Connecticut western news., 1889-12-25
LOCAL NEWS A SPECIALITY.

man accepts the terms of that proclamation, and becomes free. has he not . Tight Co bc merryy Suppose q father has an elegant mansion and large grounds. To whom wiA he give the nrst privileges of these groundsS, He would say: "The first privileges in aH the. grounds. and all of my house, shafi be for my own shil iren." And yet men try to make m l 0 i.ve u at Gods children are on tho limits, and the chief refreshments and enj0yments of life are for outsiders, and not for his own. children. It Is stark atheism. There Is no innocent beverage too rich for Gods child to drink: there is no robe too costly for hS0 tu to indulge In, ard no house too splendid for him to live in. He has right to the Joys Of earth; he shall have right to the joys os heaven. Though tribulation, and trial, and hardship may come unto him, let him rejoice. ..Rejoicc in the Lord, ye righteous, and sgain l say rejoice.'
 remark again that Christ comes to us in the hour of our extremity. He knew the wine was giving out before there w&s any embarrassment or modification. Why dtd wait until itwas all gone. and no help could come from any source, and then come iN and perform the miracley This Is Christ's way and when he did c nne In, at the hour of ex- tremity, hc made ii st rate wine, ao that they critd out: .sri o0 h. q kept the e vine until now." Jesus In the hour of cxtremlsy !. He seens to refer that hour.
 Ion mourne. c.er your sins. You could not ind the way out. You sat down and said: God win not be mercirui. He has cast me off," But In that. tue darkest hour of yuur history. light broke from the throne, and Jesus said: 70 wanderer come home. i have seen all thy sorrows. In this, the hour of thy extremity, oncr thee pardon and eN erlasting life!r
 Trouble came. You were almost torn to pieces by that trouble. You braced yoursek> up against 1t. You said: II will be . stole, and will not care'; !; but before you bad got through making the resolution, 1t broke down under you. You felt that all your resources. were gone and :hen Jesus came. "1n the fourth watch of the night" the Bible ssys, ''Jesus came walking on tho sea-" Why did he lot come In the first watchy or in the sec oad watch? or in the third watchf l do not know. He came in the fourth, and gave de. liverance to his disciples. Jesus In tie last, lwonder # it will be 50 in our very lase extremity. We shall fall suddenly sick, and doctors will come, but in vain. We will try the anodynes and the stimulAnts and the say: "You must go." No one to hold - back, but the hands of eternity atrctched out to pull us on. What then' Jcsus win come to us, and as we say. "Lord Jesus,. I sn to the other side," he will say, "Take hold q my arm;" and we will take hold of his atn, | and then he will put his foot In the suTf o4 the wave, taking us on down deeper, deepen deeper, and our soul will cry: "An thy WAvoe and pillows have gone over me-" They cos- CT the feet, come to the knee, pass the girdl9 and come to the head. aud our soul cries out: | 'I ord Jesus Christ, I cannot hold thine arm any longer" Then Jesus will turn around, tbrow both his arms about us, and set us oar the beach, far beyond the tossing of tAe bl1> | lows. Jesus fn the last extremity.
 That wedding scene Is gone now. IT, wedding ring has been lost, tho taaASE4o have been broken, the house is down; but Jesus invitesus to . grander wedding. Yoa know the Bible says that the church ,te&ee | lambs wife, and the Lord will after whtlo
 come to fetch her home. There will bs asine enough at that wedding; not coming up l from the poisoned vats of earth, but the vineyards of Gods wine press their ifRaet clusters, and the cups and the tankardt sWili blush to the brim with the heavenly vintagr. and then all the banqueters will drink ssaHd- ing. Esther having come up from the bAek chanaan revelry of Ahasuerus, whers . thousand lords feastcd, will be there. And the queen of Sheba, from the banquet o1
 Solomon, will be there. And the mOthe1 o4
 Jesus, from the wedding in Cana, VIII be therr. And they all win axree that the
 earthly fcastiuY was poor compared wit&
 that. Then, lifting their chalices In thst holy
 light, they shall cry to the Lord of the 1eaat: {: | s''rhOu hast kept the good wine until nOW.~