Connecticut western news., 1891-01-28

 geous banners unfolding in the breeze that came through the opened window, bewitched with the perfume of hanging gardena Fountains rising from inclos- ures of ivory, in jets of crystal, to fall in clattering rain of diamonds and pearls. Statues of mighty men looking down from inches in the wall upon crowns and Ahields brought from subdued em- pires Idols of wonderful work stand ing on pedestals of precious stones. Embroideries dropping about the win dows, and wrapping pillars of cedar, and drifting on floor inlaid with ivory and agate. Music mingling the thrum of harps, and the clash of cymbals, and the blast of trunpets in one wave of transport that went rippling along the wall, and breathing among the gar. lands, and pouring down the corridors, and thrilling the souls of thousand banqueters. The signal is given, and the lords and ladies, the mighty men and women of the land, come around the table Pour out the winel Let foam and bubble kiss the rimi Hoist every one his cup. and drink to the sentiment, "Oh, King Belshazzar, Live foreverl"
 Bestarred headband and carcanet of royal beauty gleam to the uplifted chalices, as again and again and again they are emptied Away with care from the palacel Tear royal dignity to tattersl Pour out more wine! Give us more light, wilder music, sweeter perfumel Lord shouts to lord, captain ogles to captain. Goblets clash, de- canters rattle. There come in the vile song, and the drunken hiccough, and the slavering lip. and the guffaw of idiotic laughter bursting from the lips of princes, flushed, reeling, bloodshot; while mingling with it all I hear, "Huzzal huzzal for the great Belshaz- sarl"
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 What is that on the plastering of the wall2 Is it spirit2 Is it phantom2 Is it God2 Out of the black sleeve of the darkness a finger of fiery terror trembles through the air and comes to the wall, circling about as though it would write, and then, with sharp tip of flame, engraves on the clustering the doom of the king. The music stops Goblet falls from the nerveless grasp There is a thrill There is start There is thousand voiced shriek of horror. Let Daniel be brought in to read that writing. He comes in. He reads it, Weighed in the balance and found wanting"
 Meanwhile the Assyrians, who for two years had been laying siege to that city. took advantage of that carousal and came in. hear the feet of the conquerors on the palace stairs Massa- ere rushes in with thousand gleaming knives. Death bursts upon the scene, and I shut the door of that banqueting hall, for do not want to look There is nothing there but torn banners, and broken wreaths, and the slush of upset tankards, and the blood of murdered women, and the kicked and tumbled carcass of a dead king. For lin that night was Belshazzar. the king of the Chaldeans, slain"
 Igo on to learn that when God writes anything on the wall. man had better read it as it is. Daniel did not misin terpret or modify the handwriting on ] the wall It is all foolishness to expect a minister of the Gospel to preach al ways things that the people like or the 1 people choose. Young men. what shall preach to you tonight? Shall tell 1 you of the dignity of human naturei Shall tell you of the wonders that our race has accomplished? "Oh! mo-" 1 you say; tell me the message that came from God" I will. If there is any handwriting on the wall it is this lesson, Accept of Christ and be saved" might talk of e great many other things, but that is the message. and so declare it.
 l Jesus never fattered those to whom he preached. He said to those who did wrong, and who were offensive in his sight, 'Ye generation of vipers ye whited sepulchersl how can ye escape the damnation of hel!' Paul the apostle preached before a man who was not ready to hear him preach What subject did he take2 Did he say, ''Oh, you are a good man, a very fine man, a very noble man2' No; he preached of righteousness to man who was unrighteous; of temperance to a man who was the victim of bad appetites; of the judgment to come tc a man who was unfit for it. So we must always declare the message that happens to come to us. Daniel must read it as it is.
 A minister preached before James of England, who was James VI of Scotland. What subject did he take? The king was noted all over the world for being unsettled and wa vering in his ideas. What did the min ister preach about to this man who was James of England and James VI of Scotland? He took for his tex1 James i, 6: "He that wavereth ii like wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed" Hugh Latimer of tended the king by a sermon he preached, and the king said, ''Hugf Latimer, come and apologize. ''l will, said Hugh Latimer. So the day was appointed. and the kings chape was full of lords and dukes. and tho mighty men and women of the coun try, for Hugh Latimer was to apolo gize. He began his sermon by saying
 Hugh Latimer, bethink thee Tho, art in the presence of thine earthl! king, who can destroy thy body. Blu
 bethink thee, Hugh Latimer, that tho, art in the presence of the King of heav en and earth, who can destroy botl body and soul in hell fire" Then h.