The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-25
AWFULNEss or DEATH.
Impressed Upon Large Audience at st.
Mcnica's Church.


The third evening of The retreat that
| Is being given BY the Rev. Father Mul,
hall at ST Moniea's church met with
even 2 much larger crowd than the twc
lprevious evenings. The subject being 4
most impressive and important one foi
all, Death" He said in part as follows:
il | could impress IN letters az iron
the idea of death upon The mind Of the
mass misser, the slothful, naglectflil wo-
man, who must one day diel
III could impress upon the mind 81
the tippler, the drunkaFd who loves the
Intoxicating glass, and BY it gives scan,
| dial to their familyl
IN we but reflect that after this life
In the moment of our death we shall
have TO render an account to Almighty
God Can anyone dare deny the truth
that they must die If they 40, they
are looked upon as mad because every
thing around tis reminds us DC this truth
we must die The streets we now walk,
few days ago were trbd BY those who
have passed ont or this life before us.
No one knows the moment that God hes
fixed for your DEATH fiod himself has
said that death win cone suddenly, like
q thief in the night when you least ex-
pect II but, oh, are yoH ready, asa you
prepared ID meet that auininonsf
Sod himself, says, he prepared. BE
ready for death shall come. How many
young people viii say, and think, now
am young ] lnust enjoy myself and
when 1 am old II will set to work in
earnest 10 care for mv soul. They for
get that God In Addressing the young
man who stored his barn with plenty
and says, / will eat aud drink and be
merry now, ! win enjoy myself God
speaking 10 that Young man said, Thou
fool, this night shall tbH sotl be demand.
Cd of thee Thou thlA night shall rem
der an account of Thy Stewardship We
know not the moment that death will
come upon us.
What folly then To be living a life o.
sin, a careless, neglected. indifferent life,
wholly devoid of piety ana good works.
When death comes, what good works
have yon performedg Oh, Is not your
life devoid of good worksl
You know not where von will die. VIII
yau die in your home VIII you die ia
the street, Perhaps many die III the
street without moments warning. Ii
yoa 90 into the house Of pleasure there
death may come with you. In the New
York daily papers short time ago I
remember OF reading Of four sudden
deaths that occurred tile night before.
fMir who died in the ballroom, in diff.
ferent parts Of the city. three young
girls who died III The whirl Of dance,
perhaps in sin, sinful words ringing in
their ears. II yon are in the church,
in the house Of God, at that moment
even the angel Of death may come and
summon yom before your eternal nudge
Be prepared for that summons.
The question is most important one,
how shall diet in answer, you viii die
as you live, You win say, perhaps, there
Is a death bed repentance, do not deny
it, There hay, been. that is only God q
grace; God can work miracles Out OF
hundred thousand death bed repentants,
scarcely one is saved. Can we expect
that God is going to work miracles fof
that careless, negligent person in life,
who deiies her God, and HAS refused His
gracei AS yoH live then, SO shall you
die. Look now into your own soul What
is yeur lifeg Are you spending 1t in
works of practical pietys when you die
as careless negligent people, wholly OBJ
livious of what Il soon TO come upon
you, OF when YOU die the death OF
devout holy woman what ioyg Make
a choice now As you die you must live.
Remember il is appointed for you once
to die, after death comes judgment.