The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-17

lated with Ere. Its chalices are chased
with FIRE. Its song is a song Of fire.
Its walls are buttresses Of FIRE. Solo
mon refers 20 Il when he says; "He-
guests are IN the depths Of hell
Our American communities are sui-
isring from the gospel OF free lovism
which 50 years ago was preached on
the platform ani In some Of the
churches Of this country, | charge
upon free lovism that Il has b,igt;ed
inpumerable homes and that Il has
sent innumerable souls to ruin. Free
lovism Is bestial; Il Is worse-it Is in
fernal, II has furnished this land
with many Thousands Of divorces an
nunlly. In n county in the state Of
Indiana Il furnished II divorces in
one day before dinner, II has reused
up elorements north, south, EAST and
west. You can hardly take NJ a pa
per but you read of an elopement.
As far as ] caa understand the doc
trine Of free lovism, II is this-that
every man ought to have somebody
else's wife and every wife somebody
else's husband, They do not Ike u
Christian organization OF society, and
/ wish they would all elope, the
wretches Of one sex taking the wretch
es OF the other, and start tomorrow
morning for the great Sahara desert
until the simeon shall sweep seven
feet OF sand all over them and not n
passing caravan for the next 500 years
bring back one miserable bone Of their
~carcasseS, Free loyism! Il is the
double distilled extract Of nux vomica,
ratsbane and adder's tongue. Never
until society goes back to the old Bible
and hears its eulogy OF purity ard its
anathema OF uncleanness-neyer until
then will this evil be ~extirpated.
Behold also in this giant Of the text
and in the giant Of our own century
thst great physical power must crum-
BILE and expire. The Samson OF the
text long ago went away. He fought
the lion. He fought the Philistines,
He could fight anything, but death
Wal too mach for him. He may have
required a longer grave, but the tomb
nevertheless was his terminus.
II, then, we are to be compelled to
go out Of this world, where are We TO
go to? This body and soul must soon
part. What shall be the destiny OF
the former l know-dust to dust.
But what shall be the destiny of the
latter2 Shall 1t rise into the compan-
ionship Of the white robed, whose sins
Christ has slain, or will II go down
among the unbelieving, who tried to
gain the world and save their souls,
bu; were swindled out OF both? Bless
ed be God, we have a Champion. he
is so styled In the Bible. A Champion
who has conquered death and hell. and
he Is ready to fight all our battles,
from the first tc the last. who is
this that cometh up from Edom with
dyed garments from Bozrah, mighty
TO save% II we follow in the wake OF
that Champion, death has no power
ard the grave no victory. The worst
man trusting in Him shall have his
dying pangs alleviated and his future
illumiled.
In the light OF this subject | want
to call your attention 10 a fact which
may not have been rightly considered.
and that is the fact that we must be
brought into judgment for the EN-,
ployment Of our physical organism.
Shoulder, brain hand, foot-we must
answer In judgment for the use we
have made Of them. Have they been
used for the elevation Of society or fol-
Its depression7 In proportion as our
arm Ia strong and our step elastic will
our account at last be intensified
Thousands of sermons are preached tC
invalids. ! preach this sermon K
stout men and healthful women. W
must give to God an account for III,
right use Of this physical organism
These invalids have comparatively lit
tie to account for, perhaps. They
could not lift 20 pounds. They eoult