The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-30
OF me world,

they want ONE other religion. an
they are taking Christianity, the onl
sympathetic religion that ever came in
to the world. You just take a scientif
ic consolation into that room where ,
mother has lost her child Try in tina
case your splendid doctrine of the ''sur
vival Of the fittest." Tell her thai
child died because it was not worth =:
much as the other children. That I.
your survival of the fittest." just tr5
your transcendentalism, your philoso
ply, your science, on that Widowed
soul and tell her it was a geological
necessity that her companion should be
taken away from her, just as in tie
course of the worlds history the mega
| therium and the ichthyosaurus had tc
| pass out of existence, and then you &C
on in your scientific consolation until
you get to the sublime fact that sc, 900,
600 years from now we ourselves may
be scientific specimens on the geologic
shelf, petrified specimens of an extinct
human race, and after you have got all
through with your consolation. If the
poor afflicted soul is not crazed by It.
We lii send forth from any of QUIZ
churches the plainest ChriSeten Te
have. ~. with one half Solr of pszye1
~ reading of Scripture promises the
+Nars will be wiped away, and tne
boiASe from floor to cupola will be
1R,odA with the calmness OF an Indian
,,,.,ner 1unset. There is where l see
the 4rldmpN of Christianity. People
are dissatisfsN with everything else.
They want IGos5; they want Jesus
Christ.
The fact is that infdSity and agnostl
cism are founded on ignorance geolog-
zeal, ignorance chemical Ignorance as
Economical. ignorance GEOGRAPHICAL. We
have heard what the enefh,ds or CHRIS
tianity 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 million, out
all of the church on earth and all Of the
redeemed in heaven. Will you Jake the
| evidence of those who have witnessed
as well as felt the power of religion, OF
| will you prefer the testimony OF those
who begin by declaring that they have
never witnessed or felt its power? You
tell me that on a certain 4th. 81 March,
20 years ago, a president of he United
States was inaugurated. low do l
know it? You tell me thereNwere 90
600 persons who distinctly beard his
inaugural address. I deny both. de-
nv that he was inaugurated. deny
that his inaugural address was deliv-
cred. You ask why? 1 did uot see it.
l did not hear it. But yeu, say that
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 mel
who say they have never seen Christ
crowned in the heart and they do moi
believe it is ever done. There Is
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 anything lik'
it ever occurred. point to twenty,
hundred thousand or a million peopl'
who say: Christ was crowned in on
hearts affections. We have seen hin
and felt him in our soul, and we hav
heard his voice. We have heard 1t Il
the storm and darkness. We hav
heard it again and again"
Panacea For All Trouble.
, You say morphia puts one to SLEEP
You say in time of sickness it is yer.
, useful. deny it. Morphia never put
: anybody to sleep. 1t never alleviate
! pain. You ask why 1 say that. / hav
. never tried ii. l never took 1t. den
|. that morphia is any soothing to tn
a nerves or any quiet In times Of sicl
ness. / deny that morphia ever pu
n anybody to sleep. But here are 20 PEI
q sons who say they have all felt tn
soothing effects Of a physicians pr
= scribing morphine. Whose testimon
: will you take? Those who took til
medicine or my testimony, never ha'
ing taken the medicine. Here Is ii
10 gospel of Jesus Christ. an anodyne fl
"A all trouble the mightiest medicine Q
= earth. Here is a man who says:
~ don't believe in it. There is no pow
n in it." Here are other people who sa,
A. 1--WE have found out its power an
NJ know it's soothing influence. 1t hi
10 cured u.s." Whose testimony will "
T. take in regard to this healing MED
N cine?
Young man. do not be ashamed to
r. a friend of the Bible. Do not put 20
C. thumb in your vest, as young mi
m sometimes do, and swagger about, tai
be ing of the glorious light Of nature al
nv Of there being no need Of the Bib
nv They have the light of nature in Ind
wv and China and in all the dark places
Dr. the earth. Did you ever hear that t
* light of nature gave them comfort
nv their troubles? They have lancets
nv cut and Juggernauts to crush. but
a comfort. All, my friends, you had b
80 ter stop your skepticism! Suppose y
of are put in a crisis like that of Color
nd Ethan Allen. saw the account a
in at one time mentioned it in an adore
in A descendant of Ethan Allen, who
in an inidel. said it never occurred. So
he after l received a letter from
nd lessor in one of cur colleges, who