ho'
,et. ers die on earth they die forever.
+ the sunny valleys OF Heaven shall n
na. the marigold creep2 On the hills
Heaven will not the amaranth bloom
p on the smethyStine walls Of Heay'
will not the jasmine ciimb7 my b
md loved IL come down into his garden
arc gather lilies" No flowers In Heavei
Fan Where. then, do they get their 90
.at lands for the brows Of the r%ighteousY
full Christ IL glorious to our souls no
eve but how much grandsF our appreeI
ins tion after awhilel A eonqueror com
ear back after the battle. He has be
Of fighting for us. He comes upon I
ste. platform. He has n arm In 3 sir
ali and the other arm holds q crutch.
art he mounts the platform, oh, the {
INV thusissm OF the ~audiepeel They So
/. THAT man fought for us and imp
lied his life for u.s." and how wild I
Get huzza that follows huzzal When I
Lord Jesus Christ shall at last sta
out before the multitudes OF the
deemed OF Heaven and we meet II
and face TO face and feel that He "
wounded In the head and wounded
i'm. the hands and wounded In the feet a
Gel wounded In the side for Us, methir
tbs We viii be overwhelmed, We will
Al some time gazing In silence until 80
lar, leader amid the wh~lte-robed choir sh
,uld, ift the baton OF light and give the
we nal that II IL time TO wake the &C
Of jubilee, and all Heaven then '
vail break forth into "Hosanna, hoHAnl
ON Worthy Is the Lamb that was slain.
M, calculate further the value OF
Fan. soul by the price that has been p
i'm. for II. In 81. Petersburg there Il
ant diamond that the government p
nose t200.00O for. SWELL" you say.
orld must have been very valuable or
D Of government would not have paid s2i
900 for It," l want 10 see what
soul is worth and what your soul
worth by seeing what has been p
an for IL. For that immortal soul
richest blood that was ever shed,
You deepest groan that was ever utter