The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-07-13

People on the subject, that ~ with
getting disguised with world, 'ney are
ophy as a matter of comfy philOs.
when You have a dead cbilS d%uy'hing
mouse. They tell you when ,b. IN the
SICK and the door of the futnra my Were
opening the only comfort tha seemed
ind was the Gospel. peonla asy could
ing demonstrated all over tba nav.
That science and philosophy "e land
soiaee h troubles and woes ,annot
world, and they want some - oi the
nglon, and they are taking Chai re-
ity, the only sympathetic lStan'
that ever came into the world Lyon
Just take a scientific consolidate iOa
that room where a mother ho INTO
her child. Try in that casa . lost
splendid doctrine of the "surr;yo your
h httest." Tell her that cbils Of
because it was not worth as m~. pled
the other children. That Is as
survival of the fttest." your
your transcendentalism, your nb,.uy
ply, your science, on that wi1Ooso.
soul, and tell her it was a peolor;"a
necessity that her companion shss
be taken away from her, lust as
the course of the worlds hist u
megatherium and the icbtbvos me
had to pass out of existence. and ths'
you go on in your scientific consnla
ton until you get to the sublime ta'
that $4,000, 900 years from now ~
ourselves may be scientific specimon0
on the geologic shelf, petriied srsoi'
mems of an extinct human race A.,
after you have got all through witt
your consolation, if the poor ae;o.
ed soul is not crazed by it, we win
send forth from any of our churOh"l
the p~lainest Christian we have ana
with one-half hour of PRAYER and
reading of Scripture promises ,ba
tears will be wiped away, and tba
house from floor to cupola will hs
Hooded with the calmness of an In.
dian summer sunset. There is wbers
L see the triumph of Christianit,
People are dissatisfied with every.
thing else. They want God. Tbev
want Jesus Christ.
The fact is that infdelity and az.
Mysticism are founded on icno.
rance geological, ignorance chemical.
ignorance astronomical, ignorance
geographical. We have heard what
the enemies of Christianity have had
to testify. Now l put before you the
testimony of the church on earth and
the church in Heaven. Not fifty. not
a thousand, not a million, but all of
the church on earth and all of the
redeemed in Heaven. Will YOU take
the evidence OF those who have wit.
messed as well as felt the wv of
religion, or will you prefer the ties.
timony of those who begin by declar.
ing that they have never witnessed
or felt its power? You tell me that
on a certain 4th of March, 20 years
ago, a president of the United States
was inaugurated. How do | know it?
You tell me there were 10000 per.
sons who distinctly heard his inaugu.
raj address. l deny both. l deny
that he was inaugurated. deny that
his inaugural address was delivered.
You ask why? / did not see it. l
did not hear it. But you say there
were 10000 people who did see and
hear him. Is not the testimony of
the 10000 who were present worth
more than the testimony of one who
was absent? Now, there are some
men who say they have never seen
Christ crowned in the heart, and they
do not believe it is ever done. There
is a group of men who say they have
never heard the voice of Christ, that
they have never heard the voice Of
God. They do not believe that any
thing like it ever occurred. | point
to twenty, a hundred thousand or a
million people who say: Christ was
crowned in our hearts affections, we
have seen Him and felt Him in our
soul, and we have heard His voice; we
have heard it in the storm and dark
ness; we have heard it again and
again" Whose testimony will you
take? These men who say they have
not heard the voice of Christ, have
not seer the coronation, or will you
believe the thousands and tens of
thousands of Christians who testify
of what they saw with their own eyss
and heard with their own ears?
Young man, do not be ashamed 10
be a friend of the Bible. Do not put
your thumb in your vest, as young
men sometimes DO, and sWagSsr
about talking of the glorious light OF
nature and of there being no neea
of the Bible. They have tn. light OF
nature in India and China and III an
the dark places of the earth. Dla
you ever hear that the light Oh
nature gave them comfort for their
trouble? They have lancets to cut
and iuggernauts to crush, but no com
fort. All, my friends, you had oet'ef
stop your skepticism. Suppose YOU
are put in a crisis like that OF Ooi.
Ethan Allen. l saw the account anu
at one time mentioned it in an au'
dress. A descendant OF Ethan A'en'
who is an infidel, said it never w
Cured. Soon after l received a ie'
ter from a professor in one Oh ~" :,
colleges, who is also a descendant u
Ethan Allen and is a Christian W
wrote me that the incident Is acou
rate; that my statement was au'", u.
tic and true. The wife OF Ethan u
| len was a very consecrated wonalE