Connecticut western news., 1885-03-18
position in Gods plan. We are believ.

CTS in a specific revelation to sinners. We do not believe that the stars in the sky, the birds in the air, the flowers in the field, the metals, minerals and fos- sils in the earth can teach us the A B o of salvation. Niagara might thunder its grand anthem in our ears; the Hima- layas might lift it's august head of ever lasting snow before our eyes, the rush, ing meteors and the mystic aurora might set the midnight heavens in n blaze; or from the sublimities we might turn to the gentler pictures of the sum- mer landscape and watch the sparkling waters of the meadow brook, inhale the fragrance of the new-mown grass and listen to the fairy music of the insect world, or, sul again, we might with microscopic help trace the exquisite shapes and mark the brilliant lustres oi every atom in this wonderful earth or explore the varied marvels of infusorial life, and when we have done any or all sof this, the guilty conscience will not have received one ray of comfort, the sin-bound spirit will not have obtained one glimpse of liberty. The Gospel is one grand promise and all its parts are promises of the same family. You have seen a grand star upon our country's flag, and all it's indented outline was a series of lesser stars-so the great prom ise of Christ's salvation is held up by the Gospel in a grand composite of promises, each like the whole shining with heavenly brilliance. Is the heart wearied with care2 'T will give you rest" is the gem which the tired one can find in this Bible. Are the soul and mind full of undehned forebodings Here is jewel for its wearing: "The Lord will go before you and the God of Israel will be your rear-ward." Do you feel your coldness and long for spiritual warmth2 Here is your very Koh-i-noor of diamonds: "How much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him."
 WHY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING.
 The Rev. J. M. Ludlow, at the Vest minister Church, Brooklyn: We have here (Job vii, 12) the vail of man who has lost everything; the vail of phil osopher who from his seat among the ashes looked forth upon the world and found it vanity; the vail of one of the most popular philosophers that ever lived, for in our sorrow and disgust we are too prone to turn to his dolefulness and pessimism for solace. Let us try to answer it, and let us see wherein lies our strength and why we should hope when our lives seem empty and value less. Is it not, first, because God made themP However seemingly worthless and imperfect, they yet lie upon the workable of the Omniscient, parts oi some grand and complex structure which shall endure to eternity. Secondly, Because there is wrapped up in them something of priceless value, for which Satan daily offers us riches and power, even as the King Of India offered his troops and treasures to the Ameer of Afghan, asking in return simply the ex- change of courtesies, the gift of his turban, because in the folds of that worthless turban was wrapped up a priceless jewel, the Koh-i-noor. Thirdly, We know that our life has a divine collateral; that it has been or will be re- deemed; that as a tattered banknote will have every cent of its value made good from the gold lying in the treasury vaults, so our little existence has behind it the wealth of the Godhead. We have the surety that every hope and longing and need that God has written upon it, will be redeemed in eternity. Let us then leave this heresy of noroseness, and the ashes of reimbursement, throw of the rags of our miserable ideas of life, end come forth into the eternal sum- shine,