The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-01-06
tude that calls forth no reply: How


me that life is not only a story told. but
a story listened 10. There is-uoihiLg
more veXaiious TO anyone than TO tell
"a story when people are not attending
They may whisper on some oiher.sub'
ject. Or they are ,preorcupied. One
cannot tell story elfectnally unless
there are good listeners. Well, that
which in my test is called the tale that
10 told" has plenty OF listeners. There
is no such thing as solitude. no such
thing us being alone. God listens. and
the air is full of spiritual intelligences
all listening. and the world listens 10
the story of our life. some hoping il
will be successful. Others hoping II will
be failure.
We talk about public life and priyai e
life. but there is no private life. The
story Of our life. however Insignificant
il may seem 10 be, will win the applause
or hiss Of great multitude that no
man can number. As tale that is
told" among admirers or antagonists.
celestial or pancemoniacs. the universe
is full OF listening ears as well as OF
cleaning eyes. If we say or do the
right thing. that is known. suppose
the population OF the inielligences in
the air is more numerous than the pop.
ulaiion Of inteligences on the earth
Aye. all the world will yet listen 10
and be redeemed by tale that is told"
way-some by voice, some by pen. some
by artists pencil some by harp and
some by song; mother telling II to
child. teacher telling it 10 Sabbath
class, reformer telling IL to outcast,
preacher telling il 10. assemblage. be
story Of the I.oveiiest of Heaven comiBg
down TO this SCARED and blasted island
its shores and struck through with
lances Of human hate as soon as be
landed. Shepherds dog baying on the
hills that Christmas night was better
treated than this rescuer OF II race, yet
keeping right on. brambles on brow.
feet on spikes. tlagelaied with whips
that had Jumps of lead fastened 10
them. through midnight without lap
terms. through storms without a shell
ter. through years that got blacker I'M
I'll they ended in n noonGay with the
sun biotted out. Mighiiest tale ever
told. and keep on telling il until the
last sorrow is assuaged and the last
animosi,y is quenchec and the last des-
ert is white with the lily and golden
with the cowslip and blue with the
gentian and crimson with the rose.
My text, in referring TO the years. re.
minds me that in - hours this year will
forever have gone away. Ninety-nine
out Of the hundred years Of his century
will have disappeared. We have only
one year of the century left. There
ought TO be something especially sug.
gestive in the last year of n century
1t ought 10 be year Of unpara lleled in.
dustries. of unhearG of conservation
Not a person in any Of our audiences
this day can remember the first year
Of this century. Not person 10 any oil
our audiences to-day will ever again sec
the last year OF century.
Through medical science the world:
longevity may be greatly improved il
The future. as it has been in the past
but il would not he well for people &c
| live TOO long. Some Of them would
through iheiE5 skill at acduisiiiveness
gather TOO much. and some multi
mllionaires would become billionaires
and trilionaires, and some one would
| after awhile pocket a hemisphere. No
| Death is useful in its financial limita
| lions. and then all have enough sorrow.
and annoyances and sufferings by The
| time they become nonagenarians OF
| centenarians to make it desirable Il
quit. Besides that, it would no, he fail
so long 10 keep so many gooL old peo
| pie ont of Heaven. So il is well ar
ranged that those who stand by tht
deaf hbed of the nineteenth century
will not be called to stand by the death
bed of the twentieth century.
Oh. crowd this last year with prayers
with hosaunas, with kind words. with
hPlpfulness. Make the peroration o
the century the climax OF Chrisilikt
| deeds. Close up the ranks of God anc
during this remaining 10 month:
charge nightly against the host O
| Abaddon. Have no reserve corps. Lei
swiftest gospel cavalry gaIlop. ant
heaviest moral artillery roll. ant
mightiest evangelistic batteries thun
| der on the scene. Let ministers of III,
Gospel quit all controversy with eaci
| other. and in solid phalanx march on
for the worlds disinthrallment. Lei
| printing presses. secular and religious
make combined movement TO instruct
| and emancipate the world. On all tn,
hills let there be Elijah. praying for ''s
great rain" and on every contested
| field Joshuas 10 see hat final victory |.
gained before the sun goes down. ant
every mountain become a transfgura
| lion and every Gnliee o walking plac,
| for the worlds dissent hrallment. Lei
us he jealous OF every month. OF ever,
week. of every day that passes withou
something significant and glorion,
| wrought for God and this sin cursed
world. Let our churches he ihrongpt
with devout assemblages. Let III,
| chorals be more like grand marches
than requiems. Let this ming yea,
see The last wound OF rrunsvaal al,
Philippine conflict, and the earth quak,
with the grounding arms Of the las
regiment ever 10 he marshaled. and tn,
furnaces Of the foundries blaze with III,
fires that shall turn The last swords int