News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-06-26

Il string of beads made a princely bar
gain compared with the speculation of
that man who gains the whole world
and loses his own soul. How much
comfort do the men take who died I'M
forgiven ten years ago, leaving large
fortunes to their heirs? Do thew ever
come up to count the gold they hoard
ed or walk through the mansions they
built2 Though they could have bought
an empire, they have not now as much
money as you have this moment in
your pocket. Solomon looked upon his
palace and the grounds surrounding it,
pools trimmed with gold and circling
roads along which at times rushed his
fourteen hundred chariots, W bile under
the outbranching sycamores and cedars
walked the apes and peacocls which
by the navy of Hiram had been
brought from Tarshish, and from the
window curtains with embroidered gold
and purple through which came out
the thrill of harps and psalteries min
Cling with the song OF the waters.
When Solomon sssrV>that al. these
luxuries of sight and 81 hd had been
purchased by his wealth e broke forth
in the exclamation, IN sey answereth
all things" But ,e G hot receive it
as litera, ssse<t cs,S pot the voice of
coEscien%,s 1t c, ln,4 lrown the sor-
rows of the soul. it q (ot put bribe
in the hand of death. cannot unlock
l,bc gate of heaven. e tower of 81
foslAa fell and killed lteen of its ad,
- ~ rs, but this ldoi whose worship
the Exchanges and and custam
IN Fan a,l We been dedi-
70 -. But sin to death its
o,io'.','i,e tF'ro we hot enumerate
INC ie'o ca 49, 5 ~ 2 knaulrive them
religious life.
DO NOT T6.--N DREAD.
But it was Of Moab
that made OrfN q sister and
mother-in-law lbtless had
dread Of the hard TO which they
would be exposed the journey to
Bethlehem, and Orr was mot alone
in the fear. Dout IS solne of you
have been appalled, s. d driven back by
the self-denials of Ne Christian life.
The taunt of the worldt the Charge of
hypocrisy which they fwoGid sometimes
be obliged to confront, has Kept macy
away from the land OF, Bethlehem
They spend their life in counting the
cost; and because q Ch1Astian life de-,
mands SO much courage Rhd taith they
dare not begin to build Perhaps they
are courageous in everv other respect.
They are not timid in presence of any
danger except that of t,usting in tie
infinite mercy of Christ
The sheep are more AFRAID of the shep-
herd than of the wolves. They shrink
away from the presence of Christ as
though he were tyrant rather than
friend who sticketh closer than broth
er. They feel more safe in the ranks
of the enemy, where they must suffer
infinite defeat, than in the army of
Christ, which shall be more than con-
querors through him that hath loved
them Men SILVER and tremble before
religion as though they were command
ed to throw their life away, as though
it were a surrender of honor and man.
illness, and reason and self respect, and
all that is worth keeping
WHY SHOULD GODS MERCY BE DoUBTEDi
What has God ever done that his
mercy should be doubted2 Was there
ever a sorrow of his frailest child that
he did not pitya Was there ever a soul
that he left unhelped in the darEness2
Was there ever a martyr that he did
not strengthen in the flames? Was
there ever a dying man to whose relief
he did not come at the cry of Lord
Jesus, receive my spirit?" Aye, my
SOUL what has God done that so basely
thou hast doubted him? Did he make
the whole earth desert2 Are all the
skies dark and stoEfass-s-==effscce Is life all
sickness! Is the air all plague2 Are
there nothing but rods and scorpions
and furnaces? God knew how many
suspicious and unbeliefs men would
entertain in regard to him, and there
fore, after making a multitude of plain
and precious promises, he places his
hand on his own heart and swears by
his own existence: LAS live, saith the
Lord God, l have no pleasure in the
death of him that dieth.
Why, then, fight against God? This
day the battle RACES Thou art armed
with thy sins, thy ingratitude, thy neg
lects and Christ is armed against thee,
but his weapons are tears, are dying
agonies, arecallsto mercy, and the bat
tie cry which lie this day sends over
thy soul as he PUSHES toward thee is,
''Save thee from going down to TIE pit,
for | have found ransom" | would
not envy thy victory, o nearer, if thou
dost conquer for what wilt tho--->.o
with the weapons tlpu hast snatched
from the armed Redeemer, what with
the tears, what with his dying agonies
what with his calls to mercy2 Would
God that Orpah would get tired OF
Moabl Would God $hat Orpah would
go to Bethlehem
The whole secret OF, We Keely motor
has been explained Wy the inventor
himself. What can be more Lucid than
the following; There is "a triple sym
pathetic order of vibra. ion .ydiverting
the positive and neg ati Re c2rrents to
one general polarized center,; this rota-
ny action is continndp us when sympa-
thetically associated ! with the polar
stream New York SUN ri
P-
The uses of cleo ilcity extend. An
electric flatiron is o of the new things
under the sun. The on is hollow, and
the wire passes into e center and is so
arranged that VIII the electricity is