Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-29

fence. and the similar injustice am now
to undergo is a sensible retrlbufion Tor the
| punishment ! inflicted on an innocent
man. Lord JeiIries, after incarceratlns
many innocent and good people in London
tower. was himself imprisoned in the same
place. where the shades Of those whom he
I had maitreated seemed TO haunt him sc
/ that he kept crying 10 his attendants
sKe=p them OF, gentlemen. for Gods sake
keen them off, The chickens had come
home 10 roest. The body of Bradshaw, the
/ English Judge, who had been ruthless anc
( cruel in his decisions, was taken from his
/ splendid tomb in Westminster Abbey, and
! az Tyburn hung on a gallows from morning
until night in the pre,ence Of jeering mui
titudes Humans gallows came a htth
late, but they came. Opportunities fly IN
straight line, and just touch Us as they pass
from eternity to eternity, but the wrongs
we do others fly in circle, and however
the circle may widen out, they are sure L
come hack 70 the point from which they
started There are guns that Kick
THE REYERsEs OF FoHTUSE
Furthermore, let the story Of Hannah
teach Us how quickly turns the wheel OF
fortune One day. excepting the king
Hannah was the mightiest man in Persia
but the next day, lackey So we 20 up
and so we come down You seldom find
any man twenty years in the same circum
stances OF those VINO, in political life
twenty years ago, were the most prominent
how few remain IN eonspicuity Political
parties make certain men do their hard
work, and then, after using them as hacks
turn them out on the commons TO die.
Every four years there is complete revo-
luton, and about five thousand men who
ought certainly to be the next president
are shanefully disappointed: while some
who this day are obscure and poverty
stricken, will ride upon the shoulders Of
the people, and take their turn at admira.
don and the spells Of Office. Oh, how
quickly the wheel turns' Ballot boxes are
the steps on which men come down as often
as they go up. OF those who were long age
successful In the accumulation OF property
how few have not met with rcversas. while
many Of those who hen were straitened IN
circumstances now hold the bonds and the
bank keys OF the nation. Dfall lckle Things
IN the world, fortune Is the most tickle
Every day she changes her mind. and woe
10 the nan who puts any confidence in
what she promises or proposes She cheers
when you COUP. and she laughs when you
come down. Oh, trust not a moment youI
hearts affections to this changeful world
Anchor your soul il God From Christ's
conpaniouship gather your satisfaction.
Then, come sorrow or gladness, success or
defeat, riches Or poverty, honor or disgrace,
health or sickness, life or death, time OF
eternity. Ill are yours. and ye are Christ's
and Christ is Gods
RICHES DO NOT BRING HAPPINESS.
Again. this Humans history shows Us 1
hoe af
stances cannot make man happy While t
yet fully vested in authority and the CHIEF |
adviser Of the Persian monarch, and every /
thing that equipage and pomp anu splendoI |
of residence could do were his. he is an oh. /
ject lesson of wretchedness There are to 4
day more aching SORROWS under crowns OF 1
royalty than under the ragged caps OF the 1
houseiess. Much Of the worlds aGiuence +
and gayety is only misery in colors. Many /
a woman seated in the street IS her apple /
stand j. happier than the great bankers 1
The mountains Of worldly honor are GOV
covered with perpetual snow Tamerlant
conquered half the world. bat could not
subdge his uwu fears Ahab goe, TO bed
sick, because Nah0th viii not sell him his
vineyard Herod is In agony because "A little
child is born down in Bethlehem. Great
Felix trem5les becausa poor minister will
preach righteousness temperance and iudg
ment To co.ae. From the time Of Louis All +
70 Louis XVIII was there a straw bot
toned Chair in France that did not set
more soiidIiy than the great throne on
which the French kings reigneds
We're called 20 sketch misery In its
worst fnrm I would not 70 up the dark
alley Of the poor but tip the highway over
which praneing Bncephali strike the
sparks with their ho0fs and between statu.
AIRY aud parks OF stalking deer Wretched
ness IS more bitter when swallowed from
gemmed goblet than from earthen pitcher
or pewter mug Il there are young people
here who are looking for this position and
that circumstance. thinking that worldly
success viii bring peace of the soul. let
them shatter tae deiusi0n. II is not what
we get, il is what we are Daniel among
the lions IS happier that Nebuehadnezzar
on his throne. And when life is closing.
briilMncy Of worldly surroundings will be
no solace. Death Is blind, ana sees no diff
ference between the king and his clown
between the Nasarene and t.a Athenian
between oookiess hut and a national
library. The frivoiieies OF life cannot, with
their gi3dy laugh. echoing from heart tc
heart, entirely drown the voice Of a tire
mortal The stars shall die but | am inn
mortal One wave of eternity shall drown
time in its depths, but | am immortal.
The earth shall have a shroud of flame and
the heavens flee at the glance Of the Lord,
but | am immortal From all the heights
and depths of my nature rings down, and
rings up. and rings out the word i'm.
mortal" A good conscience, and assur.
ance Of life eternal through the Lord Jesus
Christ are the Only securities
THis LIFE A VISION
The souls happiness is too large craft
to sail up the stream OF worldly pleasure
AS ship carpenters say, it draws too much
water. This earth Is a bubble and it will
burst. This life is vision, and it will soon
pass away. Timel It is only ripple. and
il breaketh against the throne OF judg
ment. Our days. They fly swifter than
shuttle, weaving for Us robe Of triumph
Or garment of shame Begin your life
With religion and for its greatest trial you