The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-02-24

the t~sfenssz and The equipoite Of ~
ugion. Yoa have 10 more natural re-
ss,nrce than huadreds Of people who
he in The cemeteries to-day. slain By
their oEu wees The DOCTOR made
their az - Kind and pleasant a.
they eouid. and Il uak called eongr-
tiou Of the brain OF something else.
bat the ,nakes and the blue hies nat
seemed 70 crzNl over the pillow in the
sight Of the deiiri0us patient showed
What vas the matter With him You,
The aged ChrisnAn man, walked along
By hat anhsPpy . Until you came
10 the golden pillar Of the Christian
life You vent TO the right; be went
70 the left That IA ell the difference
between you Oh. II this religion Is
a protest against All forms Of distips-
tioU. then il Is al illustrioas friend Of
longevity. With long life will / sat
iSfy him.
suppose yoa had Q supernatural
nsishbor who zane in and baid: -sir,
/ want you 70 call on me in every ext
geaey. an your fast friend; / could
fall back on teo.OOo.OOo: / can fore
zee a panic ten year,; ] bold the con
trolling stock In % Of the best non
tEry inSiitations OF this country;
whenever you are in any trouble call
on me and / viii help you; you
have my money and you q have my
influence: here 10 ny hand 10 pledge
Of 1T How much would you worry
about business7 Why. you would say:
I'm do the beat / can, and then III
depend 90 my frsnd'B generosity for
the rest"
Now more than that is promised 20
every Christian business man. God
says to him: Il own New York and
London and St Petersburg and
Peking aud Australia and California
are mine; l can foresee g panic q
thousand years; ! have all the re-
sources Of the universe; and / am
your fast friend; when you get in
business trouble or any other trouble.
call on ne and I will help you; here
ia my hand in pledge Of omnipotent
deliVsFsnes." How much should that
man worry Not much What lion
Will dare to put his paw On hat Dan
isl7 Ia there not rest in this? Is
there not an eternal vacation in this?
"0h. you ksy, here is q man who
asked God for 9 blessing In a certain
anfarura. "a n. L.. az nga A..
Explsin that" | will. Yonder IS a
factory. and one wheel is going north
and the other wheel IL going south
and one wheel plays literally. and the
other plays vertically. / 90 to the
Manufacturer, and say: 20 manu-.
fscturer. your machinery IL a contra
dietI0n. Why do you not make all the
wheels go one way" Well" be says,
Il make them 70 go IN opposite diree.
tiOns on purpose, and they produce
thu right result. You "a downstairs
aud examine the carpets we are turn.
ing out In this establishment. and you
will see" 1 go down on the other
floor, and e the carpets, and ! am
obliged 10 oonfeaE that. though the
wheels In that factory 20 in opposite
directions, they turn out q beautiful
result, and while | am standing there
looking Of the exquisite fabric an old
Scripture passage comes into my
mind: "A1 things work together for
good TO them who love God" Is there
not rest in that7 Il there NOS tonic
in thst7 Is there not longevity in
that?
Suppose q mar is all the time worried
about his reputation One man says he
hes, another EayA he is stupid. another
says he Is AshoueGL and half n dozen
printing establishments attack him
and he is 10 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 tsks
care Of your reputation. II God b,
with you. who can be against your
How much should that man worry
about his reputation Not much, Il
that broker who some years ago IL
Wall street, after he had lost money
sat down and wrote . farewell letter e
bis wife before he blew his brains GU.
If, instead Of taking out Of bis pockeI
= pistol, be had taken out a well-TeaC
New Testament, there would have beer
one less suicide. o nervous and feyerish
people Of the world, try this Almighty
'edative. You will live IS years Longer
under its soothing power. 1t is moi
choral that you want or morphine thai
you want. IL is the Gospel n Jesus
Christ. with long life will l satisfy
him"
Again, practical religion is a FRIEND
Of longevity In the fact that II removes
all ~corroding care about a future ex
i%stence, Every man wants to know
what Is to become OF him lfyou get OF
board q rail train, you want to know
at what depot 1t Is going to stop. /
you get on board a ship, you want u
| know into what hsrbor it is going I,
|, run, and II you should tell me you hav,
no interest In what Is TO be your futurl
destiny | would In as polite q way as
know tell you I did not believe you
Before ] had thiS matter settled witt
reference TO my future existence III.
question almost worried me into rune
health The Rnxietles men have upol
tbis subject pat together would max
= martyrdom, This Is a state Of awfu
unhealthineas. There are people VII.
iTtt themselves TO death for fear O
dying
I / want 10 take the strain of you
nerves and the depression Of your sou.
ana | make two or three experiment.
Experiment the nrst; When you 60 GU
Of mis- world, II does not make any dii
ference whether you have been good @
bad, or whether you believed truth Q
error, you will go straight TO glorl
0 Impossible" you say. my commo
D sense as we'll al my religion teaches tina
e the bad and the good cannot live I,
' getheT forever. You give me no col
fort In that experiment" Experiment
u tbs secondi When you leave this work
you will go into an intermediate stat
where you can get converted and pr
4 pared for Heaven. Impossible, 70
d say; ''aS the tree fslleth, so Il must III
n and cannot postpone TO an informed
:. ate state that reformation which ougl
70 have been effected in this state.
Z Experiment the third: There IL no Il
Is lure world, When a man dies, that
/, the last Of him Do not worry abW
I. what you are TO DO In future state
7. being; you win not do anything. 'In
n possible" you say. There Is som
5 Thing thai tells me that death is not II
i appendix, but the preface; there
D something that tells me thai on III
side % the gTpYs I only get started al
,. that ! shall 90 on forever. Ny pow
= 10 think says forever. my affections 70
d forever my capacity TO enjoy or SUI,
forever"
e Well, yon defeat me In my three E.
- perlments. ] have only one more
Il make, and IL you defeat me In that ! q