St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-03-17

sent lnMumer1Oic souls to rum. FREQ
lovism is bestial; it II worse-it is in.
fernal: 1t has furnished this land
with many thousands Of divorces An
nually. In one county in the state y
Indisns il furnished II divorces !
one day before dinner. 1t has rouse>
up Opponents north, south, east am
west. You can hardly TAKE up n p,
per but you read of an elopement
As far q I can understand the do
trine Of, free lovism, it is this-thai
every man osght to have somebody
else's wife and every vile somebody
else's hubbard. They do not like our
Christian organization of society, and
l 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 aud not one
passing caravan for the next 500 years
bring back one miserable bone Of their
carcasses! Free lovism! 1t 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 and its
anathema Of uncleanness-never until
then will this evi! be extirpated.
Behold also in this giant Of the text
ana in the giant of our own century
that 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
was too much for him. He may have
required longer grave, but the tomb
nevertheless was his terminus.
If, then, we are to be compelled to
60 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 I know-dust to dust.
But what shall be the destiny of the
latter? Shall it rise into the compan-
ionship Of the white robed, whose sins
Christ has slain. or will it 60 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 . 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 to the last. "Who is
this that cometh up from Edom with
dyed garments from Bozrah, mighty
to save?" If we follow in the wake of
that Champion, death has no power
ard tic grave no victory. The worst
man trusting in Him shall have his
dying pangs alleviated and his future
;llumiIed. r5
In the light Of this subject / want
to call your attention to fact which
may not have been rightly considered.
and that is the fact that we must be
brought into judgment for the en-
plcyment of our physical organism.
Shoulder. brain. hand, foot-we must
answer in judgment for the use we
used for the elevation of society or for
its depression? In proportion as our
arm is strong and our step elastic will
our account at last be intensified.
Thousands of sermons are preached to
invaiids. preach this sermon to
stout men and heslthful women. We
must give to God an account for the
right use of this physical organism.
These invalids have comparatively lit
tie to account for. perhaps. They
could not lift 20 pounds. They could
not walk half mile without sitting
down to rest. Yet how much many of
them accomplish. Rising up in judg-
ment. standing beside the men and
womel. who had only little physical
energy, and yet consumed that energy
in q conflagration Of religious enthu-
siasm. how will we feel abashed! Oh.
men of the strong arm and the stout
heart. what use are ycu making OF
your physical forces? Will you be
able to stand the test Of that day when
we must answer for the use of every
talent. whether it were a physical en-
ergy. or a mental acumen, or q spir
itual power? 8S&
The day approaches. and see one
who in this world was an invalid. and
as she stands before the throne OF
God to answer che says: 81 was sick
al. my days. I had but very little
strength. but / did as well rs / could
ir being kind to those who were more
sick and more suffering" And Christ
will say: "Well done, faithful serv-
ant"
And then a little child will stand
before the throne, and she will say:
"Gn earth / had curvature of the
spine. and I was very weak. and I was
very ill. but used to gather flowers
out of the wildwood and bring them
to my sick mother. and she was COM
forted when she saw the sweet flow
ers ont of the wildwood. ] did not do
much, but did something" And
Christ shall say. rs He takes her up in
HIS arms and kisses her: "Well done.
well done, faithful servant; enter thou
into the JOY of thy Lord" What. then.
will be said to Us. we to whom the
Lord gave physical strength and con-
tinuous health? Hark. it thurders
again! The Judgment. the judgment!
I said to an old Scotch minister.
who wa. one OF the best friends ever
had: Doctor. dill Won ever know Rob-
ert Pollock. the Scotch poet. who
wrote The Course Of Time?'" "Oh.
yes" lie replied. 81 knew him we'll!
/ was his classmatc." And then the
doctor went on to tell me how that
the writing of "The Course of Time"
exhausted the health Of Pollock. and
he expired. It seems as il no man
could have such glimpse of the day
for which all other days were made
as Robert Pollock had and long sur
vive that glimpse. In the description
Of that glimpse he says. among other
things:
Begin the woe. ye woods, and tell II to the
dolefuI winds,
And doleful winds wall to the bowling
hills,
And bowling hills mourn 10 the dismal
wales.
Ana dismal wales sigh to the sorrowins
brooks.
And sorrowing brooks weep to the weeping
stream,
And weeping stream awake the groaning
deep:
Ye heavens, great archway OF the universe.
nut sackc'oth on.