The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-08-18
Are You Prepared to Die?
BY I. A. CONWAY.

~ - ~ N'N"aiH
Is this not a practical as well as IA
solemn question? There is no event so
certain to take place as your death,
and none may be as soon. The silver
cord may be loosed and the golden
pitcher broken at the fountain most
any day and your spirit ushered into
the presence Of your Creator to be-
judged
But you say Talk 70 me not Of
death for IL casts a shadow across my
mind. 1t dIsturbs my conscience. IL
turns my canal pleasures intoan uncn-
/ loyablc vanity let me think Of life.
long days of pleasure and uualIoycd
delights. " But my friend. the coffin.
the lonely tomb and eternity are just
before you, and why will q person neg
lcct to become alive to Cod Why
die the second death and go down
TO an eternal absence from God, light,
I purity and love,
I Death Is a solemn thought yes. 10 is
solemn thing 20 die. because IL is the
/ parting with all around which III,
hearts best affections have tuned
themselves
True thoughtfulncss cannot result In
death wlthou, Christ. There lea world
Of untold sensation. crowded into tha,
moment when a man puts hls hand "a
his forehead and feels the damp upon
IL which tells him he hour is come
He has been waiting for death all of
his HE and now it rs come ltlsal
over his chance s past. hi. eternity BE-
settled
| To the body, %, buIy uc love. death
Tor while . terrible boz, az ID
corps, puiud. b.ua,cd. injecting all
the air and every fca,lr, " humanity
shockIngIy dcfacyd thc dama.s cheek
the lovely form charged into .Ilcn,
loathsomcncss iarquc, to bones
Placed r the conhr,s ~ d narrow
house ~ clay. soon Oh, ,yr memory
% % s almost gon, There ua sWc,,
assurance 90 the child % Cod when ~
hlshody 10 b. Sand .n Gods vuri.
Asleep Boo Jcsu, Thcy shall aUa.,
90 GLORIOUS Immortality. with Oh, bot
this BE- not s1 they .lmll awak, differ.
emily Tor b. BE- said that som, Co. ever.
lasting shame and contempt
None hl' the shallow and those who
would With brayado drown o., th.uett
think lightly u death The sting ~
death b. 300. bot thanks b, unto God
who gi,c'f ls 'hr y.s,urg through usr
lord Jesus Christ Which nall 3, be-.
The strg 10 The uetop Nsrrs with
har .s oi s,.f sacrificing love uFcrs the
victory SIN. with o. lair i,r,.tfuI.
ne's. Ni. surely inhict the sting
L.sira 3" jhr living WUris ol som, NJ
Oh, worlds greatest inhIel. and b, ys
warned oh. lesser dc,o,c,s ~ ar'
Death tries ths nerve and take. of
The marx ~ the sacmi,s ~ righteous
rra
Gi'Hr N1 dark end iagbh.
Char ! an mst forever ari I
know b.
Hobbs . ann ,as.rsa fearful leap
ln 'ro ia..
A'an H,uaa,far, ifttH-
m, from Ity iuvu
N'.ialrr am abandoned o., Gel
an0 man ] shall ru @. f,H
Na0,.. co.'s, m, moo, a.U.r.m
that may mo- think ~ eternity
Tom Pawn, Sta, with n, far Cots
sake. Team uut bear O.. %, aIr,
Listen Zoo a few Christian voices
Sterf'r.. when dying booked into
heaven end said BEHOLD. { ss,ti,
heaven. opened and tfs s.r Gilman
standing ur 'fo right LrIuf G.i
l"ri Ivgs. receive ms spirit
Thuma Mean. B,,hop uf Rath and
Wells. author ~ the do,o.,y "P...
God from whom au blessing, A,e
the morning HMM. Awake M, souI ..
and,hc evening hymn, "GIor, toTb,.
my Col. ibis night ,hci lslI when
death approached he pat on ~. shrad
which be- tai always carried with him
and then calmly awaited the approach
Of The last moment b, expired he
exclaimed Gods will h. done"
Sir Henry iarclocA. the hero NJ
Lucknow. dici Nov -. ls,5 Hshn
wouis were. Il have sn rllr.i m, bf,
that when death came I might a,, b,
without fear Z dir hspp, and CON.
tented
Hcng uummoDd. the author ~
Natural aW in the spiritual worIi
a short time before bs death. .u.n.l .r