The pathway of life; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love (1894) (14779952291)

"A Faithful Servant"
Identifier: pathwayoflifeint00talm (find matches)
Title: The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902
Subjects: Christian life and character
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pub. and manufactured by Historical Pub. Co. for the Christian Herald
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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kings of the earth to stand up and givetestimony, telling of the long story of sleepless nights, and poisoned cups, andthreatened invasion, and dreaded rebellion. Ask the Georges, ask the Henr>S,ask the Marys, ask the L,ouises, ask the Catharines, ask the Lady Jane Greys,whether they found the throne a safe seat, and the crown a pleasant covering.Ask the French guillotine in Madame Taussauds Museum about the queenlynecks it has dissevered. Ask the Tower of London and its headsmans block.Ask the Tuilleries, and Henry VIII., and Cardinal Wolsey to rise out of thedust, and say what they think of worldly honors. Ghastly with the first and thesecond death, they rise up with eyeless sockets and grinning skeletons, and staggerforth unable at first to speak at all, but afterward hoarsely whispering: Ashes ! Ashes! THE VANITY OF RICHES. I call up also a group of commercial adepts to give testimony; and hereagain, those who have been onlj moderately successful may not testifs. All the (530)
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A FAITHFUL SERVANT. 532 THE PATHWAY OF I^IFE. witnesses must be millionaires. What a grand thing it must be to own a railroad,to control a bank, to possess all the houses on one street, to have vast investmentstumbling in upon you day after day, whether you work or not. No; no. WilliamB. Astor, a few days before his death, sits in his office in New York, grievingalmost until he is sick, because rents have gone down. A. T. Stewart finds hislast days full of foreboding and doubt. When a Christian man proposes to talkto him about the matters of his soul, he cries: Go away from me ! Go awayfrom me; not satisfied until the man has got outside the door. Come up, yemillionaires, from various cemeteries and graveyards, and tell us now what youthink of banks, and mills, and factories, and counting-houses, and marble palaces,and presidential banquets. They stagger forth and lean against the cold slab ofthe tomb, mouthing with toothless gums and gesticulating with fleshless handsand shivering wi