Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-09


brothers at a banquet. suddenly the feast
ended. What meant those mounds thrown
up at Chickahominy, ShiiOh, Atlanta,
GettysburI, South Mountain! what
meant those golden gram heds turned
into pasture ground Tor cavalry horses!
WHAT meant the corn fields quilted with
the wheels OF the heavy supply tram
Why those rivers of tears, those lakes OF
blood? God was angry. Justice must
come. A handwriting on the wall The
nation has been weighed and found want
ing. Darkness! Darkness! Woe to the
North Woe to the South! Woe TO the
Eastl Woe to the Westl Death at the
banquet
". | have also to learn from the subject
that the destruction of the vicious and or
those who despIse God will be very sud
den. The wave OF mirth had dashed to
the highest point when that Assyrlan
army broke through. 1t was unexpected.
Suddenly, almost always, comes the doom
of those who despise God and defy the
laws of men. How was it at the delugey
DO you suppose it came through long
northeast storm, so that people Tor days
before were sure it was comingI NO; L
suppose the morning was bright; that
calmness broOded on the waters; that
beauty sat enthroned on the hills; when
suddenly the heavens burst, and the
uOuuldluS SANK Inc duCuOI lubO buC oChi
that dashed clear over the Andes and the
Himalayas.
the Red Sea was divided. The Egyp
tians tried to cross it. There could be no
danger. The Israelites had just gone
through; where they had gone why not
the Egyptiansf o, it was such beauti-
full walking placel a pavement of tinged
shells and pearls, and on either side two
great walls of water, solid. There can be
no danger. Forward, great host of the
Egyptians! Clap the cymbals and blow
the trumpets of victory! After them
We will catch them yet and they shall De
destroyed. But the walls Of solidifed
water begin to tremble. They rock. They
fall. The rushing waters! The shrek OF
drowning menl The swimming OF the
war horses in vain for the shore! The
strewing of the great host on the bottom
of the sea, or pitched by the angry wave
on the beach--a battered. bruised and
loathsOme wreck Suddenly destruction
came. One half hour before they could not
have believed 1t. Destroyed and without
remedy.
am Just setting forth fact which you
have noticed as well as |. Ananias
comes to the apostle. The apostle says:
Did you sell the land for 30 muchW He
says: YES" IL was lie. Dead! AS
quick as thatl Sappnira, his wife, comes
in. Ibid you sell the land for 80 muchY'
yes" 1t was a lie, and quick as that
she was dead Gods judgments are upon
those who despise and defy Him. They
come suddenly.
The destroying angel went through
Egypt. Do you suppose that any OF the
people knew that he was coming? Did
they near the flap of his great wing? No!
No! Suddenly, unexpectedly he came.
Skilled sportsmen do not like to shoot
bird standing on sprig near by. Ifthey
are skilled they pride themselves on TAX
ing it on the wing, and they wait till it
starts. Death is an Old sportsman aud he
loves to take men flying under the very
sun. He loves to take them on the wing.
Are there any here who are unprepared
for the eternal world? Are there any here
VINO have been living without God and
without hope? Let me say to you that
you had better accept OF the Lord Jesus
Christ lest suddenly your last chance be
gone. The lungs will cease to breathe,
the heart will stop, The time will come
when you shall go no more to the office,
or to the store, or to the shop. Nothing
Will be left but Death, and Judgment, and
Eternity. On, flee to God this hour! Ii
there be one in this presence who has
wandered far away from Christ, though
he NAV not have heard the call of the Cos
pei for MANY year, | invite him now to
come and be saved. Flee from thy sin !!
Flee to the stronghold OF the Gospel!
To-day invite you TO a grander BAN
quet than any | have mentioned. NV
Lord. the King, is the banqueter. An
gels are the cup bearers. All the re-
deemed are the guests. Tue halls of eter-
ual love, ircscOed with light and paved
with JOY aud curtained with unfading
beauty are the banQuetiug place. The
harmOnies OF eternity are the music. The
chalices OF heaven are the plate; and |
am one OF the servants coming out with
both hands filled with invitations, scat
teTing them every where; ana of that, fur
yourselves. you might break the seal Of
tue invitation and read the words written
in read ink of blood by the tremulous
hand OF dying Christ: Come now, for
all things are ready"
After this day has rolled by and the
night has come may you nave rosy sleep
guarded by Him who never slumbers!
Nav you awake in the morning strong
and well! But, oh! art thou "A despiser
of God? Is the coming night the last
night on earth? Should'st thou be
awakened in the night by something, thou
knOwest not what, and there be shadows
floating in the room, and handwriting on
the wall, and you teel that your last hour
is come, aud there be fanting at the
heart. and a tremor in the limb, and a
catching of the breath-then thy doom
would be but an echo of the words OF my
text: I'm that night was Belshazzar the
King of the Chaldeans slain"
RANDALL AND HIS FENCES.