The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-02-23

heen dead twenty-five years ago but for
/ the deienses aud tie equlpoiss c. religion.
I You nave no more natural resistance than
/ hundreds Ot people who lie la the ceme-
/ teries to-day slain by their own vices The
I doctors made their case as kind aud pleas
ant - they could, and Il was called con-
gestron OF tue brain or something else, but
/ the snakes aud the blue sies that seemed
| 10 cravi over the Pillow ia The sisbt oi tue
I delirious patient showed what was the
matter With him. You, the aged Christian
man. walked along By tbat unhappy one
1 until you came TO the golden pillar OF the
Christian life. You went 20 the right: he
weut 20 the left. That IL All the difference
between you. oh IL this religion L. pro-
test against all lorns OF dissipation then IL
IS an illustrious friend o. longevity. with
long life will satisfy him.
Again, religion Is friend Ot longevity in
the fact TINT u takes the worry out of our
temporalltles. IL l. not work that kills
men; 1t is worry. When inau becomes "a
genuine Christian. he makes over 10 God
not only his affections. but his family, his
business, his reputation, bis body his
mind. his soul--everything. Industrious
he will be. bnt never worrying, because
God is managing his affairs. How can he
worry about business when in answer 10
his prayers God tells him when to buy and
when 10 sell, and. " he gain, that IS best
and IL be lose. that Is best.
suppose Won had su supernaturli netghb1r
who came Ia and said. "Sir. / want you TO
call on me In every exigeAcy. ! ain your
fast friend. l could fall back On $40 000.-
coo. hold the controlling stock Ia thirty
OF the best monetary Institutions OF this
country. Whenever you are In any trouble
cal on me, aud Will help YOU. You can
have my money. aud you cat have my in
huence. Here l. my hand ia pledge OF IT,"
How much would you worry about bust
ness? Why. you would say. "Ill DO the
best can, and then III depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that i promised 10
every Christian buslnes. man. God says
to him; 81 own New York lni London and
st. Petersburg and pekig, aud Australia
ani California are Mine. 1 can foresee a
panic 1000 years. have all the resources
OF the universe, and aul your fast friend.
When you get in business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Ne, and will help.
Here is Ny haud in pledge OF onlnipoteat
deilverance. How much should that
man worry Not much. What lion will
dare to put his paw on that Daniel? IL
there not rest ia this? Il there not IN
etern'i vacation IN this
"Oh," you say, here Is man who asket
God for a blessing in certain enterprise,
and he lost $4,000 ia it. Explain that.' II
will. Yonder is a factory, and one wheel
is going north aud the other wheel is go
ing south and one wheel laterally aud the
other plays vertically. | 20 20 the manu-
facturer, and Isay: "Oh. manufacturer
your machinery - a contradiction. Why
do YOU not make all the wheels GO one
way2" "Well " he SAYS, Il made them 10
go in opposite directions on purpose. AMI
they produce the right result. You 20
down stairs and examine the carpets we
are turning out IN this establishment aud
YOU will see" | 90 down on the other
floor. and | see the carpets and | am
obig sd TO confess that though the wheels
In in a IL,
they turn out II beautiful! result, and while
am standing there looking at the exqus-
ite fabric an old Scripture passage CONES
into ms mind-"All things work together
for good TO them who love God Is there
not rest in that Il there not tonic III
that? Is there not longevity in that?
Suppose n man Is all the time Worried
about bis reputation. Oae mau says he lies,
another says he il stupid, another saws he
Is dishonest, and half dozen printing es-
tablishments attack him, and be Is In u
great state OF excitement and worry and
tune and cannot sleep, but religion comes
to him and says MAN, God il on your
side; he will take care OF your reputation.
Ii God be for your, who can be against
your" How rguch should that man worry
about his reputation Not much. II that
broker who some years ago in Wall street
after ne had lost money, sat down and
wrote farewell letter TO his wife before
out Il his pocket pisto. he had taken out
well read New Testament there would
have been one less suicide. Oh, nervous AMI
teyertsh people OF the world, try this a.
mighty sedativel You will live twenty-five
years longer under its soothing power II
Is not chloral that you want or morphine
that you want; IL IL the gospel OF Jesus
Christ. with long life will I satisfy him"
Again, practical religion l. friend Of
longevity in the fact that it removes all
corrod!ng care about a future existence. .
Every man wants TO know what is 20 be- {
come Ct him. If you get on board a rail
train. you want 70 know at what depot 1t T.
is going to stop. II you get on board n
ship, you want 70 know into what harbor
it q going to run, and IL you should tell
ne YOU have no interest in what is tn bs
your future destiny / would in as polite
a way "a | know how tel! you did not be- 4
iieyc 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 F.
subject put together would make martyr .
dom. This Is a state OF awful uuLeathi. .
ness. There are people who fret 'hem-
selves TO death for fear OF dying.
want 10 take the strain OFF your nerves
aud the depression of your soul, aud .
make two or three experiments Expert. .
ment the first: When you GO ont of this .
world. 1t does not make any difference .
whether you have been good or bad o.
whether you believed truth or error. You
will 20 straight to glory. Impossible" ," .
you say. "My common sense as well n ny
religion teaches that the bad aud the
good cannot live together forever. You
give rae no comfort in that exper..
ment" Experiment the second When
you leave this world, you will 60 into
AZ intern mediate state, where YOU can
get converted and prepared FOR heaven.
4 ~ f.gtz ~ u ha fra.
falieth 40 IL must lie. and 1 cannot post
pOue 20 40 intermediate state thai refor
nation which ought TO have been effected
va tGis state Experiment the third:
There j. no future world when a man
dies, that is tue last ot him. Don not worry
about What ycu are TO do IN another state
u being you will not do anything. In.
POSSIBLE" ." Won say. There T. something ,
Lha; tells me that death is not the arpen
Xix but tue preface. There IA something
that tells me that on this side ol the grave I
only GET started and that shall 70 90
forever Ny power to think says 'forever.'
ny affections say forever my capacity
b. enjoy or suffer forever"
And then | saw the storm was over. and
the rainbow rose higher ar 4 higher until
t seemed retreating TO another heaven
and planting one column ~ its colors ou
one side Of the eternal hill. II rose upwarl
pnd Upward. aud, behold, there was a .ain-
bow about the throne.
Accept that sacrifice and qui: worrying.
Take the tonic. the Inspiration the long
svity o. this truth. Religion l. sunshine.
that u health. Religion IL fresh air aud
pure water. they ara healthy. Religion a.
warmth; that Is healthy. Ask ali the doc
tors aud thev will tell you that l1iet
conscience and pleasant Antlclpations arB
lygienic | Ofer you perfect peace Eov
and hereafter.
wha, 10 You want in the future world,
I ell ne and Won -hAll have u. O-chArd.s