The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05


and heirs. Oh, what property you Pr pro. J.
nose to give me for my soul! II you SCI. a
bill of goods you 20 into the s,rSn sc,TrSuhetns
room and say to yonr martinez, M, no you you
tb;nk bn That man is good for this bill: Can
,'',n be aive EN- nroper security? Will he meet
this nayment?" Now. when you arc Of
fere this world az possession Wans
Won to test the matter. I do not want you
TO 60 into this bargain blindly. want
you to ask about the title, ABOUT Ihe ,m.
surance, about whether men nav tte.
had any trouble with it. about "ne'ovl na
you can keep it. about whether you han rn"
get all or the ten thousandth or one nun
drcd thousandth part of it,.
There is the world now. shalt say no
more about it. Lake up your mMo l3I
yourself. as I shall. before s lou, Gate tho So
make uD my mind for myself, dbout tne
vaime .of This world. I cannot afford to
make a mistake for my soul, and you can
not afford to make mistake TOR your soul.
Now. let us look at the other property
the soul. We cannot make bargain
without seeing the comparative value.
The soul! How shall I estimate the value
Of it? Well, by its exQu' re organization.
tt is the most wonderful piece of mechan.
ism ever put together. Machinery is OF
value in proportion as it is mighty and
silent at the same time. You look at the
engine and the machinery in the Philadel'
it's wonderful work you will be surprlsed
to find how silently it goes. Machinery
that roars and tears soon destroys itself,
but silent machinery is often most effec'
tive. Now, 80 it is with the soul OF man.
with all its tremendous faculties; 1T moves
in silence. Judgment, without any racket,
lifting it's scales; memory, without any
noise. bringing down all its treasures;
conscience, taking its judgment seat with
ont any excitement: the understanding
and the will, all doing their work We
locity, majesty, might. but silence-si-
lence. You listen at the dosr of your
heart. You can hear no sound. The soul
is all uuiet. 1t is 80 delicate an instru-
ment that no human hand can touch 1T;
You break a bone, and with splinters and
bandares the surgeon sets it: the eye be-
comes infamed, and the aDothecary's wash
cools it, but soul off the track. unbal-
anced-no human power can readinst It.
With one sweep of its wing it circles the
universe and overvaults the throne OF
God. Why, in the hour of death the soul
is 80 mighty It throws aside the body as
though IL were "a toyssI It drives back med
icaF skill as ifnpoteft. It breaks through
the cirele of loved anes who stand around
e;dting couch With one leap it springs
beyond star y and moon and sun and
49, sre can Consume It:
i n ~ rocl,s can crush
q. u sspde it. no time can
~ IL s7Ss ~ Lr;doa an which
- .snta 9o nlummet
" Ssnfh sonl an
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$:1! 1aIloas 20 9ar. sou!s now, pas stos
81 =, .Esci after the
NlrNs ~ Il H,;ff;nn Cor NO He
s..,a. m. FsSy,reHe has one
sum sr,n Z; SI ! sI;na and tSs sother arm holds a
cr,,tchs Aa he mount tEe platform. oh,
tbe enthusiasm of t6e audience! They
sav 1aT,hat man fought for us and i'm.
rssr;Iad h;s. I;ss' for. M, and how wild the
h. bf,,s. "a, tbst I ;failows hr,sza. y !; T.
NWheT vi y,.. fhss sIara ,jesus Christ shall at
~ " ls stanJ sus ant hafSre the mnlt;t,ides of
tha, .dsS ,,sJaa,,oJSf eJ baoven and WE meet Him
saea e.s 81 en- onJ feei +nat He was wounded
eI 20 the w besd and wounded in the hands
and wounded in the feet and wounded in
the aide for ia. methinks we will be over
,vhainood. :.
We will sit some time gazing in silence
rnt;l some leader amid the white robed
choir shall lift the baton of light and give
the signal that it is time to wake the song
Of jubilee, and all heaven, then viii! break
forth into "Hosanna! hosanna! Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain"
I calculate further the value of the soul
by the price that has been paid for it.
in St. Petersburg there is diamond that
the Government paid 5000 900 for. "Well:"
YOU say, "it must have been very valuable
or the Government would not have paid
5000, 1000 for it."
l. want to see what the soul is worth
and what your soul is worth by. seeing
what has been paid for it,. For that i'm
mortal soul the richest blood that was ever
shed. the deepest groan that was ever ut:
tered, all the griefs of earth compressed
into one tear, all the sufferings of earth
through His holy heart. Does it not i'm
rIr trenoandous yalue9 E,."'
r. argue also, the value of the soul from
fhe home that has been fitted up for it. in
~ G f,tnre % T One would have though that
y street Of adamant would have done.
A. - ;s etraat of cold One would
Lo,,o L,U, II thonsbt ibot wall Of Granite would
ha,e haue. .d' dons NJ + ia the flame of sar-
49, rn;no,;na With the Green of cmer-
'oTTJ'SA' 'oTJ Nit''s N'ie WV
a'u. >, .b esono
II man sell PHI OF geoas Tortn o rn,S S'uy net
ana ne IS eneateu ouC VI ~ AZ.
9ovo somewIIele I s e,se' III nu' S,E;na that he
vests MS soIi nyes'I tn i;aht a ~ ~ taxt II
saves an In tHe ,,o,, msns VOC nffsring yonr
seems 70 me sas,nt as ~ fGd ;5dsr ana hear VOL,
soui 70 s8M 1Ie h'nIS; pa for 4 ruv, deatbIess
say, MI aae Is !. g,a Ia t for ;tbu Satan says
sG'rn; 81 L;J td. the rnorid Won aay "Bepone'
.h WI, o.u ou;r"lenti oni m Sell nv soul for the
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