The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-02-23

under its soothing power 1t is not
choral that you want or morphine that
you want. 1t is the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. with long life will l satisfy
him."
of longevity in the fact that it removes
all corroding care about a future ex-
istence. Every man wants to know
what is to become of him. If you get on
board rail train, you want to know
at what depot il is going to stop. If
you get on board ship, you want to
know into what harbor it is going to
run, and if you should tell me you have
no interest in what is to be your future
destiny | would in as polite way as
know tell you | did not believe you.
Before | had this matter settled with
reference to my future existence the
question almost worried me into ruined
health. The anXieties men have upon
this subject put together would make
martyrdom. This is state of awful
unhealthiness. There are people who
fret themselves to death for fear of
| dying.
want to take. the strain off your
nerves and the depression off your soul,
and l make two or three experiments.
Experiment the first: When you go out
of this world, it does not make any diff
ference whether you have been good or
had, or whether you believed truth or
error, you will go straight to glory.
impossible" you say. "My common
sense as well as my religion teaches that
the bad and the good cannot live to-
gether forever. You give me no com
fort in that experiment" Experiment.
the second: When you leave this world,
you will go into an intermediate state
where you can get converted and pre-
pared for Heaven. impossible" you
say; "as the tree falleth, so it must lie,
and l cannot postpone to an intermedi-
ate state that reformation which ought
to have been effected in this state"
Experiment the third: There is no flf-
ture world. When a man dies, that is
the last of him. Do not worry about
what you are to do in a future state of
being; you will not do anything. "Im-
possible" you say. There is some
thing that tells me that death is not the
appendix, but the preface; there. is
something that tells me that on. this
side of the grave only get started and
that l shall go on forever. My power
to think says forever, my affections say
forever, my capacity to enjoy or suffer
forever"
Well, you defeat me in my three ex-
periments. I have, only one more to
make, and if you defeat me in that am
exhausted. A mighty one on a knoll
back of Jerusalem one day, the skies
filled with forked lightnings and the
earth filled with volcanic disturbances,
turned His pale and agonized face to-
ward the Heavens and said; II take
the sins and sorrows of the ages into my
own heart. l am the expiration. Wit
ness earth and Heaven and hell, | am I
the expiation." And the hammer 7
struck Him and the spears punctured /
him, and Heaven Numbered, The
wages of sin is DEATH" "The soul that
sinneth it shall die!" 81 will by no
means clear the guilty!" Then there
was silence for half an hour, and the
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scabbard of the sky and the earth
ceased to culver and all the colors of the
sky began to shift themselves into
rainbow woven out of the falling tears
of Jesus. and there was red as of the
blood shedding and there was blue as of
the bruising and there was green as of
the Heavenly foliage and there was or
M of he Il And oil
the line of the blue I saw the words,
81 was bruised for their iniquities."
And along the line of the red saw the,
words. "The blood of Jesus Christ
from all sim" And along the
line of the green saw the words, 1.-The
leaves of the tree of life for the healing
of the nations" And along the line of
the orange saw the words, The day
spring from on high hath visited us"
And then I saw the storm was over,
and the rainbow rose higher and higher
until it seemed retrea ting to another
Heaven, and planting one column of its
colors on one side the eternal hill and
the other column of itS colors
on the other side the eternal hill it rose
upward and upward and, behold, there
was rainbow about the throne
Accept that sacrifice and quit worry.
ng. Take the tonic, the inspiration.
he longevity, of this truth. Religion
S sunshine; that is health. Religion is
'resh air and pure water; they are
healthy. Religion is warmth; that is
healthy. Ask all the doctors, and they
viii tell you that a quiet conscience
md pleasant anticipations are hygienic.
offer you perfect peace now and here
lfter.
What do you want in the future
world? Tell me, and you shall have it.
Orchards? There are the trees with 12
manner of fruits, yielding fruit every
month. Water scenery? There is the
liver of life, from under the throne OF
Tod. clear as crystal, and the sea of
lass mingled with fire. Do you want !
music? There are the oratorio of the {
Creation" led on by Adam. and the l
ratorio of the RED Sea-" led on by
loses, and the oratorio of the Messiah"
I'd on by St. Paul, while the archaugel,
With swinging baton, controls the 144,-
90 who make up the orchestra. /
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