The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-22

Of the best monetary institutions of this
! country Whenever you are In any trouble
call on me, and will help you. You can
have my money, and you can havc my in
nuence. Here is my hand In pledge OF it
How much would YOU worry about busi-
ness? Why, YOU would say. 'Ill do the
best can, and thon I'll depend on my
friends generosity for the rest"
Now, more than that is promised to
every Christian business man. God says
to him; "I own New York and London and
st. Petersburg and Pekln, and Australia
and California arc .Mlne. can foresee q
panic 1000 years. have all the resources
OF the universe, and am your fast friend.
When you get In business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Me, and will help.
Here is MY hand in pledge OF omnipotent
deliverance." How much should that
man worry? Not much. What lion will
dare to put his paw on that Danlel2 Is
there NOT rest In this? Is there not an
eternal vacation in this?
"Oh," you say, "here is q man who asked
God for blessing In a certain enterprise.
and he lost $4,000 In 1t. Explain that" ~
will. Yonder is q factory and one wheel
Is going north and tho other wheel Is 60
ing south, and one wheel laterally and the
other plays vertically. ! 90 to tho manu-
facturer, and say: "Oh, manufacturer,
your machinery is contradiction. Why
do you not mako all the wheels 20 ono
way2" "Well," ho says, "I made them to
they produce the right result. You go
down stairs and examine tho carpets we
are turning ont III this establishment and
YOU will see." 1 go down on the other
floor, and l see the carpets, and l nm
obliged to confess that though tho wheels
In that factory go in opposite directions
they turn out n beautiful result, and while
l am standing there looking at the exquls-
ite fabric an old Scripture passage comes
into my mind-"All things work together
for good to them who love God" Isthere
not rest In thatP Is there not tonic IN
that2 Is there not longevity In that2
Suppose man is all tho time worried
about his reputation. One man SAYS he lies
an other says he Is stupid, another says ho
~ dishonest, and half n dozen printing es-
Establishments attack him, and he Is IN u
great state OF excitement and worry aud
fume and cannot sleep, but religion comes
to him and says: "Man, God is on your
side; He will take care OF your reputation.
III God be for your, who can be against
you?" How much should that man worry
about his reputatlon2 Not much. II that
broker who some years ago in Wall street,
after he had lost money, sat down and
wrote a farewell letter to his wife before
ho blew his brains OUT IL instead OF taking
out OF his pocket pistol he had taken out
woll read New Testament there would
have been one less suicide. Oh, nervous aud
feverlsh people OF tho world, try this al
mighty sedatlvel Yon will live twenty Ave
years longer under its soothing power. 1t
is not chloral that you want or morphine
that you want; II Is tho gospel OF Jesus
Christ, with long life will satisfy him."
Again, practical religion is friend OF
longevity In tho fact that 1t removes all
eorroding care about Il future existence.
Every man wants to know what is to be-
come OF him. II you get on board rail
train, you want to know at what depot 1t
Is going to stop. II you get on board
ship, you want to know into what harbor
Ii Is going to run, and IL you should tell
me you have no interest In what is to be
your future destiny 1 would In as polite
Il way as know how tell you did not be-
lieve you. Before 1 had this matter settled
with reference to my future existence, the
question almost worried me into ruined
health. Tho anxieties mon have upon this
subject put together would make u martyr.
dom. This is a state OF awful unhealthi-
ness. There are people who fret them.
selves to death for fear OF dying.
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the long
evlty OF this truth. Religion is sunshine
that is health. Religion Is fresh air and
pure water; they are healthy. Religion is
warmth; that is healthy. Ask all the doc
tors, and they will tell you that Il quiet
conscience and pleasant nntlcipations are
hygienic. offer you perfect peace now
and hereafter.
Well, you defeat me in my three expert
ments. have only one more to make, and
IL you defeat me in that l am exhausted.
mighty one on knoll back OF Jerusalem
one day, the skies lllled With forked light
nings and the earth with volcanic disturb
ances, turned His pale and agonized face
toward the heavens and said: II take tho
sins and SORROWS OF the ages into My own
heart. l am tho expiatlon. Witness earth
and heaven and hell, 1 am the expiation."
And the hammer struck Him and the spears
punctured Him, and heaven thnndered
The wages of sin Is deathl" "rho soul
that sinneth it shall diet" "I will By
no means clear the GUILTY." Then
there was silence for half an hour, and
the lightnings were drawn back into the
scabbard OF the sky and the earth ceased
to quiver and all the colors OF the sky be-
gan to shift themselves into rainbow
woven out OF the falling tears of Jesus, and
there was red ag of tho bloodshedding, and
there was blue us OF the bruislng, and there
was green rs of the heavenly foliage, and
there was orange as OF the day dawn. And
along tho line OF the blue saw the words,
81 was bruised for their iniquitlcs." And
along tho line OF the ROD saw the words.
"rhe blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all SIM" And along tho line OF tho green
L saw tho words, 1.-THE leaves OF the tree OF
lifo for tho healing OF the nations" And
along the line OF the orange L saw tho
words, "rhe day spring from cn high hath
visited US"
WHht uo you want III tue lutNfo WOrldf
Tell me, and you shall have 1t. OrchardsP
There are the trees with twelve manner of
fruits, yielding fruit evory month. Water
scenery? There Is the river of life, from
under the throne OF God clear as crystal
and the sea OF glass mingled with ire. Do
you want music? There Is the oratorio OF
the Creation led on by Adam, and the ora
torio OF the Red Sea led on bY Moses, and
tho oratorio OF tho Messiah led on by st.
Paul, while the archanSel, with swinging
baton. controls the one hundred and fortv-
four thousand who make up the orchestra
Do you want reunion2 There are your
dead children waiting to kiss you, waiting
to embrace you, waiting to twist garlands
in your hair. You have been accustomed
to open the door on this side the sepulcher
/ open the door on the other side tho
sopuloher. You have been accustomed to
walk In the wet grass on the top OF the
grave. show you the underside OF the
grave. The bottom has fallen =. and the
long ropes with which the "allbearers let
down your dead let them lear through
into heaven. Glory be to God -" this
robust, he9thy religion. 1t Will rave a
tendency to make you 1.-Two long 20 this
world, and in the world to cons you will
have eternal life. "With long life will |
satisfy bin" ----.------