The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-11-30


more than can be estimated to the |
worlds health and comfort, as we'll as
to his own advantage. Columbus and |
John Fitch, and Stephenson and Rob-
ert Bruce, and Cyrus w. Field and 500
others were illustrations of what te-
nacity and pluck can do. Hard pound
ing" said Wellington at Waterloo,
"hard pounding, gentlemen, but we
will see who can pound the longest
Yes. my friends, that is the secret,
not fight from obstacles IN the way.
but "who can pound the longest"
The child had IL right when attempt
ing to carry a ton of coal, shovelful
at a time, from the sidewalk to the
cellar. and some one asked her: "Do
you expect to get all that coal in with
that little shovel?" And she replied:
eyes. sir, if | work long enough" BY
the help of God choose your calling
and stick to it, The gadabouts are
failures for this life, to say nothing
of the next
There are many who exhibit this
frailty in matters of religion. They are
not sure about anything that pertains
to their soul or their eternal destiny.
Now they are Untarians, and now they
are Unitersalists, and now they are
Methodists, and now they are Presby-
terians and now they are nothing at
all. They are not quite sure that the
Bible was inspired or, if inspired
whether the words or the ideas were
inspired or whether only part of the
Book was inspired. They think at one
time that the story in Genesis about
the garden of Eden is history, and the
month after they think ii is an allie
CORY. At one time ;hey think the book
of Job describes what really occurred,
but the next time they speak OF IT they
call ii drama. Now they believe all
the miracles. but at your next inter
view they try to show how these
scenes had nothing in them supernat-
ural but can be accounted for by nat
ural causes. Gadding about among re-
ligious theories and never satisfied. Al!
the evidence is put before them, and
why do they not render verdict? II
they cannot make up their mind with
all the data put before them, they
never will. There are all the archaeo-
logical combinations of the Bible
brought to view by the palestine En-
ploration society" there are the bricks
of Babylon, the letter IN" impressed
upon them-"N' for Nebuchadnezzar,
showing that he was not a highland
the farther the shovel of the antigua
rian goes down the more is revealed of
that most wonderful city of all time.
Prof. Heilprecht, of the University of
Pennsylvania, presents us tablets found
in the far east ratifying and explain
ing Scriptural passages which were be-
fore in mystery. As the builders in
Jerusalem to-day dig for the founda-
ton of new houses they turn up with
their pickaxes the ashes of the ami
J mails that were used for burnt offer
ings in the temple ages ago, demonstrate
, ing the truth of the Bible story about
the sacrifices of lambs and heifers and
pigeons. There is the history by Jo-
e sephus, described on uninspiring pages
scenes which the Bible depicts. On the
banks of the Dead sea there are pieces
= of the very birthstone that fell in the
sulphurous storm that destroyed Sodom
e and Gomorrah. Make up your mind
- whether the Bible is glorious revela
( tion of God or the worst imposition oil
- the centuries Why go gadding about
n among infdels, atheists and deists ask
e ing questions and surmising and guess
ing about the authority and value OF ;
' book which involves the infnities? Il
O is either a good book or bad book
- If il be a bad book, you do not wan
d il in your house nor have your children
: contaminated with its teachings
\ il is a good book, your eternal happi
+ ness depends upon the adoption of it,
2 teachings. Once and forever make M
Q your mind whether it is the bool, q
Y God or the book Of vllainous pretend
il ers.
l. My text also addresses those VIII,
l. in search of happiness are goin!
d hither and 'yonder looking for tina
e which they find not. Their time is al
taken up with "musicaes," and pro
l. gressve euchres." and teas. and vel
p low luncheons, and "at homes" ant
/ dances, and operas, and theaters; and
II instead Of finding happiness, they ge
= pale checks. aud insomnia, and ind
u gestion, and neuralgia, and eXhaus
g Won. and an abbreviated lifetime
,, There is more splendid Womanhoo
Il sacrificed in that way in our cite
# chan in any other way. The judg
n ment day only can reveal the awfu
Vt holocaust of tangled nerves and tn
20 suicidal habits of much of our socia
d life. The obituary of such reads wei
W Cor the story is suppressed about ho'
G they got their death while standin
I'm attire of gauze, waiting for tn
Is carriage on a raw night, on the iron
n steps. While in their lifetime the
re possessed all the ability for the relic
a of pain and Impeachment, yet the
| have no time for visitation of tn
es poor, or to win the blessing of sue
lie as comes upon those who administt
ut to those who are ready to perisl
in Enough flowers in their dining hal
a. IN hnuttph a prippp but NOT one II